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Getting high reveals how arbitrary the connection is between how you feel and how well things are going.
(self.showerthoughts)
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1
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Trying to be happy via drugs drives home just how non-arbitrary it is.
Drugs give you variation around a set point. Uppers crash you down. Downers make you tense when they wear off. Only real world work can move that set point around which drugs just make you fluctuate.
You've been reading too much self help nonsense and not experiencing enough drugs to make any assertions about how drugs work. You're so far wrong and oversimplified that I can't even bother reaching so far down to give you a platform of understanding.
instead of telling someone they're wrong, tell them why they're wrong. this whole "x is bad for no reason" rhetoric is why gross drug stigmas exist in the first place so please be better.
Feel free to come up with an accurate description of the complexities of drug interactions to a "haha uppers and downers" person yourself. It's gonna be like explaining color to a dog.