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Casino · **Posts:** 4514 **Location:** In Paris, going gorillas

Phierstarter wrote:

Misterme wrote:

There's another theory on the whole 'people who are inclined to taking it' and 'getting another perspective thing'. Someone made this point over the weekend, and it stood up to my experiences anyway. And that's that the people who are inclined to really enjoy acid and want to take it quite alot...also generally aren't the most intelligent people you know. Not stupid, but just not the geniuses they might like to think they are. So they can deal with this mind bending experience and it feels like it's opened their eyes etc. Whereas the really intelligent people that you know, while they might feel like it's given them a different perspective, will more than likely freak out on it. Probably because they're always thinking too much already, and then combine that with hallucinogens and you're gonna have a bad tiiiime.

That theory doesn't hold up when you look at all the scientists and philosopher types who take it.
I think it's more an issue of how much the feeling of not being in control scares you.

Inclined to agree with this. Don't know how you can say that if you're intelligent you're going to get freaked out on acid because you think too much. Could be all good thoughts going round in that head

Some people are just mentally equipped to handle the things

I've only tried acid once, didn't have a life changing experience, but did have one of the funniest nights of my life

I've seen people absolutely lose the plot on mushrooms too, going back to what people were on about earlier in the thread. Reasonably intelligent, definitely a lot of insecurity issues (he's a good friend of mine), and the poor c*nt ended up hugging a lamppost in Amsterdam crying for a couple of hours!

Eucrid · Thu May 05, 2005 4:43 am

Forget what acid can do for you. A good old fashioned smoke cured Prussian Blue of nazism.

cogol · **Posts:** 1534

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you're a music snob, yeah?

Nah, just a sound appreciation superiority complex.

Phierstarter · Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:05 pm

It's not that your appreciation is superior, its just that most others' is inferior.

stateofyouboy · **Posts:** 1403 **Location:** ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ire ... 63780.html

'The first thing I saw was a guy punch a girl in the face'

ha

Phierstarter · Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:05 pm

Finally a informative article, but...STOP THE PRESS

"a tennis-ball-sized bag of powder"

I thought there was supposed to be a recession going on.

Lumbo · **Posts:** 1069

It's mentions sniffer dogs at gigs. There's no way they could afford that or get access to one. Sniffer dogs are usually busy doing important customs work like catching Vladamir smuggling 20,000 West cigarettes through Dublin airport.

Eucrid · Thu May 05, 2005 4:43 am

Just let people take drugs, they know the risks if they die from it so be it.

Just stop scumbags knifing and beating people up, thats much more important.

Lumbo · **Posts:** 1069

3 stabbings at the SHM gig in England last night. Turns out, it is the music.

BadTurtle · **Posts:** 5638

Huh. Whodathunkit?

eugenius · **Posts:** 3132

Casino wrote:

Phierstarter wrote:

Misterme wrote:

There's another theory on the whole 'people who are inclined to taking it' and 'getting another perspective thing'. Someone made this point over the weekend, and it stood up to my experiences anyway. And that's that the people who are inclined to really enjoy acid and want to take it quite alot...also generally aren't the most intelligent people you know. Not stupid, but just not the geniuses they might like to think they are. So they can deal with this mind bending experience and it feels like it's opened their eyes etc. Whereas the really intelligent people that you know, while they might feel like it's given them a different perspective, will more than likely freak out on it. Probably because they're always thinking too much already, and then combine that with hallucinogens and you're gonna have a bad tiiiime.

That theory doesn't hold up when you look at all the scientists and philosopher types who take it.
I think it's more an issue of how much the feeling of not being in control scares you.

Inclined to agree with this. Don't know how you can say that if you're intelligent you're going to get freaked out on acid because you think too much. Could be all good thoughts going round in that head

Some people are just mentally equipped to handle the things

I've only tried acid once, didn't have a life changing experience, but did have one of the funniest nights of my life

I've seen people absolutely lose the plot on mushrooms too, going back to what people were on about earlier in the thread. Reasonably intelligent, definitely a lot of insecurity issues (he's a good friend of mine), and the poor c*nt ended up hugging a lamppost in Amsterdam crying for a couple of hours!

The environment makes a pretty big deal first time too, I think, because you need to be thinking positively while observing the changes and whatnot.

I kinda completely lost reality one time I mixed acid and weed (which I think was my first time smoking that), but it just felt like a really long bus journey, sitting there and not having a clue what to do with my time until it died down. If I was in a remotely intimidating environment that time I'd've probably started running or something.

Being level-headed and naturally rational is probably a lot more important than any other kind of measure of intelligence.

The "but just not the geniuses they might like to think they are" probably applies more to people who talk on them, uttering absolute garbage about spiritual stuff, once someone starts into that crap the whole thing becomes relentlessly boring.

Phierstarter · Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:05 pm

Being caught in a loop is pretty fucking horrendous.
Once i tried some and had issues with a girl at the time.
Not fun.

shivo · **Posts:** 3150 **Location:** Luxembourg

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/wor ... 04584.html

3 stabbed at a SMF gig in the UK.

*rings liveline*

haido · Disco King **Posts:** 6683

there were metal detectors at the wu-tang gig in the button factory last night

mojo · fangbanger **Posts:** 13683

Lumbo wrote:

It's mentions sniffer dogs at gigs. There's no way they could afford that or get access to one. Sniffer dogs are usually busy doing important customs work like catching Vladamir smuggling 20,000 West cigarettes through Dublin airport.

they can't be that expensive!

mcd could well afford it

they would have to put the dogs undercover though. in little tracksuits and baseball hats

ishouldcoco · **Posts:** 4830

i read in paper, apparently it costs mcd between 200 and 300 per garda per HOUR?!?! Can this be right? And they spend like 650k on security on oxegen in 2008? That has to be the handiest gig ever. Garda at a gig!

mojo · fangbanger **Posts:** 13683

my mate works for the guards and gets to go to all the gigs and matches and stuff

handy

ishouldcoco · **Posts:** 4830

imagine getting a grand for standing for 4 hours. unreal.

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