rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months 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-square19fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down125
arrow-up1105arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareAdamEatsAss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·9 months agoI think you can take “coworkers” out of this shower thought. Beer = okay. Opium = not okay.
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down5·edit-29 months 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-down2·9 months agoBut consuming beer is within the parameters of the law inexplicably (in most jurisdictions, as allowed by age).
I think you can take “coworkers” out of this shower thought. Beer = okay. Opium = not okay.
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).