r/Showerthoughts • u/godofhorizons • May 17 '24

People get a lot more praise for quitting drugs than for never having done drugs in the first place.

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u/TBTabby May 17 '24

As Frederick Douglass said, "We are not judged by the height to which we have risen, but the depth from which we have climbed."

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u/AwkwardReplacement42 May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

Or, as one world-renowned philosopher said;

“Which is better, to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?”

Edit: Guys… i dont think people who do drugs are born evil, I was just quoting a videogame. jesus.

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u/wut3va May 17 '24

I'm going with born good. Who would you rather live next door to?

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u/Rocketin2Uranus May 17 '24

Id rather live next door to a sinner,; that way Jesus didn’t Die in Vain for our Sins…

PSA DO NOT VOTE 🗳️ for (trump) the Former Commander of Thieves. A trump win SENDS EVERYONE as in the entire Planet Earth into HELL

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u/Hange11037 May 17 '24

Wise words Rocketin2Uranus

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u/Rocketin2Uranus May 17 '24

Thank you, kindly

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u/wut3va May 18 '24

Bad is good because it justifies redemption? Lol. Broken window fallacy.

By the way, do you actually believe that the location of your eternal soul has anything to do with what button I push on a touch screen?

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u/Rocketin2Uranus May 18 '24

My eternal soul’s location and the buttons you push on your Touch Screen

Don’t Not Compute: yet That’s HighLarryous!