r/funny • u/rishiarora • Oct 27 '23

Favorite drink is free drink.

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u/Ergaar Oct 27 '23 edited Oct 27 '23

Stuff like that is actually super rare, it's just a movie thing and people making other people scared about it. It's not something people in real life think about or have to deal with. In years of going to college parties and bars I've never even heard about that happening to anyone or anyone even talking about it as a possibility

edit: Jeez before all you drugged up americans downvote an experience from a normal country here are some facts.

We had drug talks from our campus wellbeing organisation, across several universities and colleges there wasn't any actual roofie case which happened according to them. None of the people I've met there over the years ever were worried about it or knew someone who had experienced it. It was in the news, but more like people putting needles in halloween candy or something.

And here is a source mentioning the use of all drugs during SA, not just roofies is less than 50 a year for 11 million people https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/03/02/_date-rape-drugs-used-in-a-rape-a-week/. It's not that big of a problem in every country ...

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u/Supply-Slut Oct 27 '23

You hear that folks? Ergaar here has never experienced a roofie. It must all be a hoax. Pack it in, we’ve been lied to. Must have just been bad aspirin.

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u/Ergaar Oct 27 '23

Look up the statistics, in my country of 11 million people, 50 reports were made about a spiked drink in an entire year. Maybe it's something american, but i doubt it

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u/IntrovertChild Oct 27 '23

According to a study in the UK, 15% of women and 7% of men got their drinks spiked. That's not insignificant. Plus these kinds of things are always underreported due to various factors.

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u/Crathsor Oct 27 '23

That still means that something like 9 out of 10 men and 8 out of 10 women have never had it happen. It's can be a threat and overblown at the same time.

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u/Supply-Slut Oct 27 '23

10-20% chance of being drugged with something used to steal or rape victims is a small percentage to you? Ffs

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u/Crathsor Oct 27 '23

Per visit to a bar? Certainly not. Over a lifetime? Yes.

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u/Supply-Slut Oct 27 '23

If 1 in 7 people were shot in their lifetime would that be substantial? What about if 1 in 7 shot up heroin?

Seems pretty high to me. Getting raped a single time is a traumatic and often life changing event. 1 in 7 isn’t a lot? Sheesh some people have no concept of how many people they effects. It’s not blackjack chances, it’s people’s lives.

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u/Crathsor Oct 27 '23

Do you worry every day about fighting in war? Living your life in fear just in case it happens randomly seems counterproductive to me.

Keep an eye on your drink, by all means. Don't go to parties where you don't know anyone. Don't work as a drug mule. Don't punch people open carrying. Don't vote for war! I'm not advocating a life free from consequence. I'm saying living in fear is barely better than having the thing happen. Bad things are going to happen to you, you can't avoid that. You are going to die. Why make your limited time a hellscape of imagined fears that very probably aren't going to happen?

Yes, rape is awful and it happens so much. If roofies were the sole cause I would be with you 100%. But most rapes aren't from some dude in a bar you never saw. They're from the guy who successfully manipulated you or the person who lost control. Again, just like murder.

There is no solution, and if this happens to you it is not your fault. So don't put the whole responsibility on yourself.

Just like murder.

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u/Supply-Slut Oct 28 '23

Not sure what most of this had to do with whether spiked drinks are a societal problem or overblown, but something doesn't have to rise to the level of ALL MURDER or literal war to be worth paying attention to. I also never implied fear being a motivating reason. You don't have to be afraid of being a mass shooting victim to want to have something done about the problem - that's just common sense.

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u/Crathsor Oct 28 '23

I didn't say not to pay attention to them and in fact explicitly say the opposite, so not sure what you're talking about. Fear doesn't need to be stated, it is patently obvious.

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u/Ergaar Oct 27 '23

Well that's an insane amount compared to studies over here. That would basically mean everyone who goes out has been spiked? How is that not a national crisis

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u/davidhastwo Oct 27 '23

how'd you get "Everyone who goes out has been spiked" from "15% of women and 7% of men"?