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I actually loved it for the most realistic depictions of drug use I've ever seen on TV or film. Really helped lend it a bit of cyberpunk-ish credibility.

by TillE 10y ago

blahi 10y ago
The most realistic depiction of drug use on TV is The Wire AINEC.
- yayadarsh 10y ago
  See also: The Corner
MichaelGG 10y ago
What? It was ridiculously far removed from reality. First, he eats 3x10mg morphine pills. Morphine has a terrible oral bioavailability (and morphine pills are relatively rare). Any self-respecting drug user would at least google some basics. He talks about "withdrawal" and having to avoid being sick, so takes Suboxone (buprenorphine) which is stronger than his regular morphine dose! It's pure fantasy. Also, he has an attractive drug dealer girl that just comes over to give him free drugs and screw him? I'm sure this happens. But I doubt it's remotely representative to say that happens to introverted semiautistic "hackers".
- 67726e 10y ago
  I just binge watched the show last week. I'm fairly certain he always crushed the pills with mortar and pestle, then snorted it. As for the girl, she was his middle woman, and it was only them doing MDMA that one night. Not for nothing but that's not terribly far-fetched. I've had a girl offer me MDMA before.
  - MichaelGG 10y ago
    MS Contin pills are very waxy. Snorting them would be a terrible way to use; he'd literally be better off with IV. I don't think it increases BA anyways.
    - 67726e 10y ago
      Would the shitty BA matter for someone who isn't used to harder opiates or would it flat out be useless? His character makes of point to talk about how he's careful to not get addicted.
orionblastar 10y ago
It is more than that, he clearly has a version of schizophrenia and maybe DID syndrome with Mr. Robot being a personality in his head that takes control of his body. He isn't always aware that Mr. Robot takes control. That one time in the cafe Mr. Robot showed that he could control Elliot's body and mess with one of the guys to get punched out. What Eliot sees isn't always reality. There are also those three days Elliot lost that Mr. Robot took over to do the Evil Corp hack.

I actually loved it for the most realistic depictions of drug use I've ever seen on TV or film. Really helped lend it a bit of cyberpunk-ish credibility.

by TillE 10y ago

I actually loved it for the most realistic depictions of drug use I've ever seen on TV or film. Really helped lend it a bit of cyberpunk-ish credibility.

blahi 10y ago

The most realistic depiction of drug use on TV is The Wire AINEC.

yayadarsh 10y ago
See also: The Corner

MichaelGG 10y ago

What? It was ridiculously far removed from reality. First, he eats 3x10mg morphine pills. Morphine has a terrible oral bioavailability (and morphine pills are relatively rare). Any self-respecting drug user would at least google some basics. He talks about "withdrawal" and having to avoid being sick, so takes Suboxone (buprenorphine) which is stronger than his regular morphine dose! It's pure fantasy. Also, he has an attractive drug dealer girl that just comes over to give him free drugs and screw him? I'm sure this happens. But I doubt it's remotely representative to say that happens to introverted semiautistic "hackers".

67726e 10y ago
I just binge watched the show last week. I'm fairly certain he always crushed the pills with mortar and pestle, then snorted it. As for the girl, she was his middle woman, and it was only them doing MDMA that one night. Not for nothing but that's not terribly far-fetched. I've had a girl offer me MDMA before.
- MichaelGG 10y ago
  MS Contin pills are very waxy. Snorting them would be a terrible way to use; he'd literally be better off with IV. I don't think it increases BA anyways.
  - 67726e 10y ago
    Would the shitty BA matter for someone who isn't used to harder opiates or would it flat out be useless? His character makes of point to talk about how he's careful to not get addicted.

orionblastar 10y ago

It is more than that, he clearly has a version of schizophrenia and maybe DID syndrome with Mr. Robot being a personality in his head that takes control of his body. He isn't always aware that Mr. Robot takes control. That one time in the cafe Mr. Robot showed that he could control Elliot's body and mess with one of the guys to get punched out. What Eliot sees isn't always reality. There are also those three days Elliot lost that Mr. Robot took over to do the Evil Corp hack.