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I thought French root too-- but pronounced like doux. Plush Linux

Maybe it's just nostalgia, but I really miss having places people would congregate, a common hangout spot, specifically because you didn't have 24/7 tabs on where all your friends …

Other replies were a little salty, and I can only say from personal experience------- but the awareness that you're out of it takes away some of the sanctuary of being high... espe…

It's probably to keep him on top of washing the shirts. More clothes = more temptation to just wear something else and let the laundry pile up.

ICQ + the friendly/outgoing/carefree attitude of those times Beseen chat as well, same era. And Palace Chat, though it was horrible even back then the memories make me laugh: https…

If you've got a free hour-or-so sometime this BBC documentary is pretty engaging and describes the opiate timeline regarding use and legal status: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I…

Seconded; I'm a casual browser but when a topic grabs my attention it's great to see there's been multiple well-trafficked threads and have links mentioned to backtrack to alternat…

Not surprised. They're really pushing their new online lotto options and such recently, may as well make those advertising dollars work extra hard by simultaneously censoring the c…

(just from personal experience, not a doctor. But below is what people have done that really improved my quality of life through depressive episodes) #1 is take care of yourself---…

A lot of overdoses also stem from folks who were forced or coerced into rehab before being fully prepared, then relapse, taking their old dose without realizing that their toleranc…

Exactly. If somebody wants to sell their physical sexual skills, it should be just as easy to find a place of employment as somebody wanting to sell their mental deductive skills.

Extremely angry, to the point that I can't actually have persuasive conversations about it with the pro-DARE crowd because their perspective boggles me so. This quote sticks out as…

Amphetamines are also the basis of most ADD medications. ... I think OP was using those examples because they're the stereotypical horror story drugs, but their analogues are every…

Agreed. An opiate OD can be reversed if caught in time. NSAID ODs box your liver.

The worst luck is experiencing side effects/personality change from the meds, but not being able to notice them _because_ of the medication.

the dx doesn't always match the rx, illicit or licit. seems logical that anxiety = not stimulants... but it depends on the underlying cause of the anxiety, sometimes uppers is just…

Same experience here; while attempting to isolate the factors that made for low days in order to avoid them, I instead experienced a significant increase in low days-- probably bec…

They didn't address the confounding variable that these disorders are caused by dopaminergic issues, which are present even before becoming floridly psychotic. High levels of dopam…

This is my experience too- the overlap isn`t that pronounced at all. All the pot smokers I know don`t smoke cigarettes, don`t like cigarettes, and while they`ll light up a joint in…

'lended + from' is new to me, only heard 'lended + to' in the past... One I noticed in popular use a few years ago (Canada): the word "itch" as a verb, i.e.: "I itched it" "he was …

People also approach you way more in open office layouts, probably because of "in sight, in mind". Little things that they usually wouldn't pester you for, it pops into their head …

There's definitely a personality aspect to how folks perceive lonely vs not lonely that's completely independent of how many people are actually around you. I'm the opposite of you…

Agreed, 100%. Any shared space takes care of so many challenges that come with remote work: socializing, a unique non-relaxation oriented place to "be on", as well as the expectati…

Canada was like this in the 80ies through early 90ies as well -- if it was a rotary phone, it always pulse dialed. But a bunch of the push button models had the switch so you could…

TLDR; be extremely cautious of anhedonia I started on Bupropion (Wellbutrin) a few years ago because I was feeling low + irritable, and thought meds might have a positive impact. T…