QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoTIL drinking, smoking, games, etc are all "social lubricants" for making conversations easier.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1294arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1265arrow-down1external-linkTIL drinking, smoking, games, etc are all "social lubricants" for making conversations easier.en.wikipedia.orgQuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square53linkfedilinkfile-text
also Referring to alcohol or cannabis as social lubricants has been criticized because they have negative effects on empathy. I feel like weed does the opposite to that lol to me at least 🤷♀️
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 days agoI still remember a girl at a party encouraging everyone to do that thing where you re-breathe the other person’s exhale. She said it was to get higher but I think it was also a social lubricant.
I still remember a girl at a party encouraging everyone to do that thing where you re-breathe the other person’s exhale. She said it was to get higher but I think it was also a social lubricant.