Parenting and Drinking for Eternity

Eh? The children were only there for about an hour or so right? Near the beginning too? Were their parents even a part of the party or on a different project entirely? Wasn't this more of a 'we couldn't secure day-care so we had to have them running around the workplace' thing?
 
I'm 100% positive I saw grown men play drinking games with hard liquor in front of children.
 
The horror; the decline and fall of western civilisation, those kids are scarred for life I am sure.

These were Feargus Urqharts kids btw, he was in the room too
 
And he wasn't drunk. At least not as much as Avellone.
 
They are a Californians, no? Californians are supposed to be drunken and stoned all the day! :twisted:
 
When I was a kid I was embarassed by drunk adults. I couldn't stand it. So I see Jebus' point. The social status of alcohol bothers me. It isn't less dangerous than any other drug.

On topic, WEEEEE! This is lookin' good.
 
Buxx is completely right. Between overdrinking, driving while drunk and alcohol-related domestic abuse, alcohol probably does more damage than any drug in existence.

I'm not against drinking, I do it myself, and I was fine with the Obsidian situation since there were obviously non-drunk adults taking care of the children, but let's not delude ourselves. Alcohol is potentially just as dangerous as any illegal drug. I've seen my share of people passing out from overdrinking, and a friend's friend choked on his own vomit and died after a party a few years ago.

That being said, wasn't this thread about Project Eternity?
 
Sicblades said:
C2B said:
Buxbaum666 said:
The social status of alcohol bothers me. It isn't less dangerous than any other drug.
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What?
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Wait, what? Are you seriously unaware of that?
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Yes, I'm quite aware that it can be just as dangerous.

Like near everything that is misused. (though alcohol is on the worse side there)

It depends on the amount, and harder drugs need a lot less to get into really dangerous territory.
 
It depends on the amount, and harder drugs need a lot less to get into really dangerous territory.
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But there's much more of a social stigma in using them.

I mean, if Avellone and co. were injecting themselves with cocaine live, people sure as hell wouldn't be as enthusiastic.

Alcohol is also much, much more widespread and readily available than most hard drugs. Not to mention it's, you know, legal. I think that was Buxx's point.
 
Ilosar said:
Alcohol is also much, much more widespread and readily available than most hard drugs. Not to mention it's, you know, legal. I think that was Buxx's point.
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So are a lot of things you can get without a presciption, actually. A lot more than you might think.

I guess it depends on one's definition of *dangerous* though.

Well, anyway. You're right the thread's about Eternity.
 
No, it's about parenting and drugs now. Get with the times.
Create a new thread if you want to talk about Eternity.
 
It's a parents duty to pass their stupid vices onto their children. That's why most people shouldn't be allowed to have children. :roll:
 
C2B said:
Ilosar said:
Alcohol is also much, much more widespread and readily available than most hard drugs. Not to mention it's, you know, legal. I think that was Buxx's point.
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So are a lot of things you can get without a presciption, actually. A lot more than you might think.

I guess it depends on one's definition of *dangerous* though.
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Not a single drug, legal or not, is nearly as socially accepted as alcohol. Unless it's now commonplace to pop Paracetamol as an aperitif and I missed it somehow. It's unique on that account, people basically expect you to drink. If you tell people you don't smoke, they will most likely not make a fuss or maybe even praise you for it. Tell them you don't drink and brace yourself for baffled stares and questions like "had a bad experience, huh?" or "alcoholics in the family?"
 
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Nope, I never did. Nor did anyone I know of, for that matter. I thought this was pretty normal, but apparently parents are getting shitfaced all over the world.
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That's pretty interesting, because i know no one, who hasn't seen their parents drunk. And i don't see this as a problem, i myself was exposed to drunk parents from when i was conscious of my surroundings, as a little boy, and the first time i got drunk was at 20 years old. It all depends on who your parents are as people and thus, on what kind of environment you are going to grow up in.
 
Buxbaum666 said:
Tell them you don't drink and brace yourself for baffled stares and questions like "had a bad experience, huh?" or "alcoholics in the family?"
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It's their right to assume that. Let's face it there is no reason not to enjoy a beer or two or a joint or two. If you are avoiding it i will assume you can't control it or that something traumatic is tied to your perception of it.

Is it more or less dangerous then drugs? In my opinion it is bacuse it's more available to the common man. If we were living in a society where all kinds of stimulants are equally available then the impact would be the same. It's all the same stuff just different flavours.
 
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