• Unpopular opinions! V2: I Don't like half life edition.
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[QUOTE=Memnoth;46896692]A couple of people I got to know during an involuntary visit to the rehabilitation clinic expressed the addiction potential of heroin to be so profound, just trying the substance would qualify you for the methadone program. But do we help the victims of this spiritual and transhumanistic phenomena by criminalizing them? The only crime done is the wish to control the urges of your own bio-mechanical vessel.[/QUOTE] The point of criminalization is to discourage use and require rehabilitation.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;46896724]The point of criminalization is to discourage use and require rehabilitation.[/QUOTE] It's nonetheless a failing enterprise, it's creating a source of income for black market trading, while the existence of supply and demand could be put in the budget of our government and more carefully regulated. Social stigmatization is another product of the beloved conservative viewpoint on drug criminalization. I'm a spiritual human being, and I believe compassion should be the first priority in human conversation, everything in life should be comfortable. If my brain happens to develop a chemical dependence on Amphetamine whilst I'm experiencing life to it's fullest, I expect the government to be in control enough to administrate Amphetamine so that I can go on with my day, this is the merging between the technological component of tampering with our own minds. This is pure purpose, if urges can be satisfied through technological enlightenment then this is objectively assigning meaning to universal subjectivity, we create our own function in the universe by controlling our emotional needs.
Decriminalization isn't going to solve anything, the notion of effectively regulating the industry is laughable at best. What needs to be done is antidrug strategies need to be reworked, corruption rooted out, and education on the matter needs to be improved. Very few people on either side of the argument actually know what they're talking about.
[QUOTE]corruption rooted out[/QUOTE] Hahahahah-no. Unless someone literally go as nuts as the Nazi-cleaning against the pharmaceutical companies who are fucking scared for their marijuana healing/grandma's healing secrets, i don't see any progress on that part.
[QUOTE={TFS} Rock Su;46896928]Hahahahah-no. Unless someone literally go as nuts as the Nazi-cleaning against the pharmaceutical companies who are fucking scared for their marijuana healing/grandma's healing secrets, i don't see any progress on that part.[/QUOTE] I'm not entirely sure what you just said, but I believe you were trying to point out the difficulty involved in dealing with corruption, to which you would have a point, it's a difficult issue to tackle, but at the same time it's a blight on every organization it touches that desperately needs to be reined in, especially on matters of public safety.
[QUOTE=fudge blood;46894559]I guess in my experience, I haven't met anybody who likes it. :([/QUOTE] That's because a lot of people think they know what opera is, and have the wrong idea about it. It's a bit like scouting, in that sense. It's annoying [editline]10th January 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=fudge blood;46895740]They will NEVER outdo Lysandre's Theme. The most perfect pokemon song of all time. [video=youtube;LIsIdfNTC0M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIsIdfNTC0M[/video][/QUOTE] I think the one Deoxyz has if far better
Plain milk chocolate is gross. Add nuts or fruit and it's way better. Dark chocolate is also good. Also Hershey is pretty much the only company that actually makes a good "blind box" of chocolates if you aren't wanting to spend a pointless amount of money. (Toblerone is also overrated imo the almond nougat is super unpleasant.)
Hershey's are atrocious except for cookies and cream, even then there's much better chocolate out there
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;46897314]Plain milk chocolate is gross. Add nuts or fruit and it's way better. Dark chocolate is also good. Also Hershey is pretty much the only company that actually makes a good "blind box" of chocolates if you aren't wanting to spend a pointless amount of money. (Toblerone is also overrated imo the almond nougat is super unpleasant.)[/QUOTE] I couldn't find a single thing agreeable here aside from the Hershey's thing because I haven't had a blind box of hershey's before.
[QUOTE=fudge blood;46895740]They will NEVER outdo Lysandre's Theme. The most perfect pokemon song of all time. [video=youtube;LIsIdfNTC0M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIsIdfNTC0M[/video][/QUOTE] It's actually kinda reminiscent of the final boss track for Persona 3. (It picks up best around 1:45.) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbhz0O0dAyk[/media] We could use a lot more game music like that.
[QUOTE=ImpSnob;46897330]Hershey's are atrocious except for cookies and cream, even then there's much better chocolate out there[/QUOTE] I used to hear people rant and rave about Hershey's chocolate. When I first tried it all I could think was "All this enthusiasm for sub-par chocolate? I'd better not try the rest of the American stuff."
[QUOTE=Xubs;46896719]MDMA, PCP, krokodil, meth, heroin.... let it be known that I don't think the response we should give addicts is throwing every last one of them into jail, however I also think these substances should not be allowed to get in peoples' hands for the safety and wellbeing of individuals and the public. Addicts should be treated with proper and humane mental assistance.[/QUOTE] MDMA should not be on that list
Yea if u think mdma is on the same level as meth and heroin then it sounds like u need to do some research lol
[QUOTE=Janus Vesta;46897741]I used to hear people rant and rave about Hershey's chocolate. When I first tried it all I could think was "All this enthusiasm for sub-par chocolate? I'd better not try the rest of the American stuff."[/QUOTE] You're not missing much. The vast majority of American chocolate is crap.
Kinder chocolate is the best chocolate. [editline]11th January 2015[/editline] Especially Kinder Surprises.
[QUOTE=SoftHearted;46894901]I hate amusement parks.[/QUOTE] Amusement parks always sound fun but when you are actually there its WAY too much bullshit; you might as well just show up to the place 30 minutes before it closes when its pretty much empty, run between as many rides as possible, then leave The beach is also a place that sounds good but is really pretty crap when you are there, being covered in dry salt and sand all around your body is the worst thing in the world
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;46897619]Star Trek TNG in [I]boooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggg[/I][/QUOTE] I thought that too, until I actually started watching it last year. TNG owns.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;46897619]Star Trek TNG in [I]boooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggg[/I] [/QUOTE] As much as I love TNG, I feel that this is definitely the case for a handful of episodes.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;46896724]The point of criminalization is to discourage use and require rehabilitation.[/QUOTE] And it does that- at the cost of ruining the lives and careers of people who use something for their own entertainment by labeling them as criminals. At the cost of wasting millions of dollars chasing something the government could be making a profit off of. And at the cost of fueling a violent and ruthless black market. Want to discourage drug use? Focus on better education, on better information about the harmful effects many of them have, instead of demonizing drugs and turning responsible users as well as people who have made poor life choices (that more often than not don't affect anyone other than themselves) into criminals, so they'll be even less likely to look for rehabilitation in case they need it. If you want people not to use drugs, make them smart enough to decide that on their own instead of having the government tell them what to do. And if they choose to follow through, then as long as they're not hurting anyone else then they should be free to do so.
[QUOTE=a dumb bear;46897857]MDMA should not be on that list[/QUOTE] well with the rise of popularity of MDMA isn't a lot of it getting bad shit added to it even though it's supposed to be pure? but yeah it's not on the level of meth, heroin, krokodil and PCP
[QUOTE=UnidentifiedFlyingTard;46899374]I thought that too, until I actually started watching it last year. TNG owns.[/QUOTE] I never had any interest in Star Trek until a friend convinced me to try The Next Generation. I absolutely loved it, though it started a bit slow but a bit of beard growing fixed that.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;46897619]Star Trek TNG in [I]boooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggg[/I] LOTR is the bomb, but it's not for everyone.[/QUOTE] Just the first three seasons, really.
imo, dessert isn't very enjoyable. :C I just can't eat it after dinner, so I've haven't had any sort of dessert in YEEEEARS. The only true dessert I like is cheesecake, so once in a blue moon I'll have it as a snack. [I]Mmmmm[/I].
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;46899604]And it does that- at the cost of ruining the lives and careers of people who use something for their own entertainment by labeling them as criminals. At the cost of wasting millions of dollars chasing something the government could be making a profit off of. And at the cost of fueling a violent and ruthless black market. Want to discourage drug use? Focus on better education, on better information about the harmful effects many of them have, instead of demonizing drugs and turning responsible users as well as people who have made poor life choices (that more often than not don't affect anyone other than themselves) into criminals, so they'll be even less likely to look for rehabilitation in case they need it. If you want people not to use drugs, make them smart enough to decide that on their own instead of having the government tell them what to do. And if they choose to follow through, then [b]as long as they're not hurting anyone else[/b] then they should be free to do so.[/QUOTE] This is the second biggest delusion of pro-drug arguments, following the idea that they're not doing any harm at all is the idea that they're only harming the person using. To make that argument is to ignore a large margin of real victims. Nobody's "only harming themselves" when a kid accidentally gets into their parents' stash and OD's, nobody's "only harming themselves" when people get their drinks spiked at parties, and nobody's "only harming themselves" when a woman leaves the man she'd been married to for over twenty years, and both of her children, because he won't feed her crack addiction. Also, a few points in response to your first argument, mainly the idea that the state could profit from such a, quite literally, toxic industry, as of right now tobacco products are some of the most heavily taxed products sold on the US market, but the statistics show that the government is actually losing vast amounts of tax money on them as a result of their life expectancy reduction. If that's the case for tobacco then it's safe to assume that more harmful substances like cocaine would require ludicrously high taxation for profit to be made, and at those levels it's far more likely that most of the drug industry will do what it's always done: operate as a criminal enterprise with no regulations, or worse, take the opportunity of being legal to lobby away any potential regulations and in the process what few commercial drug regulations we already have.
I say we should embrace this mini-migration period and continue with multiculturalism, as it will benefit society as a whole.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;46902157]This is the second biggest delusion of pro-drug arguments, following the idea that they're not doing any harm at all is the idea that they're only harming the person using. To make that argument is to ignore a large margin of real victims. Nobody's "only harming themselves" when a kid accidentally gets into their parents' stash and OD's, nobody's "only harming themselves" when people get their drinks spiked at parties, and nobody's "only harming themselves" when a woman leaves the man she'd been married to for over twenty years, and both of her children, because he won't feed her crack addiction. Also, a few points in response to your first argument, mainly the idea that the state could profit from such a, quite literally, toxic industry, as of right now tobacco products are some of the most heavily taxed products sold on the US market, but the statistics show that the government is actually losing vast amounts of tax money on them as a result of their life expectancy reduction. If that's the case for tobacco then it's safe to assume that more harmful substances like cocaine would require ludicrously high taxation for profit to be made, and at those levels it's far more likely that most of the drug industry will do what it's always done: operate as a criminal enterprise with no regulations, or worse, take the opportunity of being legal to lobby away any potential regulations and in the process what few commercial drug regulations we already have.[/QUOTE] If a kid find their parents' stash of potentially deadly drugs then it's the parents that were irresponsible when they didn't keep it in a safe place, the same would be true if, say, a kid found their dad's gun and shot himself- people wouldn't use that as a reason to ban guns, they'd use it as a reason to encourage keeping your guns safe. If a woman has a crack addiction that may end up ruining her marriage, then she is sick and needs help, not a criminal. If she's considered one, though, how likely will she be to go to a clinic and get her problem sorted out? It's already hard enough for addicts to admit they've got a problem without the legal aspect coming into play, imagine having to admit to yourself and to others that you're both sick AND a criminal? And spiking someone's drink shouldn't even be brought up. It'd be illegal regardless of the drugs used. Don't go on about the idea that [I]nobody[/I] is only harming themselves with drug use by giving very specific examples of non-responsible (and in one case, non-consensual) drug use. Are the cases you cited more likely to happen in case of decriminalization? If yes, then how would you support that? The obvious example, Portugal, shows that's not true. As for tobacco, while what you said might be true, it's also important to note that tobacco use has been steadily dropping for a pretty long time. While I don't have any statistics that show a direct connection, it wouldn't be too far-fetched to link that to better educational practices and the spread of information on its harmful effects.
Kevin Heart is annoying and unfunny
I like Powerman 5000's newer albums. Stuff like [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFrd0JzqcOw"]Super Villian[/URL] and [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di0SSSHjYhg"]You're Gonna Love It![/URL] are incredibly catchy.
[QUOTE=darcy010;46904109]Kevin Heart is annoying and unfunny[/QUOTE] doug stanhope and rich hall are the only american comedians that aren't shite imo, bo burham's standup is awful, but at least two of his songs are entertaining
[QUOTE=absolalone111;46905092]doug stanhope and rich hall are the only american comedians that aren't shite imo, bo burham's standup is awful, but at least two of his songs are entertaining[/QUOTE] I agree that Bo's stand up isn't really that good, his Vines are pretty clever/fun though.
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