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  • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•The only difference between a monster and a decent human being is the privilege of a support network.
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    5 days ago

    Not all of it lol. I grew up mostly watching cheers rerurns and family ties, family matters, stuff like that. I’m sure there was plenty of propaganda, thought not at the level we have today, but my parents were very young when they had me and spent a lot of time partying. Not paying attention to news or anything beyond the sports. They were never supportive of me but instead had numerous amounts of adults at the house all the time. I grew up around mostly adults who lived to get fucked up so I spent a considerable amount of time letting the TV be my support network. I knew from tv that the way my parents and their friends behaved was not typical of a normal family and I be l quite literally had my TV family to take care of me. I always got good grades, never in trouble, and lied constantly about my home life. I have no doubts it’s why I grew up to be, amongst things, a great father/husband. I was smart enough to use my parents as a sort of D.A.R.E. program of living. Don’t do this, do the opposite sort of thing. I’m also extremely good at manipulating people around me but never to cause them harm. Anymore. I had to learn that one the hard way lol. That’s a lot of text, sorry, but it was therapeutic to type it out.

  • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•Marijuana is the opposite of Ozempic
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    6 days ago

    Marijuana might relieve some of the discomfort of withdrawals but if you’re truly addicted it absolutely will not help you get clean on your own. Too many people underestimate the power opiates can have over people. I’m a huge advocate for marijuana but it is not something capable of fixing addiction on its own. I realize by the votes I’m being disagreed with here, but I’m fairly certain it’s from people who haven’t experienced actual dependence on this shit. That’s ok if you don’t agree with me. It’s my opinion. Only those who have lived through it firsthand can truly understand the absolute hell of addiction. It’s why addicts feel so alone. It’s impossible to truly relate to it without experiencing it. I smoked weed everyday before, during, and after my 15 years of addiction. It never helped. However, weed is a great alternative to opiates in the first place. It doesn’t cause the extreme physical dependence. Which is why it isn’t widely offered medically as a solution. Profits in medicine come from treating symptoms, not curing the issue. Plus I missed the original comment and thought he was saying opiates are awesome but he said cannabis. My point remains

  • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•Marijuana is the opposite of Ozempic
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    6 days ago

    Disagree. As a former opiate addict painkillers are evil incarnate. Even if it’s prescribed. They help with pain but they ruin your life even worse. There’s not really an alternative as effective however and that says a lot about the nature of medicine as an industry. My cousin was in a horrible accident and will be on opiates for the rest of his life and is a mere outline of the actual person he used to be. I thank God’s I don’t even believe in that I managed to get help.

    Edit - I thought you said the effects of painkillers were a huge plus. My bad.

  • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldtoOpensource@programming.dev•3D Printer Reviewers: Being honest in this industry will put you out of a job.
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    7 days ago

    Back when I grew marijuana as a job I would regularly post pictures on Reddit. The light manufacturer Mars hydro reached out to me out of the blue and sent me free LED grow lights. The only condition they gave me was I had to make 5 posts with pictures showing what I grew with that light. They even told me to be honest about what I thought but to mention the brand of the light they sent. I was far from an influencer but my posts would get a few hundred upvotes. I did actually like their lights but they had a few issues here and there.

    However, I did have to sign an agreement stating that I would make those posts within X number of weeks. I always thought that was pretty cool seeing as how I was not really anyone with any type of sway in the industry.

    It’s pretty obvious when these companies are more of less hiring influencers to sell their shit for them. They’ll never say anything bad about it.