Did the new Penny Arcade story make anyone else uncomfortable?

[Cliche]

I think if you change "Christianity" to "alcohol" in this video it would make my feelings clear.

Almost every group of ancient humans cultivated mind altering substances.

If grapes (and thus, wine) never existed, the Ancient Greeks might not have had much reason to spread out across the Mediterranean, and their armies might not have fought as hard if they didn't have a few drinks and a bit of hanky panky to forward to.

Either way, it's not as if dry countries don't exist.
Like Afghanistan, where families "cure" children's illnesses with opium.
And Yemen, where men sit around with a massive ball of khat in their mouths for much of the day.
Clearly, these countries are so very advanced due to a lack of alcohol.

 

[Taurus Vis]

Because weed is awesome. Seriously.

 

[Shadowstar38]

OT: I dont like drug users, any drug users, any user of any drug. Namely because the money spent more often than not ends up in the hands of cartels.

If you absolutely want/have to smoke weed, then you should grow it yourself, for your own consumption.


[small]also, I know like, five people who died from a Marijuana overdose after they injected it into their arms[/small]

That's a new one. I've never had someone suggest I do something even more illegal than what I'm doing to solve a problem. Getting caught buying a small amount of weed gets you in less trouble than having a bunch of plants in your house.

Also, what dumbass puts weed in a needle? That's just ill advised.

you havent seen the joke true stories on how people would inject marijuana, have bad hallucinations, and overdose in an alleyway?

They've been around for a while now.

Huh. That's just natural selection hard at work then.

 

[adamsaccount]

I think weed is great and more people should smoke it.

 

[Charli]

I was never told much about MJ asides that it would make me loose focus on my goals in life if used excessively.

I didn't grow up with scare tactics and adverts telling me it's satan's dung. And that it will kill you.

So... I guess I never really took that comic to be uncomfortable. It's just a drug. Coffee is also a drug to me. My own willpower stops me drinking too much or cutting it out completely. It takes sufficiently MORE willpower to quit smoking than I think doing Marijuana, at least I have my parents (excessive smokers) and a friend (has smoked alot of pot) to compare, one of these things was able to walk away from it. I'll let you guess.

 

[Loonyyy]

Not quite, an intelligent person wouldn't drink alcohol or smoke or take drugs. They wouldn't need to do those things to relax or enjoy life. They would weigh the pros against the cons and realize that most forms of drugs are bad and not do them.

Speaking as an intelligent person, you have no idea what you're talking about. Alcohol is an excellent way to take your mind off of all the crap going on in the world that the less-intelligent amongst us are blessedly incapable of perceiving.

Edit:

They drunk to deal with shit, it's not uncommon for the more intelligent to be depressed and what's the easiest/most common way to deal with depression? You get no prizes for saying booze.

Shot your own argument in the foot there.

It's even more amusing when you know that high intellect has been linked with things such as substance abuse and alcoholism. It's even been referenced in this thread. But, hey, I guess that post shows that the Dunning Krueger effect is present and accounted for.

 

[Loonyyy]

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This.

Alcohol is the cause of so much shit, from drunk drivers to alcoholics to making babies to breaking of relationships but it's perfectly legal.

Yet weed is illegal? I Would never smoke weed (I don't smoke normal cigs or drink alcohol) but who the fuck am I to tell people what they shouldn't do to themselves? They know the risks and they made the choice to do it, as long as there choice doesn't effect others negatively I don't care.

and an even more "what the shit", cigarets are banned from advertising everywhere beyond magazines.

Sure, they cause health problems, but alcohol is advertised everywhere, even on TV where Children can see them.

90% of alcohol commercials? sex, partying, people having a good time, essentially "you will be cool if you drink".

Last time I checked, the number of deaths from cigarets was relatively low as compared to alcohol. When was the last time you heard of someone dieing in a car accident from smoking too many cigarets?


sorry, I always found it a bit hypocritical.

OT: I dont like drug users, any drug users, any user of any drug. Namely because the money spent more often than not ends up in the hands of cartels.

If you absolutely want/have to smoke weed, then you should grow it yourself, for your own consumption.


[small]also, I know like, five people who died from a Marijuana overdose after they injected it into their arms[/small]

Are you stoned by any chance? Because, injecting Marijuana? Really? I think the problem there might not be drug use, and more a lack of general knowledge on how to use a syringe. Everyone knows you're meant to stick it in your eyeball.

A side note: The drug users probably don't like you either.