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reevO2.6kHz

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I guess this is a re-introduction as I apparently cannot remember my password n'or old, certainly no longer active e-mail address I used for my original account(Phoshaman - in case any admin wishes to assist me with recovering that account) that I abandoned after PhreeX passed. So, uh, hi, and it's nice to see a few familiar faces(negrogesic I see you :geek:). Also one of the original ODUG, ODUGv2 & The Collective members if anyone remembers those too.

Other than that, well, I'm old as fuck now and living back in the South, but that's ok. Did the Advanced Drug Discussion forum end up getting canned, or is that something only accessible to users beyond 'Greenlighter' status? I hate feeling like such a noob.

I guess this is where I end this transmission for now.
 
I guess this is a re-introduction as I apparently cannot remember my password n'or old, certainly no longer active e-mail address I used for my original account(Phoshaman - in case any admin wishes to assist me with recovering that account) that I abandoned after PhreeX passed. So, uh, hi, and it's nice to see a few familiar faces(negrogesic I see you :geek:). Also one of the original ODUG, ODUGv2 & The Collective members if anyone remembers those too.

Other than that, well, I'm old as fuck now and living back in the South, but that's ok. Did the Advanced Drug Discussion forum end up getting canned, or is that something only accessible to users beyond 'Greenlighter' status? I hate feeling like such a noob.

I guess this is where I end this transmission for now.

Advanced Drug Discussion got its name changed (though i prefered that name).

And yes oddly enough im still here. At least in spirit 😴
 
Welcome!

Advanced Drug Discussion got its name changed (though i prefered that name).

And yes oddly enough im still here. At least in spirit 😴

Me too. Seems weird that we now have basic drug discussion but nothing called advanced drug discussion.

EDIT: oh wow, phoshaman, registered 2000 last seen 2005. Old old school.

I like it, so many newer members making me feel old, and I only joined in late 2012.
 
I'm glad to be back (never though I'd even be alive in, holy shit it's 2021?). Thanks all.

@admin
Any chance of recovering my old account? I need the clout from my old registration date, obvisouly.

Decided to come back after seeing of C.H's passing. Had flashbacks to PhreeX and was kinda just bought here to re-register.

Been off of Heroin for a decade or so now. Picked up a meth habit for a year a little after kicking, which funny enoug went from snorting->shooting->snorting->i quit. Never thought I would rationalize that 'maybe injecting this stuff and staying awake for 18 days and only micrnonapping isn't the best idea.' Went back to snorting, got tired of the burn(Tuco from Breaking Bad does the best "i just did a gakker of crystal" i can think of), then got diagnosed with adult ADD, by 5 different doctors.

Of course I've been prescribed Adderall since then, and take it on and off for a few months sometimes. Other than that I've just been smoking herb regularly, take the occasional(prescribed) Klonopin, regularly consume Cannabis, and have gone back to doing Dissociatives as therapeutically as possible every 45-60 days for a brain re-boot. Considering a Microdosing regiment for the summer using P. Cubensis, still consdering.... Can't even stand Alcohol anymore, either.

Getting old is weird. I'm a bit Jaded, but not a whole lot. Aside from the pains that come with working at a computer since 1994 and the dating pool ... an absolute mess of messes ... things are good.

Sorry for the blog. Anyone know is Love In Vein is still around? Where is fastandbulbous? Christ I can't even remember any names from the Sedation Vacation that was uber-planned and fell through at the last minute.

We really need Advanced Drug Discussion back. I only ever really posted there and OD here on BL.

Also, when was BL able to afford the .org hosting again? I remember the .ru and .nu days which I think were preceded by the original .org era, which the domain was lost due to legal pressure from a barrage of k-mart lawyers clamoring over the ownership/right's to the name 'bluelight'(k-mart's free internet access cds that were popular for a lot of dial-up users during that time)and it's domain(s). Or, maybe I imagined it.

Anyways, bye for now. Have a nice Memorial Day. Tomorrow is the first day of the last year of my 30s. I'm shoooook.
 
@reevO2.6kHz do you regret working on computers? My whole early life I was sure I would end up being a software / web designer, and I was as a freelancer for years, but now I can't stand working on computers.

I don't want to be around them anymore but still use my desktop randomly. I was also addicted to gaming about 8-12 years ago.

I have bad posture and back pains already from 2 decades of computer chair posture
 
@reevO2.6kHz do you regret working on computers? My whole early life I was sure I would end up being a software / web designer, and I was as a freelancer for years, but now I can't stand working on computers.

I don't want to be around them anymore but still use my desktop randomly. I was also addicted to gaming about 8-12 years ago.

I have bad posture and back pains already from 2 decades of computer chair posture

Do I regret it now that technology has essentially destroyed human-to-human relations throughout the world? Absolutely, and if it were possible, I'd travel back in time to prevent the internet evolving past what it was in 2000.

Do I regret it because of the Carpal Tunnel, Shoulder, Neck, Elbow, Leg pain & more? Maybe... but there's exercise, smart eating & drugs for that.

Do I regret it because once you're known as "one of those IT guys, he can help," I want to run to a different hemisphere. Outside of my professional life, I am pretty firm on my stance of not helping friends or family with their computer 'issues,' since it's ALWAYS something anyone with common sense would have not gotten themselves into, and when you fix it and it inevitably 'breaks' again, along with something else --- it's all YOUR fault! You messed with my settings!

Overall though, I don't regret it. The pay is nice, I can automate nearly all of my job(and everyone else's), the boomers don't understand the tech, the zoomers think they understand the tech but they're just really good at navigating well desgined UIs/UXs and were taught from textbooks to memorize how these systems actually work. So little to no practical hands-on experience from them either. Of course I'm part of the forgotten generation, I think it's called X(like... the band), everyone ignores us, which is great, and at least I get to be the "ask him he'd know" tech guy regardless of my in-office title(s).

Overall I'd say 22 years in professional IT (+6 years as a hobby) gets a rating of 7/10 from me. It's all downhill from here though. AI, Automation, Recession, Non-Living Wages, CoL Increasing, Pay not counting for inflation, errrrryone "is in STEM, bro," etc., etc. The market is shrinking and for every 30 candidates, 1 might actually be possibly qualified for the position, and he'll be gone within 2 years as is the nature of the industry. The other 29 are part of the oversatured CS/CompTIA/MCSE/etc grads that have knowledge a mile wide and a centimeter deep and couldn't intuitively resolve a technical issue if their life depended on it.

What I'm trying to say to any young'ns reading this: Don't get into any aspect of IT. It's already too late, imagine it in a decade. Figure something else out. Make soap or some shit.
 
Welcome back to Bluelight. I remember PhreeX... Glad that you've decided to come back on the forum.
 
That's a ... unique name to change it to ... lol.
"Neuroscience and Pharmacology" keeps the druggies away! 🤣 Now it's only chemistry students, PhD's, and wannabe drug barons that post there! 🤣

Rarely, if ever, do I welcome anybody. Never quite felt that it's my place to do so. But in your case and what with all of your mention of Generation X and IT and your feelings re: where technology has had us all end up: I felt it appropriate to do so (but of course couldn't resist taking the piss as I did above in my first line). Point being: looks like we're from the same generation, probably of similar age, and our professional backgrounds don't appear to be too dissimilar (to a point).

Anyway and for what my shit and welcome message is worth: welcome (back)! :)

I did in fact post a welcome message to you last night but wasn't happy with my post so deleted it i.e. you may or may not be aware of the same.
 
Eh up oldie! Advanced drug discussion is now known as 'Neuroscience and Pharmacology discussion' I happen to be the SMOD there, even though I don't know my arse from my elbow.

So from one nerd to another, welcome back!

Meh, I was a srmod of psychedelic medicine for a year and I don't think I've ever used a psychedelic. :D

I'm glad to be back (never though I'd even be alive in, holy shit it's 2021?).

I know the feeling...
 
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