XLCaps said:

I think he's just trying to be nice because everyone else seems to enjoy being a dick. Constructive criticism is helpful but a lot of posts in this thread are completely mean spirited. Both sides of the argument are valid.

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SirShroomsAlott said:

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You should stop defending her as much as people should stop slamming her, and no offense, but you come off like you feel you're above everyone else, you find other post mundane and naive which you seem to acknowledge as proof they're and there's people who think the same of yours, get off your high horse, we all get it, you're mature and sophisticated and everyone who doesn't think like you isn't and is
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zappaisgod said:

I think that she uses them to escape the pressures of her tiger mother

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It wouldn't surprise me, but it's got to be more complex than that I think.  I can definitely see how trying to live a double life is harmful, and that is something I think some of us learn to do at a very young age.  To me being honest with yourself and the people who actually care about you is incredibly important, much moreso than keeping up the appearance of having it all together, and people with authoritarian parents seem to have an especially hard time with this.  Someone must have had to care in order for her to turn out so capable tho, so I think if anyone can turn it around it is Crystal G. 

If she is continuously drawn to the streets and what comes along with it, she is tougher than me and maybe has more going on inside than we can understand.  I can relate to that, but in the end living so rough wore me down and I was forced into learning to live my life around quiet healthy routine.  I never even thought that was in me, but once I realized I felt better without abusing drugs it changed everything.  Applying that same energy and drive towards something more productive would be quite impressive I think, but the choice has to be hers or it won't mean anything.

I know you're actually in the process of doing that Crystal, but it's a struggle that's just life.

twoseeeye said:

They took everything but left you with money to offer the guy who gave you a ride? Strange. I'd get a rape kit though if that happened.

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zappaisgod said:

Of course it is certainly more complex but I think that was the genesis of her self hatred

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Yeah it's one of those things that I'm talking about, in the end I can't hate on anyone who doesn't understand because if they don't now, they will.  Sometimes there are circumstances out of our control and things that are basically part of who we are that we have to overcome.  Even if you're somehow a person that does everything right, which I'm not sure exists, you're going to suffer because the people you care about are going to be out of your control.  Might even be enough to drive someone to self-destruct themselves and if someone has not faced adversity before I think they are just as vulnerable as everyone else, just less aware.

I mean the drugs are never the problem really.  They're just a symptom.

ModestMouse said:

You mean people around you are losing interest in psychedelic drugs as they age?

Yeah I think that's a common trend. Psychedelics seem to be strongly used by people up until their mid-late twenties

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nicechrisman said:

twoseeeye said:

They took everything but left you with money to offer the guy who gave you a ride? Strange. I'd get a rape kit though if that happened.

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I think generally a woman can tell if she was raped, even if they have no recollection of it.

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moonrockmushy said:

Everyone has a spoogefest anytime someone brings up ketamine, but bring up something that isn't popular with middle-class neo-hippies and all the sudden everyone saddles up their high horse.

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