>>2227772>DUDE WEED: the post about TolkienSo you really think Tolkien’s “pipe weed” was marijuana because he typed the word “weed” and you can’t think of any other possible meanings for that term?
Let’s look at what Tolkien himself actually said in his writings:
> “There is another astonishing thing about Hobbits of old that must be mentioned, an astonishing habit: >they imbibed or inhaled, through pipes of clay or wood, the smoke of the burning leaves of a herb, which they called pipe-weed or leaf, a variety probably of Nicotiana. >A great deal of mystery surrounds the origin of this particular custom, or ‘art’ as the Hobbits preferred to call it.”-Lord of the Rings, Prologue, part 2: “Concerning Pipe Weed”
Nicotiana=tobacco, or something closely related to it. Which makes sense, since Tolkien was an avid pipe smoker.
TLDR: “pipe weed” is, canonically, tobacco, you’re just another stupid fucking stoner whose whole life revolves around marijuana, and life goes on without you, just as we all suspected.
