VIDEO: Being a pot critic seems like an interesting job

Shawn Norris

This is a video from CNN Money about a guy that smokes medical marijuana and reviews it for a local paper. A mile high job for a mile high writer.

I have to give credit to someone that can take bong rips and write a legible review for any publication because most stoners aren’t exactly known for their concentration and attention to detail, so having any job that requires you to smoke pot (rapper, roadie for Phish, socialite) would seemingly take some talent and an unwaivering attention span that most pot smokers don’t possess. I had a roommate that was a pretty heavy pot smoker at one point and this is the conversation we’d have if I asked him if maybe he’d want to try a job like this.

Me: You know you could become a weed critic and you’d get paid to smoke weed, something you already do all day anyway. What do you think?

Roommate: You remember when IHOP had those pancakes for that Dr. Seuss movie that had the purple frosting? They were for, like, the… Cat in the Hat movie thing.

Me: The pancakes they made for Horton Hears a Who!

Roommate: Yes. Those were from Horton Hears a Who–do you think they still make those?

Me: I think those were just to help promote the movie.

Roommate: Do you think they still make them?

Me: Probably not.

Roommate: Did they make a movie about that thing? I’ve never even heard of that book. Is it about a candy pimp or something? Remember… all I have to go on is what the pancakes look like.

Me: It was about an elephant with dementia. Again, I ask, “Do you want to make money writing about smoking pot?”

Roommate: …what money about smoking pot?  I want to write a letter to IHOP about bringing those pancakes back.

horton pancakes VIDEO: Being a pot critic seems like an interesting job

And that’s why not every pot smoker can hold down a job that calls for actually smoking copious amounts of weed.

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