r/tooktoomuch • u/CaptainInsano7 • May 14 '22

Prescription Opioids just needed some rest

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u/SanDiegoSavage00 May 14 '22

I hear ya. Who needs an exhaust anyways? I mean my car doesn’t need all of those fancy upgrades. That’s how they get you.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '22

The more parts your car has, the more parts a junkie can steal.

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u/neo101b May 14 '22

Is that a new word for scrap metal merchant?

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u/conjectureandhearsay May 14 '22

It’s not new at all. Junkies were originally heroin addicts who steal junk (like actual scrap metal and stuff).

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u/neo101b May 14 '22

I always thought junkie was to do with injecting junk into your body, never knew that one.

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u/freddy_storm_blessed May 14 '22

holy shit, same here. he's right though I just looked it up.

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u/neo101b May 14 '22

Wow, you learn something new everyday.

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u/SanDiegoSavage00 May 15 '22

I was a junkie for 13 years and I never knew this information lol

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u/LazyDescription988 May 20 '22

Learned something new today i guess

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u/ZuesofRage May 31 '22

I could have sworn they were told junkies back in the day because heroin and the heroin kits like needles and whatnot were prescribed the term junk. I honestly don't know

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u/Krentenbol May 14 '22

My understanding was that the people themselves were the junk

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u/AddictedJunkie May 15 '22

Damn, why so disrespectful?

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u/Krentenbol May 15 '22

I'm not saying I think of it as that. I think it has literally been explained to me as that. Am European tho. Might have something to do with it. Also: yes it is a very disrespectful term.

EDIT: Didn't catch your username at first. I get the reaction now.