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Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics

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637 points robinhouston | 1 comments | 05 Jun 23 07:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pbj1968 ◴[06 Jun 23 08:27 UTC] No.36209838[source]▶
None of this is real. Don’t fuck with your brain, pal, it ain’t worth it.
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Traubenfuchs ◴[06 Jun 23 09:45 UTC] No.36210359[source]▶
Do you not suffer from how painfully boring reality and the default mode of consciousness are?

How can one stand decades of stagnation without the desire to escape?

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lrvick ◴[06 Jun 23 11:47 UTC] No.36211238[source]▶
To stimulate my brain I just learn new skills and solve puzzles constantly.

I am pretty happy so there is no need to escape.

I admit I am -curious- to try psychedelics but in no hurry. Plenty of things to entertain me in this life.

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ilyt ◴[06 Jun 23 13:23 UTC] No.36212290{3}[source]▶
Seriously, my current motivation to work is basically to afford a place where I can indulge in more of my hobbies and skills. I can't imagine "running out of things to do" (aside from "I am so tired after work I can't be arsed" I guess) anytime soon
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alecbz ◴[06 Jun 23 17:15 UTC] No.36216029{4}[source]▶
Kinda crazy to realize/appreciate how not-depressed some people are.
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1. ilyt ◴[06 Jun 23 17:28 UTC] No.36216198{5}[source]▶
Oh, no, you can have plenty of hobbies but still be too depressed to touch any of that, lived thru that too, and still didn't drop the weight I gained because of that...

Plenty of stress or frustration to be had from hobbies too

I do feel lucky that the thing I don't hate and are reasonably good at allows me to get decent job and money