[fsckboy]

somewhat tangentially to the main point of the article:

> [this is your brain on drugs] "Firstly, makes no sense seeing everyone loves fried eggs. Secondly, this is how my brain looked when trying to start a "bleeding edge" tech company."

but... you undermine your own point! you just said everybody loves fried eggs, so shouldn't your brain looking like that with bleeding edge tech be a good thing? you just said it's a good thing.

I'm pointing it out because it's two of my pet peeves, (1) people attack the analogy, screaming "fallacy reeeee" when they disagree with the overarching point, then they embrace the analogy when they agree; it shouldn't be that way. The analogy is always a good thing, it's a metaphorical tool for conveying a point of understanding and it's not an argument in itself so it can't be a fallacy; and (2) people, young people especially, reflexively feel the need to endorse drug use and more broadly, decry any puritanical notion, to the extent of willing suspension of disbelief that porn, drugs, gambling, and addictions to dopamine might actually not be all that beneficial a use of your time. (I realize that's a complicated sentence; I'm trying to "weed out" the stoners)