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Bobby Deluxe posted:Apparently executive dysfunction is being reported more and more as a possible side effect of long covid. Which is interesting because it does make me wonder if now that normal people are being affected by it, drug companies might be motivated to make a drug that doesn't completely gently caress your heart. I've been feeling the same and know I've never had covid (monthly antibody tests as part of as ONS study). it's just the pandemic loving everyone up, most of us are not equipped to cope with all this isolation. And making drugs that interact with the brain/central nervous system is hard, that's why all the current ones have lovely side effects - we have no real clue what we're doing and throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. See - 30 years of Big Pharma trying and failing to make an Alzheimers drug. If they could make mental drugs that didn't gently caress you over with side effects easily, they'd already be doing it.
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Apparently executive dysfunction is being reported more and more as a possible side effect of long covid. Which is interesting because it does make me wonder if now that normal people are being affected by it, drug companies might be motivated to make a drug that doesn't completely gently caress your heart. *puts tin foil hat on* Aha, so the global depopulation theory gains traction
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Jul 29, 2021 09:23
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Nothingtoseehere posted:. If they could make mental drugs that didn't gently caress you over with side effects easily, they'd already be doing it. LSD and low dose MDMA already exist
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Jul 29, 2021 09:26
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There's a reason that the Brits banned the entire of Shulgin's PiHKAL without really bothering to read it.goddamnedtwisto posted:Osmand will do turn-by-turn navigation with them. 
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Jul 29, 2021 09:29
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Failed Imagineer posted:LSD and low dose MDMA already exist Make, not harvest from plants without understanding how they work. They do, but we don't understand why well enough to reverse engineer natures bounty to target things we want.
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Jul 29, 2021 09:44
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Both of those drugs are wholly synthetic tho
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Jul 29, 2021 09:48
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Also we don't even properly know how paracetamol works, only that it seems to when tested.
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Jul 29, 2021 09:50
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Barry Foster posted:Both of those drugs are wholly synthetic tho Ehh kinda, they can be but it's probably a simpler synthesis using ergotamine or safrole, and I don't know if there's any practical examples of taking a wholly synthetic approach for either except as a proof of concept (?). Might be unaware Ergot, though, is a fungus and not a plant.
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Jul 29, 2021 09:55
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Thanks for the recommendations all. I've downloaded Komoot and it seems pretty decent. Don't know if I'll bother with real time navigation for a while. I'm wobbly and inexpert enough on the bike already without squinting at a phone at the same time.
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Jul 29, 2021 09:57
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Failed Imagineer posted:LSD and low dose MDMA already exist I dunno feeling like your face is melting and being compelled to chainsmoke and listen to autechre seems like a pretty big side effect to me.
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Jul 29, 2021 09:59
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I was listening to Autchere last night lol They're so good
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Jul 29, 2021 10:05
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Failed Imagineer posted:Ehh kinda, they can be but it's probably a simpler synthesis using ergotamine or safrole, and I don't know if there's any practical examples of taking a wholly synthetic approach for either except as a proof of concept (?). Might be unaware At one point iirc China developed a wholly synthetic ester that could be broken straight down into a precursor as a response to all this, but no idea what happened with that. Then mephedrone and methylone replaced the whole lot for a couple of years.
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Jul 29, 2021 10:10
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Speaking of dangerous drugs, Why on earth did BK think burger-roulette was a good marketing campaign? I get daily emails about it, and I'm petrified of what I would get. The poor loves have enough trouble getting things right under the best of conditions.
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Jul 29, 2021 10:18
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Trickjaw posted:Speaking of dangerous drugs, Why on earth did BK think burger-roulette was a good marketing campaign? I get daily emails about it, and I'm petrified of what I would get. The poor loves have enough trouble getting things right under the best of conditions. You can't modify the order at all which would save them a lot of prep time, and it's probably not really going to be a roulette, it's going to give you whatever burger they were selling the least. This is probably the future of all orders, capitalism loves innovation.
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Jul 29, 2021 10:28
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Some places call it "the purge" or "festival" or "the cleansing", others just call it "may contain nuts".
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Jul 29, 2021 10:32
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keep punching joe posted:I dunno feeling like your face is melting and being compelled to chainsmoke and listen to autechre seems like a pretty big side effect to me. Yeah, an awesome one
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Jul 29, 2021 10:34
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Are lootboxes becoming a thing in food now? Brilliant
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Jul 29, 2021 10:38
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If I ever had the cash to move to somewhere spacious in the countryside I reckon I'd try my hand at growing sassafras and doing some distilling because why the hell not at that stage
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Jul 29, 2021 10:43
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Brendan Rodgers posted:You can't modify the order at all which would save them a lot of prep time, and it's probably not really going to be a roulette, it's going to give you whatever burger they were selling the least. This is probably the future of all orders, capitalism loves innovation. A rotating question block from Mario, but everytime you hit it a 3-hour old , dessicated filet-o-fish pops out
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Jul 29, 2021 10:44
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JollyBoyJohn posted:it really saddens me to hear about people struggling with mental health throughout lockdown, between not needing to travel to an office more than 1 day a week, saving money on car and fuel maintenance and just generally having it acceptable to sit in your house I've felt happier over the past 18 months than at any time in the past, i've managed to cut out weed and smoking and have lost a stone from simply diet changes For me it's weird. Like I'm an introvert, so for the most part it's been fine. But after a while I've felt a bit listless due to lack of minimal interaction. The isolation also has it's drawbacks. In a team environment, like at work, there's now more situations where you're left alone with your thoughts. Which is where a lot of my recent anxiety has come from. If something goes wrong then as a unit you're all in it together working on the solution side by side usually. There's often words of support said to each other etc. Introvert or not, that's still reassuring. While there's an element of that remotely, once you jump off the teams call, you're on your own just stewing with what's happening. Sure you can do slack messages, but it's not the same. Basically, having others around you can actually be a calming environment. Working alone in a remote office can leave you with a lot of thoughts running through your head. Thoughts that aren't broken by the physical shift from office to home because your home now is your office. Edit: clarified my words a bit. Kin fucked around with this message at 14:39 on Jul 29, 2021 |
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Jul 29, 2021 10:46
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Guavanaut posted:Also we don't even properly know how paracetamol works, only that it seems to when tested. read the book of revelation my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! educate yourself and prepare for the IMMINENT RAPTURE lkajsfkd WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP 
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Jul 29, 2021 10:51
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Jakabite posted:Are lootboxes becoming a thing in food now? Brilliant Too Good To Go is a genuinely great app for scoring really cheap food
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Jul 29, 2021 10:51
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Kin posted:Basically, having others around you can actually be a calming environment. Working alone in a remote office can leave you with a lot of thoughts running through your head. I've started playing unobtrusive background sounds throuout the day if I'm having trouble focusing in situations like this. Going on youtube and sticking on those 'ambient library/coffee shop 10+ hour' videos and tricking myself into believing that i'm not sat in a silent room on my own.
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Jul 29, 2021 10:56
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Too Good To Go is a genuinely great app for scoring really cheap food
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Jul 29, 2021 10:57
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crispix posted:read the book of revelation my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! educate yourself and prepare for the IMMINENT RAPTURE lkajsfkd WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP One of the earlier Catholic arguments for keeping the Bible out of common language was that if people read that book without context (decided by them) they'd get some funny ideas, but they were not exactly wrong.
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Jul 29, 2021 10:57
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If we followed the Bible's ethos we'd be murderous psychopaths smiting people left and right for minor indiscretions. Also this would make us the good guys. Hang on...
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Jul 29, 2021 11:00
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Or we'd slap the poo poo out of payday lenders with a leather belt and give the rest of our clothes to the poor. Maybe both!
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Jul 29, 2021 11:02
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Too Good To Go is a genuinely great app for scoring really cheap food Yeah this is true - Chinese buffets are the best ime
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Jul 29, 2021 11:06
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keep punching joe posted:I've started playing unobtrusive background sounds throuout the day if I'm having trouble focusing in situations like this. Going on youtube and sticking on those 'ambient library/coffee shop 10+ hour' videos and tricking myself into believing that i'm not sat in a silent room on my own.
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Jul 29, 2021 11:06
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I would use to good to go more often but everything seems to be sold out every time in in the app. Back when I was one of the first users though, it was amazing. Two massive trays of sushi for £2.50? I'll take that. Edit: as for the burger king thing, I like all the options that you could get so I think I would be happy to score a cheap random burger. Tsietisin fucked around with this message at 11:11 on Jul 29, 2021 |
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Jul 29, 2021 11:07
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Too Good To Go is a genuinely great app for scoring really cheap food My wife has been using this pretty regularly, although she did one from Morrisons a week or so ago and got 5 loaves of bread and a packet of bacon.
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Jul 29, 2021 11:08
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Leviticus gets a bad rap but this seems like a pretty good rule. "the foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born” (19:33-34)
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Jul 29, 2021 11:09
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keep punching joe posted:I've started playing unobtrusive background sounds throuout the day if I'm having trouble focusing in situations like this. Going on youtube and sticking on those 'ambient library/coffee shop 10+ hour' videos and tricking myself into believing that i'm not sat in a silent room on my own. i prefer a spaceship
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Jul 29, 2021 11:09
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keep punching joe posted:I've started playing unobtrusive background sounds throuout the day if I'm having trouble focusing in situations like this. Going on youtube and sticking on those 'ambient library/coffee shop 10+ hour' videos and tricking myself into believing that i'm not sat in a silent room on my own. If it's not work i find Twitch a decent alternative when i'm feeling closed in. They might be in NZ or wherever but you can usually see a live human and while only they can talk while you type (if you want to communicate) it works well enough. edit: cause me type hard find 
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Jul 29, 2021 11:16
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+1 for introverts who were having fun to a point but it got a bit much, in fact I had a breakdown in October but I've been doing ok in therapy. Finding a way to keep myself organised and moving had been the thing, I took up bullet journalling and it's honestly saved me. Plus making time to get our and see people where is been safe, been meeting up with friends, and my bubble helps
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Jul 29, 2021 11:18
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really though, i like a quiet room by myself. it's probably not considered healthy but being shut away in the quiet with something interesting to do is frankly my ideal
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Jul 29, 2021 11:20
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Well that's a £4 pan-Asian buffet for lunch sorted, & a £3 mystery bag from Spar for the evening. Also I am all over that burger roulette, the only advertising misfire was not telling me about it.keep punching joe posted:Leviticus gets a bad rap but this seems like a pretty good rule. (no antisomo, Israel is the only nation it could apply to since Leviticus explicitly doesn't apply to gentiles, canonically, according to both Christianity and Judaism. All those homophobes that pretend otherwise are loving idiots)
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Jul 29, 2021 11:21
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Do protestants have a canon? I thought that was half the point.
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Jul 29, 2021 11:23
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Guavanaut posted:I wonder how Western history would have turned out differently if Revelation had been consigned to the Apocrypha along with all those "I saw an angel and it was a watching angel and it watched me on the toilet" ones. I bought "The Pursuit of the Millenium" during second lockdown thinking its tales of hardy peasants driven to distraction by biblical apocrypha would be an amusing diversion, but all the stories about crackpot monks using natural-disaster-x to whip up a murder mob quickly became depressingly real and I had to stop.
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Jul 29, 2021 11:27
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The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.OwlFancier posted:Do protestants have a canon?  (As I'm sure you may guess, the real answer is often "yes, far more than others sometimes, but it isn't called that so please stop calling it that")
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