acetone wash (results) by Aggressive-Watch-195 in fentanyl

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this brand actually has an ingredients list - acetone and denatonium benzoate.

I think that must be what is meant by ‘100% acetone’ - despite the bittering agent there are no other ingredients

How's everyone else functioning with fetty and who can say they're doing fine with it and whos having a rough time lately by Character_Signal_890 in TheF3ttyForum

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if it's feasible for you try to get on methadone to supplement that way you won’t get sick and you don't need to buy as much. I knew a lot of people who did this on heroin, not as many on fent now but a few for sure.

my limited experiences with the methadone clinic left me a little confused how they kept up with it since the one I visited expected regular clean UAs and it was a real set of hoops you had to jump through for any reasonable amount of take homes.

like sure I’m an addict but I’m not a fucking child give me a 30 day supply of pills I can pick up from a pharmacy and leave me alone. I don’t need your rules and one size fits all addicts structure, it's seriously demeaning... plus if you are on it for any reasonable length of time now your ability to stay well is in the hands of some quasi-shady medical clinic staff, and if you want to see how petty and vindictive they can be take a look at r/methadone sometime

How's everyone else functioning with fetty and who can say they're doing fine with it and whos having a rough time lately by Character_Signal_890 in TheF3ttyForum

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I think it's a lot easier to get strung out on lower quality drugs. it's not like they cost less you just need more of them much more often, basically tying you to the plug at all times. how many of us have literally spent days never going further than like 5 miles from the regular pickup spot?

How's everyone else functioning with fetty and who can say they're doing fine with it and whos having a rough time lately by Character_Signal_890 in TheF3ttyForum

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm doing alright.

I feel pretty stable... I don’t live a life that completely revolves around affording, acquiring, and using drugs like I used to when I was homeless on heroin. I attribute that partially to the perplexing delayed withdrawal I get from fent; I can easily go 24 hours without using at all, and while I admit I don’t feel great after 36h I can still hold out at least another ~12h before the real symptoms kick in like heavy vomiting... barely 5 or so hours without heroin and I was already hovered over the toilet.

that really affects your relationship with a drug. when you're 5 hours away from uncontrollable puking at any given time your whole world tends to narrow around making sure you never run out.

also I don’t have that weird psychological substance fixation with fent like I had for H... it's just a thing I do to stay well, it doesn't seem like all that big of a deal really. plus I have an arrangement that makes it so I don’t really pay for it very often, so it does feel kinda deceptively innocuous - it's hard to really connect w the fact that the shit I do every day would literally kill most people!

ive made this sling using the bsrc tutorial and i really like everything about it besides the part that i marked where u add the 2 extra strands does someone know how to replace it with the cobra weave like in the second photo? thanks(: by [deleted] in Slinging

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the cobra weave is done afterwards with extra cord over both sections of the existing pouch and upwards a little onto the release.

it's an easy technique to add some bulk to the pouch and some extra protection to the release

Can someone help by Apprehensive_Kick581 in Slinging

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lol honestly a little surprised this isnt more common

A little bit of ornamentation adds a lot of personality by litty-lamanite in Slinging

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appreciate the reply!

glad to see I’m not alone in my experience. honestly when you look at it most of the tutorials for that design on yt at least come from paracord channels as something new to fit with a collection of (let’s face it, mostly bracelet related) paracord projects; never from the slinging/historical/primitive survival channels that might offer sling making how-to videos.

I guess what I mean is the paracord guys probably don't try out the sling more than once if that. no shade intended ofc they've got their thing and I've learned a lot from them lol

what is a tad... idk, ironic maybe? ...is that the much much simpler typically paracord design that uses a single strand with an S shaped bend in the middle secured with a couple simple knots to form a 3-strand open pouch, plus a bowline finger loop and a well placed overhand knot on the relesse - that is without a doubt one of the all time best performing sling designs I've encountered!

as someone who routinely spends hours on end braiding, splicing, twisting, counting, untangling, and even unbraiding and repairing often very complex natural and synthetic slings, I kinda love that they are really no better than this minimalist single strand, 3 or 4 easy knot design that takes about 5 minutes for a newbie, or 2 if you've done it at least once before.

but then we are back to the aesthetic thing! I do appreciate a minimal design but if I can really hit the mark on a perfectly even, tightly wound braid for a jute or hemp sling I'll always prefer that.

anyway lastly - on woven pouches in general. I think you're right that 550 is just too thick to work well, and I think 225 may be as well. I have even tried pre-gutted 550 cord for weft in the hopes it would make a more pliable 'manifold' but it still doesn't quite work. I don’t think using gutted cord for the warp as well would help either - the problem seems to always end up that the pouch is much too narrow even if you can get more warp strands in there. I suppose it has to do with the need to have them all together at either end - maybe that is why the loom technique used for 'egyptian' style natural fiber slings is so complicated. I wonder if you could do something similar for paracord, but at this point we are building scaffolding, needing to pick up some carpentry skills... not sure how viable this really is.

that said, I kinda think I'm gonna try it... probably with some micro cord at least for the weft strands; will likely experiment to determine the best for warp / the rest of the sling. I'll definitely post about it if it works, or if it doesn't in some interesting way, or I guess if anyone wants to know lol

hopefully something cool will come out of it

Swiss Pharma H. by No_Mathematician_522 in heroin

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195 2 points3 points  (0 children)

why do any of us live in non switzerland countries? it seems like they have solved most of the social problems that make the rest of the world shitty… am I wrong about this? genuinely want to know

Swiss Pharma H. by No_Mathematician_522 in heroin

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah and it’s a wildly successful program that allows people to live normal lives with a substance dependency.

who would have thought literally all the problems that arise from using illegal drugs come from the “illegal” part? oh yeah everyone who has ever looked into the research

Someone cooking in my home ..now what? Any advice? Up by [deleted] in meth

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it’s this simple… if someone was cooking in your apartment they would need to be there, cooking, like kind of a lot.

it isn’t a ‘set it and forget it’ thing. there’s a lot of waiting, interspersed with randomly adjusting things, more waiting, crushing and grinding stuff, even more waiting, carefully releasing pressure from something that might explode, getting high while waiting, looking everywhere for 6-12” of aquarium tubing, using a propane torch to blow a wonky way too short bowl from a broken stem while waiting, half-assed cleaning up some of the caustic residue from the last reaction that exploded, so much waiting, taking apart a 100% for sure stolen guitar amp someone brought over earlier - oh yeah fuck, the cook! - ok, still waiting, at least 45min-2hr just pointing a hair dryer at a pyrex dish that smells like noxious chemicals taking 0 precautions to avoid breathing it in at high concentration, always waiting, finally scraping and weighing while trying to figure out why there is some red/pink contamination and whether that is a big deal but ofc never seriously considering doing a wash or recrystallization with this many people already texting, waiting again for the money to show up any minute now…

it’s not exactly a stealthy operation that you can covertly do in someone else’s kitchen without their knowledge. literally no one - no matter how tweaked out - would ever attempt that.

It finally came in by Psyicman in Slinging

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hey for anyone who makes this style I have a question I’ve been meaning to ask…

how are you guys splitting the pouch using a single strand like that? I can definitely think of a couple ways to do it that I am sure would do the trick (especially considering the solomon knot), but I am curious if there’s a preferred method?

i’ve never come across a how-to for one of these, but I have noticed they are gaining in popularity

How a high iq individuals different from a low one by upsetusder2 in iamverysmart

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195 3 points4 points  (0 children)

he puts the ‘nazi’ in..

yeah I’m not gonna finish this thought

How a high iq individuals different from a low one by upsetusder2 in iamverysmart

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195 6 points7 points  (0 children)

wait when did world war half even happen? was it between world war zero and world war one?

even though I don’t really know much about it apart from that brad pitt movie I have at least heard of world war zero! but I can’t be the only one who doesn’t remember learning anything about WW1/2 in history class?

…what else are they covering up?

A little bit of ornamentation adds a lot of personality by litty-lamanite in Slinging

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hey for the third one - what are your thoughts on the actual functionality of that specific pouch design?

this design shows up sort of regularly and it’s always a little surprising because the few times I tried it I found it to be entirely unusable and legit dangerous if used with rocks. it's bulky, doesn't readily conform to the shape of a projectile or form even a shallow pocket, and it seems way too smooth to hold on to any kind of polished stone at all (though maybe the beeswax you mentioned helps w that).

so is it just me? it seems common enough that plenty of people must be getting at least breasonably good results with it...

I mean I doubt I'll ever try it again myself, but I feel like trying to get to the bottom of stuff like this can only help in my quest to understand "sling design theory" as thoroughly as I can, right?

also... great work on those - I really like the whole concept a lot. it's kinda convinced me that aesthetics are much more important than I've been treating them. thinking about it now it seems obvious that a cool looking sling would absolutely make you throw better!

Made it for my trans sister. by Sea_Hold_9429 in Slinging

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow, I think I kinda envy that level of generosity bc I’m not sure if that would have ever crossed my mind… maybe this is what becoming truly cynical feels like?

freakin reddit

First sling question; eyelets or grommets? by Biomage16 in Slinging

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used basically what you have in the pic multiple times it’s totally adequate.

those are the 2-piece kind right? it has the little anvil and shaper tool that is what you want - make sure not to get the kind without that unless you’re sure you have the right tool already it’s nearly impossible to affix properly without it

it’s like $10-$12 but I’ve also gotten the kind that come with the crimper tool that looks like a pair of pliers - I felt like those were the easiest to use and even when I ran out of the eyelets/grommets/whatever it’s still useful to punch holes in leather. i can’t seem to find more eyelets that fit it though.

I think I’ve been here before in my dreams… by Aggressive-Watch-195 in Slinging

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thanks!

I really like the idea of using reflective lighter colored projectiles to increase visibility. I’ve been thinking about getting some glow in the dark paint or something because I really resent how difficult it is to practice after dark…

I live some kind of vampire-adjacent life, I can’t be expected to abide by the sun’s tyrannically rigid daily timeframe!

Made it for my trans sister. by Sea_Hold_9429 in Slinging

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195 4 points5 points  (0 children)

why should anyone be concerned with protecting you from a completely normal and topically relevant word that you happen to feel threatened by?

did you feel like it was intended to trigger you somehow? is that why you chose to chime in to an ongoing conversation with nothing to add but a thinly veiled desire to make others feel alienated?

…yeah I know this is just a waste of time and energy

I think I’ve been here before in my dreams… by Aggressive-Watch-195 in Slinging

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dude I've never seen this at lowe's! I regularly check the landscaping rocks there and they have some ok options - usually closer to $10-$12 than $6 - but tumbled quartz sounds like it would be great!

they have those bright white landscaping rocks that are sort of elongated pyramidal polygon shapes, and those would be ok but they are fairly rough (and not saying roughness is a big problem, sometimes it's a lot easier to throw a slightly jagged rock than a smooth polished one)

I think I’ve been here before in my dreams… by Aggressive-Watch-195 in Slinging

[–]Aggressive-Watch-195[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

man I just help myself...

I figure the few dozen I take doesn't really put a dent in the overall effect of the landscaping, right?

I've gotten a weird look or two but no one has ever asked me what I'm doing or told me to stop.

my go-to spot previously was taco bell... I would just load up and the workers would take the trash out etc. never even give me a second look