# Ambivalid: I know a crackhead, so I'm professor of crackology now **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554 "2012-05-01T20:41:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/41 "2012-05-01T22:50:03Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Ambivalid Crackopedia > > This board has come up with a lot of shitty band names, but that one’s the worst. I nomintate this as “post of the day.” Well done. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/42 "2012-05-01T22:50:39Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > You’re a lot of the reason why that thread was annoying. You know that, right? I’m surprised you can type so well through all the drool on your keyboard, you muppet. How so? Because I was just trying to be humane? And anyway jokes on you I have an iPad without a keyboard. Zing! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/43 "2012-05-01T23:53:11Z")
I wonder how many drugs one could do at the same time before they exploded. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/44 "2012-05-02T00:46:17Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I wonder how many drugs one could do at the same time before they exploded. I had one guy who did 42 different discrete drugs all at about the same time, and he did not explode. He sure leaked a lot, though. Seriously folks, I’ve been treating addicts and alcoholics for over 30 years. I’ve even been clean and sober myself for well over 21 years. And my take-home message on the disease of addiction is that it really, really sucks. And it can take otherwise lovely people and turn them into seeming monsters. Fortunately, many do recover. But not enough. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/45 "2012-05-02T00:54:35Z")
What did Secretsmile36 get banned for? ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/46 "2012-05-02T00:56:54Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I had one guy who did 42 different discrete drugs all at about the same time, and he did not explode. > > He sure leaked a lot, though. > > Seriously folks, I’ve been treating addicts and alcoholics for over 30 years. I’ve even been clean and sober myself for well over 21 years. And my take-home message on the disease of addiction is that it really, really sucks. And it can take otherwise lovely people and turn them into seeming monsters. > > Fortunately, many do recover. But not enough. Can you kindly confirm that use, abuse, and dependence are not the same? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/47 "2012-05-02T00:57:24Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > What did Secretsmile36 get banned for? Being a sock. If you have to ask, it’s for being a sock. (Although they should have been banned for bumping that dentist thread to repeat a stale Seinfeld joke.) ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/48 "2012-05-02T00:59:11Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Being a sock. If you have to ask, it’s for being a sock. (Although they should have been banned for bumping that dentist thread to repeat a stale Seinfeld joke.) I suspected something like that. Is there anyway of telling who’s sock it was? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/49 "2012-05-02T01:09:40Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > I suspected something like that. Is there anyway of telling who’s sock it was? You can PM a mod or admin, they might tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/50 "2012-05-02T01:17:12Z")
> [@hamwater](#): > > I’m going to agree with the OP. Knowing one crackhead doesn’t make Ambivalid Crackopedia. The one thing all crackheads have in common is that they are addicted to crack. They are not all sexually promiscuous (crack does not make everyone universally horny), they are not all prostitutes, they are not all thieves. They are all addicts, and there are similarities, but they are not identical. One friend in trouble does not make you an expert, and you look a bit foolish spouting a lot of this nonsense as if it were fact. I am not basing the things that I say on my experiences with this (former) friend. At least not on the experiences alone. When I discovered that she was indeed a crackhead, I found myself submerged in research on the drug and it’s addiction and subsequent lifestyle that follows. This is information that is out there, if you want to find it. The link I gave in my OP is a great source of much information on the matter. Crack addicts _are_ all\* sexually promiscuous, they _are_ all horny and they _are_ all thieves and prostitutes. They might not resort to such drastic behavior earlier on in their addictions because they have someone taking care of them-someone they are conning or manipulating. Or they may be clinging to a job. But they _will_ resort to these things eventually. The sex/crack connection is undeniable and inseparable. \*There are always exceptions to the rule but this is the rule. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/51 "2012-05-02T01:24:38Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ll have you know I put down my pipe to read this thread. Fuck. What are you doing reading the Dope while smoking crack? Shouldn’t you be having sex? To quote professor Ambivalid’s OP: “Crack and sex are inseparable. Not only is sex a primary payment method for many addicts, but sex itself is the main activity taking place when users smoke. The high makes them hypersexual and horny; they lose all inhibitions and will have sex with anybody.” So my apologies. Presumably you had to stop smoking crack and stop having sex to read this; sorry I killed your buzz. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/52 "2012-05-02T01:27:39Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I am not basing the things that I say on my experiences with this (former) friend. At least not on the experiences alone. When I discovered that she was indeed a crackhead, I found myself submerged in research on the drug and it’s addiction and subsequent lifestyle that follows. This is information that is out there, if you want to find it. The link I gave in my OP is a great source of much information on the matter. Crack addicts _are_ all\* sexually promiscuous, they _are_ all horny and they _are_ all thieves and prostitutes. They might not resort to such drastic behavior earlier on in their addictions because they have someone taking care of them-someone they are conning or manipulating. Or they may be clinging to a job. But they _will_ resort to these things eventually. The sex/crack connection is undeniable and inseparable. > \*There are always exceptions to the rule but this is the rule. Oh that’s too funny. While I was writing my last post I went to all the effort of opening the other thread to get a retarded quote. If I just would have refreshed this thread, I would have seen that Ambivalid already provided me with one. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/53 "2012-05-02T01:40:41Z")
> [@living\_in\_hell](#): > > How so? Because I was just trying to be humane? > > And anyway jokes on you I have an iPad without a keyboard. Zing! 😛 The iPad does explain it. I should’ve guessed. I didn’t have a problem with you trying to be humane, you’re good at that. You suck at being funny. You being all over that thread like a pipehead on a loose rock made helped make an already deeply stupid thread into something like a locomotive crashing into a pig farm. ---
**Author:** ![hamwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@hamwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hamwater)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/54 "2012-05-02T01:47:16Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I am not basing the things that I say on my experiences with this (former) friend. At least not on the experiences alone. When I discovered that she was indeed a crackhead, I found myself submerged in research on the drug and it’s addiction and subsequent lifestyle that follows. This is information that is out there, if you want to find it. The link I gave in my OP is a great source of much information on the matter. Crack addicts _are_ all\* sexually promiscuous, they _are_ all horny and they _are_ all thieves and prostitutes. They might not resort to such drastic behavior earlier on in their addictions because they have someone taking care of them-someone they are conning or manipulating. Or they may be clinging to a job. But they _will_ resort to these things eventually. The sex/crack connection is undeniable and inseparable. > \*There are always exceptions to the rule but this is the rule. No. They. Are. Not. You can believe what you read on the internet, but I have seen it in person. Crack smoking == orgy. People with jobs buy drugs with money, not with sex and not by pawning Grandma’s silver. Yes, some do steal, and prostitute themselves…Not all do. Just because you believe that all crackheads are sexually promiscuous does not make it true. They will not all resort to this eventually. Some alcoholics will quit drinking before they drive drunk and kill someone. Some crackheads will recover before they become thieves and hookers. And crack does not necessarily = horny. I know you read it on the internet and you “researched” it so it must be true. Continue to believe it if the sensationalism gets you going, but it’s not true. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/55 "2012-05-02T01:51:00Z")
Please allow me to share Ambivalid’s [citation](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...yamsOqv6NDYNdw) for the crack/sex connection from his other thread. The hilarity shouldn’t be confined to a thread where we can’t mock it appropriately. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/56 "2012-05-02T01:54:24Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > The iPad does explain it. I should’ve guessed. > > I didn’t have a problem with you trying to be humane, you’re good at that. You suck at being funny. You being all over that thread like a pipehead on a loose rock made helped make an already deeply stupid thread into something like a locomotive crashing into a pig farm. Thank you for telling me I am good at being humane. I appreciate that. 🙂 Was that link supposed to be bunk? ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/57 "2012-05-02T01:57:28Z")
…crack heads only want one thing, more crack everything else is just a means to get that … they are also a really boring group of fiends, as fiends go.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/58 "2012-05-02T02:00:53Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Crack addicts _are_ all\* sexually promiscuous, they _are_ all horny and they _are_ all thieves and prostitutes. … The sex/crack Can you link to a specific scientific study or evidence that shows the vast majority of crack users are hornier than the average person and that they are all prostitutes? It very well may be true, I’d just like to see a cite. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/59 "2012-05-02T02:06:16Z")
> [@living\_in\_hell](#): > > Can you kindly confirm that use, abuse, and dependence are not the same? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554/60 "2012-05-02T02:07:03Z")
It wasn’t just that he was a sudden expert, and misinformed besides. He kept telling others, with experiences **he** had requested, that they didn’t know what they were talking about. Colour me not surprised he’s being pitted. Out of control, a danger to themselves and others? Absolutely! Sub human? Sorry, no can do. Every crackhead is someone’s child, was once just raw material, just like you and I. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid-i-know-a-crackhead-so-im-professor-of-crackology-now/620554.md?page=4)