Well South Dakota is trending, and that can only mean one thing! We made a stupid ad campaign! Now instead of not jerking while we drive, we’re all on meth. First off, I would like to get it out there, I have never done (or plan to do) meth. However, working in what I like to call the industry, I have met plenty of people who have done meth. Meth is bad for the most part (I’m actually going out on a limb here and say it’s 100% bad) but here is my one meth story.
But, before we get into it, here is a joke that my friend Thunder the Wolf (not his real name) made. (Preface Obama is coming to Lake Area Tech to give the Commencement address for graduation.) “This is the biggest thing to happen to Watertown since meth.” A classic joke, now on with the show!
My one year that I didn’t pour that sweet Lynde gravy, I was working for a concrete outfit in the Dirty Deen. During my first day working for a company I didn’t know, I had to make an hour long drive with some guy I don’t know. I mean the first couple minutes are fine, talk about where we’re from, family, how long we’ve been in concrete. Then we hit the good question, “What did you do before you worked at Company X?”
We then had a 5 second pause… “You remember back in 2008 when meth was real big?”
My brain brought up two questions, right away.
- In 2008, I was a freshman in high school, do you know what the last thing on my mind was? Meth. I didn’t know jack about meth in 2008, so no bro I don’t really remember when meth was real big back in 2008.
- If I know anything about South Dakota’s meth problem, it may have been prevalent in 2008, but it hasn’t gone anywhere. Meth is still big!
Anywho, we talked about meth dealing, how it worked, and whatnot for like an hour. One of the most interesting conversations I’ve ever had. I don’t talk to most people about drugs they’ve dealt, but when I have, it’s always been stimulating conversation. Dude was basically Heisenberg of a Northeast South Dakota. You wanted meth, it came through him. I asked him why he got out. He told me his partner got shot. Wow, shit just got real. The idea of meth is funny and interesting until you realize people die.
Transitioning from a fun back-story about my favorite former meth-dealing coworker to a more serious note, I had one coworker who got addicted to meth. It was incredibly sad to see the decline in his life. Meth eventually took over his life and led to him dying at age 21 because he was high on meth.
Meth is a problem folks. The ad campaign might be terrible, only worse if they threw in classic big boob marketing, but at least we’re talking about the issue.
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