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In 2023, Saying Someone is NOT a Drug User is Insulting
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Double weird is Billy grew up in a small Michigan town that was ravaged by drugs, and has talked about the effects it had on him many times.
Seems maybe a teensy bit tongue in cheek.
No, please don’t do that! It didn’t work out well for the French.
The much bigger problem is a culture of rampant narcissism that this "public" apology and all of its maker's assumptions represents. The naive self importance of youthful celebrities isn't anything new, but the ability of powerful tech allows such displays to be broadcast, making them seem bigger, and more important than they are.
I don't know or care who this dude is, or the subject of his apology, and he doesn't seem a bad sort, but there's nothing new here. People talked like this in the '60's. It's just that such events weren't the stuff of instant worldwide access and consumption.
Having an instant worldwide bully pulpit is heady stuff. So far, it hasn't improved people's lives at all, and may in the main had a deleterious effect. People weren't ready for social media, and may never be.
I grew up in an isolated community where the Baptists thought our mothers were sort of slutty because they wore panty hose.
The Baptists could not drink booze, play cards of any kind, and dancing led to temptation so they couldn’t dance. The Baptist girls had to dress modestly, as well, and couldn’t wear make up. The Baptists would have all been Taliban if they’d been born Muslim.
On the other hand, we Campbellites could enjoy any vice on the earth in moderation, so long as we didn’t violate the laws of man.
Now, a very few of the men of our church tasted booze and became drunkards, and a tiny few of the girls danced and flirted, and wound up honky tonk angels.
But most matured into square, sober adults.
What worries me, is that Humansville Missouri is as much the marijuana Mecca of the world now that Missouri has legalized weed with a 6% wholesale tax, as Havana is the premier city on earth for cigars. The friends of our Baptist Governor Mike Parsons have been granted a license for what soon will be the largest legal marijuana growing and dispensary operation on the planet at Humansville, Missouri. All those mobs of Ozark tourists will beat a path straight to Humansville for cheap, legal weed of the highest quality.
Osage Electric Cooperative built a new sub station to power all those enormous cultivation barns.
What disturbs me, is little Christian children are going to grow up watching Daddy puff on a reefer, and Mama eat a few THC Gummies.
If there wasn’t an enormous amount of money to be made, would anybody seriously add another legal vice to this old sin cussed world?
Little children watch, what their parents do.
If it’s legal they’ll be sure and try it themselves.
The Baptists could not drink booze, play cards of any kind, and dancing led to temptation so they couldn’t dance. The Baptist girls had to dress modestly, as well, and couldn’t wear make up. The Baptists would have all been Taliban if they’d been born Muslim.
On the other hand, we Campbellites could enjoy any vice on the earth in moderation, so long as we didn’t violate the laws of man.
Now, a very few of the men of our church tasted booze and became drunkards, and a tiny few of the girls danced and flirted, and wound up honky tonk angels.
But most matured into square, sober adults.
What worries me, is that Humansville Missouri is as much the marijuana Mecca of the world now that Missouri has legalized weed with a 6% wholesale tax, as Havana is the premier city on earth for cigars. The friends of our Baptist Governor Mike Parsons have been granted a license for what soon will be the largest legal marijuana growing and dispensary operation on the planet at Humansville, Missouri. All those mobs of Ozark tourists will beat a path straight to Humansville for cheap, legal weed of the highest quality.
Osage Electric Cooperative built a new sub station to power all those enormous cultivation barns.
What disturbs me, is little Christian children are going to grow up watching Daddy puff on a reefer, and Mama eat a few THC Gummies.
If there wasn’t an enormous amount of money to be made, would anybody seriously add another legal vice to this old sin cussed world?
Little children watch, what their parents do.
If it’s legal they’ll be sure and try it themselves.
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Great observations. For what it's worth, he's the latest hotshot guitar picker on the scene.
Probably not, but I have a feeling that this time is very much 'anything goes'.
People ignoring or making up facts that suit the chosen ideology/subculture.
I agree that there has never been a golden age of reason, and there has always been a steady supply of empty heads in every age, but I'm convinced we are living in an age of actual insanity. I mean, go back even 25 years and try telling even the most radical and unconventional thinkers that men can menstruate, and imagine the reaction you would get. Go back 100 years and you'd likely be committed. Now these types of ideas are being seriously touted by academics, while those who defend common sense (and actual scientific fact) are shouted down and silenced.
More than a little TIC imo. I'm surprised you're the only other one who sees this as a joke. The way he ends it in particular, and with a smile, makes it seem all the more obvious.
Besides, smoking weed doesn't help anyone's "bad boy image" these days...you'd have to smoke tobacco to be really bad.
Yeah, if he really wanted to be radical, he'd need to smoke a cigarette and get married.
This is spot on Jesse.
I've been saying this same thing practically since the internet came online. I told my wife at the time that I don't think people are ready for this. It will be misused and abused.
I have two good friends named Karen. They told me recently that they now are uneasy self-conscious about telling people what they're name is. Why? Because someone a few years ago captured video of a hormonal lady going bonkers, found out her name was Karen, and posted it to the internet. The rest is history...
Social media is a scourge on society... imo
Absolutely, because it's now so effortless to spread manure.
I guess it is on the subject to say that I'm world weary of endless interviews with musicians imposed upon them by the idea that they need to do these to promote their music. The young ones retell their childhood musical discovery, their trials and sorrows, their struggles and then the meteoric rise in the profession.
The older ones subtly commend themselves on their triumphs and awards, and depict their mistakes as sacrifices, and so on.
I don't doubt or condemn anyone's humanity. The UPS gal and guy have the same stories without the financial lubricant. The liquor store clerk, the hotel maid, and the waste water plant retiree. They may have had their stumbles with substance abuse, their brush or worse with the law, and the loss of people they love. No one is interviewing them. Let's not make peoples' joys and sorrows a commodity. Cease and desist.
The older ones subtly commend themselves on their triumphs and awards, and depict their mistakes as sacrifices, and so on.
I don't doubt or condemn anyone's humanity. The UPS gal and guy have the same stories without the financial lubricant. The liquor store clerk, the hotel maid, and the waste water plant retiree. They may have had their stumbles with substance abuse, their brush or worse with the law, and the loss of people they love. No one is interviewing them. Let's not make peoples' joys and sorrows a commodity. Cease and desist.
That is sad about your friend. I've been thinking for a while now how bad of a deal is is about the name Karen.