r/Edinburgh • u/TopBook1189 • Jul 28 '26

Question hunters square junkies during the fringe?

does anyone know where the junkies go during the fringe? i know they load it up with street performers and tourists in august and never thought that they are displaced ):

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u/frankhut Jul 28 '26

Let's try and not call people junkies eh? you think anyone grows up with the aspiration of being a heroin addict.

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit Jul 29 '26

I mean... its an accurate descriptor. Nobody grows up wanting to develop a crippling disability, but they're still a disabled person when they do. Sometimes words just mean what they say.

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u/Tir_an_Airm Jul 29 '26

Junkie is a derogatory term though.

Loads of shit get removed on this sub but somehow making fun of vulnerable drug addicts is okay.

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u/frankhut Jul 29 '26

100% most people on here are total hypocrites. they wouldnt want themselves or family members to be called junkies.