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‘Choose drugs?’ 30 years after he wrote Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh says life is tougher now (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago (26 children)

“People can’t get jobs. People will never buy a house. They can’t buy nice things. Everything is fucked even if you’re not on drugs,” he says.

“It [the book] almost becomes some kind of inspiring clarion call: let’s do fucking drugs, man. We’re fucked anyway. Let’s just go for it.”

Well, that's depressing.

[–] ikiru@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

That's how I feel about smoking cigars.

Everything, including the soil and rain water, is fucking polluted to shit so you're deluded if you think you can avoid cancer by not smoking. I was very influenced by that 90's anti-smoking Truth campaign for a long time but I don't give a shit anymore. At this point, just enjoy whatever you can when you can.

[–] Gatsby@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart.

How much can you know about yourself, if you've never been in a fight?

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