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Not... Ah, in your experience. I missed that, initially. I meant to write "Not khat," which gives me the best inspiration ever (and a crash that lasts days wh

• droopyEyelids 7y ago
  What part of the world are you in where khat is a thing?
  • blaser-waffle 7y ago
    Presumably middle east or north/eastern africa. Then again I'm sure there are plenty of SV hipster types who might be big on it. "forget microdosing, khat is the new path to rockstar programming flow states"
    • LoveMortuus 7y ago
      Is anyone afraid that microdosing might become the next must, if you want to be competitive in the programming fields of industry?
      • vanderZwan 7y ago
        No, because any benefits it might have are not big enough to be dealbreakers. Programming, unlike sport, isn't about one winner taking all. At least not on the level of individual programming skill.
      • rmdashrfstar 7y ago
        No, I think it's a bit ridiculous to assume that everyone would be microdosing or that it provides such a massive competitive edge such that the drawbacks of microdosing are outweighed.
        • pampa 7y ago
          What are the drawbacks? Nobody seems to talk about drawbacks.
          • partyboat1586 7y ago
            Too much personal introspection and autobiographical thinking. Tangential thoughts not relevant to the task at hand. Lack of linear focus. That kind of thing.
            • pampa 7y ago
              does not sound like 'micro' dosing to me
        • birdyrooster 7y ago
          I bet people are just a little more weird microdosing psychedelics. Like, come on if it impacts your ability to create novel things, then you are going to create novel conversation topics and some of those are going to be fucking weird. I love acid for personal development but I am not sure if I could handle this reality.
      • oarabbus_ 7y ago
        Microdosing is mostly hype. I know many people who've tried microdosing. Does it give you a 5% edge? Maybe... but sometimes it distracts and subtracts 5%. It is not NZT from the movie Limitless, despite media hype. As a productivity drug, amphetamines far outclass psychedelics.
        • pengaru 7y ago
          > As a productivity drug, amphetamines far outclass psychedelics. They're not mutually exclusive, I'm sure there's significant overlap between the adderall and microdosing crowds.
          • oarabbus_ 7y ago
            If you mean the substituted amphetamines which have serotonergic activity (DOB and such) then sure, amphetamines and psychedelics aren't mutually exclusive, but those are very rare drugs especially in the modern day.
      • krageon 7y ago
        For something to be a must, it has to have a real constant effect for the majority of people. Thankfully microdosing doesn't fall into that category.
    • partyboat1586 7y ago
      Lol, do you have to be a hipster to try exotic drugs?
• empath75 7y ago
  But you wouldn’t know if you were boring to other people would you?
  • ip26 7y ago
    Ridiculous, anyone would find my meticulous collection of geological specimens fascinating!