rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoSit down with your co-workers for a beer and everybody smiles. They even make tv shows about it. But sit down with your co-workers for a little opium and everybody gets their panties in a twist.message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down128
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squareSit down with your co-workers for a beer and everybody smiles. They even make tv shows about it. But sit down with your co-workers for a little opium and everybody gets their panties in a twist.rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down6·edit-212 days agoThere’s a certain inherent nastiness to alcohol. A definite taint that shouts “I am poison” or “this stuff is good for cleaning engine parts”. Opium, not so much. More of a warm floral hug.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·12 days agoBut consuming beer is within the parameters of the law inexplicably (in most jurisdictions, as allowed by age).
There’s a certain inherent nastiness to alcohol. A definite taint that shouts “I am poison” or “this stuff is good for cleaning engine parts”.
Opium, not so much. More of a warm floral hug.
But consuming beer is within the parameters of the law inexplicably (in most jurisdictions, as allowed by age).