[FRIAM] unplanned [sen|obsol]escence

[Marcus Daniels]

Steve writes:

< Is it a single spectrum?   I propose a few components:

  1.  Self Exploration
  2.  Creativity Enhancement
  3.  Medicating for Social Anxiety
  4.  Medicating for Depression
  5.  Self Identity/Expression
  6.  Avoidance
  7.  ...
>
Being a vegan, for example, is an inconvenience and one will tend to impact a group.   Not participating in the hedonism around you will make you stick out.

From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Steve Smith
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 10:53 AM
To: friam at redfish.com
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] unplanned [sen|obsol]escence




Generation X are heavy, risky drinkers. Will anything ever persuade us to stop?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/22/generation-x-heavy-drinkers-will-anything-persuade-us-to-stop



"There’s one other factor: the odiousness of comparison. Or, to put that more simply, generation X was never that extreme, it’s just the millennials, or generation sensible, are making us look bad. They drink less overall, and are more likely to renounce drinking altogether. Generation Z drink less still ..."

At least among some subcultures, Generation B(oomer) were much more alcohol abusing, not only in our youth (I turned 18 not long after the drinking age was (temporarily) reduced to 18 or 19 in many states), but in our "middle-age" (day drinkers) and into our twilight years as high functioning (or low-demand) alcoholics.  At least you X-drinkers had craft brew to hide behind, we were arguing over Coors vs Budweiser or lauding the praises of 40oz Schlitz Malt Liquor (for lunch?).

"People are so cynical: they say millennials are just taking drugs or smoking weed instead. But that’s not the case: we’ve seen declines in all drug use."





If anything makes me worry about the future of society, it's this Puritanism infecting our youngsters. Alcohol is poison. But the other drugs are much less so. Maybe, just maybe, we'll see loosening of controls (like marijuana, X, and psi) and that will allow DIY body modification, implants, and such to flower. It's important to see it as a spectrum.

Is it a single spectrum?   I propose a few components:

  1.  Self Exploration
  2.  Creativity Enhancement
  3.  Medicating for Social Anxiety
  4.  Medicating for Depression
  5.  Self Identity/Expression
  6.  Avoidance
  7.  ...






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