Why People Like Getting Uncomfortably High – Drugs, Alcohol, & Escaping The Self
Pursuit of Wonder | February 11, 2026
What does the popularity and long history of drugs and alcohol say about the human condition? What is the appeal of losing control over one’s self and submitting to an altered state of being? We must either be looking for something we don’t have, or trying to escape from something that we do.
FUCK being new. Why the fuck do we care at all? I completely understand the reason beyond us wanting to do something? But.. the REAL QUESTION IS.. WHY?
Funny. Drugs for me, or at least to be more specific marijuana, forces me to face myself more than if I'm sober. That it is why I'm slowing down. It is like I'm in front of a mirror all the time without a chance of turning my head to the other side. It is uncomfortable and desperating at times mostly when I'm around strangers but it can also allow me to see clearly what before was a blur. So I don't agree that drugs will only make you scape from yourself. You can't. And that is why we ain't never gonna be free.
Really Biased point of view, half true, you can and people do (and i have) done drugs as a form of habit, adiction , escapism, BUT, under the umbrella word that "drugs" is, and the kinds of drugs that exist, it would be wrong to asume that all altered states of conciousness are negative or that they dont have nothing positive to offer (within reasonable use) , Im talking about
psychedelics and the personal rigth/ responsability of using any substance ON MY BODY, for my personal and spiritual use.
@stephendaly6238
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
mindless pontification….in other words… tripe
@zefffresh
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
this should have been at 1.25 speed
@AshBloodFox
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
LSD, MDMA, and psilocybin.
The most important underutilized tools for mental health.
@bambi732
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Maybe… just maybe… these drugs.. explain our endless questions about life…. wow.
@bambi732
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
FUCK being new. Why the fuck do we care at all? I completely understand the reason beyond us wanting to do something? But.. the REAL QUESTION IS.. WHY?
@bambi732
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Honestly.. why the fuck would (in evolutionary) reasons, would humans care, so strongly, about getting "high"?
@itsseanl
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
play this at 2x speed and it's not nearly as enthralling.
@uzma1325
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
This is channel is wonderful!!!….
@xxxkilljoyxxx4744
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
For me drugs get me out of reality for a bit so I don’t have to listen too people
@user-qi8oh2nv9x
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
I love benzos.
@raphaeldantona1550
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Drugs are a way of one editing oneself. Modifying attributes, capacities, mood, etc.
@protohass
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Kind of makes you think that life is fuckn with us so we can use on purpose
@paarkour83
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Drugs is the meaning of this sick weird life time we are stuck in
@zaynumar0
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
fuck drugs. not good for me. I'd rather suffer the dull , monotonous dreary and shitty existence of my sober life, than to get wrecked by drugs
@pikkkle5437
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
This video is 4:20
@spacecat3034
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Man this narrator stinks. Booooo.
@siriusng239
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
does anyone know if mr. pantano has a video that wonders about addiction in general?
@Alberta-Independence
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
I love stimulants.
@aveoak6364
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Funny. Drugs for me, or at least to be more specific marijuana, forces me to face myself more than if I'm sober. That it is why I'm slowing down. It is like I'm in front of a mirror all the time without a chance of turning my head to the other side. It is uncomfortable and desperating at times mostly when I'm around strangers but it can also allow me to see clearly what before was a blur. So I don't agree that drugs will only make you scape from yourself. You can't. And that is why we ain't never gonna be free.
@xeropunt5749
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Food too
– but fasting is a thrill as well.
@suckmydingledong
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Raiders of the lost dopamine
@nobletangent
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Nice use of "Kids" never seen it referenced, great film
@carolclifton8711
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Absolutely love this channel thanks
@Kartoff3ltroll
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Alcohol IS a drug!
@elkbloodheart1188
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
Really Biased point of view, half true, you can and people do (and i have) done drugs as a form of habit, adiction , escapism, BUT, under the umbrella word that "drugs" is, and the kinds of drugs that exist, it would be wrong to asume that all altered states of conciousness are negative or that they dont have nothing positive to offer (within reasonable use) , Im talking about
psychedelics and the personal rigth/ responsability of using any substance ON MY BODY, for my personal and spiritual use.
@nathancampos6277
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
What a cheeky little end time. 😉
@naylovesgames
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
"A distraction from the cuts on the inside". Wow, what a great line. I relate.
@seb5587
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 pm
4:20 I see what u did there
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