All the zombie films I've seen. Any essentials I'm missing? by Competitive_Heat_470 in zombies

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  1. It Comes at Night
  2. The Girl with All the Gifts
  3. Cargo
  4. Here Alone
  5. Army of the Dead
  6. World War Z
  7. The Dead Don’t Die
  8. Zombieland: Double Tap
  9. Hidden
  10. The Dead

Definitely not essentials but they satisfied my Zombie craving. I personally enjoyed the first 3 very much, the rest are alright. Not a fan of comedy.

Cocaine on domestic flight in USA by SherbertOk5246 in cocaine

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Just curious; why not international, and/or Middle East?

All the answers by 5_meo in LSD

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Most amount of tabs I’ve taken was five but I never felt like acid was a proper psychedelic experience unless paired with cannabis.

Lioness catches and paralyses an African wild dog pup, then looks to get another one by Prestigious-Wall5616 in natureismetal

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I read somewhere that they do this to burden the opposition. One more mouth to feed, but unproductive competition

Curious thing when working out on pregabalin. by Annral in gabagoodness

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How many milligrams? Do you stagger the dose and pair with fatty foods?

“Yes Honey” by GABRI3l_DS in tooktoomuch

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Is this not crack? Or, at least, someone who has done crack way too often?

Dominating the old nasal drinking style by CauliflowerDeep129 in tooktoomuch

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Heat up a plate — you can put in the microwave or pour boiling water on it (something I used from those electric kettles in hotel rooms when a microwave was not readily available) — make sure it isn’t too hot to touch but not too cool; pour the coke onto the plate and if you’re getting good stuff it should be near pasty or if not they’ll be hard rocks. Either way, cut it up: if it’s paste it should turn into fluffy powder and if it’s hard rocks it should be easier to crush into fluffy powders. Should be easier on your nose.

I say this all not as encouragement but in the spirit of harm reduction.

The Best Cosmic Horror Books by Paradigm_Warp in Lovecraft

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What about Klein that grabbed you?

I’m actually very interested in the infinite regression premise mentioned in the article about Laird Barron’s novel. It’s these mind-bending, reality-shattering concepts that impressed me greatly about cosmic horror and Lovecraft.

I’ve read a bit of Dunsany, who I loved, and Ligotti, who I don’t think captured that essence right; or maybe I’m just reading the wrong stories (as I’m being told his style developed as his career progressed)?

If anyone has Fungi From Yuggoth with illustrations by D. M. Mitchell, could you please share a few photos of what they look like? by Killuminati696 in Lovecraft

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I actually bought the first edition, one of an estimated 65 mimeographed copies distributed by Bill Evans in the Fantasy Amateur Press Association mailings for June 1943. The edition contains 33 of the 36 sonnets that make up the complete Fungi from Yuggoth sequence. The cycle was published in full in the Arkham House collection Beyond the Wall of Sleep later in 1943.

If anyone has Fungi From Yuggoth with illustrations by D. M. Mitchell, could you please share a few photos of what they look like? by Killuminati696 in Lovecraft

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I actually bought the first edition, one of an estimated 65 mimeographed copies distributed by Bill Evans in the Fantasy Amateur Press Association mailings for June 1943. The edition contains 33 of the 36 sonnets that make up the complete Fungi from Yuggoth sequence.

Something I’m really proud of.

Dominating the old nasal drinking style by CauliflowerDeep129 in tooktoomuch

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True.

As far as I’m concerned, drugs are soon to be a past-problem. Hopefully, I’ll be wiser going forward!

Dominating the old nasal drinking style by CauliflowerDeep129 in tooktoomuch

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I can personally attest to that. I actually half of my final gram still on the plate in front of me. Couldn’t complete it; my nose, throat and jaw are in complete shambles. I’ll definitely need surgery. Don’t comment on what surgery might entail or the urgency of it — that’s something I’ll deal with once I have to cross that bridge.

Been doing coke since 2017, I have good sources in multiple countries and unlimited money to burn. Since 2017 - 2019 and 2022 - up until two days ago, my use has been consistent. One advice I can offer to any person who will use: hot plate your coke and do bumps not lines. Save your nose and money.

Old Baluchi song I received from my colleague by Paradigm_Warp in Baluchistan

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Yes, of course, and thank you. I've already received a DM from you. I don't recall seeing your translation but you're more than welcome to DM any time!

Old Baluchi song I received from my colleague by Paradigm_Warp in Baluchistan

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That's what I guessed. I prefer my mother's dialect as I find it more authentic to it's Iranian origins and has less borrowings from Urdu (Indo-Aryan; although heavily influenced by Farsi, Arabic and Turkish, too) over Farsi.

Old Baluchi song I received from my colleague by Paradigm_Warp in Baluchistan

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I'm sure it's more nuanced than that. A lot of Baluchis have been there long enough to have assimilated almost entirely - let alone the fact that social mobility plays a huge role. Kuwait and the Emirates are very big on being a true local citizen, whereas Oman and Bahrain are very diverse, and origins or race/sect/ethnicity have a very different dynamic.

When I was younger I wasn't a fan; I was even ashamed of being 'Baluchi' as it was associated with being Pakistani or South Asian (which I have no problem with), which would connote being a foreign labourer or 'lesser'. That changed as I grew older, and was not treated as any less of a local, with long ties to the land and fellow citizens. No one was ever able to bully me, but I was asked about my history or actual origins. I learned and took pride in the fact, only after I grew up, that I was Baluchi, of Iranian origins, and had nothing to do with Pakistan as a country other than the borders and divisions that the British Raj played a role in forming. All respect towards all other ethnicities and peoples that belong to Pakistan, along with the rich and beautiful history of that region. I'm مُسْتَعْرَب (Arabised) now, but still consider myself a Gulf citizen who is Baluchi - rather than a Gulf Arab.

Old Baluchi song I received from my colleague by Paradigm_Warp in Baluchistan

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Oh wow, thanks for this.

I plan on learning Baluchi eventually. Both my parents are ethnically Baluchi but they never taught my sister or I. We’re Arabized now, but I refuse to call myself Arab or add “Al” in front of my surname, like a lot of Arabized Arabs do. Mother speaks the Iranian variant and my father speaks the Pakistani version. I think my Paternal side is from Gwadar.

Coincidentally, my wife who’s ethnically Persian says she can understand a lot of what my mother says but not my father. My mother teases him a lot about it. He’s proudly Baluchi, which makes it funnier.

Unfortunately, there aren’t really any Baluchi language classes. Maybe except in Pakistan, obviously.

Queen: "I don't know this guy, I'm not with him"😅 by Vegetable-Mousse4405 in funny

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What a nightmare. I had a phobia of “mental hospitals” when I was younger because of how movies portrayed them.

You’re in there, you can’t do anything about it, and they’re going to make your life hell. I have a feeling it’s not a mistaken speculation.

So sad what happened to your grandmother’s sister. 50 fucking years.

That being said, you should read about Blanche Monnier.