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A sysadmin colleague of mine once put it best: "The trouble with drugs is they make every thought return exit code 0". I think in a generation or so we will lo
by trabant00 5y ago
A sysadmin colleague of mine once put it best: "The trouble with drugs is they make every thought return exit code 0".
I think in a generation or so we will look back to all this positive press drugs get these days and wonder what the hell where people smoking.
- netizen-936824 5y agoAhh yes, all drugs do the same thing and are all bad right? Caffeine should be banned.
- bustin 5y agoI found that I experienced something similar on stuff as light as adderal/vyvanse/focalin or cigarettes. As someone who has taken most of the stuff out there I agree with trabant that they help return exit 0, and think it's proportional to the euphoria the drug produces. I don't think we need to ban them but we need to be honest with ourselves that we're sticking cattle prods in our brains, and to enjoy them for what they are :)
- netizen-936824 5y agoPerhaps I should have included /s Prohibition is not the answer, and while programming comparisons may have their place, comparing thoughts to a program is not accurate, especially when discussing psychoactive compounds. Different drugs do vastly different things in the brain.
- reassembled 5y agoThat’s just it though, drugs don’t make “every” thought return 0. Psychedelics often reveal the recursive or “loop-y” nature of our thought processes.
- netizen-936824 5y agoDrugs do not reveal anything, they change how signals are processed. Thought loops are a very common effect with 5ht agonists and nmda antagonists.