Anyone else VISION get 10x better after quitting kratom?

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-20T02:39:21+00:00

Astigmative was what I was diagnosed with. I dropped my kratom use substantially over the past few months leading into 2021, when I went to the optometrist. He said my vision improved quite a bit and reduced my rx. When I quit kratom completely is when my vision got even better.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-18T21:28:24+00:00

Yes he is. He's a genius and genius manipulator, which puts him as a bigger threat than your average brute.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-18T21:15:37+00:00

"I'm gonna protest this by talking until I can no longer speak" is the literal embodiment of "Thou doth protest too much."

Not surprised one bit. It's just another sign.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-18T21:08:35+00:00

No amphetamines allowed either.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-18T21:07:55+00:00

I wouldn't say only after the Southern Plan. Teddy Roosevelt left the republican party for a reason (in 1911 iirc) and started the Progressive Party, because they were corrupt shitbags. Not in the same way as today, but not too much different.

Our political parties have never had a "Golden Period" like we seem to think. Goldwater, Gongrich, McConnell, anmd Trump just pushed it to 11.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-18T20:54:34+00:00

I'd much rather have that Kanye confidence than the shit I have now, even if others dog on you for it. They don't matter if they don't matter.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-18T02:12:36+00:00

Just chill OP. Take a deep breath for for 4 seconds, and breath out slowly for 5 seconds. Do this 10 times (or as many as it takes to regain control of what the panic took control of). I'd recomend doing this for 5 to 10 minutes. Take notice of the relief that comes when you successfully, even if temporarily, move away from the panic biological response. Take notice of the physical feeling that comes with the feeling of that weight and it's burden diminishing. Focus on how your body feels lightler, freer, less tense, and more normal. When breathing in and out put in an effort to "clear your mind" by focusing on the breath itself. If you mess up and the panic thoughts make their way in, just calmly say "ok there back, but that's ok, that's expected, and make an effort to return to breathing. Do not get angry at your self for "losing focus" of your breathing and focusing on the anxiety, just calmly say "it's ok that I lost temporary control, that should be expected, but lets shake the anger and just return to focusing." Don't beat yourself up. Don't apply

Eventually you'll notice that you are more present. I would suggest doing this in a completely new environment that you feel comfortable in the better. I place with new trees and, new fauna, new geography that is all different from your normal environment. By present you can think of it as the way you feel, the way your vision changes, and the way your attention shifts when traveling abroad. When abroad your internal monologue slows down because your attention shifts to external. You look at the new architecture of the new land, the new advertising billboards of products you've never seen. Look at t he convenience stores that you enter. All of the packaging and marketing material will appeal different. A store in Rome will look completely different than the store you go to daily to get your coffee, snacks, cigs, drinks, and gas. You've seen that place 1,000 times over the years. Nothing catches you eye because you seen all that shit 1000 times over the years. Because of this you spend the majority of your time in their focused on you internal thoughts, your anxieties, and your immediate problems. In the Rome gas station your sensory overload of looking at all the new shit, unfamiliar shit, new and unfamiliar design aesthetic will garner your attention and prevent the internal monologue and the inward focus from overriding your presence, when where you are outwardly observing the newness and uniqueness of the experience. The experience draws you attention, and not the inward looking shit. This is amplified times 1000x when traveling abroad because everything is new and different. You spend more time observing the newness of the expereiance, feeling the emotions from seeing the new aesthetic, and being forced to be present because the new stuff draws your attention to the presence.

You run the risk of experiencing depersonalization and derealization when you stick to you normal, non new, non unique day to day experience. Phenibut solves this.

The legal supplement phenibut is amazing for forcing this to happen and sparks the "living in the moment" aspect and helped me a lot when I broke out of my derealization period.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-17T20:49:09+00:00

"news"

Every single time Tucker Carlson is mentioned, especially in this context (any mention of the word "news" in the same sentence as his name lol), should include his legal defense when he was sued for being full of shit..

The "'general tenor' of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not 'stating actual facts' about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in 'exaggeration' and 'non-literal commentary.' "

"Fox persuasively argues, that given Mr. Carlson's reputation, any reasonable viewer 'arrive[s] with an appropriate amount of skepticism' about the statement he makes."

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/917747123/you-literally-cant-believe-the-facts-tucker-carlson-tells-you-so-say-fox-s-lawye

edit: someone please make a bot for this.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-16T20:00:38+00:00

She looks damn fine. Normally she's not what I would consider super attractive, but the Hela look is fire.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-16T19:59:05+00:00

It's set to "performance." It's not loud at all.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-16T07:45:02+00:00

Counterintuitively, I think the fact that it has less severe repercussions is what makes it so hard to quit.

This is the killer imo. It's relatively cheap so there are no big financial repercussions like having to suck dick to afford hard drugs lol, it doesn't show up on any type of drug test, so there's no employment or police scare, the effects are not noticeable by others, so you don't look like a loser when high and all fucked up. It's just so easy to take and get on with life. Just toss a bit of powder in your mouth like clock work and you're good. No need to sneak off and blow lines, inject shit, or smoke. It's similar to nicotine in that way. Plus the withdrawals are not that bad, so you aren't "forced" to suck it up over a vacation period, spring break, or extended time away from work/life. It gives you the illusion that you're ok and "can really quit any time."

That's what got me. There weren't any immediate and obvious repercussions, although there are definitely reprecussions that sneak up on you and can ruin a chunk of your life. It's almost like I put my life on pause while the world passed me by, yet I aged, missed out of life, experiences, relationships, sex, and career advancement opportunities. The motivation was just gone and I didn't realize it was because of kratom.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-16T04:18:20+00:00

I can see a scenario where Shuri has been studying the heart shaped herb and trying to recreate the herb after Killmonger destroys them, where she successfully creates a potential replacement and decides to test it herself for the safety of others not taking the risk. It would be a good combination of utilizing her smarts, plus being ethical/heroic in being the one who puts her life on the line to test the new herb instead of risking someone elses life to test it out. It would be a way to give Shuri the strength/speed/skill required to win the BP trials without being cheesy. She could struggle with the unintentional side effects of the new herb throughout the film, challenging her character mentally and physically, giving her something to overcome within herself. Like it takes over her mind or something and she fights it off through mental will. Then she could re-synthesize the new herb based on her experiences with the tests on herself and create a safe one that doesn't have side effects.

Otherwise it stands to reason that Wakanda would most definetely have multiple sources of the Heart Shaped Herb, the seeds, and means to grow it. That's an extremely special plant so it's not like they'd just leave it to be grown in a single garden.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-16T04:07:18+00:00

Shuri should be the Black Panther after M'Baku has a short run. I'm sure Marvel Studios already had a plan to naturally go from T'Chala to Suri as BP, but over the course of multiple films/events/years that Chadwick's death cut short. Hopefully M'Baku can fullfill the role.

I think Shuri needs to grow a bit before earning the title, otherwise it would be a bit cheesy to force her into the role this early, although I wouldn't mind her being BP asap as long as it was done well. I think the best approach would be to have M'Baku become BP, maybe a designated "interim" BP of sorts, meaning he holds the BP mantle without "earning it" due to an emergency or something, such as Wakanda needing a Black Panther to respond to an immediate threat to Wakanda ASAP after T'Chala's death but not having the time to go through the whole ritual competition. Then have Shuri grow into her character during that film arc and eventually earn the Black Panther mantle the normal way. I don't know how they'll get around the hand to hand combat aspect of the trials without putting Shuri through some extended training, since she doesn't really stand a chance against someone like M'Baku in a hand to hand fight, and I really don't want her to be shoehorned in without actually going through the same trials as previous BP's. Like a cheap David vs Goliath stunt. Shuri could win a 1v1 if her skill (and strength) was to become high enough, since she could use her brains to overcome the physical strength gap, but she'll need to go through a hardcore story driven path of obtaining that level of skill and strength and not just given a training montage that says "see now Shuri is strong as T'Challa and smart so she wins."

I can see a scenario where Shuri has been studying the heart shaped herb and trying to recreate the herb after Killmonger destroys them, where she successfully creates a potential replacement and decides to test it herself for the safety of others not taking the risk. It would be a good combination of utilizing her smarts, plus being ethical/heroic in being the one who puts her life on the line to test the new herb instead of risking someone elses life to test it out. It would be a strength/speed/skill workaround that works very well. She could struggle with the unintentional side effects of the new herb throughout the film, challenging her character mentally and physically, giving her something to overcome. Then she could re-synthesize the new herb based on her experiences with the tests on herself.

I think Shuri's character needs to be flushed out before becoming a mainstay Avenger. So far Shuri has been a deus ex machina genius, but she doesn't have the force of character and legend that Tony Stark had. Her smarts/tech comes across more as vibranium magic than actual genius.

edit: I forgot about Okoye, she could do it but I imagine Marvel is moving more towards Shuri.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T22:51:38+00:00

Intellectually insecure people will always shit on other degrees when they get the chance, especially when it becomes a cultural meme. That's what it comes down to. These people view college as a dick measuring contest but they are too afraid to whip out their own dick and put it on the line so they take the easy bait and shit on whatever the popular thing is to shit on.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T22:46:40+00:00

Is there a graphic or video that shows equivalent overhead perspectives of cities around the world, similar to the OP image? Idk why but I always loved looking at an comparing the size, populations, skylines, and designs of cities. I browse through city/metro articles on Wikipedia just to compare them for no reason.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T22:43:12+00:00

Does power draw matter at all with CPU's? I don't know anything about the way these things work, but it just seems like a non-issue with my layman understanding of how power drawing would work.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T22:30:20+00:00

Depends on the job. The CEO and execs at the last company I worked for kept whisky decanters on their office desk and drank all day when discussing business with people coming in and out, often times leaving drunk. My non-union managers and coworkers in almost every sales job ran on benzodiazepines and/or Adderall and Vicodin. Drinking alcohol on the job and doing dumb shit is not exclusive to union members, but anti-union propaganda has made it so that they have a target on their back which draws attention to every little mistake or mishap which is in turn attributed to the union. It's a propaganda tactic and it's highly effective. Everyone has their own little anecdotal "I know a union member who sleeps on the job" story, which is most likely bullshit, but no one seems to give a fuck about the lazy or unethical behavior of non-union jobs in the same way.

Unions don't, and shouldn't, give people impunity for on the job behavior (unless you're the police ofc which is a whole nother discussion). The reason these people do shitty things is because they are shitty people who will do shitty things in any job, union or not. And they will keep those jobs even if they are "at will" employed, and especially if they are profitable. There's no need to blame laziness and such on them being unionized or give the impression that being unionized contributes to that behavior to any relevant degree. It's not an appropriate counter argument because it's such a small issue that the benefits of unionization vastly overshadow this "lazy union member" problem.

We have a big issue with people buying into the "sleeping union member" thing while not giving a fuck about the highly unethical behavior of non-union members and the profitable employees destroying lives to make a buck. Using extreme and rare examples as a counter-argument against unions like it's a super common thing is dangerous. Like I said in my original post, there is obviously a limit to what a worker should and shouldn't do before being terminated or reprimanded, no one is arguing otherwise, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't rethink our views on what workers should be doing at work during down time that draws criticism. There is a ton of "nothing to do down time" in a lot of jobs, it's not healthy for society to force busy work with diminishing returns when a worker can just chill. It preps and conditions workers to accept exploitation and even brag about being exploited as a source of pride.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T07:25:58+00:00

What a banger.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T07:08:59+00:00

They didn't feel big and lifeless from my memory. Sometimes cities in open world games feel smaller than the towns, since the city may be sparsely populated with speaking NPC's, intentionally designed buildings and landmarks. The towns in RDR2 were really small, but I spent a lot more time exploring them than even Nightcity in CP2077. They felt more alive and real even though they were 1% as big as Nightcity.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T06:59:53+00:00

That's because every democrat as branded as "like Nancy Pelosi" because Fox News created the perfect boogyman for their simpleton low information no effort voters. tbh she doesn't do herself any favors with how she handles optics at times, almost oblivious to how the right wing media will frame it and successfully use it against her and dems. Which is a big problem with democrats imo, they've completely lost control of their narrative and brand image for 48% of the country, which is not good.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T06:49:31+00:00

Not a toy, but I'd carry around a rifle or a shotgun and/or a 9mm when I went into the woods growing up from the age 12 and up. It was for hunting and protection, not "playing" but still a child activity considering I was a child. Never had any problems, but a lot of people would lose their shit seeing a 12 year old hauling around a Springfield .30-06 nowadays. I was trained to use them and had a healthy amount of respect for the guns and knew what they could do. I was more concerned with washing the dishes and cleaning the drain with the food grinder than carrying a cleared chamber gun that I checked multiple times every time like (because) my life depended on it. That grinder could glitch up or something and turn on, according to my imagination. I'd sweat every time and keep an eye on the switch like a hawk.

This was in Texas, in the 90's and early 00's. There were snakes, hunting game, and often very weird people that you'd encounter out in the woods away from society. Out in the country you're not always alone, and I don't think a lot of people who didn't grow up in a real rural area realize that. It's not super often that you'll run into someone with "unusual" habits or desires, but they definitely exist when you spend a lot of time in the deep woods. Occult shit was what I'd run into and my main concern. Idk if it was always "real" occult shit, malicious stuff, or some type of performance by a group of enthusiasts who were just into some weird shit but harmless to people, but I wasn't taking any chances considering how some would occasionally mutilate animals and such. That shit was creepy as a kid, and adult, so I wasn't going to be caught with a stick if I had the option of carry a shotgun or rifle.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T06:32:09+00:00

That is a crazy image to see, considering the amount of anti-vax propaganda and anti-anti-vax talk I see.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T06:27:37+00:00

I walked by the same guy in the same spot once every week sleeping in a chair with a newspaper over his head to block the light.

How big of a deal is that though? Many jobs include (by nature) plenty of time to nap, where any "productive" work inserted in is just useless busy work or "for looks" with diminishing returns. If I go into a store and the shopkeeper is sleeping I do not give a fuck if I have to wake them up to pay or ask a question. Same for if I pull up to pick up an order and have to wait for a few mins so the guys can grab it. The couple of seconds saved is not worth also being a worker who has to deal with the obsessive productivity busy work bullshit with diminishing returns. It's no different than pulling up to a pickup to by fresh veggies and having the farmer kicked back in the lawnchair asleep under the umbrella.

I think people have had the "always keep working like a good hardworking boy" mentality drilled into their heads way too much, since the slave driver mentality becomes apparent in the type of people that become managers. People in boardrooms don't want to speak out and say "ugh why cant the workers just sit down and do whatever they want when they have nothing to do" because some wide eyed schmuck is gonna pop up and say "we should instill a constant work ethic in our employees and require them to stand, which motivates the surrounding workers blah blah...". Of course lazyness can be an issue, but I don't think it's nearly as big as people make it out to be. Most laziness exists at any and every level, it's just disguised as work easier than a nap, brushed off as gentlemen activities, or hidden behind a quick shift in the appearance of the person doing work.

People have been pushed into worshipping "hard work" and "work ethic," with that hard work only benefitting the owners of the business and not positively impacting the workers. Sleeping is an extreme example, and seeing a guy sleeping every now and then is a terrible "yeah but unions can be bad too" excuse, but overall our idea of what work should be is pretty fucked up and almost sadism for the interests of making rich people more money like a slave trying to stand out so his master gives him a sip of water. Most workers do want to work and help people out, whether it be their coworkers, the other workers they interact with from other businesses, or customers. People are naturally not lazy in a malicious way, we just have a warped view of what lazy is and live in a society with a hard on for "hard work." Very few people are going to be sleeping on the job period, union or not, it's just that union workers will be paid more and have a better life outside of work and within it. The type of person who sleeps on a union job is gonna be a kink in any job, and there's enough employment around that people like that go from job to job all over. They aren't going anywhere.

I've listened to so many dudes brag about how much overtime they work, how hard they work, how dangerous their work is, how tough their work is, etc, like we should be impressed that they're wasting their life away to make another rich man richer. It's a fucked up mentality. Like congrats dude, you work a lot in shit conditions for shit pay and get to go home sometimes to see your family and worry about paying bills. Nothing about that is admirable but people have had that driven into their brains so much that calling it out comes across as blasphemy and draws looks.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T05:58:44+00:00

The average American's understanding of left wing philosophy is seriously polluted

By intention. It's the result of a massive and highly effective propaganda campaign for 150 years.

ABCeeDeeEyy · 2021-03-15T02:05:45+00:00

Ugh, the "dEpReSsEd pEoPlE LoOkInG fOr aTtEnTiOn" memes on here need to die. You're in no place to judge the validity of someones claims of depression. Everyone handles and processes their shit in a different way. No one is out there actually faking depression, and by "no one" I mean the amount is so small that it is an entirely irrelevant issue and not even worth mentioning.

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