☮ Social ☮ PD Social Thread: Engage the digital super banana

[solistus]

I've never left the continent, unless Hawaii counts. Been there, Canada, Mexico, and all over the continental US, but that's it. It's been a while since I've had a proper adventure, and I'd say trying to see as much of a new continent as I can, on my own as a stranger in a series of strange lands, counts as adventure. Plus, I figure it'll be a good way to practice overcoming my social anxiety - I tend to hole up in my room and isolate or at most hang out with a handful of close friends in an otherwise isolated setting, and I usually feel uncomfortable introducing myself to new people when I go out since I feel awkward and out of place. On my Europe trip, I'll be staying in hostels/AirBnBs/etc. so for the most part I won't have an isolated room to go hide in, I'll be on my own so no hiding out at a close friend's place, and it's not a problem to feel awkward and out of place when I'm literally out of place and visiting another country for the first time. And in any non-English-speaking country, I have a natural excuse to introduce myself to people and ask for translations / directions in English. And hey, worst case, if I make a complete ass of myself, I can take comfort in the fact that I will soon be on the other side of the planet

 

[Thorns Have Roses]

Man, I couldn't afford a night in a roach motel in the crappier city neighboring ours, traveling to Europe is beyond my wildest dreams. What kind of things do you like to do while traveling? Touristy though it may be, I imagine that art would be my focus (followed by architecture and nature). All those French impressionists...I want to visit the Sagrada Familia (preferably when it's finished) too.

Resisting the urge to head east instead and visit Lenin's tomb... I'm sure comrade Vladimir Ilyich would not approve of such a quasi-religious pilgrimage, after all

Yeah, that'd be such a Stalinist thing to do.


Anyhow, saw the expert today, got my high functioning autism diagnosis (that brings me up to three mental illnesses, not counting substance abuse, it makes me feel kinda special TBPH). I rather liked this doctor, his analysis of my depression was nice too ("If I had come to this country after practicing psychiatry in India, Australia, and New Zealand and was told that I had to be a cab driver, I'd be miserable too!", "You watch people who aren't half as smart as you doing well in life while yours is shit, that would give anyone low self-esteem." The fellow had a far more rosy conception of my intellect than I do.)

 

[solistus]

Well, I do have a Stalinist propaganda poster right across from the Leninist one right by my front door, but it's at least half ironic.

I'm about $100k south of broke at this point thanks to student loans... But my dad got a job with some fancy ecommerce security firm with big banks and multinational corps as clients, and apparently they pay a little better than Apple cuz my folks are going to Europe. TBH I think I only got an invite because my mom feels bad for me / worried about me taking medical leave from school, but I'll take a pity party if it's a destination party They went to Greece a few years ago as a second honeymoon type thing (they went somewhere domestic on the cheap for their actual honeymoon, since at that point my dad was a grad student and not a hotshot developer), and now Rome. My dad was a Classics major (Greco-Roman history/culture/language/etc.) before he started doing tech work, so it'll actually be really cool having them along for Rome - he'll be like a very enthusiastic tour guide, heh. I assume they booked an actual hotel and will eat at actual restaurants and stuff, so that will be my bourgie tourist taste of Europe. Then it'll be hostels and local hole in the walls to stretch whatever $$ I can mooch off relatives into as long a trip as I can. I should probably figure out which museums/major cultural attractions are cheap or free to visit...

I'm jealous of my mom - she went to Europe in the early 90s, and it was DIRT cheap to stay in Prague, East Berlin, or pretty much anywhere else formerly on the Soviet side of the Iron Curtain. Fancy restaurant dinners for ~$1 in local currency, hotel rooms in major cities for ~$10, all sorts of cool Soviet era kitsch being sold on the cheap... I'd be in heaven!

And Thorns, I suspect that most people you interact with have a rosier conception of your intellect than you do. Your posts here are often among the most poetic and insightful, yet you seem genuinely surprised/skeptical when told as much. I think my therapist would call that "discounting the positive"

 

[SONN]

I'm in denver! Or at least staying at a friend of a friends house about twenty minutes away.

I can't wait to buy weed from a store :D

I'm gonna walk in and be like "so what's the best weed product in the world?" And ask a million questions (cuz I have a right to! 'MURICA!) and get like the tastiest best hash that can be found on this planet

Also xork I never really preferred to live in north philly it's just where I've been going to college for the past four years, I think I'm taking a semester off though so I'll get some reprieve.

I'm in the heady kulture Mecca I need to evaluate my plans for creating a Trappist monk monastery here lol

 

[Xorkoth]

I've never left the continent, unless Hawaii counts. Been there, Canada, Mexico, and all over the continental US, but that's it. It's been a while since I've had a proper adventure, and I'd say trying to see as much of a new continent as I can, on my own as a stranger in a series of strange lands, counts as adventure. Plus, I figure it'll be a good way to practice overcoming my social anxiety - I tend to hole up in my room and isolate or at most hang out with a handful of close friends in an otherwise isolated setting, and I usually feel uncomfortable introducing myself to new people when I go out since I feel awkward and out of place. On my Europe trip, I'll be staying in hostels/AirBnBs/etc. so for the most part I won't have an isolated room to go hide in, I'll be on my own so no hiding out at a close friend's place, and it's not a problem to feel awkward and out of place when I'm literally out of place and visiting another country for the first time. And in any non-English-speaking country, I have a natural excuse to introduce myself to people and ask for translations / directions in English. And hey, worst case, if I make a complete ass of myself, I can take comfort in the fact that I will soon be on the other side of the planet

Yeah for sure, I think putting yourself far outside of your comfort zone is a healthy thing, I bet it will be a very impactful adventure for you.

T minus one day until I am at a 2-day camping festival. Only $25... going with a group of friends. It'll be great, we're definitely taking psychedelics on Saturday... I'll be taking either 1p-LSD/AL-LAD or DOC. My friends will be taking LSD... two of them I've never tripped with (though I have tripped around them plenty) and they're both in bands with me so it'll be great bonding.

 

[Just A Guy]

When I returned from S. Korea at 21 years old, I had spent 38% of my life in Asia. Four years in Thailand, four years in S. Korea. Man, I can't believe I haven't left the country since I came back in 1999.

 

[Tryptamine*Dreamer]

Never posted here before. Damn, sounds like you are all having so much fun!
I'm hoping by the end of the summer I'll be starting to have some newer experiences. I'm saving up money until I can leave and survive for a while, and I'm sure I'll figure things out.
Thanks to some people who took the time to talk to me. I wish I'd seen their message sooner. Not sure why they tried so hard.

 

[Xorkoth]

Hey man, welcome to PD Social. I think going out on your own will be a healthy thing for you, and it's really exciting to immerse yourself into new experiences.

 

[Just A Guy]

T*D is the shit. Good to see you here, man.

 

[Cream Gravy?]

What I like about PD in comparison to say, social media, is that people come here when they're both high (no pun intended hahah) and low. It's not a "look at how amazing my life is, yours sucks" fest (for the most part ), but rather a collection of mostly anonymous individuals seeking a common ground when they found none in the real world.

I all of you!

 

[Xorkoth]

Lots of love here, it's the best part.

 

[Tryptamine*Dreamer]

Can't believe I didn't know for so long!
I'm not sure if something big is about to happen. So weird how things seem to be going down. I knew since I recently found out about this they were trying to help me but I am not sure if I correctly understood things until today. Unless what I seem to have figured out is somehow flawed. I think they may have also uncovered a flaw in my personality, I seem to not have remembered where it came from. Now I can figure out how to fix it.

 

[Thorns Have Roses]

Well, I do have a Stalinist propaganda poster right across from the Leninist one right by my front door, but it's at least half ironic.

I have this Maoist poster, but it's never been hung up 'cause I don't have a frame for it:

It wouldn't fit in with the other art in my room anyway, or maybe it would, in any case I don't think I've posted those before (taken awkwardly with laptop camera, so forgive the quality). Tagged for space:

NSFW:

What I like about PD in comparison to say, social media, is that people come here when they're both high (no pun intended hahah) and low. It's not a "look at how amazing my life is, yours sucks" fest (for the most part), but rather a collection of mostly anonymous individuals seeking a common ground when they found none in the real world.

s all around! For you, my people.

 

[Yeetbeat]

Hey hey PD! FUCKYEAHFRIDAY :D

 

[Yeetbeat]

So had a mate drop round last night to test a new batch of MDMA he'd just obtained....turns out it's actually methylone (bk-MDMA) lol. Not the end of the world given what he paid for it I suppose, but still lol.

I know this is PD, but what do you guys think of methylone? Any good at all?

 

[pharmakos]

so everyone here knows i love DXM. for the last few years, though, i only ever take 1 bottle of Robogels at a time. today i bought a 5oz Delsym and a bottle of gels. will be my biggest DXM dose since like 2012. pretty sure my tolerance is still fucked, though, because my low-dose use has been fairly chronic. we'll see how it goes.

trozz, lots of people here love methylone. PD got pretty sad when the stuff was banned in the states.

 

[Just A Guy]

You know what? I was all bummed out that I probably would never have an opportunity to try mephedrone, until I heard it was mcat, and we synthesized that back in the very beginning of the century, and I got burnt on cathinones and stayed with methamphetamine until I quit for life back in 2003-2004. (it was a process of relapses over the winter, but I finally quit for good when Spring came.) Have fun with the dxm -- it's been there for me when I needed it. Although consistent low-dose use of dextromethorphan can facilitate Plateau Sigma trips -- I've heard it's an amazing reset for addictions, kind of irons out all the kinks, filters out the dust. But it's not without risk. Keep in mind your health while you do it. Peace!

 

[Yeetbeat]

Well I got 2 caps of it off my mate to try, so I may very well give it a whirl this weekend if I go out as planned. I'll have to investigate the effects and duration a little more, as well as dosages...don't want another disappointing night out due to an underwhelming roll and having to wait another 2 months to try again.

Might empty the caps, weigh it, and then adjust dosage appropriately by supplementing it with REAL MDMA....hmm

 

[pharmakos]

You know what? I was all bummed out that I probably would never have an opportunity to try mephedrone, until I heard it was mcat, and we synthesized that back in the very beginning of the century, and I got burnt on cathinones and stayed with methamphetamine until I quit for life back in 2003-2004. (it was a process of relapses over the winter, but I finally quit for good when Spring came.) Have fun with the dxm -- it's been there for me when I needed it. Although consistent low-dose use of dextromethorphan can facilitate Plateau Sigma trips -- I've heard it's an amazing reset for addictions, kind of irons out all the kinks, filters out the dust. But it's not without risk. Keep in mind your health while you do it. Peace!

mephedrone was 4-methyl-mcat. the cathinone equivalent of 4-methyl-methamphetamine (aka 4-MMA and para-methyl-methamphetamine)

plateau sigma requires consistent high doses. i accidentally landed on plateau sigma many years ago. was not fun.

 

[Xorkoth]

So had a mate drop round last night to test a new batch of MDMA he'd just obtained....turns out it's actually methylone (bk-MDMA) lol. Not the end of the world given what he paid for it I suppose, but still lol.

I know this is PD, but what do you guys think of methylone? Any good at all?

Methylone is great, in some ways I like it better than MDMA. It's got a dopamine hit too unlike MDMA. It lasts shorter and is more compulsive for me but it's also got a lot of love and some pretty excellent euphoria. I'd prefer it to most anything else, sometimes I even like it better than MDMA. You stay very sharp, it's a bit cocaine-like in that way.