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"“nootropics” users be like: develop never-before-seen prion diseases from Belarusian nootropics made from centrifuged pig brains that you take intravenously bu

"“nootropics” users be like: develop never-before-seen prion diseases from Belarusian nootropics made from centrifuged pig brains that you take intravenously but it was all worth it to accomplish great things like posting on an internet messageboard about nootropics" - The Mighty Hakan

Loughla 2y ago
I got into nootropics to help me sleep and try to learn how to lucid dream. I got out of nootropics because anything that can make you lucid dream must have some kind of impact on your brain, and the ENTIRE culture of nootropics is based on being more productive at work (at least the forums I was on). It was kind of gross, to be honest. Put these chemicals in your body so you can focus x% more at your job. No thank you.
- im3w1l 2y ago
  To me your perspective comes from a narrow view of what a job is. Hours go in money comes out. But it can be more than that. It can be a calling. A passion. A way to gain immortal glory by being named the discoverer of something. A way to create value and happiness for others.
- joseluis 2y ago
  That's exactly how I see coffee, and I keep stopping taking it and then coming back every few months...
- throwaway87483 2y ago
  Not the "entire" community, the places I spent time on years ago were focused exclusively on improved sleep efficiency, if there is such a thing. I used piracetam for a few months and functioned well on six hours of sleep per day (the norm is 1.5x that). Remembered dreams pretty well too (I very rarely remember them before or after that period). It also greatly reduced the effects of alcohol intoxication, but that was more of a downside (strip ethanol of its effects on the mind and you get pure poison). The were no other noticeable effects, and I stopped taking it because dosages were measured in hundreds of milligrams and I was worried about load on the kidneys.

Loughla 2y ago

I got into nootropics to help me sleep and try to learn how to lucid dream. I got out of nootropics because anything that can make you lucid dream must have some kind of impact on your brain, and the ENTIRE culture of nootropics is based on being more productive at work (at least the forums I was on). It was kind of gross, to be honest. Put these chemicals in your body so you can focus x% more at your job. No thank you.

im3w1l 2y ago
To me your perspective comes from a narrow view of what a job is. Hours go in money comes out. But it can be more than that. It can be a calling. A passion. A way to gain immortal glory by being named the discoverer of something. A way to create value and happiness for others.
joseluis 2y ago
That's exactly how I see coffee, and I keep stopping taking it and then coming back every few months...
throwaway87483 2y ago
Not the "entire" community, the places I spent time on years ago were focused exclusively on improved sleep efficiency, if there is such a thing. I used piracetam for a few months and functioned well on six hours of sleep per day (the norm is 1.5x that). Remembered dreams pretty well too (I very rarely remember them before or after that period). It also greatly reduced the effects of alcohol intoxication, but that was more of a downside (strip ethanol of its effects on the mind and you get pure poison). The were no other noticeable effects, and I stopped taking it because dosages were measured in hundreds of milligrams and I was worried about load on the kidneys.