The drug wars obviously didn’t start in the 20th century with Nixon’s war on drugs. For example Britain fought two opium wars in China in ths 18/19th C. to force the export of opium to those communities to balance our trade deficit with tea. China had tried to ban opium several times before but I suppose it’s just that some western propaganga is to blame? Then there is the temperance movement which started in the late 19th century and had alcohol prohobited for many years in the states.

There is something ingrained in people that distrust drugs, and therefore make propaganda campaigns like the war on drugs a vote winner.

Anyway I really didn’t mean to reply again to this thread. Have a good rest of your day!

Edit: I’ve got a postgrad master degree in philosophy btw

Let me summarise the dozens of comments here. You have been arguing with 2 or 3 people for a day or so about drug liberalisation.

All 3 of those people agree the drug laws are overly punitive at the moment and the stigma is unfair. At least two of them have said that they have used drugs in the past and had a positive experience.

The only point of disagreement is the extent to which propaganda from the 20th century shapes attitudes today. I think we all agree it still does to some extent.

I think you need to work on your persuasive writing and debating skills if you’ve managed to create a flame war out of a comment chain where almost everyone is in agreement. Calling people “stupid” and “thick” doesn’t help you win your case, and neither does being patronising to people.

In my opinion you made the original post because:

1. You wanted to soapbox about your political beliefs regarding drugs.
2. You wanted to argue with people who didn’t share your views.

You’ve ended up with a thread where most people share most of your views so you’ve just started trolling them.

I have some empathy I remember posting on /r/drugs when I was 16 too…

Man you had a lot more effort to dedicate to this guy than me lol

I wonder when he’ll realise that everyone he’s been rude to was basically agreeing with him

I thought her husband took a lot of the credit at the time. Might be mistaken about that though.

I like any of the Nujabes albums. He makes chilled, mainly instrumental, hip hop music.

Could also add Marie Curie in there. I didn’t realise until recently that there is a lot of controversy over France “claiming her achievements” since she was born and educated in Poland.

lol we get it you like drugs

No, that’s just your opinion.

I don’t think there is a correct answer to the question you are posing. You asked for people’s opinions and I gave you mine.

Sustainable growth is popular but we are going to need to invest in unpalatable energy sources like nuclear power in order to power it. We also need to make sure recycling actually happens as opposed to local authorities shipping the materials overseas for “processing” (i.e. being dumped or burned).

Human populations tend to decline as an economy becomes more advanced and people are able to plan their families. We are already seeing population growth stagnating much more quickly than expected in countries like China. That will cause demographic challenges so we are going to need to rethink how we manage immigration so it can happen sustainably with public consent.

Lastly, increasing economic output doesn’t necessarily mean consuming more resources. If a country becomes more productive, by for example integrating a new technology, then you can increase output with the same or fewer resources.

In my opinion it’s because in the past human beings needed to be constantly working or assisting with a group in some capacity in order to ensure mutual survival for the group. Let’s say a village.

Activity which is not seen as being productive or could be construed as lazy has a stigma around it because it casts doubt on your ability to contribute to society.

Obviously none of this applies in the same way these days but there is a kind of primal conflation of intoxicants and laziness. Laziness is bad and so consuming intoxicants turns into a moral issue.

These attitudes are very deeply ingrained and although they can shift a bit as people become more liberal the deep suspicion remains.

DF is reporting some serious frame rate issues. Similar to the Links Awakening rerelease.

Java class names look like German compound nouns though

Sounds like she came from the curb tbf

I think this would be less surprising if we didn’t imagine LGBTQ people were one homogeneous block of political beliefs and opinions. Some of my most right-wing friends are gay.

Blood Meridian is critically acclaimed and you could read it in a day. I only got around to reading it last winter despite my “litbro” friends recommending it for years. It’s very violent but the prose style is really unique and original. The plot is kind of Moby Dick-esque where it examines mankind’s place in nature (mixed with a fair amount of Heart of Darkness).

Actually Heart of Darkness is extremely worth reading and it is probably less of an ordeal. Maybe start with that if you haven’t read it. Conrad spoke like 5 languages and English was the ~3rd he learned so he has a very interesting prose style.

It’s a case of voting with your wallet for most people. There are degrees of DRM that people are willing to put up with; where some people would rather go for DRM-free games on GOG, others are happy with one launcher like Steam and some others will accept each game launching its own launcher from within a meta launcher/store front.

To be honest it’s a matter of personal preference and I try to be in the 2nd group but I don’t mind what other people do. Again, personally, I dislike the idea of being apathetically brow beaten into signing up for dozens of services for the convenience of companies which provide no utility to me. Sometimes these launchers actively harm the experience by disabling steam launch options or bricking the game completely if you don’t live in the right country.

I arrange to do culturally stimulating things in the evenings or weekends like seeing a concert/opera, going to an art gallery or a movie. The rest of the time I’m pouring effort into my career or long term relationship, which are both rewarding in the long term. Sometimes I like “switch-off” entertainment like sports when I’ve got a free schedule.

You block other users for mentioning sports?