it's supremely fucking weird that professional tech people like to gather with a bunch of near-strangers they only know professionally and go "hey let's all do drugs together"https://twitter.com/eplerjc/status/1274404567858335744 …
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drugs are cool but not with someone i met 20 minutes ago and who i know literally nothing about except "likes python" nor with someone i've known for 7 years but only as a coworker, thanks also, normalize referring to alcohol as a drug
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i found the use of word "drug" in english so weird while learning it and then i met an adult who sincerely thinks all drugs are immoral. like, including penicillin, that was literally the example i asked about
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I know someone with sleeping problems who refuses to try melatonin or anything else because their family said it’s bad, and now I worry about them getting sick and dying because their family is in some sort of cult
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Some people are irrationally scared by drugs. My family is no stranger to medicine, but I had to convince them that melatonin was a good idea. Now I'm going to get checked for ADHD and my mom's first reaction was "BUT WHAT THEY GIVE YOU FOR THAT IS AMPHETAMINES!!!"
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This is the same mom that keeps a drawer full of stuff, including prescription meds, for anything from colds to acid reflux. 
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