Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface

Ok, where is this psychedelic community found?

I must sample their handles for videogame character names.

> Ok, where is this psychedelic community found?

Bit like asking where all the beer drinkers are! People who are into psychedelics come from all walks of life and we're everywhere :) Start talking about fringe stuff with people and eventually you'll stumble upon others.

There are some decent communities in Discord, for both research oriented but also hobby oriented communities of psychedelics.

Burning man and other festivals are a good resource

Bill disliked the expensive retreat hurdle.

Visit your local Hobby Lobby and ask around.

The article mentions Erowid

I mean, it's not the same is it, because I can tell you where I can at least find beer drinkers … down the pub, at the bar.

If your bubble has people in it who have access to psychedelics, then great. If one's people doesn't have that, "just talk to people" is profoundly unhelpful. That's a very odd and specific conversation to bring up within some circles.

I can’t imagine discussing use and possession of Schedule 1 substances on a non-e2ee, logged-in-cleartext-forever platform.

You’re opening yourself up to blackmail by hundreds of different parties.

It is blatantly irresponsible to host such communities on Discord. Possession and use are federal felonies.

Well, don't join any of those discords lest your imagination be disappointed I suppose.

Most of the world is not so paranoid. Particularly psychedelic users who don't see the substances as a problem.

You want to find psychedelic users?

Go hang out on TripSit IRC. Go to music shows that draw that sort of crowd, like Phish and Co or EDM shows.

Check out any of the psychedelics subreddits.

Some cities have public psychedelics meetups. This was huge in the Denver/Boulder area of Colorado.

There are lots of places if you try looking a little.

1: I'm not in the USA 2: people don't really care that much 3: It's so easy to protect your identity 4: you can talk about things without incriminating yourself