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Can you not make the same defense of mild family wide alcoholism, which most people agree the family would be better without? It seems to fit all the pieces yo
by SomeStupidPoint 11y ago
Can you not make the same defense of mild family wide alcoholism, which most people agree the family would be better without?
It seems to fit all the pieces you describe: mechanism which relaxes people and which can form bonding experiences for the whole group participating.
- irishcoffee 11y agoSmoking pot would do the same thing. Playing a board game also. Are we now going to say that teasing, drinking, smoking pot, and playing a board game are equal? I can't tell if I'm getting trolled because of your username or not, but it seems to fit here.
- SomeStupidPoint 11y agoActually, you basically just rephrased my point: the argument I was responding to applies to everything from mild dysfunction (inter-generational family addictions being passed down and celebrated) to perfectly benign (similar habits regarding board games instead of drugs). Hence, it applying to teasing doesn't say anything at all about whether or not teasing is a good thing -- the argument applies to nearly anything at all, both functional and dysfunctional.