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Are you proud to be an LSD user in the context of everyday society? Do you tell your employer? Have you recommended LSD to all of your close family members?
by toolz 12y ago
Are you proud to be an LSD user in the context of everyday society? Do you tell your employer? Have you recommended LSD to all of your close family members?
I don't know you or where you're from, but that's unheard of inside the circle of people I know.
- maroonblazer 12y ago>Are you proud to be an LSD user in the context of everyday society? Not really a fair question, given the taboo still surrounding the drug. Imagine asking a homosexual in the 1950's "Are you proud to be gay in the context of everyday society?" Of course the answer is going to be "No." But in certain circles - namely those that don't give in to the notion that such experiences are unspeakable - the answer is surely "Yes." That said, I agree with zafka that being "proud" to have taken LSD is effectively a category error.
- toolz 12y agoThat's my whole point, though. Negative confirmation bias happens because there is taboo surrounding the drug and those that are silently proud, are just that, silent. While those that condemn it are vocal. Hence more negative stories are told giving people more negative anecdotal data to draw from.
- intopieces 12y agoI'm certainly the exception, but I've shared my experience with psychedelics with many people. Coworkers, friends, family. I'm not ashamed in the least.
- handojin 12y agoYes. To all three questions. Two points: First, the concept of LSD user is misguided. In soviet Russia LSD uses you. Second, the world is larger.