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scheming daemons

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7. Too much time and/or money on their hands.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 07:52 AM

May 2012

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If so many people are seeking mood-altering experiences, what does that say about a society? [View all] raccoon May 2012 OP

Better a pill ,than Ideation ,Greed ,and Apathy orpupilofnature57 May 2012 #1

Unfortunately, it seems to be human nature. drm604 May 2012 #2

Not only human nature. Thom Hartmann has a riff where he lists animals EFerrari May 2012 #4

Elephants seek out fermented fruit. drm604 May 2012 #18

some would say the pursuit of altered conciousness is a defining aspect of humanity Bluenorthwest May 2012 #3

"Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs" —Lily Tomlin. n/t Fumesucker May 2012 #8

A lot of societies use various mood/mind-altering substances. GoCubsGo May 2012 #5

Hard for me to tell you how I react to those who think chonic pain vanishes with Bluenorthwest May 2012 #6

Wow. Talk about completely missing my point. GoCubsGo May 2012 #14

Too much time and/or money on their hands. scheming daemons May 2012 #7

Mitt Romney has far too much of both.. Fumesucker May 2012 #11

We've lost a generation or two, we're falling farther and farther behind NotThisTime May 2012 #9

As others have said, it's utterly normal. GliderGuider May 2012 #10

That far too many people are very unhappy. As others have said, altering one's conscience Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #12

When a society is under stress people try to relieve the pressure GliderGuider May 2012 #15

To me a much more troubling development thucythucy May 2012 #13

Good post. woo me with science May 2012 #16

It's been argued that agriculture developed to brew beer... JHB May 2012 #17

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