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Kevin Gonzalez's avatar

When I was 15-16yo the pressure to try alcohol while i was hanging out with my friends it was too much that today I hate family and close friends events just bc of that. But yes we need to socialize more for sure.

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Freddy Vega's avatar

Yeah. I felt like that for a while. I'd rather have that discomfort than not hang out now.

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Juan Gonzalez's avatar

Story very insightful and well supported by data. Indeed, we as a society are loosing the pleasure of having a conversation, meeting new people and even staring at the horizon doing nothing. Also, the shift from alcohol consumption to other types of substances seems not to be a clever move; actually I think there will be a next era of products to fight against loneliness at the cost of our mental stability, just like in Huxley's "Brave new world".

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Freddy Vega's avatar

Well yes. MDMA exists.

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