this idea was already knocked around in the first posts and replies. first we don't RTFA, then we don't read the summary, and now we don't read the posts. we just sound off to see if there's an echo.
to the 2-3 other people reading this exchange, does it seem ironic to you that for someone who professes to hate reading my style so much, he's spent more time than anyone else doing just that? makes me wonder what his definition of ignorance is.
stupid !== getting the guy who talks a bunch of shit to provide his own reference for you
stupid == believing god wrote the bible as opposed to many different, fallible human beings
(and if fallible human beings are god's instruments to write the bible, then god also wrote the quran, the book of mormon, the i ching, the necronomicon, every episode of general hospital, and the unabomber manifesto)
opponent !== one who wishes to verify a proclaimed "fact" rather than assume it's true on hearsay
why do you use bible quotes to start arguments?
Proverbs 26:20: For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
Translation: don't start no shit, won't be no shit.
anyone can quote the bible to achieve their ends, you bible thumping idiot. i award you no points and may god have mercy on your soul.
if that blind man lives in a drafty shack with a broken furnace, no power, and health care bills out the anus then he really fucked up his priorities when he got an iphone.
wow. you really think you're the first person to whine like a bitch about my lowercase style? you must think you're really important. i know it annoys weirdo, OCD, anxiety-ridden control freaks like yourself, and that gives me great pleasure.
yep, in my experiments with slashdot karma i first tried to get as low a karma rating as possible, and found it very easy to accumulate more troll points. there was an inertia to it. then i switched direction. as i got my karma rating up, and continued with various written acts of immaturity, i found those willing to give me troll points harder to find, and even had others with good karma agree with me. social psychology, ain't it grand?
so explain the ads-disabled checkbox, available only to those with an account... if you're referring to targeted ads by cookie or IP, there are ways around that too, which slashdot users are more likely to be aware.
right. the article did mention that these rogue supermassive black holes are rare. hardly enough to put a dent in the 95% of the universe's "missing" mass.
if slashdot isn't a game, then what's up with the achievements? if you don't think it's a game, you are being played. the object of the game is to gain enough karma points that you can troll at will with impunity. mini-games include Make Others Look Stupid, Make Yourself Look Smart, and I'm Sofa King Funny.
not necessarily true. i've taken it in very low doses and gone to school on it. i was very paranoid that people around me could tell. i would whisper to a classmate in almost every period, "can you tell i'm frying?" the unanimous response was, "the only way they can tell you're frying is you keep asking 'can you tell i'm frying?'"
the lsd experience is one of gradual change in effects. for me it would start out with my nerves tingling and an unstable giddiness, sometimes uncontrollable laughter. then it would elevate to a "peak" at which point, yes, interacting with other people was very difficult. not necessarily impossible, but there were just no words to describe what my mind was going through. it was a bombardment of sensory overload, and abstract connections between unrelated things.
as i descended from the peak, i would go into a very deep, introspective state sort of like being very baked on marijuana, but with the same mental acceleration from the peak. as that state wound down, and if i was sharing the experience with others, i would spend a couple hours having philosophical/metaphysical discussions with my friends. after that, depending on the purity of the dose i would either feel pain in my kidneys (natural strychnine from the woodrose seeds used to derive the drug) or simply a gradual comedown. i had a desire to sleep, but too much nervous energy to do so. i'd usually stare at the sky or ceiling and wait for the remaining hallucinatory effects to wear off. at that point my mind was mush and definitely the opposite of expanded. my friend had a good way of expressing that feeling: "my brain is like marsh-pa-tellows."
then in the succeeding days of a trip, i would again feel very introspective about my experience while sober, trying to process all i had experienced without the bias of the effects. it can indeed be very mind expanding, if the dose is just right. everyone i know who has done it, including myself, agree that at some point you naturally decide to quit using it. there's a recurring theme in the trips that you are experiencing something like chapters in a book and eventually the book comes to an end. there's nothing left to learn from it.
sorry, but an lsd experience is not something you can understand by reading about it. also consider the fact that the effects of lsd vary widely in proportion to the dose. i guess i should also take this time to clarify that my original post was partly tongue-in-cheek. i don't claim to be genius or insane. well, maybe legally insane...
I've got enough of that in my genetic wiring, no need to augment with chemicals.
that's great, man. do what you feel is best for you, i'm all for that. i'm in no position to tell you whether to try it or not. i would suggest withholding the formation of an opinion on an experience until you've had the experience though. otherwise it's just disingenuous.
my "style" requires that people pay attention to what i'm writing, rather than skimming over the words-as-pictures that are recognizable and misunderstanding my message due to laziness. speaking in all caps is considered shouting, so what i'm doing is merely speaking softly. you have to listen closely. you grok?
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since when is baking not chemistry?
bath salts. now there's some chemistry education for you.
welfare can lead to cooking crack, which is also chemistry...
because we need more 10 year olds who can produce thermite. more than we need mature adults, too, it seems.
my favorite chemistry book is called The Anarchist's Cookbook.
this idea was already knocked around in the first posts and replies. first we don't RTFA, then we don't read the summary, and now we don't read the posts. we just sound off to see if there's an echo.
some graff writers use aerosol hydrofluoric acid to permanently etch their tags into storefront windows. it can't be that hard to get a hold of.
"'God put those there to test our faith.' No dude, God put YOU here to test MY faith." -- Bill Hicks
have we all missed the point that pre-crime is a fallible, manipulatable sham?
to the 2-3 other people reading this exchange, does it seem ironic to you that for someone who professes to hate reading my style so much, he's spent more time than anyone else doing just that? makes me wonder what his definition of ignorance is.
stupid !== getting the guy who talks a bunch of shit to provide his own reference for you
stupid == believing god wrote the bible as opposed to many different, fallible human beings
(and if fallible human beings are god's instruments to write the bible, then god also wrote the quran, the book of mormon, the i ching, the necronomicon, every episode of general hospital, and the unabomber manifesto)
opponent !== one who wishes to verify a proclaimed "fact" rather than assume it's true on hearsay
why do you use bible quotes to start arguments?
Proverbs 26:20: For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
Translation: don't start no shit, won't be no shit.
anyone can quote the bible to achieve their ends, you bible thumping idiot. i award you no points and may god have mercy on your soul.
if that blind man lives in a drafty shack with a broken furnace, no power, and health care bills out the anus then he really fucked up his priorities when he got an iphone.
slow down, take a breath, you're hyperventilating and it's making you hallucinate.
can i get a book name and verse number to verify?
pantera lyrics? why?
wow. you really think you're the first person to whine like a bitch about my lowercase style? you must think you're really important. i know it annoys weirdo, OCD, anxiety-ridden control freaks like yourself, and that gives me great pleasure.
yep, in my experiments with slashdot karma i first tried to get as low a karma rating as possible, and found it very easy to accumulate more troll points. there was an inertia to it. then i switched direction. as i got my karma rating up, and continued with various written acts of immaturity, i found those willing to give me troll points harder to find, and even had others with good karma agree with me. social psychology, ain't it grand?
so explain the ads-disabled checkbox, available only to those with an account... if you're referring to targeted ads by cookie or IP, there are ways around that too, which slashdot users are more likely to be aware.
right. the article did mention that these rogue supermassive black holes are rare. hardly enough to put a dent in the 95% of the universe's "missing" mass.
if slashdot isn't a game, then what's up with the achievements? if you don't think it's a game, you are being played. the object of the game is to gain enough karma points that you can troll at will with impunity. mini-games include Make Others Look Stupid, Make Yourself Look Smart, and I'm Sofa King Funny.
i keep getting the feeling that you think i care what you think.
not necessarily true. i've taken it in very low doses and gone to school on it. i was very paranoid that people around me could tell. i would whisper to a classmate in almost every period, "can you tell i'm frying?" the unanimous response was, "the only way they can tell you're frying is you keep asking 'can you tell i'm frying?'"
the lsd experience is one of gradual change in effects. for me it would start out with my nerves tingling and an unstable giddiness, sometimes uncontrollable laughter. then it would elevate to a "peak" at which point, yes, interacting with other people was very difficult. not necessarily impossible, but there were just no words to describe what my mind was going through. it was a bombardment of sensory overload, and abstract connections between unrelated things.
as i descended from the peak, i would go into a very deep, introspective state sort of like being very baked on marijuana, but with the same mental acceleration from the peak. as that state wound down, and if i was sharing the experience with others, i would spend a couple hours having philosophical/metaphysical discussions with my friends. after that, depending on the purity of the dose i would either feel pain in my kidneys (natural strychnine from the woodrose seeds used to derive the drug) or simply a gradual comedown. i had a desire to sleep, but too much nervous energy to do so. i'd usually stare at the sky or ceiling and wait for the remaining hallucinatory effects to wear off. at that point my mind was mush and definitely the opposite of expanded. my friend had a good way of expressing that feeling: "my brain is like marsh-pa-tellows."
then in the succeeding days of a trip, i would again feel very introspective about my experience while sober, trying to process all i had experienced without the bias of the effects. it can indeed be very mind expanding, if the dose is just right. everyone i know who has done it, including myself, agree that at some point you naturally decide to quit using it. there's a recurring theme in the trips that you are experiencing something like chapters in a book and eventually the book comes to an end. there's nothing left to learn from it.
I've got enough of that in my genetic wiring, no need to augment with chemicals.
that's great, man. do what you feel is best for you, i'm all for that. i'm in no position to tell you whether to try it or not. i would suggest withholding the formation of an opinion on an experience until you've had the experience though. otherwise it's just disingenuous.
lmao, sorry i just have to comment on this post's rating. someone must really have it out for me to put a troll score on this. pathetic.
my "style" requires that people pay attention to what i'm writing, rather than skimming over the words-as-pictures that are recognizable and misunderstanding my message due to laziness. speaking in all caps is considered shouting, so what i'm doing is merely speaking softly. you have to listen closely. you grok?