“Back in high school when I was a libertarian, like many people were before their brain fully developed...”
That hit this one-time Ayn Rand completist a lot harder than I care to admit! (12th year sober and have never touched coke, but the Rand addiction was the one about which I laugh nervously and change the subject.)😅
Yeah, kind of wild how open it is all the sudden in LA too. I was at a place in east Hollywood like three weeks ago and people were just doing lines on the bar, which even in east Hollywood, it felt kind of eccentrically reckless
it's a fun scene, but when you realize how shallow it is you tend to get sick of it. hanging out with internationals / eurotrash helps, but that gets sickening too. i'm probably simply just older so i've been through what you've gone through though.
nonetheless, enjoy it while it's still "fun" - frankly i'd kill for one of those mattress parties they used to have in bushwick.
as far as the cocaine thing - this is a combination of two - maybe three? factors, imo:
-adderall is increasingly difficut to get unofficially, increasing the demand for coke. i've noticed that when one is on adderall, you are unlikely to do coke or want to (for most).
-meth is viewed as low / trashy, you don't want to do it and it gives one more of a tunnel vision so - coke it is.
-people seem to be less risk averse now, lots of new kids who don't know how coke can screw shit up if you aren't careful.
they'd be far better with tianeptine, frankly.
"opium of the masses" it is, and probably always has been.
Beautifully said.
“Back in high school when I was a libertarian, like many people were before their brain fully developed...”
That hit this one-time Ayn Rand completist a lot harder than I care to admit! (12th year sober and have never touched coke, but the Rand addiction was the one about which I laugh nervously and change the subject.)😅
Awesome bit of writing here sean it do be like that
Yeah, kind of wild how open it is all the sudden in LA too. I was at a place in east Hollywood like three weeks ago and people were just doing lines on the bar, which even in east Hollywood, it felt kind of eccentrically reckless
“Coke turns women into animals and men into plants.” - Robin Williams
People just don’t know how to dose fent correctly, or so I’ve been told
it's a fun scene, but when you realize how shallow it is you tend to get sick of it. hanging out with internationals / eurotrash helps, but that gets sickening too. i'm probably simply just older so i've been through what you've gone through though.
nonetheless, enjoy it while it's still "fun" - frankly i'd kill for one of those mattress parties they used to have in bushwick.
as far as the cocaine thing - this is a combination of two - maybe three? factors, imo:
-adderall is increasingly difficut to get unofficially, increasing the demand for coke. i've noticed that when one is on adderall, you are unlikely to do coke or want to (for most).
-meth is viewed as low / trashy, you don't want to do it and it gives one more of a tunnel vision so - coke it is.
-people seem to be less risk averse now, lots of new kids who don't know how coke can screw shit up if you aren't careful.
they'd be far better with tianeptine, frankly.
"opium of the masses" it is, and probably always has been.
Loved this! Loved your writing too!!!
Whheeee...
Just drop a few political names here or there and we've got a new HST.
Good read, thank you