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by pmoriarty 3907 days ago
Or consider how shitty music would be if musicians did not have access to pot, psychedelics, and various other currently illegal drugs.

If you like virtually any 20th or 21st century popular music, you are greatly indebted to drugs.

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Likewise the vast majority of modern computer software, though alcohol does share credit. There's a saying that Microsoft wouldn't be able to hire anyone if they drug tested. (Though Nintendo does drug test.) And, for alcohol, there's the famous Ballmer Curve: https://xkcd.com/323/