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I don’t think they’re that unusual. I think there’s a major bias on the internet toward only allowing/supporting positive stories. Negative stories attract a lo
by PragmaticPulp 3y ago
I don’t think they’re that unusual. I think there’s a major bias on the internet toward only allowing/supporting positive stories. Negative stories attract a lot of people trying to explain it away as due to underlying mental illness or some other generic explanation (which is inevitably so generic that it could apply to any user)
It seems every negative psychedelic anecdote on HN is met with commenters that are resistant to the idea that the drug could possibly be negative for someone.
- TedDoesntTalk 3y ago> It seems every negative psychedelic anecdote on HN is met with commenters that are resistant to the idea that the drug could possibly be negative for someone. Similar trend for reports on the negative health effects of cannabis
- lagadu 3y agoObviously this is purely anecdotal but I thought I'd share my experience anyway: I hear a lot more often about bad experiences on the internet than I do in real life, and in my social circles using drugs for recreation is common.