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What about: drugs are fun?
by enw 6y ago
What about: drugs are fun?
- sgt101 6y agothe big subtext is : "that's fun, it must be stopped".
- thrower123 6y agoBeer is proof that god loves us
- whateveracct 6y agoHN is, for the most part, straight edge as can be about drugs. The only time weed or other drugs are mentioned favorably is when they have some "objective value." Prevailing opinion of HN comments seems to be getting a lil stupid for fun is Bad.
- minimuffins 6y agoI don't know, I have seen a lot of pro LSD and psilocybin mushroom micro-dosing posts and comments. I think this place still has a generally libertarian ethos and most people think of drugs questions as best sorted out by a rational market. (My own take is different from that, fwiw). > Prevailing opinion of HN comments seems to be getting a lil stupid for fun is Bad. That part might be true. I think there's a tendency to be a little robotic/scientistic/productivist about...just about every topic.
- pcthrowaway 6y ago> The only time weed or other drugs are mentioned favorably is when they have some "objective value." > I don't know, I have seen a lot of pro LSD and psilocybin mushroom micro-dosing posts and comments These ideas are very much in line with each other. The pro-psychedelic comments very often talk about the "objective" value (studies on mental health benefits and comparative safety) rather than only the subjective experience or ethics of criminalization. Personally I want all drugs legalized on ethics/freedom principles, but especially with Psilocybin, MDMA, and Ketamine there seems to be a mounting wealth of evidence suggesting these things are miracle drugs in many respects.
- mod 6y agoI have the exact opposite view of the average sentiment here. I see a decent amount of posters talk about using nootropics, THC, mushrooms, and alcohol. There seems to be a lot of interest in "hacking" the body in various ways using chemicals.
- whateveracct 6y agoRight that's my point - the "hacking" has some objective, utilitarian goal.