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quackscience

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    Comment #43325226

    Probably shouldn't tell border patrol you're doing unpaid labor in a country you're visiting. When speaking to authorities it's best to say the absolute minimum required for the en…

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    Comment #43281262

    This, basically. He's said that we're going to take Greenland one way or another, is talking about taking the Panama Canal, is basically telling Russia we're on their side and Euro…

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    Comment #43272863

    New Yorker here. Last year one of my meditation teachers here in the city casually mentioned that in some sects of Tibetan Buddhism there's a prophecy of some sort of catastrophic …

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    Comment #43102553

    I get the same, and all of these tend to be a trigger for me too -- too much caffeine, dehydration, and rapid light intensity change (like looking outside and then back to my compu…

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    Comment #43102516

    It definitely depends on the person and the state of mind they have when they go into it. I've had really overwhelming de-personalization episodes on LSD as well and they were extr…

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    Comment #43102437

    Possibly, but there are a lot of people that self-administer LSD for migraines who say it helps tremendously. I'm also one of those people. Between occasional LSD and daily magnesi…

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    Comment #42910537

    Yes, the change of light intensity is a common trigger for me. Either looking at a screen and then outside, or vice versa, or even bright led lights. But they've still largely gone…

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    Comment #42894030

    I've had headache-free ocular migraines since I was about 13 or 14. Your typical aura/flashing/light sensitivity. They always are proceeded by some flash and then I know I have may…