Behold the following tasty treat! An advertisement from 1998 for the recreational drug
GHB, or the more catchy term
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate. It was made illegal in America a year later because of it's tendency to induce a several-hour, coma-like sleeps and a few deaths here and there. But you know, details details.
Although you can get a kick out of just glancing at this advertisment, the real beauty lies in the dialogue; you know the bits that are so pixelated and blurry that they're impossible to make out?
Well, your lovely friend Svetlana is quite posssible to make out (with, wink wink) and will happily transcribe the hilariarious speech bubbles for you now...
Blond girl: Hey Lisa, I'm bringing the Gamma G, so I hope you're ready to get wild tonight.
Brunette girl: I've been partying for two nights thanks to Gamma G and I'm still ready for more sex, fun and more Gamma G.
Bad facial/regular hair guy: I hope you didn't eat, because we're doing some Gamma G when we meet the girls at the party.
Mr Muscles: Bro, me and Gamma G are already at the party and feeling great, but if you have some wild chicks lined up, I'm there.
As many of you media-savvy little puppies may have heard, GHB is a notorious party drug that has been responsible for much fear, paranoia and hospital admissions in the last few years.
The media confusingly coined the term Grevious Bodily Harm, which is why many people have their B's and H's all over the place in relation to the name. But I guess you could be
really specific like the cool kids with giant phones in the 1998 advertisment and say..."Bringing the Gamma G, oh yeah baby Gamma G is the best! Got any GAMMA G? GAMMA G ANYONE?"
It's so much cooler to say 'G' these days isn't it?
Apart from the really bad fashion, cheesyness etc. the above advertisment cracks me up because I wonder how a depressent drug which was originally used as a medicinal sedative could keep our lovely
brunette girl "up partying for two nights". Apart from the risks associated with GHB, more people are likely to be in trouble for the large amounts of speed, ice etc they're combining with it in order the keep the sleepiness and severe drowsiness away. Speed psychosis anyone? mmmm, so hot right now.
I also really love
Mr Muscles down by the pool who's having a party all of his own. You don't need company when "you and Gamma G are feeling great" already!
Ok, after all my witty banter would you roll your eyes and walk away if I told you that I frequently enjoy GHB recreationally? Ummm, ok well for those of you who haven't left or can't navigate away from this page or something I will continue to talk about G...
For those who haven't had the pleasure of meeting G, then it would be useful to know that it makes you SUPER RANDY. This explains the very subtle sexual references to sex in the ad which you may have noticed (you eagle eyes you). Yes horny, randy, sleazy and rather unfortunately unco-ordinated
are all part of the G experience. I have been known to hump a wall when intoxicated, dead serious. I've also been known to do other stuff, but I don't feel the need to get into it.
Where people get into overdose territory or "g-ing out" is when they skip the droppers and instead "free pour" doses into bottle caps or dodgy bottles. The difference between "safe as fuck" and "no longer conscious" can be as little as 1ml and this is why we get so many idiots rushed to emergency every weekend. And there's those other idiots or mis-informed riskbunnies who combine GHB with alcohol which is a BIG NO NO. Your body cannot break down alcohol and G at the same time ...so
it doesn't matter how well you can rub your tummy and pat your head, you can't multitask with G and alcohol!
Anyway, in my opinion if it's responsible usage then it's cool. The fuzzy, spaced feeling, orgasmic high and no hangover is enough to keep me coming back. However many people won't enjoy feeling so out of control (like being really drunk, minus the nausea)
So you don't mind suggestively touching yourself in public, slurring your speech, dancing terribly and falling asleep by 2:ooam then perhaps G is for you. For the most interesting and informative reading on the subject visit
www.erowid.org/psychoactives
