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I just saw him on the corner of Pike and Broadway drumming. His sexy girlfriend was with him but neither of them are looking very 'sexy' these days. Forrest a.k.a. illfates and his girl are very skinny, and homeless looking. Forrest had sores on his face and was kinda shuffling his feet. His girl was also shuffling about and had a pretty bad sounding cough. When I saw them, I thought about approaching them but then I decided to just walk on by. I wasn't even sure if he'd recognize me anymore honestly. A year ago he was doing shows around here and producing music. He even got me a gig once. but his junk habit seems to have gotten the better of him. Just say "no" to smack kids. |
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if that's real, then he got what he deserved, in all honesty. he was completely aware of what he was getting into. a rock star he is not. |
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That's shit, but it's also deserved in a way. That doesn't mean he doesn't need or deserve help. |
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He was cool and made good music. |
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They were both on heroin, right? |
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i have no sympathy for anyone who willingly takes hard drugs, but if he's still able to contribute to society in some way then he probably deserves some help. otherwise he's just doing what he wants to do and that's fine. |
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Everyone deserves help. |
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for him, 'help' might mean just another needle. if someone is helped in one way when they want it in another, isn't that selfish on our part? maybe i'm just in a bad mood. |
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Not really: Sometimes helping someone means hurting them a bit. |
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I believe yes, they were both smoking heroin. i remember he said they would never shoot it, but who knows. i didn't look for or notice any needle tracks and i didn't stop to chat with them either. |
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I don't mean that as in "give him another needle," but you may have to lock him up in a room for a while. |
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my opinion on this should be entirely ignored, actually. the most i know about this situation is whatever i read in trainspotting. :p |
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at least his legacy here was one of the funniest threads ever. |
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Well, I guess my question's finally been answered. |
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Don't be an idiot. Getting hooked is not so simple. And at that point it is a *medical* problem. If your dad were a depressed man and got hooked on prozac, would you say the same things? |
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oh, i didn't know he got addicted to heroin through a health problem. that's really tragic. :( |
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Shit, I work at the Tullys on Pike and Broadway! : ) |
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I mean... : O ? |
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No I mean, once you get hooked, you're fucked. and if you're life sucks, you have no way out. Heroin hasn't been used medically for 100 years, as far as I know. So my analogy was off. But mostly I was preying on the negative image of drugs which is pushed on us. Anyway, I feel sorry for the guy. He probably just played around with heroin without really realizing the potential damage. No one expects to get fucked like that.. I have full sympathy. Drugs are tremendously powerful. |
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Addiction is a health problem. |
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well, maybe it was how he was raised by his parents, in which case he really couldn't help himself. he needs a loving figure who can explain why drugs are wrong. |
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i don't get it. why are you skirting the issue of why he started drugs in the first place? |
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ahh, i don't like arguing. i don't even belong in this topic. sorry guys. |
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sorry I went sortof ape shit; I'm taking a break from work since something I can't solve is frustrating me.. Anyway, it's just that he seemed like a good, creative dude, and there aren't many of those, and I'm said he succumbed to a drug habit. It's like getting an STD when you could have prevented it with a condom; sure, you were dumb, but it still sucks MASSIVELY. |
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my fault for peeing anger all over the place. I just happen to know a lot about addictions and how they are mismanaged, and it's a very sad story. |
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I'm sure lots of kids with caring parents who told educated them as well as they could about the dangers of drugs still end up hooked. It's a bit more complicated than that. |
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Skirting? |
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woah, did you hear a bunch of lousy drumming about an hour ago? that was him. I work on broadway across from Swedish Hospital, just up the road from that Tully's BTW. |
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oh, i guess if you're posting here, you aren't making coffee at Tullys.. duh. |
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nevermind, i'm in a bad mood like i said. i wasn't going anywhere productive with that so just pretend i didn't say anything. |
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Yes, but what do you mean when you say skirting? |
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I mean, I tried guessing from context, but then I can only say I'm not doing it. |
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Naw, but I was just about to head down there incidentally. That sounds rough though : / |
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from dictionary.com: To evade, as by circumlocution: skirted the controversial issue. |
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Skirting basically means staying on the periphery (and sometimes ignoring facts) rather than directly addressing an issue. The context the phrase was used in here wasn't actually very appropriate. |
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That was my guess, but then your question doesn't make sense to me. |
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Yeah, I don't see why how he got into drugs is relevant for him needing help. |
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how so? |
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drunken answered that pretty well. |
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this is extremely off topic, but which muppet is that? |
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Travelling uncle matt!!!!! |
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Because DM can't possibly be skirting an issue that isn't even part of the topic of conversation. The origin of the drug addiction wasn't raised until you accused him of skirting the issue :P |
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wow, you're right! i don't know where my mind is today. maybe it's in . . . fraggle rock. |
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that sucks i'm not surprised, i'm glad his still alive though i really hope he can get off it, that he maybe has people that can help him when he reaches out |
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evolume should go back and save him. |
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It's not in my personality to save people from themselves. |
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rostasky: what do you look like? maybe i'll come down there and get a coffee one of these days and say hello. |
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He'll be the Skeksi behind the counter. |
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with all the fraggle rock and dark crystal and hard drug references, this has become the ultimate 80s fantasy film thread on xltronic. |
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xltronic > smack |
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