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I grew up with these types of laws and they are just more of an inconvenience than anything else. My old hometown restricted the sale of beer and wine for many years, but it was easy enough just to go to the next town over. (Simultaneously, the town hosted a state managed liquor store which was extremely weird.)

If smaller communities want to restrict products like that, whatever. Hell, even restricting some services is OK as long as it's not discrimination based.

Personally, I wouldn't live in one of those places. It's not about the tobacco but more about the people who are elected by those communities to make laws like that. If smaller communities of like-minded people want to make their own laws like that, so be it. I wouldn't be like-minded, in that case.

Cool! And honestly, psychedelics have helped me in more ways than I can count. (I believe you and I have chatted about this on several occasions in the past, actually.)

Still, I believe that honesty about what helps and what doesn't is a good start for psychedelics. What I don't want to see happen is see these to fall into the same "miracle cure-all" category like we saw with marijuana legalization.

While I personally believe the benefits outweigh the cons in many circumstances, that doesn't negate the fact that these are some powerful substances. One of the last papers I read hinted that psilocin was about 100x more powerful than your standard SSRI and it works more efficiently than serotonin itself. (Serotonin, psilocin, DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, etc, are all closely related tryptamines, for those who were curious.)

Edit: Oh, I should also add that I have a skeptical bias about microdosing but you aren't going to hear me talk shit about it. Even if the placebo effect turns out to be a heavy factor but if it still works effectively, then that is awesome. Why complain about something trivial if it works effectively in highly complex situations?

I don't dispute this article or any studies, but if there is one thing that mushrooms have not helped me with, it's my ADHD.

Still though, psychedelics vary so much from person to person. If they help anyone with anything, I still consider that a win.

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I get it. You are being a kind soul. However, that word might be misplaced.

That is picture of an actual tabloid. It was in reference to a tabloid being about Star Trek, not about your actual question.

If any of these are an extension of our timeline, it's likely that all newspapers are trash: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Newspaper

That's the best I got unless you want to also discuss tabloids with Star Trek related stories....

Break blocks, get laid.

Exactly. It's more of a front line marker at this point.

There are some reports (like this) that are saying the town is likely back in Ukrainian control due to the location of Russian bombing/shelling. (This is Telegram info! That comes with its own set of massive caveats.)

Yep. It's a really neat feature. You can edit just about any aspect of your posts, actually.

Netflix was the king of over doing it on just about all fronts. For a while, they went absolutely crazy with the non-english subs. No, my account wasn't leaked or anything but I do think Netflix really wanted me to learn several other languages.

Currently, "my recommendations" are the complete opposite of the kind of shows I watch and just about every movie is #1 in the US if you look at enough Netflix accounts.

(The king of shit recommendations is YouTube. Did you have to make it through an intro to find out that it's the wrong subject? Here! Let's completely fill your feed with those kinds of videos now!)

Oof. Imposter syndrome is real and it's debilitating. If a person does their job to the best of their ability and stops giving a fuck about what others might think, it becomes easier to overcome.

OP needs to realize that engineering is not about memorizing algorithms or being in the top 5%. It's about doing whatever work you are paid to do efficiently and quickly. Quite honestly, most "engineers" I know don't even do that much.

Monday through Friday/8-5, engineering is about solving stupid problems and getting a paid for it. That's it. (Maybe you have to go to meetings too.)

Some engineers can memorize formulas and rattle off 200 ways to do a thing. Some engineers are constantly in some kind of dick-swinging contest with their peers. Some are constantly chasing the "new shiny" and won't shut the fuck up about it. The most annoying ones blast out "helpful code segments" on LinkedIn to make themselves look smarter.

Fuck all that noise. It's annoying, a distraction and it'll cause a person to get burned out of the field super quick.

Sorry if that was a bit of a rant, but I have seen too many bright eyed Jr. engineers get crushed by the bullshit that can go on.