From:
bliss@mouse-potato.com
On 9/26/21 15:33, Tobias Zucker wrote:
Am 20.08.21 um 00:28 schrieb Bobbie Sellers:
On 8/19/21 12:34, Tobias Zucker wrote:
Hello to the three or so people who still frequent this group.
Sadly I wasn't around yet when the usenet was something people used,
so I didn't get to experience it or this specific newsgroup for myself.
After browsing old drug related websites (especially the one from
William E White) I got curious.
Big snip.
Thank your for your long answer!
It's really interesting to hear about this stuff for me, because not
many people are remembering or talking about Usenet and drugs (or Usenet
in general). I think it's very cool you were politically active, and
still are :D. The years in the old millennium seem so mystical
sometimes. Being political is something most people only do in the
internet today, and I'm not too sure if that's only positive. I'm sorry
to hear about you getting with SEID though.
I personally am into manga, anime and Linux too! I would have never
guessed that old people (sorry hehe) do like manga ^^.
If I was not old I would not be alive to answer your post.
Liking computer and drugs seems to connected for most people, but the
only people I really know who are into drugs are people from the
internet, so my sample size is probably screwed :3.
You are correct that your sample is skewed.
Drugs may have inspired some early home computer engineers. Like the other Steve at Apple Mr.Wozniak. He was the original hardware
guy, for Apple, He took some of his wealth back in the day and had
a giant Rock and Roll festival. Some of the coders were inspired with
lots of different sorts of kaleidoscope programs and Tim Leary that
foolish fellow who was a doctor of various disciplines wrote a program
to run on the Commodore 64 with no graphical features that would ask
a series of question and decide what personality type you were.
By and large people like drugs even if they refuse to
admit to liking drugs. People drink gallons of coffee to get
the effect of caffeine. Also coca drinks for the same reasons
And booze of which I used to use a lot every year up until I
was about 30 and my doctor told me I had better things to do
with my liver. So I stopped drinking about 50 years back.
A week or so back at the corner store I got a Mexican coke.
the next day I had a caffeine withdrawal headache. Later
with friends I had a rum and coke at a haunt in the Castro.
I think the Mexican coke would have been better with the
rum and ice. The drink was worse than I remembered.
The people in the Castro like drugs but sometimes
they don't like to admit what they are using is a drug.
Think of poppers which dilate blood vessels and
are used to heighten sexual experiences. The Castro is
papered with anti-meth posters as too many people
use it and do not realize that their judgement is impaired
and forget to use prophylactics in their carnal relations
I use a fair amount of oral medical grade cannabis
products for pain and sleep. I am extremely sensitive to
aspirin and its relatives.
I stopped using "acid" after about 40 yoa because
it was too expensive. The last time I used mescaline or
psylocibin (sic) was a bit later and it told me how sick
I had gotten and how out of kilter my body was. And it
was right. If I was sick now with Covid-19 they would call
it "Long haul covid" but then we called it "chronic fatigue
syndrome" or "Myalgic Encephalitis" and what both are is
"Post Viral infection, diseases" problems.
I had to put away my former life because I could no
longer work for a living. Otherwise I would not be typing
here but riding my motorcycle out there.
But the favorite Drugs are most like the one
called "Love" made in your own body, and of course
Religion about which Marx was right, it does serve as
the Opiate of the people while the Elite practice
the use of drugs as their religion since they can
afford it.
Nearly all drugs have side effects that when
you learn about them you find you have less reason
to use them. My favorite indulgences are manga and
Chocolate, dark 72% cocoa solids. So far only a few
products labeled chocolate have enough caffeine to
bother me. Generally they are coverings for coffee
beans of one sort or another.
Well I have medications to take and maybe
a show to watch.
bliss - Your tag lines (k) were stolen!
(more) There is a puff of smoke!
Quaff a potion of See Invisible.
Smeagol is at it again.
Quaff a potion of Speed.
Pretend you haven't seen him.
Wait a turn until he tries for these lines.
The smite him with your Enchanted dagger...
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