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Real-World Synthehol In Development
Ada_Rules writes "Researchers at the Imperial College London have announced development of an alcohol substitute that has many of the same properties as the Synthehol from the series Star Trek, in that one will get a buzz from it but will not end up with a hangover. In addition you will have the option of getting immediately sober if you so desire it. Let's hope this is not the typical vaporware. It is not that I really want a drink of Synthehol, but with its release I assume Romulan Ale won't be far behind."
Having the option of getting immediately sober is rather missing the point of drinking alcohol ... it is the assured descent into a carefree state with no possibility of reversal that is one of the last few pleasures left in life.
Throwing the car keys onto the dining table, pulling a bottle of vodka from the freezer and taking a few shots ... the perfect end to a usually cold, wet and crappy day in the so-called western-civilisation.
Spoken like a true alcoholic!
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52% isn't really an overwhelming majority and likely won't be for much longer as overseas readership continues to grow.
Hint: It was from a poll. Admittedly the pizza poll but it's practically the same thing as a location poll. 52% for north america, which would include canada. http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1900&aid=-1 The poll may be slightly slanted to Europe for everyone who went to italy and had expensive pizza but since there are gourmet pizzas on every continent most people will have voted where they live.
Says the guy who pops them like candy...
My friend did take them exactly once. And never again.
Of course, now your ability to handle anxiety without it is (at least partially) gone.
But it’s oh so nice to just pop a pill and be done with it.
Also, what an epic fail is it, to just run away from your fears all your life? In reality, you would have to face them. And grow in the process. Being prepared for the future. Like a muscle.
Oh, and wanna know why you take them on a regular basis? Because you can’t do without them anymore! That’s half the point of those pills. After all they are a addictive drug.
Good luck with the incredible fear and uneasiness that will overcome you, as soon as you try to stop taking them. Go ahead. Try it. lol.
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