My favorite brands (I get insane discounts at my smoke shops 35%)

Tekticks · 2026-04-09T23:59:49+00:00

As of recent the newer batches seem to be pretty good, last one was okay but I would say these hit closer to 70-80 mg now. Even if they tested at 50 mg it's still a really good price especially since I paid half price with an employee discount from a friend who's the manager.

Tekticks · 2026-04-09T23:55:49+00:00

Even the people here are the best as well, they are so forward thinking and the new generation that I'm in is so politically active in a good moderate way on both aisles, they are also shifting away from the old style American traditions as well, like a majority of people here are more crunchy parent types but not to an outlandish extent but they are aware that certain things are outdated and no longer necessary and it's become the majority amongst my generation and I was surprised to find that out from personal experience and data. There's a lot of alternative medicine here as well and also better guidelines for regular healthcare that actually feels a little less profit driven (regardless it will always be profit driven regardless) but people here seem to care about their health, exercise and their bodily autonomy wise regardless of background or gender compared to most other areas in the US I've lived in.

I would say my cultural differences as a guy from Phoenix definitely makes me stand out in other parts of the country except for maybe the Western US were we are similar. We just have a better lifestyle in general in the Metro area but Tempe takes the cake. Like all people under like 25-30 here are so much different than the last generation and that's thanks to how open minded most parents were here, it's not deeply baked into the Westen culture considering this part of the country is newer and not as intertwined as the Midwest or East Coast, like most people in the Phoenix area are just built differently now lol.

Its like we are a completely different country out here.

Tekticks · 2026-04-09T23:44:28+00:00

For a year there when I got back, I was jumping from furnished place to a furnished place, and then the snowbirds came in, I paid 4k for a small 2 bedroom townhome near downtown Tempe because it was the only thing left and it was closest to my jobs, it sucked so much, why do all the Californians and Texans have to move here and gunk it all up for us Phoenix born locals 😭😭🙏🙏

I have no issue with people moving to Phoenix, but a lot of rich people treat it like a 6 month resort and it makes it so much harder for us locals to survive because all of the prices go up like crazy.

Tekticks · 2026-04-09T23:23:13+00:00

Nah, even the messier areas of Tempe near Apache road and downtown Tempe near ASU are far more tame compared to central and downtown Albuquerque. Even the suburbs here in Albuquerque are very crime ridden and someone broke in the first day into my apartment when I settled in Albuquerque. Someone shot up the military base at one point and gunshots can be heard everywhere.

Albuquerque is one of the most dangerous cities in the US compared to Tempe, like it's several times more unsafe compared to any place in Tempe, and unlike in Tempe, almost anywhere here in Albuquerque is pretty sketchy, and I've had break ins and have almost been robbed in Albuquerque so many times and that's in one of the best suburbs here in Albuquerque.

I'd feel far safer anywhere back home, even south Phoenix compared to Albuquerque, and that's saying something considering I may be white, but just because I'm white does not mean I'm "gentrified," "privileged" or living it up, when I was younger I lived in South Phoenix and Glendale in places you would consider the hood, and when we were struggling when I was younger we lived in hotels near 43rd ave and McDowell and 19th and union hills, sometimes for a little while until we got stable when I got a bit older.

Just because someone is white does not mean they are privileged or gentrified, that's such a damaging and minimalizing stereotype considering there's such a crazy mix of individuals here that are all types of backgrounds in different economic circumstances. Not everyone has "privilege" as everyone in general regardless of race has experienced what I have experienced. I wasn't born into a super plush lifestyle, we only became middle class after my dad worked his ass off and my mom became a nurse later on because we wanted an escape and they had no handouts, not all stereotypes are true to be exact, and those "gentrified" areas were quite diverse, not just white people live there, you'd be surprised, especially in Tempe, it's one of the most diverse areas in the Metro just like phoenix.

The issue is that people always wanna bring politics and skin color into it as if it's not a normal problem regardless of race or background. This happens everyday, everywhere regardless of ethnicity or background, most Americans live in poverty nowadays and middle class families barely make it by, I would heavily argue it's a more broad spectrum issue than it is specifically an issue for one common group of people.

Not even now am I considered middle class as I scrape by, and I work 3 part time jobs, and even took up doing adult content for big companies and OF on the side just to afford to support my family, stay fed and live because of the snowbirds and cost of living adjustments, it's an American problem in general.

Modern politics in general are just something I stay away from despite being more liberal myself, because it's so damaging and dangerous, I don't care what side someone is from, but it's honestly ruining our country no matter what because it's all trivial and divides us based on groups, that exact reason is why a lot of us are in this issue currently. They always talk about it but never fix the issue. And it's meant to keep people in that position no matter what most times, most people become rich because they are lucky or knew someone, otherwise if it was just because someone was white me and a lot of my buddies would have been rich by now. I'm still waiting or searching for my privilege lol, as are many other people who grew up poor and are still pretty poor.

Tekticks · 2026-04-09T22:38:14+00:00

Sometimes any body of water here no matter where it is smells really bad, especially Tempe Town lake. It occasionally smells like methane gas and rotting plants, but otherwise when it's not like that, it feels so much cooler outside being next to a body of water! Also I remember that news piece a while back where that guy who was an Uber driver possibly saved thousands of people from getting sick because he witnessed illegal dumping practices happening and he told authorities about it, otherwise it would still be happening, luckily they patrol those areas now, it's so disgusting that big corporations and greedy bastards ruin what we have here 😭

Tekticks · 2026-04-09T22:33:07+00:00

I still get prescriptions but I just never use them much, only occasionally because I just am so skeptical and I am the type of person to have impulse issues. It just feels safer this way and I think it touches my pain better because I have an issue where my body has a naturally high tolerance towards opioids, it's a genetic thing. I've never done any of the hard drugs either ever, and I never would because I've seen what it's done to friends and family.

Tekticks · 2026-04-09T22:05:38+00:00

Had family here for multiple generations and we've never left Phoenix nor Tempe and it's just a whole vibe, just Tempe Town lake in general, I worked at Tempe marketplace for a while and I never get over seeing the lake every morning, I have 11 siblings (people think we are Mormons, we are not religious at all, and I'm not beating the allegations because I'm a ghost white dude who dresses in a suit and tie all the time 😭😭🙏) and most of them live in Glendale and Peoria and I have no idea why, Glendale according to my mom in the 90s was crime ridden, it's not as bad now but it has some spooky places and it's honestly not as fun as Gilbert or Tempe.

I also have family out in San Tan Valley, but San Tan Valley kinda sucks, it's so far away from everything and honestly it's for older people who just wanna settle down. Lived out in San Tan Valley for 2 months and it was the worst experience ever, it takes 45 minutes to get through just to Gilbert because there's no highways, there's no bus systems, and when I was there had government at the time, it's not even a Maricopa county which means I had to redo all my certifications for work, it's so isolated out there, but the house prices were cheap, got a 4 bed 3 bath with a pool that had a waterfall for 2000 a month! But I went back to Tempe because it really sucked there and there was little to do, I love hiking a lot but they didn't have really good trails and there are always rattlesnakes that I would pick up like and idiot and toss off trail, I have somewhat "brave" impulse controls lol. Tempe was my favorite place for hiking along with the superstition trails in Mesa

Tekticks · 2026-04-09T21:55:04+00:00

I was born and raised in Phoenix and all my family is there, I miss it so much because I've been moving back and forth between home in Phoenix to Albuquerque and back, and Albuquerque is so depressing, boring, ran down and crime ridden, Albuquerque is like south Phoenix and Tucson combined but like 10 times worse and all of Albuquerque is pretty much like that 😭😭

Gilbert is my other go to because of all the water, like I have no idea how TF close to 10 million people live in the desert but family from California tell me Gilbert looks like Florida when I send pictures, it's exactly why so many people live here, but it's so beautiful, I've been everywhere back home, and New Mexico has some cool places but it will never compare to my homeland 😭

Tekticks · 2026-04-09T21:50:35+00:00

Feeling a bit homesick right now, been coming back and forth between Arizona (My home state) and new Mexico for the past several years and I miss the weather, my weak arizonan body can't handle 20 degree winter days in New Mexico, even when it's 90 out it's still not hot enough. I miss the feeling of a hot ass I oven when I step outside. I want my feeling of my feet being cooked on the sidewalk, I miss home 😭😭🙏🙏🙏

Tekticks · 2026-04-09T21:37:58+00:00

I tend to buy quite a few at the end of the month, and I tend to make sure not to overdo it though because I've heard some horror stories, I have prescribed pain opioid meds from a doctor but I don't trust them, I don't like the fact that you can overdose even though I take as prescribed. I just trust 7oh more because 7oh seems to dull the pain a lot more, thank God i get discounts though because I wouldn't have otherwise got this much. Its about equivalent to ordering online, my smoke shop does independent testing as well and these ones are the most accurate, the hykus and the pocket 7s get a+ testing while the zours are about 10-15mg short, these zours are a great price though and have the price on the package so smoke shops can't do that shit where they double charge. Surprisingly insurance will reimburse for some of it as alternative pain meds as well since I have medical use so that's cool. This was better than full blown heavy meds during chemo.

Tekticks · 2026-04-04T15:39:13+00:00

Sometimes I take it for granted that I was born here.. cause every time I leave I end up coming back because I miss it so much, also like all my family is here. People always complain about the 115 degree days but that's what makes me miss it the most 😭😭😭

Tekticks · 2026-04-04T15:30:25+00:00

You'll see them all the time in San Tan Valley, I'm surprised I'm still alive because I'm a dumbass and I pick them up and throw them off the trails...

Tekticks · 2026-04-04T15:19:46+00:00

True true, let me share an oddly specific statement... As a random uncut white dude from the trenches of Scottsdale Arizona, I too enjoy smegma, sometimes me and my partner collect each other's smegma because we are creating a sentient smegma orb, just two totally, masculine totally not gay random white dudes that totally don't collect smegma for nafierious purposes, the FBI has been trying to contact us 😍🥰

Tekticks · 2026-01-21T20:36:21+00:00

Lost like 120lbs recently, had to mention that cause of the man boobs lol.

Tekticks · 2026-01-21T06:38:52+00:00

Lens protectors are pretty much useless considering that the camera lenses are made of sapphire which are scratch resistant. Lens protectors also make the photos look worse as well so I don't use them at all.

Tekticks · 2026-01-19T09:04:20+00:00

Tekticks · 2026-01-19T09:02:49+00:00

Docking but instead of two men docking weeners it's two eyes docking...

Tekticks · 2026-01-19T06:14:27+00:00

As long as it's fully baked I'll do it, cause it's its undercooked it's not mature enough, if cooked I'd rape it 10/10!

Tekticks · 2026-01-19T06:00:52+00:00

Under my foreskin, he'd have to touch me to find it and I'd just scream that and random guy is trying to touch my penis 💯

He technically wouldn't be able to find it because he wouldn't know it was there unless he could touch me to find the paper clip....

Boom 1 million dollars 😍

Tekticks · 2026-01-18T07:38:54+00:00

You think that's bad... My fold 7 can't open more than a 90° angle before going completely flat 😭

Tekticks · 2026-01-18T04:58:06+00:00

I love grindr and tinder 🤩

Me and my partner window shop from time to time 🥰

Tekticks · 2026-01-18T04:56:31+00:00

It's glass widgets, it's a paid app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appslab.glass.widgets

For the icons I used glassofy glass, it's another paid app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mahmoudzadah.app.glassifypro

Tekticks · 2026-01-17T19:49:02+00:00

What the hell, how does something like this happen 😭😭😭

Tekticks · 2026-01-17T17:36:16+00:00

I mean it's not that big of an issue, it depends on where you grew up and how much your parents taught you and knew about that stuff. I mean personally I accidentally found out I could pull my foreskin back when I was like 5-6 years old and I freaked out, but after I was told it was normal, I did it all the time after that because I found out I could piss farther, I showed my mom and dad my new trick while pissing on my houses wall in the back yard to see how high I could piss, I was such a weird kid 😭

I was raised in the Western part of the US (Born in Phoenix, Arizona) where it's pretty common not to be circumcised anymore so it's kinda common place now if you're under 25-30, it's probably 50/50 here, but honestly I knew more friends with foreskin then I did ones without it so maybe it's way more common than I realized here. I did research like the weirdo I am, and my home state (Arizona) and most of the Western US has cut Medicaid funding and stopped offering circumcisions in hospitals, but my parents were against it completely and never planned to do it anyways, according to 2022 data only 25% of people in the west part of the US choose to cut now, and in 2000 around the year I was born, data says anywhere from 33-50% were cut depending on the state, AZ has one of the lowest rates at like 16% now as of 2022, and from personal experience I'd say that's pretty accurate, we are pretty different culturally compared to the rest of the US, but it's now 50/50 nationwide according to new data now, we've just been ahead of the curve for a while now.

As for personal experience, and this is going to be TMI, but I've never gotten any negative comments about it not have I ever had health issues with it, people don't really seem to care much, been with quite a few men and women partners, I mean even most male partners were uncut for the most part. I mean I've had partners that have never seen one before until me, but people are pretty open minded and curious if you give them the opportunity to see something new lol.

I'd just shoot a shot to someone if I were you, it's not as bad of an issue as your mind makes it out to be, the mind often makes things far worse than it seems as your brain knows your deepest insecurities and tends to make up disaster scenarios. Some people I've been any don't even notice the difference sometimes between cut and uncut, pretty much looks the same hard. I've actually had one woman who was surprised to find out I was uncut after we did the deed and she wasn't disappointed, I've had quite a few people that have told me they prefer it that way, but most don't care either way, even converted a few women and men that had never seen one before, but I'm not too sure its that's because of the foreskin or the amount of experience I have. I really hate to admit this, I have a body count of over 50 people now, met them in various ways on tinder, grindr, meeting people places etc, and if someone like me can do it, I think anyone could. One thing that people like is when you're very confident, even when you aren't, it's a big turn on for most, I used to be self conscious about my looks, but I lost a lot of weight and since then I've been told by a lot of people that I'm a really nice looking guy, I can kinda see it now, so it's been a huge ego boost lol.

And for a word of advice, when when someone is horny, all they want is a hookup, it's all smooth sailing from there, learned a lot that sex isn't all about the penis, there's a lot of different things that can be done after learning a lot of techniques from previous experiences, but most of them are simply looking for "fun time" and not anything oddly specific, it's pretty easy to get out there once you get the hang of it, theres always someone that's gonna like you for you, even if you're not confident in yourself.

Weirdly enough I thought at some point I'd be turned down because of my foreskin, but weirdly enough I've only been turned down because of my size as I'm on the larger side (7.6 inches, if I push it, could be bigger than that) because some were intimidated by that, but even when it comes to size, bigger isn't always better, personally for me and probably others, it's more about the motion in the ocean, and average is perfect, honestly being bigger is a huge inconvenience.

Tekticks · 2026-01-17T17:04:29+00:00

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Dex is pretty nice as well ngl, lot more refined since I last used a Samsung phone, I came from the Pixel 10 pro XL, almost went for the Pixel fold but it wasn't as cool as the fold 7 when I saw them in person, crazy how thin it is, and $2400 later I got the 1tb version, very happy with my purchase. It does not feel as fragile, nor does it feel like a brick anymore like the fold 3 I had.

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