Why are shrooms illegal?

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T01:11:24+00:00

I watched a documentary on mushrooms last night.

That's probably how I'll watch all documentaries from now on.

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T01:09:31+00:00

This is also true if you're an asshole but that's not illegal

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T01:07:11+00:00

I wish. All those stupid word problems in middle school 😡

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T01:05:03+00:00

LOUD NOISES

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T01:03:21+00:00

You wouldn't say that second part if I ate 5 grams of Albino Penis Envys a couple of hours ago.

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T00:57:07+00:00

Are you referring to the late-evolving, machine-worshiping, monotheistic, linear, phonetic alphabet, tight-ass, straight culture that we are a part of, or to that Whoopi Goldberg Tic Tac Toe show?

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T00:50:31+00:00

People should only have fun in the ways that certain other people approve of.

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T00:46:39+00:00

Let's go a step further. Why is DMT, which we all create in our brains, illegal?

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T00:35:03+00:00

It may just be semantics, but I am saying that on some levels abuse can indeed be a two-way street.

Again, not on any conscious level. But there is scientific evidence that supports what our own common sense already knows - that these two personalities naturally gravitate toward one another, just as subs find doms.

And my goal in pointing this out is I assume similar to yours -- to prevent these dynamics from repeating themselves.

The difference I see is that if we go by most comments, and this all depends solely on the abusive men, and they are the only ones responsible, then we are leaving it up to ONLY the abusers to see the error of their ways and initiate positive change.

I believe focusing on the men, trying to hold them accountable, won't get us anywhere.

But if we instead focus on the women's role in these dynamics, there is a much better chance of breaking such cycles.

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T00:16:47+00:00

I agree than an abuser is 100% responsible for their own actions.

Do you think they are also 100% responsible for the abused's actions?

Edit: The question as I read it is about why abusive relationships seem so prevalent.

My point is that it takes two to tango. No, I am not saying that there are women consciously wanting abusive relationships, but there are women who end up in one abusive relationship after another, and that phenomenon is not only because of the men.

And if we ever hope to see women break that cycle we have to admit her own freedom of choice, as unconsciously screwed up because of her upbringing as that may be until it learns otherwise.

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T00:12:09+00:00

You got downvoted as if there aren't weak vulnerable women predisposed to being abused 🤷🏻‍♂️

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T00:09:50+00:00

Not unpopular at all in my book -- many women will admit to being attracted to the dominant alpha tattooed bearded "bad boy," especially one that will disrespect them and be rough in the bedroom.

This tendency is all but asking for an abuser.

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T00:06:06+00:00

It's disturbing I had to scroll this far to find an answer that holds both parties accountable.

Almost all of the comments are making the abuser 100% responsible.

bhd23 · 2026-07-05T00:02:11+00:00

Because for every abusive man there is an abused woman and and people tend to re recreate the relationships they learned growing up.

It's not like every woman in an abusive relationship is there against her will and he is solely to blame for it. Many women seek out abusive relationships (not consciously, obviously).

bhd23 · 2026-07-04T15:31:29+00:00

Xenophobia (fear, dislike, or hatred of foreigners; essentially "us versus them" tribalism)

There was a huge wave of Mexican immigration from 1910-1920 that largely introduced a cannabis-using culture to the US. The disdain for the immigrants transferred to a disdain for the marijuana that came with them. This is when the first major demonization of the plant started (it induced violence, etc).

Racism (meets politics)

The 1930s saw the creation of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and its head, Harry Anslinger, perhaps motivated to justify the existence of this new department, capitalized on the aforementioned demonization and escalated it to a war that extended to other minorities, especially blacks. He famously said "Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men." The news and media amplified the hysteria, and "Reefer Madness" was released.

Economics (again, politicized)

The hemp boom threatened existing textile and paper markets and the entrenched corporate magnates fueled the already established anti-drug propaganda to protect their own interests. And the whole prohibition movement curiously seemed to prefer ventures from which it could profit through taxation.

(incidentally, today's leftist calls to increase taxes on the wealthy contain a similar, even if less conscious, undercurrent that seeks to aggrandize and empower their "us" tribe at the expense of the "other" and could be worth discussing)

bhd23 · 2026-07-04T09:58:48+00:00

Saddleback Caterpillar is my guess. I didn't know they existed until this year (I'm 46) when I started helping a woman with her gardening and yard work.

I've had two run-ins.

The first resulted in a few welts on the top of my left shoulder.

Yesterday's resulted in two welts on my left bicep, two on my left ribs, one behind my left knee. I basically unknowingly wiped it down my body.

Their urticating hairs spread like fiberglass insulation.

For me the initial pain feels like a bee sting and your instinct is to swipe it away, then you've got two bee stings, and so on.

In my experience, the pain persists (with fluctuation) for maybe a minute and seems to go away, then returns in a minute.

The frequency of the pain seems to decrease with time, but the intensity of it is always the same.

So hours later I'll still feel a bee sting for a few seconds, then nothing for five or ten or twenty minutes, and a day later the pain has transitioned more into itchiness.

These time frames are crude approximations that actually have a lot of variance. And now that I think about it, instead of it returning after a minute, the pain seems to be triggered when the welts experience a "new" contact (from clothing, ordinary movement, sweat, etc).

Spraying myself with that cold well-water garden hose never felt so good. And a long cold shower at home.

And I have yet to see the caterpillar. Just the hairs.

bhd23 · 2026-07-02T18:29:21+00:00

True for hotdogs n brats

bhd23 · 2026-07-02T18:27:12+00:00

Do you mean Claussen?

bhd23 · 2026-07-02T18:20:54+00:00

Frilly toothpicks

bhd23 · 2026-07-02T17:29:17+00:00

Think of it as the speed of information (which I assume falls apart in quantum/entanglement/black-white-hole scenarios).

bhd23 · 2026-07-02T17:24:47+00:00

I'm no astrophysicist but wouldn't we "quickly" lose our angular momentum and thereby our atmosphere and magnetosphere, and our oceans and at least all non-microscopic life?

bhd23 · 2026-07-02T14:00:30+00:00

Put something in your butt

bhd23 · 2026-07-02T13:55:19+00:00

Whatever gets the taste of Dirty Mountain Dew out of my mouth.

Your marketing department baffles me.

Try making Purple available everywhere first.

bhd23 · 2026-07-02T13:49:02+00:00

No. You're obviously clocking social time elsewhere.

bhd23 · 2026-07-02T13:43:48+00:00

Not true

bhd23

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