kirstenbirgit

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by kirstenbirgit 7y ago
Replying here since I can't reply downthread: > First, you're assuming that legalizing heroin would result in a high quality pure product. Considering that heroin addicts are desparate for heroin, it's pretty likely that t
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by kirstenbirgit 7y ago
Commenting here since I can't reply downthread: > If heroin was legal, it's does not necessarily follow that it would be much less expensive. In states that have legalized marijuana, the price is roughly the same (and often mor
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by kirstenbirgit 7y ago
People rarely just die due to random ODs when their heroin is pure, like you're suggesting. It takes more than that, especially when one has a large tolerance like all long-term users do. There's 2 groups of heroin overdoses. 1) V
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by kirstenbirgit 7y ago
That's exactly it, because it is illegal, it's also extremely expensive, and it's hard to afford daily heroin with a regular job without resorting to crime. If heroin was not illegal, and therefore not extremely expensive, us
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by kirstenbirgit 7y ago
That's just not true. Users are currently resorting to crime to acquire their heroin because it's illegal, not because heroin inherently makes you evil.
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by kirstenbirgit 7y ago
It's possible to overdose on anything. Heroin is dangerous because of cuts like fentanyl and various contaminants, not because you just inherently die randomly after using it. One could use heroin your whole life with no ill effects. I
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by kirstenbirgit 7y ago
I just don't think he has good taste. You don't necessarily need a bunch of resources to make things look nice, but you need to know what you want.
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by kirstenbirgit 7y ago
Don't they just block anything that even barely mentions HK independence?
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by kirstenbirgit 7y ago
It's funny you mention this. Certain personality types just have a hard time understanding stuff like this. I guess it's due to being ultra-rational or maybe slightly autistic. Reminds me of one of my coworkers. Extremely intellig
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by kirstenbirgit 7y ago
Something I think that has helped me avoid burnout is to stop at 16.00 (or whenever your regular working day ends) and leave work, physically and mentally. On the weekends, I don't think about work ever (unless something happens to the
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by kirstenbirgit 8y ago
I had the same experience with Delphi and similar tools. It's amazing to me that 20 years after, the Web is still not quite up to par with regards to speed and ease of development as well as performance. I'm not sure we'll ev
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by kirstenbirgit 8y ago
As a Dane, here's some observations: You don't ever talk to strangers. If you do, its superficial, or e.g. something crazy is taking place in a public space you can't avoid commenting on. So if you're not good at strikin