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Juno

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Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: Looney
Originally posted by: LoKe
I just don't see why people would do drugs like this if that's how they feel. I mean, that kids arm...holy crap.

That's why it's called an ADDICTION :roll:

No, it's not just addiction. I was talking to a friend of mine afterwards who was heavy into this stuff. He said the high was good and the trips were fun. Personally, that doesn't look fun to me, and I don't see how anyone could think it is.

I understand the movie, I just don't understand why people would let themselves get addicted to these things.

HELLO? it's all about peer pressure. go back to school and learn these such things.
 

ValkyrieofHouston

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Originally posted by: Juno
Originally posted by: LoKe
Originally posted by: Looney
Originally posted by: LoKe
I just don't see why people would do drugs like this if that's how they feel. I mean, that kids arm...holy crap.

That's why it's called an ADDICTION :roll:

No, it's not just addiction. I was talking to a friend of mine afterwards who was heavy into this stuff. He said the high was good and the trips were fun. Personally, that doesn't look fun to me, and I don't see how anyone could think it is.

I understand the movie, I just don't understand why people would let themselves get addicted to these things.

HELLO? it's all about peer pressure. go back to school and learn these such things.


Yea, all these things, escapism, peer pressure, societal pressure...

The movie to me was deep to say the least. Most people find movies such as these hard to watch, and hard to get into, because if they have not personally experienced something like that on that level in their life... it is hard to relate to.

Just like the movie Trainspotters some people didn't care for that movie much either for the same reasons

 

xospec1alk

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Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

1) harry and tyrone wanted to sell drugs. so they got themselves that pound of pure. then they started 'sampling' it, selling it at the same time. they made profit. they started using more, the market dried up, the money ran out, they became desperate to find more.

2) sarah had an addiction to TV and to belong to something, to be wanted and attractive. she gets the telemarketing call, thinks it's something real, like she's gonna be on tv. she dreams of impressing all her friends and harry. to lose weight, she gets addicted to uppers and downers, then it just kind of falls apart from there...

3) marion wants to go into modeling or design clothing or some bullsh1t like that. once harry takes off, she gets desperate for money too, hence the one night stands and ass to ass.

Marion wanted to go into design, but she was hooked on the heroin, the s3x was for money to get more heroin. like when harry asked marion to goto that dude from Pi and get money from him to get more heroin...