it's cyclical for a reason. new members should have the right to ask questions just like anyone else. another good reason to keep them open is incase of new formulations and warnings.
I agree. And the ability to be able to ask questions and get clarification on whatever is important. But there is so much good info in this thread already that in reality a newb really wouldnt
NEED to ask questions if they were willing to put in the (admittedly tedious) research necessary to find out the info they need.
Thats why I suggested having a master thread with a comprehensive, yet simple and straight-forward step-by-step process on how its done..... followed by a brief FAQ with with common questions and issues addressed. Particular codeine containing products addressed, what works best, what to expect with certain brand etc...
This would be a master CWE thread and locked. In addition there could be a regular CWE thread that is open for brief discussion and specific questions, and would presumably and hopefully get way less traffic than the current thread. This 'open thread' - while somewhat relaxed and user-friendly in tone - would nonetheless serve primarily as an addendum to the master CWE FAQ/instructional thread.
Aside from getting all the best, most helpful, most appropriate and most relevant information concerning CWE in the one place, this would also serve to minimise the glorification of codeine and codeine extraction from easy to purchase OTC pain relievers. Dont get me wrong Im as guilty as the next person when it comes to talking about the joys of codeine. It is my opiate of choice after all. And put simply its fun talking about how fucked you got, or how fucked up youre about to get, or how fucked up you are right now.... or whatever.... but I think there is an
EXTREMELY valid argument to be made for taking steps to minimise the glorification of codeine talk on bluelight.
The huge obvious big daddy of 'em all being the fact that while we dont get it as good as some countries, we do however have a pretty good thing going with the availability of OTC pain products containing codeine. Especially now with the loophole allowing 600mg to be sold in the one product (
Mydol /
strong pain Xtra) rather than just the 360mg ibu packs or the 400mg paracetamol packs.... so my point being that the less we talk about this in an open forum the better as far as keeping it quiet, keeping the media off it and generally just maintaining the status quo to allow us to keep enjoying our relaxing hobby of choice without seeing a fucking TT or a Current Affair story on it every 6 months, and ultimately leading us down the psuedo path of strict ID requirements for every codeine purchase.
So if you guys think Im being a tool and wasting my time, thats cool. The current system does work, the info is there, and the industrious newbie can find what they need to know with relative ease by UTFSE and filtering for this thread. While the lazy newbs can also find out what they need to know by typing a series of letters into coherent groupings of words and ultimately sentences, that when structured appropriately with a (?) at the end will illicit a response from a regular or more informed poster, and thus providing the lazy newb with the information they require and the energy conservation they desire 8(
So clearly a 'project' like this would have to be collaborative, but with an executive editor (EE, in magazine vernacular
) of sorts overseeing things and having final word and edit on the step-by-step process and mini-FAQ. Theres a bunch of regular and semi regulars in this thread (I count myself as a semi reg these days) that could contribute their procedure with footnotes and miscellaneous infos of relevance. These peeps would PM this to the EE who would have final say on the final make up of the thread. They could of course consult and discuss with the other contributors but the EE would have to have final word or the thing would lever get done.
So the obvious choice is Mr Blonde. Is he still around? His profile says he hasnt signed in since the 6th of June though..... whats up with that? He on holiday or something? Hes not back on the alpraz is he? Sheeeet maybe hes in fuckin rehab or something. Although hang on, its possible that Bluelight uses the American date format which would mean that he last signed in on June 6, which isnt actually so bad. So Blondey if youre around mate what do you think?
