☮ Social ☮ PD Social Distancing Talk Thread: Swirly Congregation That's 100% Pandemic-Proof
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cosmic charlie
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going to buy more Shrooms to replace the ones I lost last week. Eventually when I get things figured out I'm gonna order some DPT to blow lines of. Feeling pretty stir crazy and want something that can really take me out there. I'm gonna see my ex tommorow for a couple hours which will be nice. How are you doing xammy?
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Awesome man, keep it going !!
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pretty good, but I could use some drugs bro. I've been clean for 1-2 months now? but drinking at least 2-4 days a week
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My girl and I spent the day at the farm... it's supposed to freeze tonight which is really unusual this late in the spring. Earlier this week it said it was getting down to 25, but now it says 29, so that's good. But we had to cover a bunch of crops, and we're hoping they make it. Fucking weird weather.
In an hour, I'm doing a Discord screen share meeting with my brother.
Yep, makes you wonder where that money is going...
In an hour, I'm doing a Discord screen share meeting with my brother.
Yep, makes you wonder where that money is going...
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It boggles my mind here that the popular argument against raising the minimum wage to US$15/hr is that that's what paramedics make. "Why should someone flipping burgers make the same as a paramedic?" Nobody ever asks, "hey wait a minute, if a 15min hospital ride costs thousands of dollars, why are paramedics only getting $15/hr??"
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I remember I had the good fortune to injure myself while visiting you guys' polarising but fun nation one time, and being used to a country with socialised healthcare, I just rocked up to the hospital without really thinking about payment. I woke up after getting black out drunk and literally couldn't move one of my arms, couldn't find any of my friends, my hotel room was trashed, had no idea what happened, naturally this was a bit concerning, and I did have travel insurance, so I thought best call was to visit a hospital.
I had an x-ray of my shoulder, and literally a 2 minute talk with a doctor who said basically there's nothing we can do but it should get better on it's own. I wasn't sure what was supposed to happen next but after that it turns out I had to pay $2800. I did know that US healthcare is not free, but I guess I thought it would work like any other product, ie, I'd go in, they'd assess cost, and ask for payment BEFORE actually "treating" me... I didn't have the money to pay this at the time and considered just walking out of the hospital as they didn't seem to be concerned about keeping me there even after I'd explained pretty clearly I couldn't pay, but I thought it was best to err on the side of caution and do my best to pay it, bad karma otherwise perhaps... They eventually (reluctantly) let me pay something like $600 and my insurance did eventually cover most of it except maybe a $200 excess, but yeah, that was eye opening.
I had an x-ray of my shoulder, and literally a 2 minute talk with a doctor who said basically there's nothing we can do but it should get better on it's own. I wasn't sure what was supposed to happen next but after that it turns out I had to pay $2800. I did know that US healthcare is not free, but I guess I thought it would work like any other product, ie, I'd go in, they'd assess cost, and ask for payment BEFORE actually "treating" me... I didn't have the money to pay this at the time and considered just walking out of the hospital as they didn't seem to be concerned about keeping me there even after I'd explained pretty clearly I couldn't pay, but I thought it was best to err on the side of caution and do my best to pay it, bad karma otherwise perhaps... They eventually (reluctantly) let me pay something like $600 and my insurance did eventually cover most of it except maybe a $200 excess, but yeah, that was eye opening.
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You don't accrue any bad karma by avoiding paying extortionist medical bills in the US, IMO.
It's fucking nuts, innit? All medical costs are absurd in the US, but the emergency room is staggeringly so.
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Trying to work up the last will power to eat this last handfull straight already feeling something within 5mins
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Uff, sounds exhausting ! Hang in there bro.
I've actually been having less work lately. The quarantine has been a good time for studying and coming up with ideas for new projects, which has been pretty healthy, but since half of my work is laboratory work, I have a lot less workload. I'm using all the extra time for playing guitar, haven't played this much since I was in highschool, Im pretty happy about it haha.
I've actually been having less work lately. The quarantine has been a good time for studying and coming up with ideas for new projects, which has been pretty healthy, but since half of my work is laboratory work, I have a lot less workload. I'm using all the extra time for playing guitar, haven't played this much since I was in highschool, Im pretty happy about it haha.
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That's awesome man. 
I've been playing music a good bit, not as much as before quarantine just because I was playing shows then, but once a week my band (minus drummer) has been meeting and just jamming, and there's something magic about it, it's the best I've ever played right now pretty consistently, and it's also the best we've ever played together, like every time. When we get back to playing shows it's gonna be amazing.
I've been playing music a good bit, not as much as before quarantine just because I was playing shows then, but once a week my band (minus drummer) has been meeting and just jamming, and there's something magic about it, it's the best I've ever played right now pretty consistently, and it's also the best we've ever played together, like every time. When we get back to playing shows it's gonna be amazing.
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Going to start a microdose regime of shrooms. I think eating one potent stem should be okay but i will see if it induces a trippy effect. I know people australian youtubers recommend starting with 50 mg or less of this species for microdosing.
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That's what paramedics make? Seems a bit low. Is that in some specific places?
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Just today I started a microdosing regime, but with 1P-LSD.
I've never gotten much from microdosing, but I've never followed a plan, just did it one off here and there, and didn't like how anxious it made me feel. But I guess when doing it for days on end you eventually gain a tolerance and that is not an issue anymore.
Anyway, since I'm stuck indoors, I can manage my anxiety better than if I were on my workplace, so figured this would be the time to test it. I started with aprox. 5 µg, felt a little bit jiterry but then it faded. Tomorrow I'll skip it and then friday I will go again. So I plan on doing it one day yes one day no (Is that called bi-daily? he) for a month and see what I get out of it.
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yeah LSD microdoses never did much for me expect make me feel a bit high for 2 hours.
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In my experience, the real benefit of microdosing is the regime. I used ~8 ug every three days for a three week sequence and it helped me to get out of a bout of depression. Sustained use was not necessary to keep the benefits once I stopped. I like to think of it as sprinkling a trip over a span of a few weeks versus the normal few hours. And then DMT is compressing a trip into a few mins. All can certainly have their place
Yeah, maintaining a regime is important. Microdosing psilocybin really tapped into something extremely powerful for me personally. More level-headed, less angry, improved problem-solving, improved stress response, drastically improved reaction time and motor skills, memory, increased risk taking (for better or worse), 0 depression for nearly 6 months. It was completely wild.
Fadiman's timing protocol was more effective for me vs Stamets'. Tolerance *did* matter. Stamets' regime could seem more effective in the short term but the slight tolerance build-up over the course of a week would reduce efficacy. Also, fully tripping on mushrooms, LSD, or anything with cross-tolerance would set efficacy back 1-3 weeks.
Being generally healthy made a huge difference - no alcohol, minimal caffeine, being super mindful of the usual big obvious nutrient deficiencies and balance (D, magnesium, Bs), generally good diet, generally good sleep.
What finally diminished the returns was, honestly, re-introducing dissos back in to my regular drug diet in increasing frequency, then the whole thing started to unravel.
Fadiman's timing protocol was more effective for me vs Stamets'. Tolerance *did* matter. Stamets' regime could seem more effective in the short term but the slight tolerance build-up over the course of a week would reduce efficacy. Also, fully tripping on mushrooms, LSD, or anything with cross-tolerance would set efficacy back 1-3 weeks.
Being generally healthy made a huge difference - no alcohol, minimal caffeine, being super mindful of the usual big obvious nutrient deficiencies and balance (D, magnesium, Bs), generally good diet, generally good sleep.
What finally diminished the returns was, honestly, re-introducing dissos back in to my regular drug diet in increasing frequency, then the whole thing started to unravel.
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