I had a guy working for me once who was convinced he was "addicted" to marijuana, and wanted to see if there was any rehab I could recomend. I remember saying "Oh, bullshit! Stop you're whining." He pursued the matter, and some substance abuse clinic told him "Oh, bullshit. Quit you're whining" That was back in the late '80s.

Really, it's time for people to stop looking for excuses for their lives being fucked up, and admit that they did the fucking up. No external reasons need to be looked for; a screw-up is a screw-up. I heard that even Freud once said that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Whatever happened to accountability? Is it just out of style, or what?

Give the opposition a club to beat you with, and they'll use it without hesitation.

End of rant.

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