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Comment by jackhack | Hacker News Reader

If you came fishing for sympathy, keep looking.

In the future, if you're doped up, stay the hell off the roads before you kill an innocent third party. I don't much care if you get completely smashed on your own time, but risking others is criminal.

And what's with showing up at a kids' birthday party stoned?

Incredibly irresponsible and antisocial on so many levels.

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In my opening sentence I admitted to disregarding a legitimate mental health issue that I didn't suffer from. In the next few sentences I described getting high before going to a kids birthday party.

Not to come off as snarky, but if you interpreted my comment as looking for sympathy then I suggest you read more carefully.

I dunno, some of my favorite humans make mistakes. I can’t begrudge a lesson learned, especially if nobody was hurt.

I might be putting words into the op's mouth but, what I think the they were trying to say that this is what their life looked like right before experiencing a severe panic attack. So if you find yourself making decisions like this, you might be on a path that doesn't end well. I don't think the shaming was entirely necessary.

Showing up at a kids party stoned seems like a pretty normal thing to me. It's completely socially acceptable to drink alcohol at kids parties. Chuck E Cheese's even sells alcohol.

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