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I Microdosed Before It Was Cool

26 points by mskvsk 9y ago

np_tedious 9y ago
> Our drug guy sold us an entire sheet of acid tabs the size of a baby’s fingernail for a song. What?
- bshimmin 9y ago
  "for a song" means "very cheaply", and I assume "size of a baby's fingernail" refers to each of the acid tabs rather than the sheet.
d4l3k 9y ago
When did Medium get a paywall?
- djhworld 9y ago
  Don't think it's a paywall, I just signed into my account and could read the story EDIT: just noticed that I have "2" stories remaining to read. Didn't realise! It has this message "Hanna Brooks Olsen locked this story for members, but you get three free passes each month. Upgrade for unlimited access." Presumably the author has control over what they want to monetise
- stephengillie 9y ago
  When VC money ran out?
- eliben 9y ago
  When Medium started, I was amazed that people would just donate their content to Medium instead of owning it. Now I hope these people are amazed too...
  - tyingq 9y ago
    It looks like you currently opt in to the paywall as a writer. "Hanna Brooks Olsen has locked this story exclusively for members. But with a free Medium account, you can access this post, plus two other exclusive stories this month." Of course, that could change.
benmarks 9y ago
“Join Medium to read this.” Guess we’ll see if that pays off.
subsubsub 9y ago
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uA0iFNxvF_8J:https://medium.com/%40mshannabrooks/i-microdosed-before-it-was-cool-584604da94af https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uA0iFN...
- YPCrumble 9y ago
  "Free for Google, paywall for everyone else."
Mugwort 9y ago
Full dose is much better.
andai 9y ago
Google Web Cache: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uA0iFNxvF_8J:https://medium.com/%40mshannabrooks/i-microdosed-before-it-was-cool-584604da94af https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uA0iFN... >>> They tasted, to quote Workaholics, “like a mummy’s dick.” But the experience was delightful. I went on a walk through the woods, wrote pages and pages in my notebook, completed several assignments, and read most of a novel. I made a real dinner for myself and enjoyed it. I napped. The next day, I felt a kind of mental clarity that had been distinctly missing amid the fog of anxiety, sadness, hunger, and exhaustion. For days, a kind of halo effect lingered where I felt more capable, more adept. If a full dose left me feeling this good, I though, maybe just a small amount would help me get through my dark patches. <<<
- unkown-unknowns 9y ago
  Another copy: http://archive.is/K6O8U http://archive.is/K6O8U
stencil25 9y ago
Great - just used one of my limited "free passes" which I didn't even know that I had. Nice one Medium...
- deleted 9y ago
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weerd 9y ago
Medium just fucked up really badly
azangru 9y ago
Why would people post to HN stories that are behind any kind of walls (paywalls or loginwalls, or whatever they are called)?
- Nerdfest 9y ago
  To advertise them. Duh.
simonswords82 9y ago
Fuck you Medium, I'm not giving you my details to read stories on your platform.
- wodenokoto 9y ago
  I think you're supposed to give them your money - at least I the long run.
  - simonswords82 9y ago
    I appreciate they want to make money. If so they need to provide more value.
tomxor 9y ago
I'd like to think paywalled articles don't survive long on hn.
wodenokoto 9y ago
Okay, we get it. Medium inserted a paywall. If we really wanna discuss that, can someone submit a story on it instead of posting top level comments here? Meanwhile, what do people think of the actual article? I'm really intrigued about exonerating drugs, but I'm way too scared to switch out my sertralin with shrooms or LSD
- uoaei 9y ago
  If you're scared, it's best not to do it. IMO the best approach is to read about experiences on Erowid and similar sites, get used to which dosages go approximately how far, and when you finally are ready, prepare your mindset and externalities to promote a good experience rather than a bad one. It really is all in your head.
golergka 9y ago
HN users: we're sick of ad-driven content! We want to pay for quality long-reads instead of BuzzFeed clickbait! Also HN users: Medium has a paywall now! How dare they!
- tomxor 9y ago
  I give information away for free... Not everything has to be monetised. This article is interesting, it's more of a blog really though, regardless I don't expect to pay for it, If I wrote it I'd be happy to give it away for free... because cmon, it's a personal fucking blog, you would pay to read someones blog?
  - golergka 9y ago
    Well, if you would be happy to give it away for free than go and do that. If you wouldn't pay - go and do that too, don't pay. I, by the way, wouldn't (and didn't) pay for it too - but I sure as hell ain't complaining about it or try to tell people what to do with their intellectual property.
    - tomxor 9y ago
      Well I sure as hell am complaining, I'm not saying people can't decide to monetise things... just don't expect me to not to complain that you are monetising something ridiculous as a result, those are freedoms of people on either side of the argument.
ycaccount 9y ago
This article is about people without access using illegal drugs to self medicate. The title could be 'I was ill and used before it was cool.' I'm not judging, but maybe that's one thing we could be talking about.

26 points by mskvsk 9y ago

np_tedious 9y ago

> Our drug guy sold us an entire sheet of acid tabs the size of a baby’s fingernail for a song. What?

bshimmin 9y ago
"for a song" means "very cheaply", and I assume "size of a baby's fingernail" refers to each of the acid tabs rather than the sheet.

d4l3k 9y ago

When did Medium get a paywall?

djhworld 9y ago
Don't think it's a paywall, I just signed into my account and could read the story EDIT: just noticed that I have "2" stories remaining to read. Didn't realise! It has this message "Hanna Brooks Olsen locked this story for members, but you get three free passes each month. Upgrade for unlimited access." Presumably the author has control over what they want to monetise
stephengillie 9y ago
When VC money ran out?
eliben 9y ago
When Medium started, I was amazed that people would just donate their content to Medium instead of owning it. Now I hope these people are amazed too...
- tyingq 9y ago
  It looks like you currently opt in to the paywall as a writer. "Hanna Brooks Olsen has locked this story exclusively for members. But with a free Medium account, you can access this post, plus two other exclusive stories this month." Of course, that could change.

benmarks 9y ago

“Join Medium to read this.” Guess we’ll see if that pays off.

subsubsub 9y ago

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uA0iFNxvF_8J:https://medium.com/%40mshannabrooks/i-microdosed-before-it-was-cool-584604da94af https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uA0iFN...

YPCrumble 9y ago
"Free for Google, paywall for everyone else."

Mugwort 9y ago

Full dose is much better.

andai 9y ago

Google Web Cache: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uA0iFNxvF_8J:https://medium.com/%40mshannabrooks/i-microdosed-before-it-was-cool-584604da94af https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uA0iFN... >>> They tasted, to quote Workaholics, “like a mummy’s dick.” But the experience was delightful. I went on a walk through the woods, wrote pages and pages in my notebook, completed several assignments, and read most of a novel. I made a real dinner for myself and enjoyed it. I napped. The next day, I felt a kind of mental clarity that had been distinctly missing amid the fog of anxiety, sadness, hunger, and exhaustion. For days, a kind of halo effect lingered where I felt more capable, more adept. If a full dose left me feeling this good, I though, maybe just a small amount would help me get through my dark patches. <<<

unkown-unknowns 9y ago
Another copy: http://archive.is/K6O8U http://archive.is/K6O8U

stencil25 9y ago

Great - just used one of my limited "free passes" which I didn't even know that I had. Nice one Medium...

deleted 9y ago
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weerd 9y ago

Medium just fucked up really badly

azangru 9y ago

Why would people post to HN stories that are behind any kind of walls (paywalls or loginwalls, or whatever they are called)?

Nerdfest 9y ago
To advertise them. Duh.

simonswords82 9y ago

Fuck you Medium, I'm not giving you my details to read stories on your platform.

wodenokoto 9y ago
I think you're supposed to give them your money - at least I the long run.
- simonswords82 9y ago
  I appreciate they want to make money. If so they need to provide more value.

tomxor 9y ago

I'd like to think paywalled articles don't survive long on hn.

wodenokoto 9y ago

Okay, we get it. Medium inserted a paywall. If we really wanna discuss that, can someone submit a story on it instead of posting top level comments here? Meanwhile, what do people think of the actual article? I'm really intrigued about exonerating drugs, but I'm way too scared to switch out my sertralin with shrooms or LSD

uoaei 9y ago
If you're scared, it's best not to do it. IMO the best approach is to read about experiences on Erowid and similar sites, get used to which dosages go approximately how far, and when you finally are ready, prepare your mindset and externalities to promote a good experience rather than a bad one. It really is all in your head.

golergka 9y ago

HN users: we're sick of ad-driven content! We want to pay for quality long-reads instead of BuzzFeed clickbait! Also HN users: Medium has a paywall now! How dare they!

tomxor 9y ago
I give information away for free... Not everything has to be monetised. This article is interesting, it's more of a blog really though, regardless I don't expect to pay for it, If I wrote it I'd be happy to give it away for free... because cmon, it's a personal fucking blog, you would pay to read someones blog?
- golergka 9y ago
  Well, if you would be happy to give it away for free than go and do that. If you wouldn't pay - go and do that too, don't pay. I, by the way, wouldn't (and didn't) pay for it too - but I sure as hell ain't complaining about it or try to tell people what to do with their intellectual property.
  - tomxor 9y ago
    Well I sure as hell am complaining, I'm not saying people can't decide to monetise things... just don't expect me to not to complain that you are monetising something ridiculous as a result, those are freedoms of people on either side of the argument.

ycaccount 9y ago

This article is about people without access using illegal drugs to self medicate. The title could be 'I was ill and used before it was cool.' I'm not judging, but maybe that's one thing we could be talking about.