If you've ever bought drugs before, you understand that for some bizarre reason you have to feign this relationship with your dealer. It's like you're not really going to him to buy drugs. You're going for a social visit. Drugs are the surprise that just happens when you get there. 'Oh Hash? I didn't know!' And he's talkin' to you and you're tryin' to be interested, you know, 'Oh yeah? No, really ... I love Foghat. No, seriously.' And inside you're like, 'Just fuckin' give it! I hate you. Your house smells like cat pee!' Why do all drug dealers' houses smell like cat pee?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Cho satirizes the performative social interaction required when buying illegal substances.
- In plain terms
- She describes how drug buyers pretend to have a normal social relationship with their dealer.
- What can you take from it?
- Illicit transactions often mask themselves as friendly social visits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we mask transactional relationships?
- How does stigma affect social behavior?
Another view
Not all interactions around substances involve this level of pretense.
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