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[Sirus]

Found out that a relative of mine died today. I know the name, but I can't remember who he is or what he looked like D:

[MonkeyHead]

A student of mine died of brain cancer yesterday. Kid was a nice guy, and even though this had been coming (diagnosed terminal 3 years ago), it still comes as a shock. These things are never easy - I almost felt numb when told.

[Vorthon]

I know that numb feeling. Although, for me it was more of a 'the entire universe is imploding around me' kind of thing when it happened.

I'm sorry for your loss.

[Hanslanda]

Just watched Requiem for a Dream.  It's just like the time I watched Grave of the Fireflies; why do I do this to myself?

They showed us that movie in rehab. The unanimous response was, "Well shit, now I want to get high."

[Bauglir]

Got the new air mattress inflated. Bizarrely, this always makes me feel sad, like I'm simultaneously leaving behind an era of good times forever and rolling back to a past time of failure. Even though the one I had been using was a stand-in till I could get one that was small enough to not take up half the room, after I put my elbow through its predecessor somehow. This is an unambiguous improvement, and yet. Sads. And more importantly, for no reason.

[MaximumZero]

Just watched Requiem for a Dream.  It's just like the time I watched Grave of the Fireflies; why do I do this to myself?

They showed us that movie in rehab. The unanimous response was, "Well shit, now I want to get high."

Shouldn't they have showed you something dealing with drugs that made the actors look really, really stupid and gone, "Now, guys, you may laugh, but this is how you actually look to the rest of us when you're high. You wanna be that stupid? Really?"

[Hanslanda]

Just watched Requiem for a Dream.  It's just like the time I watched Grave of the Fireflies; why do I do this to myself?

They showed us that movie in rehab. The unanimous response was, "Well shit, now I want to get high."

Shouldn't they have showed you something dealing with drugs that made the actors look really, really stupid and gone, "Now, guys, you may laugh, but this is how you actually look to the rest of us when you're high. You wanna be that stupid? Really?"

Sigh. You keep doing this. I made a thread for this talk. Seriously, I hate cluttering up other threads with my rants on drugs.

And you're an alcoholic a heavy drinker, would that work for you? No offense intended bro, this is just my soapbox. I get all nasty. D:
 

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You don't understand bro. Addicts don't care. At least I don't. I'm not a good example because I'm so inhibited I'm even inhibited when intoxicated, but addicts give exactly zero fucks. Lose my job? Fuck it, I'ma get high. Look like a dumbass? Fuck it, I'ma get high. Go to prison? Shit, I can get high there too! Get shot? Damn, that hurts, I need to get high now.
Being an addict vastly simplifies things because you suddenly have only one response to anything. Go get high by whatever means possible.
Out of drugs? Come on bro, a real addict is NEVER OUT OF DRUGS. I can make ether from engine starting fluid in forty seconds with a damn water bottle and get high two minutes after that.
If you ever read the treatment policies for drug courts, they're ridiculous. They're basically, "Okay, then you treat each person like they're super awesome and special and great and all that jazz. Coddle and take care of them, and give them a bunch of work to do, and hope they forget about getting high eventually. Meanwhile, if they get high, send them to jail." It's ninety percent, "Hey, we're your friends and we love you!" And ten percent, "But seriously, get high and we'll send you to fucking prison."
You have to make the addicts care about something, then threaten to take it away.

[MaximumZero]

Sorry, didn't mean to make you pull out the soapbox. I'll head back to your regularly scheduled WTF now.

[Hanslanda]

Sorry, didn't mean to make you pull out the soapbox. I'll head back to your regularly scheduled WTF now.

It's all good. I shouldn't actually respond to such things. :/ I'm just defensive because I looked that stupid, knew it, and kept doing it anyway.

[MaximumZero]

Sorry, didn't mean to make you pull out the soapbox. I'll head back to your regularly scheduled WTF now.

It's all good. I shouldn't actually respond to such things. :/ I'm just defensive because I looked that stupid, knew it, and kept doing it anyway.

I'm right there with you, bro. Sobriety was my only option, though, because I got with a woman who wanted me to be a family man, and for some reason, I did everything I could to please her. That...turned out less than well.

[Hanslanda]

Sorry, didn't mean to make you pull out the soapbox. I'll head back to your regularly scheduled WTF now.

It's all good. I shouldn't actually respond to such things. :/ I'm just defensive because I looked that stupid, knew it, and kept doing it anyway.

I'm right there with you, bro. Sobriety was my only option, though, because I got with a woman who wanted me to be a family man, and for some reason, I did everything I could to please her. That...turned out less than well.

Strange. I was with a woman I would have done anything for, then she broke me and tossed me aside, so I decided non-sobriety might be a better option that sobriety. Now I've decided celibacy is the best option, because I'm not emotionally stable in relationships. At least until I get off Drug court, then I can reevaluate my options.

[MaximumZero]

I miss my partying ways, but I'll probably never go back. Especially now that I've A) become a father, and B) gotten fat.

[Sirus]

Sorry, didn't mean to make you pull out the soapbox. I'll head back to your regularly scheduled WTF now.

It's all good. I shouldn't actually respond to such things. :/ I'm just defensive because I looked that stupid, knew it, and kept doing it anyway.

I'm right there with you, bro. Sobriety was my only option, though, because I got with a woman who wanted me to be a family man, and for some reason, I did everything I could to please her. That...turned out less than well.

Strange. I was with a woman I would have done anything for, then she broke me and tossed me aside, so I decided non-sobriety might be a better option that sobriety. Now I've decided celibacy is the best option, because I'm not emotionally stable in relationships. At least until I get off Drug court, then I can reevaluate my options.

I'm sure there are worse things than celibacy.
Haven't experienced any other state of being, so I have no reference mind you...

[MaximumZero]

Sex is good, but it's very overrated. That's why you have it multiple times.

[Hanslanda]

I'm sure there are worse things than celibacy.
Haven't experienced any other state of being, so I have no reference mind you...

Celibacy isn't that bad. People give it a bad rap, but:

Sex is good, but it's very overrated. That's why you have it multiple times.

This. Except, without the multiple times thing. Well, actually with it, but not unless you find a good person. Having sex just to have sex is pretty much pointless to me. I can't do it, it just irritates me. I only have sex as either an expression of romantic love or in the pursuit of procreation, and I've never pursued procreation...