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I worked for a company that manufactured and applied a hybrid sealcoat/asphalt product. The product was transported in 10,000 gallon tankers. During the winter my co workers and I …

My father reported a similar story induced by LSD. He had an out of body experience where he was up in the air watching himself have a conversation with a friend walking down the b…

Bonus points: Start a fire with feathersticks and a ferro rod.

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/07/basic-new-york-s... Almost anything on serious eats by Kenji is good imo. There is a whole section on pizza but the above recipe is my f…

I just bought the Adder WS and can't believe the quality of the trackpad. I also own a 2015 MBP and before the Adder I had not found another laptop with a trackpad that can rival t…

https://4chanlit.fandom.com/wiki/Science_Fiction This is a pretty good list imo

I like Robert Anton Wilson's definition. "A stochastic process is a random series, but it is a special kind of random series. In a stochastic process, some agent or agency is makin…

Agreed. I just feel bad for him now, it appears he was very depressed and that's nothing to romanticize.

Sounds mild for a wook. Normally their tolerance is so shot they will eat a strip and be unphased.

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Another explanation could be the people in the 70s had a healthier gut microbiome. I don't we think know enough to say for certain but studies have found gut bacteria affects metab…

It's called ego death and it can also be terrifying. I've tripped with people who thought they were dying because their subjective self identify was dissolving.

I've been failing to grow. I feel stagnant at my current job and yearn for greener pastures. Bad habits prevent me from being productive in my spare time. Very little action is bei…

With a high enough dose of LSD, your current models of the world break down. Maybe the CIA was trying to imprint new reality tunnels for people during this vulnerable point in the …

This really inspires me to get out of my comfort zone. You're absolutely right, I don't have anything to lose. Thanks for the advice, it made my day.

It hits home for me but I'm probably the minority. I have a senior title but I'm a PeopleSoft developer which is kind of becoming an obsolete niche. I don't really have the skill s…

I wish I could answer that question but I can't. Not sure where they get the data.

This also happened to me at my current employer. In fact every year they review all employees salaries compared to the market rate and compensate for any difference with a raise. T…