So I missed this earlier during our discussion of hard-up coke dealers cold-calling clients, but apparently the fact that one guy’s friends and colleagues aren’t buying drugs anymore because either they’re unemployed and can’t afford to do so or because those with jobs are being slightly more cautious and not blowing rails in the bathroom at work means everyone’s a grown-up now, and has come to the conclusion that illegal substances = bad (blowing guys down at the Port Authority for a bump bad).

Damien, 27, who quit doing coke almost two years ago, has been contacted by three different cocaine dealers, all wanting his business, since June. “None of my friends mess with that anymore,” Damien says, “It’s like they grew up overnight when the banks died.”


Do you note the proselytizing tone of voice here? The whole labeling of coke as “that stuff,” i.e. that evil stuff that’ll ruin your life if you don’t quit it? There’s obviously a negative connotation thing happening, and I don’t think Damien’s friends put that spin on it, I think he did. Factor in the detail that Damien quit two years ago way before “the banks died,” and has been waiting been waiting for something like the fall of Western civilization to get his druggie off the yayo and over to his way of life and I think you’ll be able to see what I’m getting at. I’m not entirely clear what it is but it has something to do with propaganda, and Damien being a prick and stuff like that.

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Comments (15)

  1. Posted by guest | August 31, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    Corporate Motivation 103
    -Mr 17.5

  2. Posted by guest | August 31, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    Bless Levin is doing a wonderful job writing all these very informative articles.

  3. Posted by guest | August 31, 2009 at 4:32 PM

    @2 was that supposed to be funny?

  4. Posted by Mark Klein, MD | August 31, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    Since this morning, I have changed my opinion on Cocaine. I have decided it is not very good for you, even in small quantities.
    In my expert medical opinion, I now recommend only Heroin for personal medicinal purposes.
    Just don’t snort it – what are you a moron? DO you want to end up like that crazy bitch in Pulp Fiction, with a pierced-up druggie freak jabbing a 6″ adrenaline needle directly into your heart? I mean, for fuck’s sake!
    Whoops – gotta go. My fish is calling me, this time in Russian. Which means he’s pissed.
    –Mark Klein, MD

  5. Posted by NakedShort | August 31, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    Coke is sooooo 2007; these days whats in is huffing cat piss. Everyone knows that.
    These dealers start need to reinventing themselves. Cat piss is wildly affordable, but from what I hear the market is lacking quality. Maybe join the Cat Fanciers’ Association and check out some cat shows, or hanging around the crazy cat lady’s apartment to get a sampling of “product”. I see a definite first mover advantage here.

  6. Posted by guest | August 31, 2009 at 4:39 PM

    Do not quit coke until you’ve at least tried having a high-priced prostie blow some up your ass. Do not.

  7. Posted by guest | August 31, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    Hi, my name is Greg, and I’m addicted to Jenkem.

  8. Posted by guest | August 31, 2009 at 5:00 PM

    agreed, Damien sounds like a NA counselor.

  9. Posted by dennis kneale | August 31, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    “blowing guys down at the Port Authority bad)”
    im sorry, on what planet is that any kind of bad?

  10. Posted by brad | August 31, 2009 at 6:02 PM

    “proselytizing” look at the big brain on bess.

  11. Posted by Suits | August 31, 2009 at 6:14 PM

    @NS,
    That’s the kind of CFA I could get behind.

  12. Posted by guest | August 31, 2009 at 10:22 PM

    @5/Naked,

  13. Posted by guest | August 31, 2009 at 10:23 PM
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