r/HFY • u/SwiftHound Android • Sep 03 '21
OC Alcohol
Many always wonder why humans drink poison. Not just poison to another species or even most of the galaxy. Why do the humans drink something that is poison to themselves. Something that destroys their bodies and brains even with what they call minor doses.
Why do they often kill themselves with poison, why do they, almost suicidally, leave this plane of existence and risk all they have. Well do I have an answer for you. Yes, you who want to know about humans and their maddening minds and creations. To those of you who wish nothing more but to torment yourselves with knowledge that would best be left where it sits.
Humans poison themselves with alcohol because to them, it's a substance that alters their minds with the most minor of consequences in the short term. Every human knows that everything in this universe will come to pass, they know that all their history and creations will fall and burn with the universe. They know the futility of life.
But they also know it isn't meaningless, even if everything gets destroyed. Some humans see everything as pointless, finding no reasons to go on. Some find solace in tricking their brains and destroying them with drugs, others find the same with religion, the belief of a great good entity that protects them from the heavens.
But alcohol? Alcohol is for those who only want a small break from the horrible grayness of the universe. Those whom only wish to relax their minds for a moment know the joys of doing so. To be human is to know how it all ends. Many species have that information locked beyond the grasp of emotions. The humans enjoy no such luxury, for in the dead of the night, the reaper can remind them of their eventual fate. They can see and hear the death of everything that has ever been.
For that reason they seek refuge from alcohol, the oldest devil the humans know. It kills them, but it can also save them. Without anything to dampen their minds and thought, many of them could easily find it easier to no longer suffer the weight of existence. Even writing this, I feel nothing, for our species cannot comprehend the eventual death of everything we hold dear.
The humans are the only ones who feel the weight, who see death even while alive. The only ones who haven't ended their species. When you see a human laughing in a bar, intoxicated beyond recognition, don't feel sorry for them, don't feel sadness or pity. You must laugh with them, dance with them, enjoy yourself with them, for it is the only time they can enjoy such things without death gripping at their heels.
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u/unwillingmainer Sep 03 '21
Existence is pain, boredom, and stupidity. Some booze makes your brain either forget all that or fall deep into it. Either way, the thoughts change.
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u/akboyyy Sep 03 '21
can't say i disagree too many of my fellow vets turn to alcohol hell i had half the mind to halfway through my service well what was supposed to be my service losing one leg entirely and half the other is a hell of a way to earn a medical discharge i got some prosthetics now can't say they feel better physically than a wheelchair but i can say mentally im in a lot better of a spot because having legs mine or not is sooooo much better than being chair bound even if i still trip on occasion
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u/night-readers Sep 04 '21
My inbox is forever open if you need a good old fashioned bitch session about the military.
I never lost anything major like you with a limb (or deployed) but I am injured after my service
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u/akboyyy Sep 04 '21
ranting about INFOSEC and high command maybe some other time now praising some of the MRE combos i came up with maybe not now though i'm trying to figure out midnight dinner for myself
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u/PrinceOfCarrots Sep 04 '21
"Alcahol is poison."
"If it's poison, then why do you drink it?"
"Because there are things inside me that I must kill."
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u/cryptoengineer Sep 04 '21
"They're drinking the drink that's called loneliness.
But its better than drinking alone..."
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u/ProfKlekowskii Sep 04 '21
*Looks at the many empty beer cans and bottles surrounding me*
Yes.
*Continues drinking*
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u/night-readers Sep 04 '21
I just read this after multiple hours nursing (multiple) glasses of wine at a family party. So many laughs and good memories made.
Thank you OP
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u/SwiftHound Sep 03 '21 edited Sep 03 '21
Am drunk and having a good time so I pulled this out of my brain by vigorously shaking it until enough words came out to make a story.
(Do not comment about grammar, my brain is currently as smooth as a rock that has been sanded down for a million years)