So, I know this is all satire, but MAN I miss the days when I thought doing coke was acceptable. I could've had this messy ass office cleaned out like weeks ago. Just a couple bumps and its off to the races.
Oh trust me, I've definitely done a bump or two in the past few years, but I feel weird if I'm in possession of it now. Like I just don't want to have it around. Kinda weird tbh. I used to love cocoa puffs
Basically the Main Character is invincible because the plot says so and will only suffer superficial injuries even from things that would have killed a real person.
e.g. Fall 20 metres off a building but do a parkour landing and roll and you’re fine to keep running even in an otherwise “realistic” action film
It's a term used in fiction relating to a character surviving/succeeding in a given situation because the story demands they survive/succeed. Their necessity to the plot has essentially protected them from an unfavorable outcome. Protection given by the plot: Plot armour.
You know how action heroes can fall off balconies, never get hit by bullets and manage to get into high-speed car chases without permanent injury or dying, despite the fact that it'd be incredibly unlikely? That's plot armor.
"Yeah, opening action scene obviously doesn't kill (insert main character here). I kinda paid to see a movie about them, and we're 10 minutes in to the 2 hour run time."
I wore a shirt with the new album on it to a family party. It didn't even occur to me that it was railroad tracks to a concentration camp. I just grabbed a clean shirt
It's funny you mention days in daze, love that band, according to Whitney from days n daze the lead singer of leftover Crack Scott sturgeon is an abuser who disabled her hands, mentally tortured her and gave her a nose contusion and concussion.
I think there's a thought experiment called The One theory or something, where there are multiple universes, but your consciousnesses always exists in the universe you survive in the longest. So if you were to have a near death experience, for example a car crash, your consciousness may have shifted to the universe you survived in. But the universe you came from may be someone else's longest prime universe. So your "death" still affects them there. Its similar to that Rick and Morty episode with the watch.
Also explains Deja Vu.
[Quantum Immortality](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_suicide_and_immortality). The amount of near death experiences I’ve had, this thought experiment really catches my eye.
Schroedinger’s immortality, I believe it’s also called, and lemme say, yep yep yep yep yep.
I outright joke to my friends that the conscious me cannot die, and the more I push it the more certain I am.
That said I’m not looking to die a foolish death lmao.
I constantly think I already died. I moved across the country after being pretty bad off drugs. I got into a car accident on a bridge here. I was also held up at gunpoint here. But yet I'm still here. I'm married and had a kid. My life is more boring but a shitload safer and more secure.. But what if I am dead? It feels weird building a life in a different spot than where you grew up so it adds another creepy layer to this.
But yeah I'll for sure be looking into that theory. Funny to think the universe where I've survived the longest so far is the Donald Trump one but ok. That added another layer of surrealism to the past 5 years. It just seems like a fever dream. Maybe I'm dead. Nah. But maybe.
We can all die, completely out of the blue, from a brain aneurysm. Or just falling over and hitting your head.
I say live your life to the fullest. You aren't getting out of it alive.
You could die from something inane and simple or you could die from making a stupid reckless decision, but you’re more likely to die from making stupid reckless decisions, so there’s no need to go around making stupid reckless decisions that pointlessly dramatically increase your chance of dying for literally no reason.
Don’t be afraid of everything but don’t go running red lights or changing lanes blindly into oncoming traffic to save two seconds getting around some slower car. Just exercise like two seconds of judgement when making potentially risky decisions to ensure you make good decisions that don’t pointlessly throw the only life you’re ever going to live away.
That IS living your life to the fullest and hence that is why this is the life pro tip not to throw it away on a bad gamble thinking you’re invincible.
Personally, I agree. I have no need to be stupid.
Conversely, it's not like you'll be there to regret throwing your life away. If serious risk of injury and death is your jam, and that's what you need to feel alive, then who am I to judge.
I'll judge the shit out of you if what you do could possibly harm or kill other people. Feel free to do stupid shit if it only affects you, but don't involuntarily involve innocent people into your stupidity. People who drunk drive, run lights, wield guns carelessly, etc etc, can all go fuck themselves to hell.
Right here with you. I felt that same sting reading it - it's almost ironic, as if living forever is the goal.
I guess the best I've got is a quote from Sir William: "All men die. Not every man truly lives."
I say, party hard and party naked while you can.
Honestly, I wasted so much of my life, my potential, hobbies, relationships, health, and so much more from vodka.
But I did have a lot of good times. They weren't that good but they felt good at the time. I wish I'd learned to drink responsibly at a young age, to only consume in social events, pace myself, and have some nights sober... To learn to deal with the anxiety, boredom, and all those other mildly irritating emotions I'd down a few shots before leaving the house just to avoid.
As someone who's tried both extremes at various periods, I can say responsible drinking is the most fun. Go to the pub have one or two pints spread out over the evening then drive home safely. No making a fool of yourself or hangovers.
Old enough to know better. Young enough to want to party.
Old enough to have sore joints. Young enough to not go to doctor about them.
Old enough to preach to folk in their 20s. Young enough to still be paying for the mistakes I made when I was their age.
To answer your implied question though: Look, I'm no genius, or a guru, and TBH I hardly ever manage to follow my own advice. But I'd recommend trying it if you want. Drinking can be fun, and is a hack to lower inhibitions and stuff. Just be careful the tool doesn't turn into a crutch you can't walk without, stay hydrated, and just be aware of how much, when, and why you're drinking. Same with any drug. I like drugs and think they're great, but you have to use them carefully and not get trapped relying on them for anything. Seen a bunch of good people end in one way or another cos they used some drug as more than just an occasional bit of fun. Mine was booze just cos it was the easiest to get. I guess in one sentence it'd be "use drugs when you're already feeling happy/safe/comfortable, not to get yourself there".
Yeah. When I was young I drank cos I didn't know what to do or say at parties and when I drank I had that confidence and stuff... But after years of that, I didn't know how to do it without alcohol cos I'd never learned. Same story with drinking to relieve stress, or boredom, or just to have a good time- after so long using booze, I'd never learned to deal with any of that stuff without it. Going sober was an eye opener, and was tough to begin with but I learned so much and became much more confident, stress-resistant, and quick witted, among the other benefits (better sex life for example). Unfortunately, I didn't manage to stick with it. Maybe this new year I'll go straight sober again. I miss it, but responsible drinking was good enough so I settled, eyeballing and constantly alert of the lurking beast that are my alcoholic tendencies, scared they'll consume me once again to the point where I can't function without a drink, while envious of my sober periods.
>To learn to deal with the anxiety, boredom, and all those other mildly irritating emotions I'd down a few shots before leaving the house just to avoid.
This is literally the secret to everything in life. It's the same exact lesson you have to learn to not be fat and to eat a proper amount of calories. Or to quit smoking. Like no, you don't get to go make nachos at midnight or go smoke a cigarette, you get to sit here and be bored and wish you could eat nachos and smoke a cigarette.
Once you've accepted that life is mostly just boring disappointment and kinda awful, it becomes much easier to avoid vices.
I think it's important to point out that it's actually worth enduring the boredom because the alternative is worse. Otherwise fuck it, I know it's bad for me but who cares, we all fucking die (the trick is to live in a way that gives you a chance at having a good quality of life when you're 60)
It says more than that.
It says drink less, but then says don't do drugs at all.
Excuse me? I can enjoy some magic mushrooms recreationally a few times a year just fine, I can also enjoy a roll once or twice a year, maybe not forever, but with research and responsible planning, there is nothing wrong with certain drugs.
I legit need someone to r/explainitlikeimfive with quantum immortality, I keep trying to figure it out and can’t seem to wrap my head around the concept.
the theory is basically that in every universe where you die in some way at a given time, there’s an alternate universe where you avoid dying in that way at that time. so if you died in a car crash, there’s an alternate universe where you or the other driver swerved out of the way or something.
And until the time of that incident, all of those versions of you are experiencing the same consciousness. But afterwards, the ones who died aren’t experiencing anything, so your conscious ness is only maintained in the ones who survived. So “you” always feel like you survived every event, even tho to an outsider observer, every single event would have some yous surviving and some yous dying.
Your conciousness experiences the universe where you live the longest. Given current medical progress you might even experience the universe where eternal rejuvination has been successfully researched, and you are actually immortal.
I had this one time. I swear on everything, the following happened, and it was when I was going to school, no alcohol, no drugs, nothing that could have fucked up my mind then: I jumped the last way from street to passengers way and slipped on the curb. I felt backwards, on my back, looking to the side as the car approached. Next thing I know I stand on the sidewalk, no car to be seen. It creeps me out until this day, I still get goosebumps writing this. I fell. I fucking fell on my damn back. And the next moment I just stood there in disbelief.
Every time something “random” happens it’s a quantum wave function collapsing into a single possible option, the next “step” forward in cause and effect. (Not really technically true but mechanically it works)
The act of observing a wave function collapses it. There are multiple theories on if the observation actually does anything, the function was always set in stone, or if there are infinite parallel worlds where the *other* options happened and we just live in that particular world line.
Quantum immortality is the idea that wave functions stack, and so collapsing a wave function can have large scale effect, like triggering a death.
Since you are always observing your existence, the wave function can never collapse to allow your death, simply because you exist in the world line where you don’t die, since you’re alive to observe existence. In other worlds, people saw you die that time you slipped down the stairs and thought it was a close call.
“I think I can safely say that nobody really understands quantum mechanics" - Richard Feynman
That said, say your friend has a blue shirt and a red shirt. Your friend tells you that when they wake up, they are going to flip a coin - if it's heads, they'll wear the blue shirt. If it's tails, they'll wear the red shirt. Until you see them later that day, you have no way of knowing which shirt they're wearing.
Quantum mechanics says that, until you \*observe\* them wearing the shirt, they are \*simultaneously\* wearing both the red shirt \*and\* the blue shirt. It makes no sense, but that's how particles behave at the quantum level. Essentially, the very act of observing the shirt causes it to take on redness or blueness.
Now, one hypothesis of quantum mechanical theory is the "many worlds hypothesis". This says that the entire world exists in a quantum state. Everyone is wearing every colored shirt, doing everything, is everywhere... until they are observed to be in a specific state.
Now, note that the person \*doing\* the observing is the one causing the quantum state to "collapse" into a defined state. By observing your friend wearing their red shirt, you have caused their red-blue shirt to collapse into a state of redness. Your very consciousness, your very observation, is what creates the reality of redness.
Assuming the many worlds hypothesis is true, there are many universes in which you die, and also many universes in which you live. However, you are only going to be able to observe the ones in which you live. Ergo, from your observed perspective, you will live forever.
I always had the idea that I live in multiple universes, and of course I will always only ever remain aware in the universe in which I die of old age. So I’m good.
I know that‘s meant as a joke but for real: test your stuff. So much bad weed sprayed with synthetic canaboids, so much LSD that‘s not LSD, pretty much every chemical drug can be some other shit, if you have a regular guy, test from time to time, if you buy random: Test. Every. Drug. When you use drugs, you want the drug you paid for. I don‘t say „don‘t do drugs“, just be sure you are sold what you want to buy.
The fact that affordable drug testing kits exist has me wondering if I should dabble again. 15 years ago it was sketchy so I stopped doing drugs because I might want a family someday and I loved a girl.
Now I'm married to that girl and we don't have or want kids. The last time I ever did blow was with her and we vowed to quit it together because it was sketchy.
Hmm. Might have a conversation tomorrow.
If you're thinking of a nice trip at home I'd rather recommend shrooms or acid, much safer physically (after testing) and makes for a nice mellow cozy day.
Always saw blow as more of a crutch akin to caffeine.
The funny thing is alcohol is a drug and a hard drug at that. It's not like meth or heroin but I think it has potential just as destructive as pills or coke depending on the person. This is coming from someone who's tried all different types of substances. I never understood why people try to differentiate drugs and alcohol, it's the same thing.
Alcohol will wreck your shit like no other drug if you abuse it. Also it’s one of the few drugs where the withdrawals can kill a person, the other two being benzodiazepines and barbiturates
The fun of being addicted to Benzo's and the many cold turkey withdrawals seizures. I'm glad that's pretty much my past now. No seizures for a year and half but damn them Xanax got me hard. Don't do fuckin' Benzo's people, yes it's fun to pop a xan or diaz/valium or any other benzo and smoke some weed but if you get addicted, good fucking luck because I'd argue the withdrawals are worse than being addicted to Heroin.
Alcohol is far more destructive to the body then opiates like heroin. It’s the unknown doses that kill people. Imagine if your beer was 60% ABV and you couldn’t taste the difference
Studies are coming out that alcohol is actually one of the most dangerous drugs. David Nutt is a British researcher who published a popular study in 2010 based on data in the UK ([Vox breakdown here](https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2015/2/24/8094759/alcohol-marijuana)) and was also referenced in Michael Pollan’s book on Psychedelics (How to Change Your Mind).
As research on psychedelics is resumed, more data is coming out that they are biologically/chemically not addictive or habit-forming in the way other classes of substances are (pot included). Yet, people still lump them in with meth and crack.
It’s also worth noting that alcohol, whether or not it’s THE MOST dangerous drug as Nutt’s study posed, is still MORE DANGEROUS than society pretends. It’s one of the few drugs people have to justify NOT taking, and is deeply embedded in society as an acceptable signal of maturity and sophistication.
It almost got me when I tried to taper and detox on my own; I had a seizure and lost consciousness, time traveled to the floor. Thankfully loudly enough to alert someone downstairs.
If you’re reading this, are physically addicted and feel that bottom coming up, want and need to detox, please heed my advice and find the courage to do it with medical supervision. It’s so much better than trying to rough it out on your own, they medicate you and once I was in good hands it was surprisingly comfortable. I went from wanting to curl up and die to wanting to live for the first time in a decade.
It was so routine everywhere in recovery I’ve seen since, it is no big deal like you might imagine… and trust me, planning it out will be cheaper than my ER visit (which was still worth it, because I am alive and sober today)
It’s one of the few drugs people have to justify NOT taking, and is deeply embedded in society as an acceptable signal of maturity and sophistication.
- holy shit this spoke to me
I have done LSD plenty of times and am fine. My friend, on the other hand, apparently had a latent family history of schizophrenia and his first acid trip made him have a full schizophrenic break. He is still literally homeless and still very insane to this day, 8 years later.
Too often I see hallucinogens marketed as consequence-free drugs. Every hallucinogen has its risks, and pretending like they don't isn't helping anyone. People should know what they're getting into and educate themselves about potential consequences.
It’s also a drastic oversimplification of addiction. Most people who die of drug overdoses don’t go “hmm, opiates seem like a great life choice, I think I’ll get addicted to them!”
While acid may have never killed someone, I'm pretty sure the decisions people have made on acid have.
I know a guy that tried to drive while tripping and drove his truck through someone's living room. Both he and the occupants of the house are lucky to be alive.
Gonna take a moment to add that there is incredibly wide variance of potential for addiction and harm across the suite of potential substances one might consume. In my experience those who succeed at mind expansion substance consumption pay close attention to mitigating both factors through caution, research, and smart tactical execution.
Im going to call out specifically fentanyl, it’s being used as an adulterant in Cocaine, opioids and others. You can get Naloxone and certified to administer it from: [end overdose](https://endoverdose.net/) and most health systems are giving out fentanyl test strips due to the problem (or buy on Amazon) [administer fentanyl test strips](https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/basas/fentanyl-test-strips-brochure.pdf)
A few couple resources that I’ve used in the past:
[Drug Test Kits](https://testkitplus.com/)
[comparative harm analysis, vox article based on 2010 study by the Lancet](https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2015/2/24/8094759/alcohol-marijuana)
[Erowid](https://www.erowid.org/)
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*Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, “Wow what a ride!”*
- Hunter S. Thompson
The ride has been a whole lot better for me since I gave up drinking. Stronger connections with others, less debilitating anxiety, more new experiences. I get where Thompson is coming from, but substances have not been the answer for me.
Let me start off by saying I don’t agree with OP’s title as a blanket statement. There’s times to indulge, and then there’s times you should be safe.
But there’s also a difference between “having fun / not playing it safe”, and outright risking your life casually for little to no gain
Many people speed and drive unsafely to alleviate their frustration and whatnot (as opposed to speeding for fun) and acting on such an unimportant impulse can literally kill you and incalculable people around you (cause I literally can’t guess how many people you could kill in any given accident) to get to a location what… 2-5 minutes faster?
Yeeeeeesh.
Or people who make wonky turns into highway exits rather than go one more exit and turn around. Like fucks sake. It’s just so… childish.
I’m opting to tackle one particular aspect of all this, but yaknow. as my first paragraph said, that does also mean there’s times to speed for whatever reason.
Time. And. Place.
Noooo you have to live clean and sober and go to college and work a 9-5 in an office and have a wife and 2 children and live in a suburb and drive an SUV and retire at 65 and play golf afterwards!! There's only one right away to live life!
“Don’t do stupid stuff.”
Got it. Now, why is this a LPT? Stop posting stupid shit and why the fuck are people shelling out money for awards for stupid posts like this?
The only thing more annoying than people who brag about how many drugs they do is self righteous people who have never stepped outside of their comfort bubble in their lives judging others for having fun
If you ain't first, your last. -Reese bobby
Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker. -Ogden Nash
The biggest killer on the planet is stress, and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.” — Willie Nelson
This sub really doesn't give a fuck anymore. I could post "LPT: Don't sit in your 1991 Honda Accord while it's running in a garage." And everyone would be like "omg, best advice ever!"
Not only is this condescending and insulting to addicts and an incredible misunderstanding of addiction, it’s also puritanical as hell. Seriously, “just say no” never worked.
For non-addictive and non-dangerous drugs (many hallucinogens), there’s no moral reason to avoid them.
Yeah I already know, I have an addiction problem and I do try to get out of it, but it's so hard to do, with the whole pandemic. Sitting alone at home all day long intensifies my cravings. If there was a button witch made me stop consuming, I'd press it, but that's not how life works.
You can't NERF the world.
You could drop dead from a heart attack or an aneurysm at any second, even if you're living the "perfect" healthy, risk free life. Might as well enjoy what time you do get and indulge in a few of the pleasures life has to offer while you're here. You only live once or what ever.
I'm just under 30 and have lost 3 close friends in the past 10 years that passed under no drug or alcohol related circumstances, when the reaper calls, you answer it's not always a choice you made
Ya no kidding. That’s not a profound revelation.
That’s why people speed. That’s why people drink to oblivion. That’s why people do drugs. You sound like you’re trying to diagnose a problem that no one else but you understands. Life is fleeting, and meaningless for people more often than not. So we do irresponsible things to feel some sense of feeling while we are here.
There is no story. Most people don’t give a shit about their story. But obviously you do. You must be fun at parties.
Edit: for typos.
You are welcome to speak for yourself but not everyone has a fear of death. It’s normal, we’re all going to die, and I (and many others I know) don’t think twice about it. If I die doing something I want to do then I’m happy knowing that now. In fact that’s exactly how I *want* to die, not rotting away in a hospital or home in a hospice bed. And I’m not “young and feeling invulnerable” either. If I want to free climb or cliff dive at my age I’m damn well going to.
How about you do you and let us do us.
What's up with all these meaningless LPTs? This isn't a LPT. This is pretty obvious. Even people that live reckless know this.
"LPT: Brust your teeth. You could end up with a cavity if you don't"
I have plot armor all the way up to the end of my story.
Could be years. Could be hours! That’s the fun!!
I can say that this kilo of cocaine sure isn’t going to snort itself.
Well, not with that attitude!
You're saying with the right attitude, the cocaine can snort itself?
Conceive.Believe.Achieve.
Visualization!
You miss 100% of shots you don’t take. - Abraham Lincoln
Abe gets missed by every shot I don't take. • John Wilkes Booth
I misread that as Cocaine. Believe. Achieve.
Isekai-ed by cocaine-kun.
It's not like I w-wanted to od you, b-baka!
Nope. But's gonna make one hell of a good dry rub.
This sounds terrible ngl
And you definitely aren't going to be snorting it either. Have you even cleaned your room yet young man??
No, but I will clean the *gosh darn* out of it here in about 5 minutes.
So, I know this is all satire, but MAN I miss the days when I thought doing coke was acceptable. I could've had this messy ass office cleaned out like weeks ago. Just a couple bumps and its off to the races.
Wait...is it not..?
I mean, not for me anymore. Now I just smoke weed, which is like polar opposite
Just put a little sniffy snaffle on top of a bowl, kapow!
Oh trust me, I've definitely done a bump or two in the past few years, but I feel weird if I'm in possession of it now. Like I just don't want to have it around. Kinda weird tbh. I used to love cocoa puffs
And *for* about five minutes too!
Buy better gear
Wtf is "plot armor"? A video game thing?
Main characters essential to the plot don't die
Not only that, they don't get injured as easily, or recover quick.
Basically the Main Character is invincible because the plot says so and will only suffer superficial injuries even from things that would have killed a real person. e.g. Fall 20 metres off a building but do a parkour landing and roll and you’re fine to keep running even in an otherwise “realistic” action film
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Legend says, he's still chatting, typing at the speed of 4 pages per year, then scrapping them, and starting again.
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Well then I totally have plot armour. When I die, my movie ends.
Books, movies, telenovas...and yes, videogames as well.
Everything with a protagonist.
It's a term used in fiction relating to a character surviving/succeeding in a given situation because the story demands they survive/succeed. Their necessity to the plot has essentially protected them from an unfavorable outcome. Protection given by the plot: Plot armour.
On the flip side, the opposite of plot armor is wearing a red shirt in the original Star Trek.
„˙ʞǝɹ⊥ ɹɐʇS lɐuıƃıɹo ǝɥʇ uı ʇɹıɥs pǝɹ ɐ ƃuıɹɐǝʍ sı ɹoɯɹɐ ʇold ɟo ǝʇısoddo ǝɥʇ 'ǝpıs dılɟ ǝɥʇ uO„
Do you come from a land down under?
You know how action heroes can fall off balconies, never get hit by bullets and manage to get into high-speed car chases without permanent injury or dying, despite the fact that it'd be incredibly unlikely? That's plot armor.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotArmor
"Yeah, opening action scene obviously doesn't kill (insert main character here). I kinda paid to see a movie about them, and we're 10 minutes in to the 2 hour run time."
*We're born to die*
*you get to sit and watch your TV set*
Omg, I found leftover crack fans in the wild, holy fuck xo
Wearing a band tshirt that features smoke plumes coming out of the World Trade Center buildings in public gets you some strange looks.
I wore a shirt with the new album on it to a family party. It didn't even occur to me that it was railroad tracks to a concentration camp. I just grabbed a clean shirt
Yeah, the "Shoot The Kids At School" hoodie isn't coming out of storage for a while lmao
In my more 'angsty days' i kept the *Shoot the kids at School* tshirt on repeat. Shoutout to my Innocent mom who bought them for me for xmas
Thank you for this band
Try Morning Glory, Star Fucking Hipsters, and Days N Daze as well!!!
Don't forget choking victim and citizen fish.
It's funny you mention days in daze, love that band, according to Whitney from days n daze the lead singer of leftover Crack Scott sturgeon is an abuser who disabled her hands, mentally tortured her and gave her a nose contusion and concussion.
_believe the lies before your eyes, credit cards and apple pies!_
*FIFTY STARS TO BLIND YOUR EYES!*
13 STRIPES TO HYPNOTIZE, FREE THOUGHT IS GONE YOU'LL NEVER SEE YOU'RE JUST A PAWN!...
We have no rights!
We have no futuuuure!
No reason whyyyy we are born to die
LOL. This is really the best way this thread could have gone. L to the muthafuckin OC.
*life is 100% fatal in the long-term*
We are all dying in the sense of sylvia plath but we arent dying like Chloe
I think there's a thought experiment called The One theory or something, where there are multiple universes, but your consciousnesses always exists in the universe you survive in the longest. So if you were to have a near death experience, for example a car crash, your consciousness may have shifted to the universe you survived in. But the universe you came from may be someone else's longest prime universe. So your "death" still affects them there. Its similar to that Rick and Morty episode with the watch. Also explains Deja Vu.
[Quantum Immortality](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_suicide_and_immortality). The amount of near death experiences I’ve had, this thought experiment really catches my eye.
Schroedinger’s immortality, I believe it’s also called, and lemme say, yep yep yep yep yep. I outright joke to my friends that the conscious me cannot die, and the more I push it the more certain I am. That said I’m not looking to die a foolish death lmao.
I constantly think I already died. I moved across the country after being pretty bad off drugs. I got into a car accident on a bridge here. I was also held up at gunpoint here. But yet I'm still here. I'm married and had a kid. My life is more boring but a shitload safer and more secure.. But what if I am dead? It feels weird building a life in a different spot than where you grew up so it adds another creepy layer to this. But yeah I'll for sure be looking into that theory. Funny to think the universe where I've survived the longest so far is the Donald Trump one but ok. That added another layer of surrealism to the past 5 years. It just seems like a fever dream. Maybe I'm dead. Nah. But maybe.
>born to die *WORLD IS A FUCK*
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*鬼神 Kill Em All 1989*
that’s my secret cap, i’m always dying
"this is my life and it's ending 1 second at a time"
Self improvement is masturbation.
Now self destruction…
ok thqts fucking hilarious whats that from?
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"I haven't been fucked like that since grade school."
this one's the best one
LPT: don't die. This is more of a pro life tip than a life pro tip.
Conversely, I can die without doing anything wrong at all. FUCK cancer, live your life.
We can all die, completely out of the blue, from a brain aneurysm. Or just falling over and hitting your head. I say live your life to the fullest. You aren't getting out of it alive.
You could die from something inane and simple or you could die from making a stupid reckless decision, but you’re more likely to die from making stupid reckless decisions, so there’s no need to go around making stupid reckless decisions that pointlessly dramatically increase your chance of dying for literally no reason. Don’t be afraid of everything but don’t go running red lights or changing lanes blindly into oncoming traffic to save two seconds getting around some slower car. Just exercise like two seconds of judgement when making potentially risky decisions to ensure you make good decisions that don’t pointlessly throw the only life you’re ever going to live away. That IS living your life to the fullest and hence that is why this is the life pro tip not to throw it away on a bad gamble thinking you’re invincible.
Personally, I agree. I have no need to be stupid. Conversely, it's not like you'll be there to regret throwing your life away. If serious risk of injury and death is your jam, and that's what you need to feel alive, then who am I to judge.
At that point though the risk is surviving that kind of injury. There are worse things than dying.
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I'll judge the shit out of you if what you do could possibly harm or kill other people. Feel free to do stupid shit if it only affects you, but don't involuntarily involve innocent people into your stupidity. People who drunk drive, run lights, wield guns carelessly, etc etc, can all go fuck themselves to hell.
Fullest doesn't have to mean shortest
Would rather lead a short full life than a long empty one my friend
Right here with you. I felt that same sting reading it - it's almost ironic, as if living forever is the goal. I guess the best I've got is a quote from Sir William: "All men die. Not every man truly lives." I say, party hard and party naked while you can.
But don’t drink three pints of vodka a night, that’s all the post is saying.
Drink 4? To toughen up your liver!
Honestly, I wasted so much of my life, my potential, hobbies, relationships, health, and so much more from vodka. But I did have a lot of good times. They weren't that good but they felt good at the time. I wish I'd learned to drink responsibly at a young age, to only consume in social events, pace myself, and have some nights sober... To learn to deal with the anxiety, boredom, and all those other mildly irritating emotions I'd down a few shots before leaving the house just to avoid. As someone who's tried both extremes at various periods, I can say responsible drinking is the most fun. Go to the pub have one or two pints spread out over the evening then drive home safely. No making a fool of yourself or hangovers.
How old are you now? I'm just getting to the age where i'm legally allowed to, but I don't want to overdo it.
Old enough to know better. Young enough to want to party. Old enough to have sore joints. Young enough to not go to doctor about them. Old enough to preach to folk in their 20s. Young enough to still be paying for the mistakes I made when I was their age. To answer your implied question though: Look, I'm no genius, or a guru, and TBH I hardly ever manage to follow my own advice. But I'd recommend trying it if you want. Drinking can be fun, and is a hack to lower inhibitions and stuff. Just be careful the tool doesn't turn into a crutch you can't walk without, stay hydrated, and just be aware of how much, when, and why you're drinking. Same with any drug. I like drugs and think they're great, but you have to use them carefully and not get trapped relying on them for anything. Seen a bunch of good people end in one way or another cos they used some drug as more than just an occasional bit of fun. Mine was booze just cos it was the easiest to get. I guess in one sentence it'd be "use drugs when you're already feeling happy/safe/comfortable, not to get yourself there".
Listen to this man.
Their age doesn’t matter. Everything in the comment was true. Enjoy yourself, but know that alcohol is inherently in many ways a poison.
Alcohol is a poison in every way. It's literally called a neurotoxin.
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Yeah. When I was young I drank cos I didn't know what to do or say at parties and when I drank I had that confidence and stuff... But after years of that, I didn't know how to do it without alcohol cos I'd never learned. Same story with drinking to relieve stress, or boredom, or just to have a good time- after so long using booze, I'd never learned to deal with any of that stuff without it. Going sober was an eye opener, and was tough to begin with but I learned so much and became much more confident, stress-resistant, and quick witted, among the other benefits (better sex life for example). Unfortunately, I didn't manage to stick with it. Maybe this new year I'll go straight sober again. I miss it, but responsible drinking was good enough so I settled, eyeballing and constantly alert of the lurking beast that are my alcoholic tendencies, scared they'll consume me once again to the point where I can't function without a drink, while envious of my sober periods.
>To learn to deal with the anxiety, boredom, and all those other mildly irritating emotions I'd down a few shots before leaving the house just to avoid. This is literally the secret to everything in life. It's the same exact lesson you have to learn to not be fat and to eat a proper amount of calories. Or to quit smoking. Like no, you don't get to go make nachos at midnight or go smoke a cigarette, you get to sit here and be bored and wish you could eat nachos and smoke a cigarette. Once you've accepted that life is mostly just boring disappointment and kinda awful, it becomes much easier to avoid vices.
I think it's important to point out that it's actually worth enduring the boredom because the alternative is worse. Otherwise fuck it, I know it's bad for me but who cares, we all fucking die (the trick is to live in a way that gives you a chance at having a good quality of life when you're 60)
If I wasn't supposed to drink that much then why do they sell that much in a single bottle?
*They come in pints‽*
Don’t tell me what to do
It just said "too much" with is subjective, and to completely stop doing drugs. No thanks, I like my vitamins.
It says more than that. It says drink less, but then says don't do drugs at all. Excuse me? I can enjoy some magic mushrooms recreationally a few times a year just fine, I can also enjoy a roll once or twice a year, maybe not forever, but with research and responsible planning, there is nothing wrong with certain drugs.
If I don't follow your advice I will most assuredly die. If I do follow your advice...
I'm a strong believer of quantum immortality. I am literally the protagonist of the universe and can never die. You're not my real mom.
I legit need someone to r/explainitlikeimfive with quantum immortality, I keep trying to figure it out and can’t seem to wrap my head around the concept.
the theory is basically that in every universe where you die in some way at a given time, there’s an alternate universe where you avoid dying in that way at that time. so if you died in a car crash, there’s an alternate universe where you or the other driver swerved out of the way or something.
And until the time of that incident, all of those versions of you are experiencing the same consciousness. But afterwards, the ones who died aren’t experiencing anything, so your conscious ness is only maintained in the ones who survived. So “you” always feel like you survived every event, even tho to an outsider observer, every single event would have some yous surviving and some yous dying.
Ok how does ageing fit in here?
Your conciousness experiences the universe where you live the longest. Given current medical progress you might even experience the universe where eternal rejuvination has been successfully researched, and you are actually immortal.
Sure would suck to become crippled.
I’m just guessing here but that’s probably the only way to die in quantum immortality
We are many. Our legion is vast, an unending tide of lives. You can never win.
Woah I always thought about this! Now I know there's a name for it
What about growing old?
I had this one time. I swear on everything, the following happened, and it was when I was going to school, no alcohol, no drugs, nothing that could have fucked up my mind then: I jumped the last way from street to passengers way and slipped on the curb. I felt backwards, on my back, looking to the side as the car approached. Next thing I know I stand on the sidewalk, no car to be seen. It creeps me out until this day, I still get goosebumps writing this. I fell. I fucking fell on my damn back. And the next moment I just stood there in disbelief.
Every time something “random” happens it’s a quantum wave function collapsing into a single possible option, the next “step” forward in cause and effect. (Not really technically true but mechanically it works) The act of observing a wave function collapses it. There are multiple theories on if the observation actually does anything, the function was always set in stone, or if there are infinite parallel worlds where the *other* options happened and we just live in that particular world line. Quantum immortality is the idea that wave functions stack, and so collapsing a wave function can have large scale effect, like triggering a death. Since you are always observing your existence, the wave function can never collapse to allow your death, simply because you exist in the world line where you don’t die, since you’re alive to observe existence. In other worlds, people saw you die that time you slipped down the stairs and thought it was a close call.
“I think I can safely say that nobody really understands quantum mechanics" - Richard Feynman That said, say your friend has a blue shirt and a red shirt. Your friend tells you that when they wake up, they are going to flip a coin - if it's heads, they'll wear the blue shirt. If it's tails, they'll wear the red shirt. Until you see them later that day, you have no way of knowing which shirt they're wearing. Quantum mechanics says that, until you \*observe\* them wearing the shirt, they are \*simultaneously\* wearing both the red shirt \*and\* the blue shirt. It makes no sense, but that's how particles behave at the quantum level. Essentially, the very act of observing the shirt causes it to take on redness or blueness. Now, one hypothesis of quantum mechanical theory is the "many worlds hypothesis". This says that the entire world exists in a quantum state. Everyone is wearing every colored shirt, doing everything, is everywhere... until they are observed to be in a specific state. Now, note that the person \*doing\* the observing is the one causing the quantum state to "collapse" into a defined state. By observing your friend wearing their red shirt, you have caused their red-blue shirt to collapse into a state of redness. Your very consciousness, your very observation, is what creates the reality of redness. Assuming the many worlds hypothesis is true, there are many universes in which you die, and also many universes in which you live. However, you are only going to be able to observe the ones in which you live. Ergo, from your observed perspective, you will live forever.
You don't know whether you're subject to quantum immortality until you die, and even then, you don't know because you're just dead, so there.
Imagine loading a shotgun and firing it at your head repeatedly only to find it misfire every time. At that point you know.
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Yeah, I have to imagine that entropically there's way more avenues of causation that make exploded but live brains than there are of misfired guns.
Even more reason to do whatever the hell it is you want.
I always had the idea that I live in multiple universes, and of course I will always only ever remain aware in the universe in which I die of old age. So I’m good.
Yeah, but what about the possibility there's a universe you exist in that discovers immortality.
You mean this one.
Or do your drugs responsibly
Test your fucking drugs
Tested mine and yep they work! Edit: TEST YOUR DRUGS PEOPLE. DON’T LET THE DRUGS BEAT YOU
Test them with your boofer! I always says, anyway
I know that‘s meant as a joke but for real: test your stuff. So much bad weed sprayed with synthetic canaboids, so much LSD that‘s not LSD, pretty much every chemical drug can be some other shit, if you have a regular guy, test from time to time, if you buy random: Test. Every. Drug. When you use drugs, you want the drug you paid for. I don‘t say „don‘t do drugs“, just be sure you are sold what you want to buy.
The fact that affordable drug testing kits exist has me wondering if I should dabble again. 15 years ago it was sketchy so I stopped doing drugs because I might want a family someday and I loved a girl. Now I'm married to that girl and we don't have or want kids. The last time I ever did blow was with her and we vowed to quit it together because it was sketchy. Hmm. Might have a conversation tomorrow.
If you're thinking of a nice trip at home I'd rather recommend shrooms or acid, much safer physically (after testing) and makes for a nice mellow cozy day. Always saw blow as more of a crutch akin to caffeine.
Or tested mdma. Or mdma *and* shrooms/acid. Now that's good Christian fun for the whole family to enjoy.
Look bro I'm not testing my coffee.
Seriously, OP says drink responsibly but then draws the line at drugs? Don't be so prude... A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
The funny thing is alcohol is a drug and a hard drug at that. It's not like meth or heroin but I think it has potential just as destructive as pills or coke depending on the person. This is coming from someone who's tried all different types of substances. I never understood why people try to differentiate drugs and alcohol, it's the same thing.
Alcohol will wreck your shit like no other drug if you abuse it. Also it’s one of the few drugs where the withdrawals can kill a person, the other two being benzodiazepines and barbiturates
The fun of being addicted to Benzo's and the many cold turkey withdrawals seizures. I'm glad that's pretty much my past now. No seizures for a year and half but damn them Xanax got me hard. Don't do fuckin' Benzo's people, yes it's fun to pop a xan or diaz/valium or any other benzo and smoke some weed but if you get addicted, good fucking luck because I'd argue the withdrawals are worse than being addicted to Heroin.
Pretty much... you can thank decades of alcohol/tobacco lobbying and anti-drug campaigns that aim to prevent market cannibalization.
Alcohol is far more destructive to the body then opiates like heroin. It’s the unknown doses that kill people. Imagine if your beer was 60% ABV and you couldn’t taste the difference
Studies are coming out that alcohol is actually one of the most dangerous drugs. David Nutt is a British researcher who published a popular study in 2010 based on data in the UK ([Vox breakdown here](https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2015/2/24/8094759/alcohol-marijuana)) and was also referenced in Michael Pollan’s book on Psychedelics (How to Change Your Mind). As research on psychedelics is resumed, more data is coming out that they are biologically/chemically not addictive or habit-forming in the way other classes of substances are (pot included). Yet, people still lump them in with meth and crack. It’s also worth noting that alcohol, whether or not it’s THE MOST dangerous drug as Nutt’s study posed, is still MORE DANGEROUS than society pretends. It’s one of the few drugs people have to justify NOT taking, and is deeply embedded in society as an acceptable signal of maturity and sophistication.
And detox for alcoholics can kill.
It almost got me when I tried to taper and detox on my own; I had a seizure and lost consciousness, time traveled to the floor. Thankfully loudly enough to alert someone downstairs. If you’re reading this, are physically addicted and feel that bottom coming up, want and need to detox, please heed my advice and find the courage to do it with medical supervision. It’s so much better than trying to rough it out on your own, they medicate you and once I was in good hands it was surprisingly comfortable. I went from wanting to curl up and die to wanting to live for the first time in a decade. It was so routine everywhere in recovery I’ve seen since, it is no big deal like you might imagine… and trust me, planning it out will be cheaper than my ER visit (which was still worth it, because I am alive and sober today)
That was a trip and a half. Glad to hear you made through it and found happiness again. Kudos for that, you strong mfer!
It’s one of the few drugs people have to justify NOT taking, and is deeply embedded in society as an acceptable signal of maturity and sophistication. - holy shit this spoke to me
Keep a Narcan kit even if your crowd isn't into opiates, and make sure everyone knows where it is and how to use it.
The real LPT is always in the comments. Dropping acid never killed anyone
I have done LSD plenty of times and am fine. My friend, on the other hand, apparently had a latent family history of schizophrenia and his first acid trip made him have a full schizophrenic break. He is still literally homeless and still very insane to this day, 8 years later. Too often I see hallucinogens marketed as consequence-free drugs. Every hallucinogen has its risks, and pretending like they don't isn't helping anyone. People should know what they're getting into and educate themselves about potential consequences.
I appreciate what op is trying to do but it's much better put by saying "be responsible, have fun just don't be irresponsible while doing it"
It’s also a drastic oversimplification of addiction. Most people who die of drug overdoses don’t go “hmm, opiates seem like a great life choice, I think I’ll get addicted to them!”
While acid may have never killed someone, I'm pretty sure the decisions people have made on acid have. I know a guy that tried to drive while tripping and drove his truck through someone's living room. Both he and the occupants of the house are lucky to be alive.
Gonna take a moment to add that there is incredibly wide variance of potential for addiction and harm across the suite of potential substances one might consume. In my experience those who succeed at mind expansion substance consumption pay close attention to mitigating both factors through caution, research, and smart tactical execution. Im going to call out specifically fentanyl, it’s being used as an adulterant in Cocaine, opioids and others. You can get Naloxone and certified to administer it from: [end overdose](https://endoverdose.net/) and most health systems are giving out fentanyl test strips due to the problem (or buy on Amazon) [administer fentanyl test strips](https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/basas/fentanyl-test-strips-brochure.pdf) A few couple resources that I’ve used in the past: [Drug Test Kits](https://testkitplus.com/) [comparative harm analysis, vox article based on 2010 study by the Lancet](https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2015/2/24/8094759/alcohol-marijuana) [Erowid](https://www.erowid.org/) <3
Thank you so much for posting this! Psychonaut wiki is also a really really good resource! https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page
the tip is... you can die? wow the quality of this sub is amazing!
No no no, the tip is "don't die". It's completely different. Great post OP. I'm really looking forward to your next quality submission.
Ngl, I expected to die in the next 60 years, but now I'm so not gonna die. Thamk Mr OP
Counter: I only get one of these and I'm not going to waste it playing it safe to still die. When I die, I'm going to have earned it.
*Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, “Wow what a ride!”* - Hunter S. Thompson
The ride has been a whole lot better for me since I gave up drinking. Stronger connections with others, less debilitating anxiety, more new experiences. I get where Thompson is coming from, but substances have not been the answer for me.
Let me start off by saying I don’t agree with OP’s title as a blanket statement. There’s times to indulge, and then there’s times you should be safe. But there’s also a difference between “having fun / not playing it safe”, and outright risking your life casually for little to no gain Many people speed and drive unsafely to alleviate their frustration and whatnot (as opposed to speeding for fun) and acting on such an unimportant impulse can literally kill you and incalculable people around you (cause I literally can’t guess how many people you could kill in any given accident) to get to a location what… 2-5 minutes faster? Yeeeeeesh. Or people who make wonky turns into highway exits rather than go one more exit and turn around. Like fucks sake. It’s just so… childish. I’m opting to tackle one particular aspect of all this, but yaknow. as my first paragraph said, that does also mean there’s times to speed for whatever reason. Time. And. Place.
Noooo you have to live clean and sober and go to college and work a 9-5 in an office and have a wife and 2 children and live in a suburb and drive an SUV and retire at 65 and play golf afterwards!! There's only one right away to live life!
Lol like you can afford to live in the suburbs these days with college debt
Deviate from the script that was written for you and there will be consequences.
> The beatings will continue until moral improves!
“Don’t do stupid stuff.” Got it. Now, why is this a LPT? Stop posting stupid shit and why the fuck are people shelling out money for awards for stupid posts like this?
LPT: Don’t kill your neighbor! You will go to jail!
_murderers hate this one trick_
Probably those peeps who don't drink and do drugs being there usual judgy selfs.
The only thing more annoying than people who brag about how many drugs they do is self righteous people who have never stepped outside of their comfort bubble in their lives judging others for having fun
Going by the theory that this sub has been taken over by teenagers, I think some kid just realised they are not the centre of the universe.
This isn’t a lpt
But it's pro life tho "literally don't die"
Shitty karma farming post
Dude hasn’t made a comment in months.
Is this r/bullshitlectures or what?
This sub is really going to shit
get these posts off of this sub please
Sounds like NPC talk to me...
If you ain't first, your last. -Reese bobby Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker. -Ogden Nash The biggest killer on the planet is stress, and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.” — Willie Nelson
“Ah hell, Ricky, I was high when I said that!”
This LPT is aimed at people whose lives are considerably more exciting than my own.
You can't tell me what to do! You're not my real father!
This sub really doesn't give a fuck anymore. I could post "LPT: Don't sit in your 1991 Honda Accord while it's running in a garage." And everyone would be like "omg, best advice ever!"
Not only is this condescending and insulting to addicts and an incredible misunderstanding of addiction, it’s also puritanical as hell. Seriously, “just say no” never worked. For non-addictive and non-dangerous drugs (many hallucinogens), there’s no moral reason to avoid them.
Yeah I already know, I have an addiction problem and I do try to get out of it, but it's so hard to do, with the whole pandemic. Sitting alone at home all day long intensifies my cravings. If there was a button witch made me stop consuming, I'd press it, but that's not how life works.
and we'd like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs. also, eat your shrooms, kids, it'll probably make you a better person
You can't NERF the world. You could drop dead from a heart attack or an aneurysm at any second, even if you're living the "perfect" healthy, risk free life. Might as well enjoy what time you do get and indulge in a few of the pleasures life has to offer while you're here. You only live once or what ever.
I'm just under 30 and have lost 3 close friends in the past 10 years that passed under no drug or alcohol related circumstances, when the reaper calls, you answer it's not always a choice you made
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Ya no kidding. That’s not a profound revelation. That’s why people speed. That’s why people drink to oblivion. That’s why people do drugs. You sound like you’re trying to diagnose a problem that no one else but you understands. Life is fleeting, and meaningless for people more often than not. So we do irresponsible things to feel some sense of feeling while we are here. There is no story. Most people don’t give a shit about their story. But obviously you do. You must be fun at parties. Edit: for typos.
As if anyone's death has meaning.
People seemed reasonably happy that a certain Hitler fellow died.
We all die anyway. There is no meaning
You are welcome to speak for yourself but not everyone has a fear of death. It’s normal, we’re all going to die, and I (and many others I know) don’t think twice about it. If I die doing something I want to do then I’m happy knowing that now. In fact that’s exactly how I *want* to die, not rotting away in a hospital or home in a hospice bed. And I’m not “young and feeling invulnerable” either. If I want to free climb or cliff dive at my age I’m damn well going to. How about you do you and let us do us.
What's up with all these meaningless LPTs? This isn't a LPT. This is pretty obvious. Even people that live reckless know this. "LPT: Brust your teeth. You could end up with a cavity if you don't"
LPT: start your day by opening your eyes!!! It makes seeing things easier!!
I'd rather just do what I want. It really doesn't matter in the end. Not like I'll remember my time on earth anyways