[UA] Re: The End of the World, and so on.

[Stuart Anderson]

Unseenlibrarian at aol.com wrote:

> Radoslaw Galus wrote:
>  I don't think they would be very carefull
> >about what they're pumping into themselves. My guess is that they'd probably
> >be dead in not more than 2-3 years (but then again I'm no expert on drugs).
>
> I think that'd depend, myself. With the alchemy tie-in, the goal of the school would probably be personal immortality or at least longevity in the form of the Elixir Vitae.
> Phil

There you go. The right combination of crap makes you virtually immortal. More and more burnt-out. Less and less likely to ever have a genuine emotion or creative thought. Less
and less recognizable as a functioning human being.  But just about damned indestructible.  The Keith Richards effect. It's the perfect reflection of a certain kind of user.
--Stu


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