Is Above The Influence Cool or Something?

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This silly thing has been going on for a while now. All these kids saying they are above the influence because of that stupid add you see on TV and pretty much everywhere else. Im personally not above the influence, I smoke and do other stuff. But whyfollow the herd instead of doing it on your own. This subject I have been pondering since one of their latest commercialstated "if everybody else is doing it". Or something along those lines, im not a damn expert on this stuff. It seems that it's a desperate attempt to make it look cool.

What ever happened to the old egg in the frying pan? Why not decline from drinking and smoking, ect... because you want to, not because your Above the influence.

EDIT: I believe Above the Influence is trying to round up more kids by saying "everybody's doing it". That's trying to make it look cool. Lordy lord.

That's EXACTLY what someone who's above the influence would say.

whatever works, I guess. The ads are a little annoying though... especially in Nintendo Power. Seriously? /targetaudiencefail

but they are still making a personal choice to be above the influence, so it really is like the egg in the frying pan(ive personally never heard that before :P)

Then you turn 18 and realize no one actually cares who smokes or not, cept potential girlfriends and employers.

Then you turn 18 and realize no one actually cares who smokes or not, cept potential girlfriends and employers.

FrostyPhantasm

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Then you turn 18 and realize no one actually cares who smokes or not, cept potential girlfriends and employers.

FrostyPhantasm

idk. proabaly because a lot of people who do drugs do it because they are pressured to.Nintendevil

And...the anti-drug people will tell you that you shouldn't let yourself get peer-pressured into doing drugs. But what...it's somehow okay for people to get peer-pressured into NOT doing drugs?

What is wrong with the ads?

Frankly, it would be following the herd (from what I've seen) by partaking in certain substances that would place me under the influence. To be honest, I don't see the appeal. So like, okay bro you smoke up and get hungry and stuff and find everything funny. Cool I guess, if you're not completely able to do that while not smoking anything. Smoke all you like if you want, but don't question why people choose not to. Maybe they are choosing to be "Above the Influence."hokies1313

Post of the year right here.

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Then you turn 18 and realize no one actually cares who smokes or not, cept potential girlfriends and employers.

JuggaloRandall

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if only i were so lucky. my local cops are strict as hell. plus living in a small town doesnt help. cops get bored.

Lol, kids who dont drink and smoke these days. Sounds boring.

Then you turn 18 and realize no one actually cares who smokes or not, cept potential girlfriends and employers.

FrostyPhantasm

I dunno, I've seen smokers who basically get annoyed that others don't smoke.

Frankly, it would be following the herd (from what I've seen) by partaking in certain substances that would place me under the influence. To be honest, I don't see the appeal. So like, okay bro you smoke up and get hungry and stuff and find everything funny. Cool I guess, if you're not completely able to do that while not smoking anything. Smoke all you like if you want, but don't question why people choose not to. Maybe they are choosing to be "Above the Influence."hokies1313

But by not doing drugs just in order to avoid "following the herd", isn't that EXACTLY the same as simply following a different herd? Then you wouldn't be abstaining from drugs because drugs are bad, you'd be abstaining from drugs just because of a her-mentality type of notion that herd mentalities are bad.

What ever happened to just plain doing what you want to do? And if that happens to be following the herd (or not following the herd), who cares? I mean...I'd have to be pretty stupid to deny myself something that I like, for the sole reason that it's popular and I don't want to be seen as a sheep.

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konvikt_17

if only i were so lucky. my local cops are strict as hell. plus living in a small town doesnt help. cops get bored.

[QUOTE="FrostyPhantasm"]

Then you turn 18 and realize no one actually cares who smokes or not, cept potential girlfriends and employers.

Pixel-Pirate

I dunno, I've seen smokers who basically get annoyed that others don't smoke.

But by not doing drugs just in order to avoid "following the herd", isn't that EXACTLY the same as simply following a different herd? Then you wouldn't be abstaining from drugs because drugs are bad, you'd be abstaining from drugs just because of a her-mentality type of notion that herd mentalities are bad.What ever happened to just plain doing what you want to do? And if that happens to be following the herd (or not following the herd), who cares? I mean...I'd have to be pretty stupid to deny myself something that I like, for the sole reason that it's popular and I don't want to be seen as a sheep.MrGeezer

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[QUOTE="JuggaloRandall"] My local po-po are pretty chill about that, they are looking for snow atm.JuggaloRandall

if only i were so lucky. my local cops are strict as hell. plus living in a small town doesnt help. cops get bored.

wow lol, it wasnt until your quoted post, until i realised that when you said snow, you werent talking about the frozen water that comes in winter:lol: *facepalm*

You said, "Frankly, it would be following the herd (from what I've seen) by partaking in certain substances that would place me under the influence."

That doesn't seem to indicate that those substances are just a bad idea or that you simply don't want to use them. Instead, that seems to STRONGLY be implying that doing drugs equals following the herd. And in all seriousness, doing crack (just an example) is just as much (not more, not less) an example of "following the herd" as NOT doing crack.

Anyway, I'll accept that you didn't intend that comment to come out like that. But yeah...it actually sort of does look like you're saying that if you do drugs, then you're following the herd.

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if only i were so lucky. my local cops are strict as hell. plus living in a small town doesnt help. cops get bored.

konvikt_17

wow lol, it wasnt until your quoted post, until i realised that when you said snow, you werent talking about the frozen water that comes in winter:lol: *facepalm*

You said, "Frankly, it would be following the herd (from what I've seen) by partaking in certain substances that would place me under the influence."

That doesn't seem to indicate that those substances are just a bad idea or that you simply don't want to use them. Instead, that seems to STRONGLY be implying that doing drugs equals following the herd. And in all seriousness, doing crack (just an example) is just as much (not more, not less) an example of "following the herd" as NOT doing crack.

Anyway, I'll accept that you didn't intend that comment to come out like that. But yeah...it actually sort of does look like you're saying that if you do drugs, then you're following the herd.

MrGeezer

The entire thing went right over your head, didn't it?British_Azimio

That's EXACTLY what someone who's above the influence would say.

entropyecho

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You said, "Frankly, it would be following the herd (from what I've seen) by partaking in certain substances that would place me under the influence."

That doesn't seem to indicate that those substances are just a bad idea or that you simply don't want to use them. Instead, that seems to STRONGLY be implying that doing drugs equals following the herd. And in all seriousness, doing crack (just an example) is just as much (not more, not less) an example of "following the herd" as NOT doing crack.

Anyway, I'll accept that you didn't intend that comment to come out like that. But yeah...it actually sort of does look like you're saying that if you do drugs, then you're following the herd.

hokies1313

Yeah, I already said that I accept that that wasn't what you meant. I'm just saying that to me, it sort of LOOKED like that's what you were saying.

But yeah, I agree...herd mentality is mostly a lot of nonsense. Do it if you want to do it, don't do it if you don't want to do it. That's really all there is to it. There's really no reason for "You're just following the HERD!" to ever even be an issue. Following The Herd is neither an inherently bad thing nor an inherently good thing. On its own, "following the herd" is neither a good reason to do something, or a good reason to NOT do it. Following the herd is really sort of a total non-issue.

Saying that the commercials are trying to make it look cool is interprited by the individual. To me the people that are pot heads are the farthest from cool even though they think they are the coolest. Its all up to personal opinion.

Saying that the commercials are trying to make it look cool is interprited by the individual. To me the people that are pot heads are the farthest from cool even though they think they are the coolest. Its all up to personal opinion.

Nick3306

Why do users care if the ad discourages kids from using drugs...? What do you lose?

Either smoking or not smoking can be cool, depending who you're asking.

In some groups and cultures, you'll become an outcast if you mention that you smoke weed. Other groups will accept you based on the fact that you smoke weed.

My opinion is that it doesn't matter what's considered cool. Decide what works best for you, and if people don't like you based on that decision, they're not worth spending time with and you shouldn't give any credence to their opinions.

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Then you turn 18 and realize no one actually cares who smokes or not, cept potential girlfriends and employers.

konvikt_17

and police

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Then you turn 18 and realize no one actually cares who smokes or not, cept potential girlfriends and employers.

ChowsSN

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we should just have everyone watch Requiem for a dream and let them decide for themselves:P

Who should have taught their children that drugs are bad

carrot-cake

Drugs are bad in some circumstances, but not all. The word "drugs" is overused despite being poorly understood. Everything from Dr. Pepper to heroin is technically a drug. Some drugs are beneficial to many people. Every doctor alive prescribes drugs. Some drugs are often deleterious and can result in death, but anyone who simply says, "drugs are bad" is basically putting their ignorance on display. Many, many people benefit from drugs.

Never heard of those adverts but then oh wait, I don't watch TV! Is this about being a kid and taking drugs, drink or smoking? I used to love to do it because the people I wanted to hang out with were doing it. The more they said it was wrong, the more they did it, it was all about being that little rebal, we couldn't get enough of the drama.