Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020)
by erdos4d on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:18AM
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You're not alone, I never got bar/drinking culture either. What was always really weird to me was how homogenous it actually is, like how the nightlife in a city is more or less interchangeable, you just swap out the music and the clothes people wear, but otherwise its the same set of interactions every time. How this was settled upon as THE way to socialize is utterly baffling to me.
Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020)
by gmadsen on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @09:07AM
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I understand not wanting to be apart of it, but it seems silly to say you literally can't understand why others do it.
It is very obvious. It lowers inhibitions, causes euphoria, thus increasing the enjoyment of social interactions for many many people.
I think alcohol, tastes disgusting in general. It's fun to mix with other things to have a stronger effect, but I've always enjoyed everclear to accomplish that, which basically is just pure ethanol.
I never understood alcohol culture, bars, going out, etc.
And I always related that to not being "popular" or feeling calm in a new city or such. I think it's so strange to go to a place, have to wait in line, pay admission/cover, to talk to a bar tender that expects tips, and then pay extravagant costs for something that can be purchased cheaply anywhere else (yes, I understand the transaction/food/beverage/hospitality.)
Never will get it.