without looking at the pic, a bud's looks have NOTHING to do with the quality of it's high.
preach it brother! preach it! i've taken to calling it schwag appeal as it's only purpose is to hype up inferior indicas that are way more common than they should be as more people would rather get high than stoned. the very first time i smoked indicas after being spoiled by cali grown columbian gold, i hated them and no amount of:
- look at all that resin (that just makes you tired with no euphoria, motivation, creativity or sensory effects)
- mmmm mmmm mmm, smell that skunk's anus! that's some "good shit" (irony intended)
- look at the size of that bud! (sounds like penis envy)
- feel how hard that is! why, you can't even break it apart and smoke it with your bare fingers!
- look! red hairs!
big fucking deal! no matter how much you try and hype that shit, it doesn't get you high! i've been thinking of starting a thread calling bag appeal lies because those who've actually smoked bud that the OPPOSITE of that propaganda know that the best shit has none of those traits. columbian gold popcorn was fluffy, pale green, no more exotic smelling than pine, tasted like what a wild growing field smells like, and had only little peachuzz resin glands on it. the "bag appeal myth" was created to distract the weak minded and forgetful from the fact that the indoor shit that replaced sativas after the paraquat wars and drought was seriously inferior to the highs we were all getting the summer before at half the fucking price at that! it's hype to make the "new jack" shit sound better when in fact it's MUCH WORSE.
peeps that have actually gotten high for real and old timer's know what the fuck is up, and by that, i mean that UP buzz you get when you're high. it's purely marketing hype for schwag and enough people bought into it to make the myth seem like reality. i defy ANY schwag appeal advocate to take 4 big chamber hits off real columbian gold and call it "weak"! you take 4 hits of that shit and first you'll be woofing your lungs out, then you'll feel happy for a minute until the room starts spinning on you and you have to lie down and pray for sleep and WHATEVER you do, don't try and take the edge off with beer as it'll only make you puke your guts out on top of your lungs, and THEN you'll start trippin' and seeing shit, but all you'll care about is the room to stop spinning and making you dizzy. the experience is a lot funner at sane doses and if you aren't a naturally twitchy person who WOULD be better suited with an anti-anxiety indy or hybrid.
i can't give fez rep at the moment, but he's telling it like it really is... i'll bear witness!
another truth bearer!
and another...
from jgerlitz & His father, here:
https://www.rollitup.org/smoke-reports/532147-malawi-landrace-sativa-130-days-8.html
and another...
from Buddy232 here:
https://www.rollitup.org/seed-strain-reviews/484337-what-strains-should-i-use.html#post6584314
OK, i went and did it. i created a thread just about the myth of bag appeal that all the old timers and greedy bastids can argue in here
https://www.rollitup.org/toke-n-talk/609869-bag-appeal-fucking-lie-stop.html#post8511321