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Mu Zeta posted:Isn't that just nyquil?
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Jul 14, 2016 07:35
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Oxys are Oxycodone. Much less powrful than straight morphine. In other related facts: Heroin is Diamorphine. And that also found it's way into various tonics and cough meds. And opioids do stop coughs dead in their tracks.
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Jul 14, 2016 07:37
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Alabaster White posted:I suppose the rest of it probably can't be worse than loving chloroform and morphine, though. Did you mean to say 'better'?
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Jul 14, 2016 09:48
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Alabaster White posted:I like the terrifyingly vague "skillfully combined with a number of other ingredients". I suppose the rest of it probably can't be worse than loving chloroform and morphine, though. ITYM 'better.' Especially for a cough syrup. For all its faults, morphine actually works to suppress cough. All the alternatives in OTC cough medicines really don't do poo poo, they're at best marginally more effective than placebo. Rigged Death Trap posted:In other related facts: Heroin is Diamorphine. And that also found it's way into various tonics and cough meds. Thinking was that it wasn't addictive, like they knew morphine was, not knowing that it was just a morphine prodrug. Phanatic has a new favorite as of 15:22 on Jul 14, 2016 |
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Jul 14, 2016 15:16
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Oxys are Oxycodone. Much less powrful than straight morphine. Taken orally, oxycodone is 1.5x stronger than morphine.
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Jul 14, 2016 15:48
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ROI and bioavailability 
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Jul 14, 2016 16:24
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OctoberBlues posted:Taken orally, oxycodone is 1.5x stronger than morphine. If dating catholic chicks taught me anything, its that oral doesnt count.
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Jul 14, 2016 16:25
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Rigged Death Trap posted:And opioids do stop coughs dead in their tracks. And all other breathing related activities, incidentally Why use sulfate salts? I've only ever see those in amphetamines and a couple heart medicines, a lot of modern drugs, including morphine, are primarily made with hydrochloride salts due to solubility and allergy concerns
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Jul 14, 2016 16:43
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Phanatic posted:Especially for a cough syrup. For all its faults, morphine actually works to suppress cough. In most developed nations you can still get cough medicine containing codeine OTC. quote:All the alternatives in OTC cough medicines really don't do poo poo, they're at best marginally more effective than placebo. DXM works by affecting the part of your brain that controls ccoyghin, its also why bored teenagers can get into a dissociative state off of it.
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Jul 14, 2016 20:24
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Iron Crowned posted:Eh, I just signed up for Bobcat in a Box, because, why the hell not, at least I know I'm going to get some genuine garbage, it'll be interesting at least. I know this is from a few pages back, but I signed up too. Meet me in a month or two and we'll post all the weird poo poo we get? Something about the fact that it's like 5 bucks a month (you can do more if you want), and it's a complete mystery but you can choose keywords for it to look for really tickles my inner child. Really, who doesn't love to get mystery packages? Especially since you know each item was purchased for a dollar or less, so if it's straight crap you can donate it or whatever. AND A ROBOT BOUGHT YOU A PRESENT. I'm thinking of doing it for a few friends and family members for Christmas, actually. You have the option to make it a 'prank' which I assume means they don't put anything on the packaging denoting the bot/service? There's also an option that is literally just 'Dinosaurs.' I guess the bot just buys you dinosaurs. Why not. Also the people running it seem pretty unpretentious. The only money they take is the leftovers from what the bot buys, there's no additional fees. I guess we'll see.
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Jul 15, 2016 22:50
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I also signed up for Bobcat in a Box. Started out at $8/month, may go higher depending on the packages I get. I love the keyword system and the fact that you can rate packages you've received. It's probably going to take a month or two to get anything considering what free international shipping is like, but I'm excited.
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Jul 16, 2016 05:34
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Please tell me at least one of you Bobcat boxers set the keywords to "weird" and nothing else. If you're going to get random automatic internet bullshit, may as well turn that poo poo up to 11.
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Jul 17, 2016 00:01
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This page followed me on Instagram. I don't know if the term means anything outside the UK but I couldn't stop laughing at the choice of title: http://i.imgur.com/zHokA70.jpg http://i.imgur.com/YKOVlRR.jpg
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Jul 17, 2016 01:36
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I signed up one of my Nerf buddies for the Bobcat in Box thing for a few months a while back and it sent him random packages of Nerf darts on a semi weekly basis for like ~15 weeks.
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Jul 17, 2016 05:07
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Hirayuki posted:My husband got some post-apocalyptic wasteland 'Crate. His boss tried to make it seem relevant by talking about how my husband's homeland of Australia is practically a post-apocalyptic wasteland already. Problem is, my husband's from New Zealand. Also, he doesn't play video games and hasn't even heard of 90 percent of the poo poo in this box. I skimmed the last couple of pages, did anyone take you up on this? I would love it. It's me. I'm the idiot that falls for Loot Crate. 
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Jul 19, 2016 23:16
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Sure! Check your PMs.
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Jul 20, 2016 13:11
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bend posted:this is true, but the rat tail and general bitey looking nature of them makes me feel like for once we have the less horribly dangerous animal. Mind you I don't know if they actually bite people, but it's nice to dream about not having all the horribly dangerous animals and leftover dino birds. They'll hiss at you but they're way more likely to play dead than to bite unless you have one pinned to the ground or something equally stupid. They're so harmless they can't even carry rabies.
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Jul 21, 2016 23:12
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Does anyone want to start a Bobcat in a Box thread in like a month or so? Or does the fact that it takes a while to receive packages make it a non-starter? Maybe we should just post what we get in this thread and if there's enough interest I'll start one. I may be overthinking this.
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Jul 21, 2016 23:28
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porkswordonboard posted:Does anyone want to start a Bobcat in a Box thread in like a month or so? Or does the fact that it takes a while to receive packages make it a non-starter? I signed up for Bobcat too, but like you said, gonna be a while before anything arrives. How about whoever gets their stuff first, post here and then start a thread?
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Jul 22, 2016 02:15
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Your money and all, but I have to wonder about the kind of person that reads about something in a stupid marketing thread and thinks, 'I need to give them money.'
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Jul 22, 2016 02:36
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Stacker of Wheat posted:Your money and all, but I have to wonder about the kind of person that reads about something in a stupid marketing thread and thinks, 'I need to give them money.' Same, only the kind of person who would give money to someone who named their business after a loving XKCD strip. 
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Jul 22, 2016 03:36
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And you don't even get a bobcat. Total ripoff.
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Jul 22, 2016 03:51
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I have resisted googling whatever the hell bobcat box actually is, because in my heart it will always be a thing where Bobcat Goldthwaite mails you some random crap he has laying around his house.
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Jul 22, 2016 04:43
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Guy Mann posted:Same, only the kind of person who would give money to someone who named their business after a loving XKCD strip. The concept came from another xkcd strip too: 
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Jul 22, 2016 09:09
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Karma Monkey posted:I signed up for Bobcat too, but like you said, gonna be a while before anything arrives. How about whoever gets their stuff first, post here and then start a thread? I like this plan! Honestly guys we all know it's pretty dumb but why not, really? If you're the kind of person who likes surprises and packages, for $5 it seems like a fair trade. I work two jobs, one of which is pretty stressful, so the idea of coming home after a long day of putting out fires to a silly little mystery package is appealing to me. And unlike the LootCrate or whatever, it's just one small item at a time. In some of those unboxing videos people got some cool stuff, too, so who knows! If all I get is completely unusable or uninteresting crap, I'll cancel it, and be out a whole 5-10 bucks. And yeah, XKCD is dumb, whatever. I personally don't read it, but I have nothing against it. At least the Bobcat in a Box people are upfront about where they got the idea.
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Jul 22, 2016 17:42
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RPATDO_LAMD posted:The concept came from another xkcd strip too: I did this. It was fun to get random packages full of complete crap, honestly. I didn't let the bot autopay but even with being spoiled by having to pay, just going to the mailbox and having like 5 or 6 random envelopes or bubble packs some days was a total blast.
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Jul 22, 2016 20:00
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pienipple posted:They'll hiss at you but they're way more likely to play dead than to bite unless you have one pinned to the ground or something equally stupid. Well that's boring then, even our herbivores'll disembowel you and drown your dog.
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Jul 22, 2016 21:31
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The difference I see between the bobcat in a box thing and the lootcrate is that the cost of the bobcat in a box subscription is presented more like the cost of entertainment, whereas the lootcrate cost is presented as the value of the goods. A few bucks for entertainment that might also yield a cool physical object is a good value. $20+ for goods that might be poo poo is not a good value. On the rare occasion I've had a lottery ticket, if I see it as $1 to make my daydreams of fabulous wealth more vivid for a day then that ain't bad. A better deal than the cinema at any rate.
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Jul 23, 2016 20:01
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bongwizzard posted:I have resisted googling whatever the hell bobcat box actually is, because in my heart it will always be a thing where Bobcat Goldthwaite mails you some random crap he has laying around his house. I would totally sign up for that service. The new thread title is pretty loving great.
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Jul 23, 2016 20:36
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Xibanya posted:The difference I see between the bobcat in a box thing and the lootcrate is that the cost of the bobcat in a box subscription is presented more like the cost of entertainment, whereas the lootcrate cost is presented as the value of the goods. A few bucks for entertainment that might also yield a cool physical object is a good value. $20+ for goods that might be poo poo is not a good value. The lottery is voluntary tax on idiocy. The same applies for these loving boxes. Goons never cease to amaze me. Everyone keeps saying how they can only get poo poo, and now they'll throw at least 60 bucks a year to receive only crap (dollar store bs). How can you be so loving daft? Donate the money or save it, instead of buying crap you'll throw away (which not only makes you poorer, also increases waste).
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Jul 24, 2016 12:41
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Non Serviam posted:The lottery is voluntary tax on idiocy. The same applies for these loving boxes. Nothing gets past this guy
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Jul 24, 2016 15:14
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Non Serviam posted:The lottery is voluntary tax on idiocy. The same applies for these loving boxes. I had the same thoughts, but, to be fair, I also enjoy people unboxing these things. I watch Ashens complain about (and then destroy) this rubbish, the same as I enjoyed this russian lady get excited about the novelty glasses, or this Lego guy happy about the postcard written by a spam bot and a piece that had Mona Lisa on it. Myself, I don't know if I were to subscribe to it even if I had money to burn. I'm also apparently dead inside 
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Jul 24, 2016 15:26
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Non Serviam posted:The lottery is voluntary tax on idiocy. The same applies for these loving boxes. Wait, hang on a second, stop the loving presses... Are you seriously telling me that people have been persuaded to spend money on something they dont actually need? If only there was a name for the witchery of getting people to do that....
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Jul 24, 2016 15:35
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Next he'll be telling us that people spend money of expensive things instead of food. And also food instead of something like soylent.
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Jul 24, 2016 15:44
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Non Serviam posted:The lottery is voluntary tax on idiocy. The same applies for these loving boxes. When you get something good out of an uncertain outcome, your brain releases reward chemicals that feel kinda good. Incidentally, if you have a cat or a dog, when you interact with them your brain releases reward chemicals that feel kinda good. Everyone keeps saying how they keep having to throw away literal poo poo and they'll throw hundreds of dollars a year for something that's just gonna die anyway, which only makes you poorer and increases waste. Pets are a voluntary tax on idiocy! And don't get me started on intimate relationships with other humans! 
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Jul 24, 2016 16:12
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What happened to his thread
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Jul 24, 2016 17:06
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Depressio111117 posted:What happened to his thread same thing that happens to every thread
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Jul 24, 2016 17:47
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Non Serviam posted:The lottery is voluntary tax on idiocy. The same applies for these loving boxes. This guy is right. Everyone is just reacting to having their behaviors called into question.
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Depressio111117 posted:What happened to his thread Boxes. Boxes happened to this thread
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