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True. I party a lot and i notice a lot of especially GenZ and millennial have a strong preference to other substances. Not stuff like coke but mdma and designer

by wkat4242 10mo ago

True. I party a lot and i notice a lot of especially GenZ and millennial have a strong preference to other substances. Not stuff like coke but mdma and designer stuff. Only last weekend I was complaining about hangovers and this girl offered me some MDMA saying she uses it precisely to avoid hangovers and also expensive beverages in the club. Makes sense but for me as a GenXer it's still a pretty big leap to take. I'll just stick with my craft beer.

defrost 10mo ago
> Makes sense but for me as a GenXer it's still a pretty big leap to take. That was a double take .. having lived through the 80's and 90s I'm somewhat suprised there is any MDMA left to consume in the world. It was GenX'rs that gave us: A great philosopher once wrote: naughty, naughty, very naughty… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKBPUwKJmDM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKBPUwKJmDM and Spaced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRW8FBFwhyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRW8FBFwhyc To quote a peer GenX'r Dramatically ambiguous I know, but we are on a lot of drugs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2iP5Si-Ho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2iP5Si-Ho
- GaProgMan 10mo ago
  I was not expecting both Spaced and Jim "Mr.B the Gentleman Rhymer" Burke to be mentioned in the same comment on a HN thread. Good show indeed.
  - defrost 10mo ago
    The Banjolele is such a criminally underated instrument. 'Tis a great pity he has never double billed or collaborated with The Kransky Sisters. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Z6b0q-JWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Z6b0q-JWo
- wkat4242 10mo ago
  Ah yes it depends on the country and subculture I guess. Where I'm from it was super normal to drink even at 16 but drugs were a big taboo.
  - defrost 10mo ago
    FwiW and despite whatever impression you may have gleaned from my comment I wasn't particularly into either drugs or alcohol myself, but I certainly saw a lot of both consumed .. and to be fair it's something a lot of people dive into in their late teens and early twenties and then most drastically cut back or stop altogether. The Spaced scene I linked is infamous for many people noting it as one the best depictions of a MDMA rave party ever filmed and Edgar Wright and cast members asserting it was shot in the middle of the day and no one was drunk or on drugs. That .. may or may not be true or overstated - I know I wasn't there at the time so I can't claim knowledge either way.
- metalman 10mo ago
  too much of everything, is just enough. right.

defrost 10mo ago

> Makes sense but for me as a GenXer it's still a pretty big leap to take. That was a double take .. having lived through the 80's and 90s I'm somewhat suprised there is any MDMA left to consume in the world. It was GenX'rs that gave us: A great philosopher once wrote: naughty, naughty, very naughty… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKBPUwKJmDM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKBPUwKJmDM and Spaced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRW8FBFwhyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRW8FBFwhyc To quote a peer GenX'r Dramatically ambiguous I know, but we are on a lot of drugs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2iP5Si-Ho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2iP5Si-Ho

GaProgMan 10mo ago
I was not expecting both Spaced and Jim "Mr.B the Gentleman Rhymer" Burke to be mentioned in the same comment on a HN thread. Good show indeed.
- defrost 10mo ago
  The Banjolele is such a criminally underated instrument. 'Tis a great pity he has never double billed or collaborated with The Kransky Sisters. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Z6b0q-JWo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Z6b0q-JWo
wkat4242 10mo ago
Ah yes it depends on the country and subculture I guess. Where I'm from it was super normal to drink even at 16 but drugs were a big taboo.
- defrost 10mo ago
  FwiW and despite whatever impression you may have gleaned from my comment I wasn't particularly into either drugs or alcohol myself, but I certainly saw a lot of both consumed .. and to be fair it's something a lot of people dive into in their late teens and early twenties and then most drastically cut back or stop altogether. The Spaced scene I linked is infamous for many people noting it as one the best depictions of a MDMA rave party ever filmed and Edgar Wright and cast members asserting it was shot in the middle of the day and no one was drunk or on drugs. That .. may or may not be true or overstated - I know I wasn't there at the time so I can't claim knowledge either way.
metalman 10mo ago
too much of everything, is just enough. right.