bicycle day is April 19 why is this published now?
I find it strange too, especially since the first human trial happened on April 16th.
Albert Hofmann discovers the effects of LSD (1943)
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Re: Albert Hofmann discovers the effects of LSD (1943)
#32I love reading his trip report, it really pulls you in. But what irks me is the website. I opened it on my pixel c and started reading, after about one paragraph the whole screen went dark. I didn't understand why, checked my screen light level from the shortcut menu but moved on thinking the light sensor was wack and wanting to keep reading. Several paragraphs after the first image I see the damn pop up. This frenzy…
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Yup that was what I saw on my browser, the site was actually very clean and well behaved without JS. But my Pixel C doesn't have noscript.
Re: Albert Hofmann discovers the effects of LSD (1943)
#33> I was just barely capable of asking my companion to summon our family doctor and request milk from the neighbors.
Hah, hah, a sign of the times. That's the last thing I'd want to injest when in the throws of a deep, harrowing LSD trip, yuck.
Really the only thing that "helps", I find, is a watch (if you're able to read the watch that is). Time can help ground you in the sense that you know roughly when the peak will occur, so if you're already overwhelmed 2 hours in, that means "only" 2-4 hours before you're over the hump ;-)
Taking LSD is very much continually answering the question, "here, ultimate (un)reality, isn't that what you asked for?", with "Yes". Easier said than done when you're in the thick of it...
Re: Albert Hofmann discovers the effects of LSD (1943)
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Yup that was what I saw on my browser, the site was actually very clean and well behaved without JS. But my Pixel C doesn't have noscript.
Firefox on Android supports NoScript actually!
Re: Albert Hofmann discovers the effects of LSD (1943)
#35Re: Albert Hofmann discovers the effects of LSD (1943)
#36You can't get high from LSD by touching it. Albert is a liar. He nibbled some. My theory is, he knew those in the know know that this is an impossible way to get high, which is why he stuck with it (a crafty wink). He could have simply said he got a little on his finger and touched his mouth, but he stuck with the skin absorption story. Just a little harmless tinfoil.
Perhaps with microgram amounts - common dosages. He was working with a huge amount ... milligrams. The idea that a microgram may transmit transdermally is not inconceivable at that amount.
Re: Albert Hofmann discovers the effects of LSD (1943)
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
> A thumbprint is a method of consuming a massive amount of lsd, where a massive (relatively, compared to a blotter dose) amount of lsd crystals are made into a small pile, pressed on with a thumb, and then the thumb into the mouth. The ROA is still oral.
Unless it was (literal) 'needlepoint' LSD... maybe he stabbed himself with a shard? /s
Well that would at least work.
Re: Albert Hofmann discovers the effects of LSD (1943)
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
> A thumbprint is a method of consuming a massive amount of lsd, where a massive (relatively, compared to a blotter dose) amount of lsd crystals are made into a small pile, pressed on with a thumb, and then the thumb into the mouth. The ROA is still oral.
Sure, but the accounts of thumbprinting I've read made it seem like there is a strong sensation almost immediately after touching it. I also know people who have described a contact high from laying sheets of LSD. Hmm... I could be wrong though.
That's not what "contact high" means. Contact high is a high feeling reported by people who have been in contact—as in in proximity, not physical contact—with other high people.
Re: Albert Hofmann discovers the effects of LSD (1943)
#39> I was just barely capable of asking my companion to summon our family doctor and request milk from the neighbors. Hah, hah, a sign of the times. That's the last thing I'd want to injest when in the throws of a deep, harrowing LSD trip, yuck. Really the only thing that "helps", I find, is a watch (if you're able to read the watch that is). Time can help ground you in the sense that you know roughly when the peak wil…
I find that writing down stage times when I’ll be at various stages of the experience ahead of the event helps gather some perspective
Re: Albert Hofmann discovers the effects of LSD (1943)
#40You can't get high from LSD by touching it. Albert is a liar. He nibbled some. My theory is, he knew those in the know know that this is an impossible way to get high, which is why he stuck with it (a crafty wink). He could have simply said he got a little on his finger and touched his mouth, but he stuck with the skin absorption story. Just a little harmless tinfoil.
Perhaps with microgram amounts - common dosages. He was working with a huge amount ... milligrams. The idea that a microgram may transmit transdermally is not inconceivable at that amount.
full single dose is +-100 micrograms. you won't feel anything at all from a single ug. trans-dermal 'theory' really doesn't hold well