I will note that I did not personally attack you, I did say that your point of view is bullshit and based on fearmongering, but you’re the one that has taken this to personal attacks and name calling.
Attack ideas, not people
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Okay, keep vilifying substances instead of systemic issues because someone wasn’t kind enough about it
Heroin can be lethal the first time you try it. People were dying of opioids because of heroin long before fentanyl was on the streets and people were dying from oxycontin too.
Does fentanyl kill more? Yes, because again I am not disagreeing that it is far more powerful, that there are scumbags who mislabel supply or purposely adulterate drugs to make them seem more potent, etc
I’d just argue that your point of view is a war on drugs bullshit take that only started to give a shit about the addiction crisis once vice and youtube dummies starting making fentanyl a buzzword. It’s overly myopic and ignores the systemic factors that drive people to use.
So you regulate supply. Then what? Fentanyl is already regulated. It still doesn’t address the fact that 95% of the people on the streets in Kensington are seen as utter trash and society is waiting for them to die. It still doesn’t address that someone on their way to that place has no real support if they don’t come from a rich family (and honestly even then it’s not great?)
I do absolutely agree with you that safe access to regulated drugs is absolutely necessary. If addicts could get pharmaceutical grade heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, etc it would ensure safe reliable dosing in a monitored site that could support overdose if it occurs (remember that overdoses are not inherently fatal), it would essentially completely disarm the cartels (unless they fully shift to avocados or whatever), and it would allow you to regularly connect with addicts to encourage treatment and connect with resources like housing and welfare
But whenever these programs get trialed (just the clean needle stuff, no way the dea lets the drug part happen) the conservatives go nuts and the libs let out their inner NIMBY conservative so they get their funding cut and often shut down, even when data supports their existence
Yes I’m aware. fentanyl (it’s in my post) is derived from petrochemicals but still acts on the opioid system. The whole “being derived from petrochemicals” thing is what makes it “fully synthetic” which is just a creepy spooky nonsense weasel word that anti science nutjobs use to promote shit like anti vaccination. The fact that it is synthetically derived doesn’t make it any more or less dangerous, the fact that it’s significantly more potent does, but even with that to an experienced user it’s just a far more intense heroin, which is similar to how heroin is a far more intense morphine
Tbf I could’ve probably used the noun instead of “it’s” but I feel like the context is pretty clear if you read past the first sentence
It’s derived from petrochemicals but it works on the same receptors. And 50 years ago people were screeching about heroin, a completely unnatural man made synthesized drug far more potent than opium (which is roughly 10% morphine, heroin being around 2-3x stronger than pure morphine), in much the same way they are screeching about fentanyl now. “It’s a scourge, it kills people, it’s destructive” etc
All of those things can be true and fentanyl is absolutely far more dangerous given its potency (though giving someone with 0 opioid tolerance heroin isn’t necessarily safe either).
The real enemy is addiction, and the real real enemy there is a lack of resources and empathy. A lack of supports, a lack of housing, a lack of meaningful jobs and supportive welfare, a lack of healthcare, a lack of a society that doesn’t focus on punitive incarceration efforts over rehabilitative treatment and equitable respect
But keep focusing on the fentanyl boogeyman. Or tranq. That’s the problem. Just get that off the streets and it’ll all go away
I dunno about Sweden but at least in America it’s extremely unlikely that you would be prosecuted for simply purchasing 1 unit. That seller on the other hand, he may be in for a bad time. The youtuber is an edge case wherein they popularized the availability of a source
either way fuck that, illegally download and even buy roms
also fwiw all the ambernic stuff is sold on aliexpress. Cut out the middleman and save cash. I’m pretty sure aliexpress ships to Sweden. A lot of them come preloaded tho fyi with Roms and bios for every console supported, which is why it’s absolutely insane they’re going after him and not ambernic
Speaking as an actual therapist both are true
Some people have their experiences minimized through others using language to make them feel that what they went through was insignificant. Sometimes this is directly malicious (eg an abuser downplaying what they’ve done) and sometimes indirectly malicious (eg someone unrelated to the event accusing them of being dramatic), but it is generally always harmful
Some people feel the need to maximize their experiences through inflammatory language. There are many reasons for such a thing: sometimes it is innocuous and due to a poor understanding of terminology (eg what constitutes trauma). Sometimes it is malicious as well and the person aims to be manipulative or gain attention.
These are also not mutually exclusive and a person from one category can exist within the other. I have worked with cases for example where someone is healing from trauma but plays up minor issues that occur later on because they have created an illogical belief structure that they have to be damaged to gain love and approval. For some people they first find sympathy, empathy, and attention by opening up about their trauma to others and then end up in a position where they are unsure about how to engage in deep social connections going forward without connecting over damage.
As with most things we do ourselves disservice by over generalizing the situation and removing nuance. Mental health philosophy and treatment is not something that you describe in 120 characters. That’s why credible sources write books and articles on the subject, not fucking tweets and youtube shorts that oversimplify things to a cool sounding sound byte or easily digestible webcomic or whatever
Depends on state and local ordinances as to whether the sealed are required
In my state for example (PA) there is no statewide law for them. Some municipalities like Philadelphia require them but more rural areas like where I live do not, so I can still buy 9v non interconnected detectors at home depot or wherever. But iirc new construction and renovation requiring permits around here requires interconnection (not sure about sealed)
It’s dumb not to get them though. Who wants to deal with a chirp? First thing I did when I bought my house was overhaul smoke detectors, add heat detectors to the attic and garage, fire extinguishers, and one of those collapsible fire ladders to second floor bedroom.
It’s mind boggling how people overlook this stuff. The old owner had 1 detector for the whole house and it was 16 years old by the date code. We have 6 now plus 2 heat detectors. I also added a relay and a Shelly trigger so if they go off I get a push notification through home assistant. It was like $800 for everything, c02 and smoke, extinguishers, the ladder, etc. a lot of money but it’s literally my life and the largest purchase I’ve ever made
What are the reasons aside from they have speech that you dislike and could easily hide from your feed
Do not defederate from any instance unless they are actively malicious (eg flooding with illegal content, targeting users with harassment/doxxing, or exploiting something). Though the second one is tricky as what constitutes “harassment” is tricky.
A user has the option to block instances if they feel content on said instance is offensive or disagreeable to them.
Rather than deny autonomy to users, refederate, and allow users to practice their own autonomy. If they’re terrified of the spooky leftists they are free to block the instance
Can you reference the history?
Not doubting, just wondering, and not finding much online.
My knowledge here is that fluid gels are credited to Norton and Campbell out of Leeds university. Not necessarily for culinary applications but just the concept as a whole, largely in part because gellan was new at the time, and their work was more geared towards pharmaceuticals and cosmetics than culinary applications. It wasn’t until people like Ferran Adria and Heston blumenthal (and their development chefs like chris young) read their papers that it reached the culinary world and became a wildly overused technique
My understanding is that prior to their work “A molecular view of the gelation of agarose” in 1999 there aren’t really any papers describing fluid gels at all and their work leading up to said paper was the hallmark here. Prior to this there was gels like lbg+xanthan, which can be made a fluid gel, but with far more effort and generally will be a thixotropic gel
Respectfully disagreed but it appears we are at an impasse. The discussion of ideas was in the rest of the post that you apparently refused to read per your own words. I point out the documentaries not because I think you got your ideas from them (maybe you did, I don’t know) but because that is what has popularized the villainization of fentanyl (which is why I literally said that and did not say that you got your ideas from them). Nice job ascribing motive and intentionality to my words to portray me as a villain. I don’t have a fun pop psychology word for this though
My final attempt to expand upon this will be to say that your rhetoric of focusing on fentanyl as a big spooky drug and pouring more resources into an endless fight of prohibition, which has been attempted and is literally already the policy, is foolish. I apparently have to put on kid gloves here and say that I do not necessarily think that you are dumb because I am attacking your position, because you apparently cannot differentiate someone attacking your stance between someone attacking your intellect
The idea of continued focus on fentanyl prohibition is the policy of people who are invested in perpetuating systems of oppression and preventing systemic change. Drug addiction is vile and most people hide away from it. I know because I have worked in rehab centers, mobile therapy, and homeless outreach. But it makes for salacious content and easy views, and by extensions makes for easy “quick fix” political solutions. “Why are these people on the street?” “Fentanyl” “well we should do something about that!” It is a stupid and short sighted way to approach the issue that we have tried time and time and time and time again, only to fail miserably.
This is why I do not simply ignore you. Your rhetoric is frustrating and sets us back. It enables our political leaders to deflect onto “the fentanyl menace” rather than address the underlying societal rot that creates unsafe use and cycles of addiction. It further stigmatizes use. All the bad things
Also please dont ever get surgery bc fyi they will 100% give you spooooky fentanyl, sometimes in fairly heroic doses relative to recreational dosages. I promise you wont get instantly addicted or die.