Are you all a bunch of drunks or something?

[Hassat Hunter]

Theres an arguement to legalise drugs.

 

It is already legal (only soft) here... and we get less kids killin' themselves with made up sniff things like glue and sorts...

 

The poor guy doesn't have any friends. 

You could be his friend..

 

I thought they already were...

Wasn't she talking (with WE) about that experience that made him drink alone?

[Kaftan Barlast]

Its easy to drink in moderation, a beer or three in the summer sun with your friends. A big party once in a while. Everyone does it, except people who havent grown out of their geek phase and religious nuts.

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Yes, absolutely. The reason why I choose not to drink is because I haven't grown out of my geek phase or I'm a religous nut.

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Theres the two other reasons too:

 

A. Youre a very boring person

B. You either are an ex-alcoholic... or your dad/mum/whatever used to be one and youre afraid youll go the same way

[deganawida]

Its easy to drink in moderation, a beer or three in the summer sun with your friends. A big party once in a while. Everyone does it, except people who havent grown out of their geek phase and religious nuts.

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Yes, absolutely. The reason why I choose not to drink is because I haven't grown out of my geek phase or I'm a religous nut.

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Theres the two other reasons too:

 

A. Youre a very boring person

B. You either are an ex-alcoholic... or your dad/mum/whatever used to be one and youre afraid youll go the same way

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Or...

 

A. He could be Straight-Edge

B. He could avoid it for health reasons

C. He could not like the detrimental effects on his judgment

D. He could be pointing out the flaws in a broad generalization

Edited May 9, 2006 by deganawida

[Llyranor]

I like how people have to rely on substances to become cool.

[Walsingham]

I rely on marmosets to be cool.

 

Going back to drugs I think a big part of it is that the effects sound awfully similar to hwat happens if you get, say a violent tropical illness. I've had violent tropical illnesses, and frankly if I want to lose track of reality and start sweating and rolling my eyes, I'd go for them again.

[Atreides]

I'm undecided whether I should get a 700ml bottle of Baileys which happens to be on offer for my birthday. Drinking can be expensive

[metadigital]

The worst part is that Baileys is exceptionally fattening, too. "

Everyone does it, except people who havent grown out of their geek phase and religious nuts.

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:'(

I just don't like the idea of altering my body/mind/perception. I'm barely able to function as is.

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That was Isaac Asimov's pov, too.

 

It's only when you have someone close to you not have their full and normally expected faculties that one is forced to reconsider the immature notion that sensibilities are merely at one's disposal for hedonistic purposes.

[Darth Drabek]

Mmmmm..... Baileys.

 

I don't drink to get drunk that much anymore. I drink socially or just in appreciation of a fine wine or beer. That said, a little buzz can be a good thing.

 

You know you're fighting a losing battle when my college's marketing team used the slogan "Stop at the Buzz" in an attempt to curb binge drinking.

 

In my experience, drugs like marijuana are bad because they are the gateway to listening to Phish and the Grateful Dead and playing hackysack. Ecstasy-type of drugs are bad because they lead to people dancing to repetitive techno music in clubs for days on end.

[Kor Qel Droma]

In my experience, drugs like marijuana are bad because they are the gateway to listening to Phish and the Grateful Dead and playing hackysack. Ecstasy-type of drugs are bad because they lead to people dancing to repetitive techno music in clubs for days on end.

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Darth Drabek wins the arguement!!

 

The only times I hear Phish is when they replay the 'Weekend At Burnsie's' episode of the Simpsons. And the music selection at work includes 'a touch of grey' by the Dead.

 

I say to each their own. If you like your booze, great. If you're enjoying soft drugs recreationally, it's the same. It's when you cross the line into **** like Meth and Coke and Herion that you become a dolt.

[Surreptishus]

Meh.. dont underestimate the effects of so called "soft" drugs.

[WinterSun]

Yeah, too much speed makes you impotent.

[kirottu]

Alchoholism isn

[thepixiesrock]

Well, the topic has been diverted over the past few pages.

[metadigital]

She's a hypocrite.

 

Whether she knows it or not (or whether she wants to know it, or not). The only decision you need to make is whether to make her aware of it, or not.

Here's the deal. Get her drunk, and then you can

 

Then you can ask her again if alcohol is cool or not.

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Crude, but effective.

[213374U]

Well... since happiness is nothing but a neurochemically induced illusion, we all do drugs to some extent. The fact that some of those drugs may be foreign to our body is rather irrelevant.

 

But yeah, she's a hypocrite. Unless she's real hot, I suggest you reduce your contact with her to a minimum.

Edited May 9, 2006 by 213374U

[Dark_Raven]

Free your mind and the rest will follow.

[alanschu]

Its easy to drink in moderation, a beer or three in the summer sun with your friends. A big party once in a while. Everyone does it, except people who havent grown out of their geek phase and religious nuts.

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Yes, absolutely. The reason why I choose not to drink is because I haven't grown out of my geek phase or I'm a religous nut.

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Theres the two other reasons too:

 

A. Youre a very boring person

B. You either are an ex-alcoholic... or your dad/mum/whatever used to be one and youre afraid youll go the same way

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Yes. Absolutely spot on.

[Judge Hades]

Free your mind and the rest will follow.

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We'll free your mind and then we shall swallow.

[Dark_Raven]

[Walsingham]

I ran into some prostitutes outside my apartment last night. Poor girls were absolutely fethed up on crack. I've never actually seen it in person before. It is utterly tragic that someone can fall like that in this society and get treated as a criminal, not as a sick person.

[Moose]

I have never been drunk in my life

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Holy ****...

[Tigranes]

Isn't Hades, like, 30?

[Atreides]

The dude's said he skips drunk and goes straight to passed out.

[Kaftan Barlast]

I have never been drunk in my life

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Holy ****...

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Isn't Hades, like, 30?

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Thats almost as bad as being a virgin. If I had stayed home sober all my life, I doubt I would have one tenth of the friends I have today. If I had been one of those anal people who bitch about how dumb people who drink are etc. then I would have had noone.

[LadyCrimson]

Alcohol is a drug that impairs physical co-ordination and mental judgement and is used as an escape from reality. Getting plastered on a very regular basis is no better morally than getting high on an illegal drug on a regular basis, it's just legal.

 

If your friend has a serious respect issue about drug users and she's a frequent boozer, she definitely needs to look into her own eye first.