This post was just a rant, but since the conversation got here, for harm reduction purpose I'm writing this for anybody who might come across this in the future. What these people are essentially fighting for is that you don't need to question what you take because LSD experience vary so much you can't even say what it does, that's idiotic and very harmful. I want to provide you another perspective.
If you have ever taken something that's different from the LSD you've taken before, if you had a terrible time despite having a good set and setting with no worries on your mind, please consider that you might have taken fake LSD.
I know hallucinogens might seem like they work in mysterious ways but in the end LSD is still just a chemical that makes your body react in a very specific way. The same chemical in your body will react the same way every time you take it, just like how any drug works.
Drinking with your buddies at a bar would be a drastically different experience from you drinking alone at home after a breakup, but what alcohol actually does is exactly the same no matter where you are or what you do. Same goes for LSD. Anybody who thinks otherwise lacks of the most basic understanding of biology and chemistry.
Far too many shit hallucinogens have been sold as LSD under the guise of "LSD experience vary greatly". Sure you'll have different experiences and thoughts depends on where you are and what you do (like the alcohol example), but the way LSD affects how your brain interprets the surrounding does not vary, it does not vary at all. The fact that it doesn't vary is the reason to want to take it again! The reason to take ANYTHING again is because it doesn't vary. LSD always makes colors and music pop, and that's why people want to take it again and again, to experience different things with the amazing LSD filter.
Tylenol, insulin, alcohol, penicillin, coke don't VARY WIDELY. Neither does REAL LSD.
What will vary widely is the many other halluciogens sold as LSD. Those will VARY WIDELY!
Some people absolutely hate when I present the idea of fake LSD, because if they go down that path for a second they will be forced to think about how they never thought about what LSD does or may have never taken real LSD, so the dumbest and most egotistical ones want to shut me down the fastest despite I clearly have put way more effort and thoughts into analysing LSD.
Trip reports by nature are all anecdotal, I can't point to what I experience in my head, but I can give you a very accurate description of it and we can have a discussion about that. But people who can't even give a cohesive description of what they think LSD does to vision and audio because they have never paid attention to anything, are telling me that I think too much.
I have tested real LSD and fake ones in a 100% controlled environment months apart (no tolerance built up), which is something most people don't do. And when taking them at home their differences are undeniable. Below is my description of the real LSD. I've taken sheets and sheets of real LSD from different sources, and have taken the same sheet in the timespan of years. Sure when and how much you eat before a trip would make a tab from the same sheet feel stronger or weaker, but they still all do the exact same things.
Coming up is somewhat cringy and legs get shaky and weak, after come up most of the discomfort goes away. Colors look juicy and saturated, sharp lines will shimmer with iridescents, color where there should be none, open eye visuals are smooth, patterns and shapes repeat, It draws out depth making images look extra 3D. Adds realistic movements on still images. Everything just seems interesting and friendly. Music sounds INCREDIBLE and closed eye visuals are colorful and would change with the music.
Here's my speculation on what the fake LSDs are. Making research chemicals is not a one and done deal, once chemists made a new molecule that might have hallucinatory effects, they'll need to take it to find out what they are. If the effects are enjoyable they can advertise and sell it, but if not it's back to the lab. Respectable researchers would throw these failures away but greedy ones would pass them off as LSD, because if they sell them as new RCs that are known to cause unpleasant hallucinations nobody would want to buy them, but if you sell them as LSD idiots won't even question them for a second. A lot of molecules can have indoles, turning Ehrlich test purple does not guarantee it's real LSD.
This is just my guess, it doesn't really matter what they are, just because I don't know what they might be doesn't mean they are real.
Imagine if someone sold you a leather jacket, but the softness, the color, the texture, the finish, the smell, nothing about it seems like real leather, but you have no idea what it is and couldn't take the jacket to a facility to test it, does that mean it's real leather now? Of course not. But some people argue that because you can still wear it, and you don't know what it might be means it is real leather. You can make real leather into many forms like bags, shoes, clothes, seats etc. so these people think because of that, anything that looks like leather must be the real thing. Doesn't it sound insane? It's the same logic they have for fake LSD, these people are literally arguing that because you could have different experience on LSD, so any hallucinatory experience means it's LSD.
Thank you for reading this. If you found this post while doing research I hope I provided a helpful perspective. Please trust me when I say just because your vision gets wavy doesn't mean it's LSD, save the same images and videos to look at on different trips so you can do your own tests. If something doesn't feel right don't glaze over it and call it a bad trip like so many apparently do.
Real LSD is a pure joy and consistent every time I take it. It simply makes everything better, your vision is sharper and colorful, music sounds amazing, and it makes you want to explore and discuss deep topics. It just makes everything you do more interesting and fun, no matter if you take it at a festival or just tripping at home. You'll understand all the LSD art and what the artists are capturing, how certain combinations of lines and shapes tickle that special spot to make you see patterns that are not there, depths that are not there, movements that are not there. You'll understand Psytrance and many other music genres made for LSD, those special sound effects that you ears pick out only on LSD. I had small dose casual trips as well as big doses that made me see animated rainbow patterns with open eyes, and they still have the same effects, just dialed higher when I take more.
If you have taken something that has no visuals, makes colors muted, makes your favorite songs sound like shit, please don't be afraid and forever give up on LSD. Keep looking because the real LSD is nothing but magical and everybody should have at least tried it once in their life time. But trust me, once you had real LSD, you won't stop wanting it again
