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You can make the argument for basically anything to be psychoactive then: * good food * alternating hyperventilation/slow breathing * sex * social interacti
by dj_mc_merlin 4y ago
You can make the argument for basically anything to be psychoactive then:
* good food
* alternating hyperventilation/slow breathing
* sex
* social interaction
* nervous breakdowns
We set up boundaries around what is "psychoactive" (like how some people do not consider alcohol to be a drug, or somehow different from other drugs), but fundamentally it's not like the brain isn't constantly drugging itself anyway. If your brain is not changing at all, how do you even experience something?
- 323 4y ago* getting out in the cold in a T-shirt * putting your tongue on a battery Yeah, it's a bizarre take
- dTal 4y agoI have a similar difficulty with the definition of "drug" itself, which is "a substance that has a physiological effect when introduced to the body". Literally anything that participates in physics is a "drug".
- xhrpost 4y agoThe other definition I've seen is "a substance that changes how the body functions" which I think is a bit easier to categorize.
- rzzzt 4y agoI'm reminded of this video by your definition: https://youtu.be/IeLGP2dsjME https://youtu.be/IeLGP2dsjME
- hutzlibu 4y agoThe literal meaning of "drug" is just dried plant matter.