undercrust
@undercrust@lemmy.ca
- Comment on The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane. 1 week ago:
Oh, HPPD is definitely a thing, but extraordinarily rare.
I may have misspoke about the brown acid - this was a legit warning resulting from “home-brew chemists” attempting to make their own LSD and failing to create it properly. Most of the supplies back then were direct from Sandoz (Novartis) and basically were being given away to the scientific community for novel testing. Fun stuff.
I’m talking about the hyperbole of “acid flashbacks” which was a narrative introduced to discourage and demonize LSD usage by the political and intellectual opponents of the Nixon administration. “Rots your brain permanently” and all that other garbage.
Turns out regular LSD usage by the “hippie” community and by many people involved in high-level education (particularly college and university professors) was making people feel more connected and empathetic towards one another, and that just didn’t do for the Republicans who needed everyone to fear “the other”.
What they also did with marijuana and heroin, and subsequently with crack cocaine, was truly abhorrent.
- Comment on The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane. 1 week ago:
Most of the information in the hallucinogenic section is incorrect.
- Comment on How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals 1 week ago:
Hating people never leads to logical outcomes. I’d rather accept that they’ve been somewhat brainwashed and battle against it, than hate my neighbour.
- Comment on In a Violent Nature (2024, dir Chris Nash) 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I’d say it was better with an audience for sure. It’d be fine at home, but there’s a handful or two of scenes in the film where the audience reaction just makes it sooo much better
- Comment on In a Violent Nature (2024, dir Chris Nash) 2 weeks ago:
Just watched this at the Calgary Underground Film Festival and it’s a ton of fun. Absolutely phenomenal kill scenes and a cool POV from the killer through most of the movie.
I’m not saying it’s a really great movie, but I am saying it’s got a lot of really great parts and it’s definitely worth watching if you like horror.
- Comment on Our bffs 2 weeks ago:
For a really good riff on this same idea, I like “How to Lie With Statistics” by Darrell Huff, and it’s all illustrated!
Great, easy to understand breakdown of how statistics can be manipulated.
- Comment on Can I lick it? 3 weeks ago:
Ah, the mushroom forager’s creed
- Comment on New best friend for life! 4 weeks ago:
Texting on a WiFi iPod, amazing
- Comment on Why do we castrate animals instead of giving them vasectomies? 1 month ago:
Hasn’t been a good castrati in Opera for fucking years smh
- Comment on Crazy how nature be like that 1 month ago:
Both water and humans agree, -40° is very cold
- Comment on Peak technology 1 month ago:
HL-2040 gang represent!
- Comment on Should this be in unethical life pro tips 4 months ago:
To be fair, this was the pre-existing model for GoFundMe. That kid could’ve been a millionaire if he dreamed bigger.
- Comment on Biden makes impassioned argument Trump could destroy American democracy as he opens 2024 campaign | CNN Politics 4 months ago:
Imagine still having this dumb of a take in 2024.
When does it become socially acceptable to openly mock conservatives to their face? Can we start treating the children in the room as they selfish, self-centered, filth-spewing morons they’ve proven to be, or are we still going to insist on being polite?
- Comment on How the fuck is this my problem, ticketmaster?! 4 months ago:
Sounds like a pretty clear cut antitrust issue
- Comment on Are any self-cleaning cat litter boxes any good, or worth the money? 5 months ago:
Ah, that’s $999 Canadian. Right now our exchange against the US$ is brutal.
- Comment on Are any self-cleaning cat litter boxes any good, or worth the money? 5 months ago:
This sounded fantastic until I looked it up and it’s A THOUSAND DOLLARS???
I love my cat and I hate scooping litter, but definitely not a grand worth of either…
- Comment on Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic Remake Is No Longer In Development - Report 5 months ago:
Boooooooo
- Comment on Having trouble deciding what game to play next . which one of these games should i try 7 months ago:
Titanfall 2 might fit that scenario the best. Great story but easily payable, lots of quick action, not crazy long and pretty much on rails unless you’re a collectible completionist.
- Comment on How is woke a religion? 8 months ago:
I think the most impressive thing about this is that they were able to travel a year into the future to obtain the survey data.
- Comment on Lords to debate mandating swift bricks in new homes in England 8 months ago:
Timber?! That’s a fucking terrible idea. It’s inexcusable that modern homes aren’t build out of mud and wattle. Lower carbon, more sustainable, and you don’t have to do anything and end of life because it’s a stupid fucking idea that no one thinks is good.