That's a fantastic counterpoint. There IS more to his death, and it does involve many, many people personally. As other commenters have said, these discussions aren't happening day-to-day, when so many people do suffer tragedies due to addiction, and they are large conversations that need to happen so that structural…
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Thank you for this comment. As a "highly functioning" addict of many decades (prominent job & career), I agree. I earn a 6 figure salary and own a beautiful home. I'm very good at my job. I'm also a contented addict and I don't really know when I'll be ready to quit because I've done so well for so long and frankly, I…
Thank you for this - I said something very similar to this but probably not as well. We can't move on to talking about reform until we get people to accept that there's a societal problem besides just, "our society has lazy addicts in it." Until enough people can grasp what we're talking about we can't take that next…
I want to like this essay, but I don't. In fact, I hate it.
Speaking as someone who plays MMOs (and is female) I encounter a multitude of trolls on a daily basis. I just want to point out that there is a difference between FEEDING a troll and ENGAGING a troll. ENGAGING is counter trolling. You make them look stupid to their audience, and their audience turns on them. Then it's…
Thank you for providing some context to the conversation. I was a bit bewildered by the whole term "incel", but this makes a lot of sense now, and it's sad to see it has been co-opted by people such as this guy, who I am really hoping is a grand internet troll of some sort, because if not, jeez louise.