I must say I am quite taken aback by the condescending tone of your comment (suggesting that I am 15 years old etc).
But since you’ve got some upvotes I wonder if disagreement “with the current consensus” indeed was implied by my phrasing. In case it needs clarification, obviously, I suggest that nobody tries heroin. And even though this question seems much easier to answer, it was listed by the OP and so it would be helpful if he could first answer it himself.
UPD In case you’re interested in my stance on the above substances, it’s this:
-- Heroin is quite harmful.
-- Amphetamines are sometimes useful as prescription drugs, but I wouldn’t recommend them otherwise.
-- I strongly encourage any adult to have LSD at least once, but with great care for the setting and risk-factors, such as relatives with schizophrenia etc.
But my stance is not the point. It’s up to the OP to find his.
I think you have misunderstood something the gears to ascenscion wrote. In this sentence:
It might be worth waiting even if you (15 year old dude who is excited about a new insight) like the idea of some of these drugs
the word “you”, I think, doesn’t mean “you, the reader, reading this paragraph right now”, it means “anyone”, and in particular is gesturing toward OP’s 15-year-old son who reads LW and is keen to try a bunch of drugs.
(This use of “you” in colloquial English is rather strange. I don’t know whether any other languages do the same thing.)
I must say I am quite taken aback by the condescending tone of your comment (suggesting that I am 15 years old etc).
But since you’ve got some upvotes I wonder if disagreement “with the current consensus” indeed was implied by my phrasing. In case it needs clarification, obviously, I suggest that nobody tries heroin. And even though this question seems much easier to answer, it was listed by the OP and so it would be helpful if he could first answer it himself.
UPD In case you’re interested in my stance on the above substances, it’s this:
-- Heroin is quite harmful.
-- Amphetamines are sometimes useful as prescription drugs, but I wouldn’t recommend them otherwise.
-- I strongly encourage any adult to have LSD at least once, but with great care for the setting and risk-factors, such as relatives with schizophrenia etc.
But my stance is not the point. It’s up to the OP to find his.
err, quite the opposite. you (svyatoslav) is not the same person as you (15 year old person). that was the entire point of separating the references!
I think you have misunderstood something the gears to ascenscion wrote. In this sentence:
the word “you”, I think, doesn’t mean “you, the reader, reading this paragraph right now”, it means “anyone”, and in particular is gesturing toward OP’s 15-year-old son who reads LW and is keen to try a bunch of drugs.
(This use of “you” in colloquial English is rather strange. I don’t know whether any other languages do the same thing.)
close but nope I meant each “you” to refer to exactly one person, and a different one each time.