QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL drinking, smoking, games, etc are all "social lubricants" for making conversations easier.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down133file-text
arrow-up1284arrow-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 · 8 days agomessage-square61linkfedilinkfile-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-up11·7 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.