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> It has been cited as a specific cure for frigidity, impotence and homosexuality Startup concept: a conversion camp where you take religious peoples' money an
by klyrs 3y ago
> It has been cited as a specific cure for frigidity, impotence and homosexuality
Startup concept: a conversion camp where you take religious peoples' money and host LSD retreats for queer kids
- diggan 3y agoMight have the reverse effect, I'd consider psychedelics (LSD specifically) one of the reason I no longer suffer from homophobia.
- klyrs 3y agoSo you're saying that at the end of camp, we should require the parents to partake in a final session?
- hackable_sand 3y agoAlthough I know you're joking about the scenario, I fear that non-therapeutic psychedelic experiences have equal or more likelihood to compound bigoted predisposition or - given intense societal pressure - trigger repression mechanisms when confronted with honest reality.
- klyrs 3y agoMy immediate concern would be acid-tripping parents calling the police to report that we'd groomed their children and roofied the adults. But, sure, if I survived the local goon squad raid, I might also regret your thing
- spoiler 3y agoYou might be aware already, but your post reminds me of an old running gag on forums that "LSD turning homies into homos" because of a rumor LSD can make people gay. Aside: I'm sure psychedelics helped many people come to terms with their speciality, or the altered headspace helped them come out to friends
- hackable_sand 3y agoWould you feel comfortable briefly sharing your experience? I'm curious if you had an 'aha!' moment or maybe your environment at that time had any effects.
- diggan 3y agoThe "aha" moment was mostly about accepting that people are different and as long as they don't force anything upon me or doing anything affecting me, I shouldn't really care that much. The environment was just my own apartment and a friend talking about various topics for ~10 hours when we were about 17 years old or so after a 1.5 dosage LSD (don't remember the exact dosage, but we had three sugar cubes with one dose each, one of them got split in half to share). I grew up in a country-side place where homophobia and nationalism is basically thought by parents by default to kids. Doing "sieg heil" in a sneaky way during events was considered funny by most. Most of the people hadn't seen a non-white person until we had to start traveling to the nearby city for school, which happens around the 17 year old mark. So basically being exposed to lots of preconceived hate since birth. A lot of the subjects we talked about were about acceptance as we both had our own experiences rejecting or distancing ourselves from people based on perceived "weaknesses", something we both realized was just introducing harm and isolation.
- hackable_sand 3y agoIt's tough. Thanks for sharing.
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- spoiler 3y agoI know you're only joking, but I wish a "haven" like that existed when I was a closeted, confused queer highschooler! If someone wants to make this a thing (and it's legally viable), where do I send my CV?!
- klyrs 3y agoWell, let me stop you right there. What I described is outright fraud (and, yes, a joke). That's illegal approximately everywhere, not even considering the whole part where I suggested giving schedule 1 drugs to minors. If you want to pursue business in this sector, be sure that you don't associate your real name with this comment thread.