Heroin and the other \u201cdowns,\u201d natural and synthetic, are not polite. These drugs effectively eliminate the painful aspect of existence, which, nowadays, is almost all of it. Pain, such as a pain in the ass, is the thing that commonly alerts us to the presence of other people. Interaction with others is what manners are all about. Don\u2019t take \u201cdowns.\u201d Try to be \u201cdown on life\u201d instead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Heroin and the other \u201cdowns,\u201d natural and synthetic, are not polite. These drugs effectively eliminate the painful aspect of existence, which, nowadays, is almost all of it. Pain, such as a pain in the ass, is the thing that commonly alerts us to the presence of other people. Interaction with others is what manners are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[428,203,1277],"class_list":["post-10446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","tag-hell-is-other-people-but-not-you-youre-different","tag-i-dont-believe-in-modern-love","tag-pj-orourke"],"yoast_head":"\n
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