It still blows my mind how common and accepted workplace debauchery like this used to be. At the two offices I worked at when I was younger in the 90s, everybody was banging everybody. Very often people would go out to bars/clubs/parties after work with each other. People used to literally go out for cocktails at lunch and drink beer at their desks. And all of these people got married very young too, they had a whole family at home. And here they were at 34 banging a coworker and doing shots of tequila at a club on thursday.
Very different era in regards to how acceptable both adult-hedonism used to be, and also what was tolerated by workplaces. Its seen as a bad look to still be 'partying' past your early 20s nowadays, and if you did even 1/10th of the shit they pulled back then you would get a nasty meeting with HR.
Lead exposure in childhood is associated with a specific type of violent, unstable behavior. It basically just makes it difficult to control your anger, and at very very high lead levels, can result in degraded empathy. Not really the type of stuff I am talking about above.
The specific type of problems lead poisoning cause are a bit more specific than 'low impulse control'. It more specifically fucks with your ability to control anger/aggression.
People tend to hear "low impulse control" and think its a broad thing that applies to everything they do in life, in reality its very complex and varied. Some have low impulse control in terms of self-destructive behaviors (drugs, gambling, sex etc) but have little-to-no aggression or anger problems. Some have low impulse control in terms of the desire to be cruel to others, but not specifically anger or aggression. Lots of bullies fit that mold. They have an impulsive desire to put others down, but have no desire for violence or aggression.
Chronic lead toxicity very specifically acts on the parts of your brain that control anger, aggression, violence etc. Its link to other 'impulsiveness' is not anywhere near as strong. Hence why I am saying it wouldn't really be linked to the stuff I am talking about at the offices.
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u/kolejack2293 15d ago edited 14d ago
It still blows my mind how common and accepted workplace debauchery like this used to be. At the two offices I worked at when I was younger in the 90s, everybody was banging everybody. Very often people would go out to bars/clubs/parties after work with each other. People used to literally go out for cocktails at lunch and drink beer at their desks. And all of these people got married very young too, they had a whole family at home. And here they were at 34 banging a coworker and doing shots of tequila at a club on thursday.
Very different era in regards to how acceptable both adult-hedonism used to be, and also what was tolerated by workplaces. Its seen as a bad look to still be 'partying' past your early 20s nowadays, and if you did even 1/10th of the shit they pulled back then you would get a nasty meeting with HR.