tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post2425210862640185484..comments2024-03-29T07:36:51.933-05:00Comments on driftglass: Junkie Logicdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-32427045906802988132013-10-17T13:39:15.091-05:002013-10-17T13:39:15.091-05:00Pulitzer stuff.
As always.
But we've known t...Pulitzer stuff.<br /><br />As always.<br /><br />But we've known this.<br /><br />Always.Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-33921551341156229672013-10-17T00:33:31.601-05:002013-10-17T00:33:31.601-05:00It's been my experience that very few people a...It's been my experience that very few people are cut out for the rigors of a life of illicit drug use. Far fewer, as is turns out, than I would have believed when I was younger. <br /> That said, power would appear to be far more intoxicating and addictive than any of the mere chemicals I have so far encountered.<br /> Just last night I was pondering the similarities in the damage caused by drug vs. power induced insanity, and today you go and make a post about it.<br /> About this crop o' fools, though, and aside from the impaired judgement from the power-high, I'm seeing a lack of familiarity with the concept of not always getting one's way mixed in with a Dunning-Krugerish short sightedness towards what I tend to like to call "reality".<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-18191733769097005102013-10-16T22:17:15.852-05:002013-10-16T22:17:15.852-05:00Love ya, but as a former junkie (literally a heroi...Love ya, but as a former junkie (literally a heroin addict) I can tell you that the lie we tell ourselves is, "this time will be awesome. This one will be like when I first started."<br /><br />Don't tell me there is no political metaphor there.<br /><br />But yes, saying that ""My being a addict doesn't matter" exists, but it's usually what we think after we have been clean for a while and what we think to justify a relapse.Ufotofu9https://www.blogger.com/profile/12211994492168099117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-52850132282052322642013-10-16T16:59:06.543-05:002013-10-16T16:59:06.543-05:00Yeah, this is one of your best. The "scrimsha...Yeah, this is one of your best. The "scrimshaws" metaphor is fantastic. Comradde PhysioProffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-31924725046148791272013-10-16T12:18:55.637-05:002013-10-16T12:18:55.637-05:00The spiral of addiction only got worse when the pu...The spiral of addiction only got worse when the pushers forgot that they were running a business, a con to fleece the rubes, and began sampling their own product. If there are commandments for pushers, then certainly the first must be: "DO NOT SAMPLE THE PRODUCT."<br /><br />It's very difficult (read: totally impossible) to get the money men financing the gleeful conservative charge into oblivion when they've started buying into their own bullshit. Once upon a time it was possible to appeal, not to the better angels of their natures (such creatures, if they ever existed, were murdered and their feathers used to stuff some truly comfortable pillows long ago), but to their wallets; the threat of their stock portfolios tanking was enough to get the money men to jerk hard on their customers' collective choke-chain. Now? Now they're True Believers too. Not all of them, but enough.<br /><br />And it's not possible to negotiate with True Believers. Especially if you're one of the filthy heretics they hate so.Pete from Canadanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-82171686131060544522013-10-16T11:58:09.158-05:002013-10-16T11:58:09.158-05:00Brilliant writing. Not sure how this analogy came ...Brilliant writing. Not sure how this analogy came to your keyboard, but it is the definition of hitting the nail on the headChucklenutsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-58542603317736573042013-10-16T11:24:17.455-05:002013-10-16T11:24:17.455-05:00Paraphrasing The Wire, they fight on the lie. Paraphrasing The Wire, they fight on the lie. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com