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Yeah. I used the same schpeel (or something similar), with my kid when we found out she was smoking at 15. You know ~ it's not heroine or cocaine, but it can ma
by daveslash 4y ago
Yeah. I used the same schpeel (or something similar), with my kid when we found out she was smoking at 15. You know ~ it's not heroine or cocaine, but it can make you content to just do nothing, when you'd be happier doing something.
Sometimes "do nothing" is exactly what we need in this crazy, hectic, busy world. Sometimes it's good to be bored. But keep it in check. Also, I have no problem with adults partaking, but kids with their developing brains ~ that's another story in my mind.
- monktastic1 4y agoFYI, spiel :)
- daveslash 4y agoThank you.
- davidrupp 4y agoMore info at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spiel https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spiel . Pronounced as you (gp) spelled it phonetically because it's borrowed from German.
- gowld 4y agoIt's taken from Yiddish, which took it from German.
- daveslash 4y agoFrom Yiddish? I didn't know that. Interesting and Thank You. A few years ago, I used the word "Schmuck", and someone asked me if I was Jewish (I'm not). I didn't realize that "Schmuck" was also a Yiddish word until then. I looked it up, and I didn't realize that some Yiddish speaking people consider it to be obscene profanity! So now I use a little more sparingly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmuck_(pejorative) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmuck_(pejorative)
- detritus 4y agoPersonally I prefer 'schpiel' :)