Everyone knows the stereotypes used to describe stoners. Back in the ’70s, they were all true. And today, well, they’re still kinda true. It’s harder to spot a stoner now because so many people from all walks of life are 420 fans. But from the looks to the clothes to the accessories to the way stoners talk and more, if at least a few of the major details below add up on a stranger, they’re probably a stoner, and someone you can safely ask, “Wanna get high?”
The Looks
Bare feet, burnt fingertips from roaches, Doritos dust on fingers, dreadlocks, permasmile, red eyes, resin stains, sticky black substance on the bottom of their lighter, sunglasses at night, super-relaxed
The Clothes
Bandanas, bellbottoms, Birkenstocks, bright rasta colors (red, green, yellow), business casual clothes, Cheech and Chong baseball cap, classic-rock band tee shirt, Dead doodads, hippy poncho, tie-dyed clothes
Accessories
Disc-golf discs, DVD collection with every Cheech and Chong movie (plus Half Baked, Harold and Kumar, and Pineapple Express), extra empty baggies, flowers in hair, hacky sack, hemp baseball cap, hemp belt, hemp bracelet, hemp lantern, hemp scarf, hemp shoes, hemp wallet, lighter without cigarettes, Ozium in car, roach-clip jewelry, Visine, Volkswagon bus
Stoner Language
420, Are you cool?, Are you down?, bro, dank (used to describe anything as “good”), down, dude, far out, Have you seen my [fill in the blank], hip, Huh?, I’ve got the munchies, leisurely speech, man, rambling lofty insights, road trip!, What?
Et Cetera
Can’t find car keys, can’t find lighter, disappear at 4:20 every afternoon for fifteen minutes, frequent napping, great with fractions and metric conversions of ounces and grams, insatiable hunger, laughs at just about everything, lots of fast food wrappers in the car, out of cash, stole your lighter—again, sweet and slightly burnt aroma about them, there’s a certain vibe about them, train of thought often gets derailed