I feel like people just do alcohol as an excuse to cut some of their constructed bullshit. Like you can only be open or optimistic or whatever if you’re weak and stupid, so you must weaken yourself to express the full breadth of yourself. Like there’s a culturally approved kind of jester’s privilege¹ contingent on being drunk.
Thank you, but I’m not a coward, have a sense of taste, and don’t like hangovers. I’ll do drugs that are actually worthwhile if I want drugs. I’ll spit in the King’s face (probably)sober if I want to spit in a face.
¹not exactly, but very close to it, and it encourages us to at least discursively isolate the deeper self from the surface reflexive self. It’s shit and i hate it.
I feel like people just do alcohol as an excuse to cut some of their constructed bullshit. Like you can only be open or optimistic or whatever if you’re weak and stupid, so you must weaken yourself to express the full breadth of yourself. Like there’s a culturally approved kind of jester’s privilege¹ contingent on being drunk.
Thank you, but I’m not a coward, have a sense of taste, and don’t like hangovers. I’ll do drugs that are actually worthwhile if I want drugs. I’ll spit in the King’s face (probably)sober if I want to spit in a face.
¹not exactly, but very close to it, and it encourages us to at least discursively isolate the deeper self from the surface reflexive self. It’s shit and i hate it.