‘Choose drugs?’ 30 years after he wrote Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh says life is tougher now
‘Choose drugs?’ 30 years after he wrote Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh says life is tougher now
The book was a stark warning about heroin use. But its author believes the message has changed
“People can’t get jobs. People will never buy a house. They can’t buy nice things. Everything is fucked even if you’re not on drugs,” he says.
“It [the book] almost becomes some kind of inspiring clarion call: let’s do fucking drugs, man. We’re fucked anyway. Let’s just go for it.”
Well, that's depressing.
That's how I feel about smoking cigars.
Everything, including the soil and rain water, is fucking polluted to shit so you're deluded if you think you can avoid cancer by not smoking. I was very influenced by that 90's anti-smoking Truth campaign for a long time but I don't give a shit anymore. At this point, just enjoy whatever you can when you can.
Reality is that Scottish unemployment is a heck of a lot lower now though
The reality is that the chart is meaningless without knowing the quality of the jobs. US has pretty low unemployment too right now, but around 37% of adults have two full time jobs now.
People can't get jobs? In the middle of a labour squeeze?
In mainland Europe people aren't obsessed with buying a house, renting isn't seen as lower class. Are they fucked?
They can't buy nice things? Materialism is so last century
This article is a puff piece to promote his musical. Fuck off Welsh, you wrote one good book, okay two if you include Marabou Stork Nightmares, and have grifted off it ever since. Profiting from poverty porn.
A musical? What?!