Are Drugs GOOD For You? (Kirby + Aldous Huxley) - 8-Bit Philosophy
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Episode 31: Are Psychedelic Drugs GOOD for You?
(Kirby + Aldous Huxley)
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Did you know?
"The Doors" named themselves after Huxley's "The Doors of Perception" .
And huxley named his book after a William Blake poem.
Because the doors SUCKED, his father was in intelligence and he was their construct, nobody liked them until long gone, lame. The enemy is everywhere, misleading all. Every story is connected, but few see. Back further than Blake, nobody knows everything is built on others through time likely to Buddha’s, Indus, people have been writing about drugs, and animals use drugs, opium latex, cannabis, goats eating coffee, tea, all consuming fermented fruit still observed, even in my life, warfare terrifies cattle, elephants, deer, insects, why produce many chemicals, other reasons. Cat’s we are great apes. How many where discovered. Germans invented modern world most of organic chemistry, isolated compounds, invented thousands more. Still doing it, how many thousands of fully synthetic in narcotic analgesics alone. It will never end until we know all receptors, and compounds, then further build, alter...We invented new compounds at work, school, but for helping the suffering, repairing damage, even isolated ingredients of toxins, venoms, not for borderline imbeciles like Joe Rogan or worthless dirty hippies. At least Huxley and others put out something of minor merit. All I see is tragedy and harm to children grew up with or knew, friends dead of Israeli families and their kind poisoning the best of us all. Selling slavery in many forms through out history as Chinese, ancients, Greeks, to Burroughs illustrating the depths of addiction to a terrible ultimate profit maker. Turning tools of medicine and help into weapons of misery and genocide. Not a Puritan but the toll just on people Ive known is only equaled to caused starvation.poverty, and wars that have wiped out my bloodline. Wars again caused by the same monsters purposely for gold. It’s not to be celebrated or glorified, few can cope with what technology will soon do and all will be lost to again same...
Some will not understand humor, dopamine will be our doom, rushed to & gladly embraced. Then there will be no emancipator like in ‘33.
Dropping acid before the dentist? Holy shit lmao that would be scary af
That'd be dumb af
can admit when i got my wisdom teeth removed i woke up in the middle of it saw what was going on and im like naw im good and went back to sleep.
I'm gonna do it just cuz you said it'd be scary
I dropped acid the night before a dentist appt once. It was purple microdot and was some strong shit. I got basically no sleep. They also used the gas on me when I got there. I was fucked up pretty good. Out of nowhere in the middle of the procedure, I stood up, pointed at some pattern on the wall, promptly vomited, and nearly passed out before they pushed me back into my seat, which I fell into rather hard. Not recommended.
@@t900HAWK i got my wisdom teeth removed with local anesthesia. I could still feel them pulling on my teeth, and the sound it made when it popped out the socket. I left that chair soaking in sweat.
Huxley actually took LSD with Mescaline when he wrote The Doors of Perception.
He was also injected with LSD on his death bed.
Meta Self Whoa! cool.
Meta Self Lol what an acid head
***** I think it was 1000 micrograms or 1mg
Meta Self thats a lot!!!
Kim Jong Un Hell yeah, he flew out of life.
so basically, get high, learn the secrets of the universe
Okay. *Uses Drugs*
MY GOD! THE BIG BANG WAS ONLY A FART!
a fart from a black hole. teehee
all the worlds can be together, Cosmos without hatred...
Stars shine like, diamonds in your eyes....
And everything is. One. With. The Beauty.
GOODBYE! MOONMEN!
Afonso Lucas All the Moonmen want things their way
But we make sure they see the sun
Goodbye, Moonmen
We say goodbye, Moonmen
Goodbye, Moonmen
Goodbye, Moonmen
Oh, goodbye
Don't you ever have that moment when you think, "oh shit, I exist, I live, I am going to die, but I gotta get to work." So your mind goes back to that complacent place that it goes when you do your everyday tasks. Where the awesomeness of our existence moves to the back of your mind.
+SaviorSelf Underlying genetic vulnerability?
Acid and shrooms taught me the profoundly disappointing but seemingly obvious fact that we could be anything we want to be. We could be the Napoleon of our day, the Jesus of a superior religion, render ourselves immortal through biotechnology or cybernetics... whatever it is that you think of that is possible is theoretically possible for you in most circumstances should you make the correct choices and act in the correct manner for achieving that goal.
However, none of us is willing to put forth that effort. Even those that try are holding back. They only put forth the effort because they torture themselves to do it and every victory is held up like a slave to the master in their mind. Actually, more like a poor actor that needs the money offered by being in this show, that possesses no teacher or script and only a stage manager (or w/e) that wants you to do it "more right".
I realized, that in reality this is just another form of enslavement to the baser stimuli of our moods, pain, and pleasure.
The truth is that the only chance for happiness lies somewhere in between living for concepts and living for impulses. This typically means never achieving your potential in either, but achieving a satisfying balance that is never fully satisfying. If this longing to be satisfied never existed, we'd be pulled towards a life no more valuable or fulfilling to anyone than that of a slime mold seeking food. If we never had temptations to pull us away, our life would be of no use to evolution and it would harm the species' chances of survival. Our emptiness is what built our society, but temptation is what allows us to be here to experience it in the first place.
Humans were not meant to be satisfied, I realized. We are meant to create and destroy, to remember and forget, to discover and to leave behind, to fight and to flee, to hope and despair.
Always had
Time to drop some Soma.
Steven Wills Whoever said Skooma is bad for Khajiit, was clearly not Khajiit on Skooma!
Silver Saudvids He's not talking about Skooma, Soma is a drug in Aldous Huxley's dystopian sci-fi novel Brave New World. You should read it.
Steven Wills
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Vuoto It's also a real-world muscle relaxer also known as carisoprodal.
Steven Wills You win the internet!
Smart stuff. Can't wait to collaborate again!
Dark5 Dark stuff. Can't wait!
Wisecrack Both great channels Dark5 brought me here now I can't stop watching!
I've been watching dark 5 for awhile but when I was watching school of life they suggested wisecrack and now I realize it's all connected man
I love you 😍
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The cosmic coyote was a really nice touch
+Matias Martin agreed
Always a great idea to see the world from a new perspective.
Scott J Hall Yes, drugs are interesting. But you can't draw any relevant conclusions from that experience. Or at least: You shouldn't.
Like they said in the vid: The mind filters out certain experiences. I suppose there is a reason for that (i.e. tigers)
zookatone Depends what you consider relevant. Sometimes it provides new material that you can make sensible after you come down.
Scott J Hall and not only the world but also your own personality :)
Scott J Hall A better new perspective would be to experience a culture not your own or perhaps the study of quantum physics as those would have much more relevance on your outlook on life.
Tony Gonzales Those are both very valid experiences but unless you've been unbelievably high you don't really understand how it can change your entire outlook
Was gonna Watch a wisecrack video, but then i got high
Marcus INfinity Now I'm watching Dark Five, and you know why?
Saatana Orava Perkele Because I got high, because i got high...
Marcus INfinity Laa da ta ta da daa
PunxFan
It's the one and only D O double G.
theLuigiFan0007 Wot?
Tried shrooms 2 years ago, changed my life for the better. Got out of a 5 year ditch of depression in one day and I've been fine since.
Strobeez Same here, but with hash. I'm not even kidding.
I remember that I was usually really sad beforehand - But it haven't happend once after I smoked with a friend in the local park. It definetly changed my life, however I did just try it once, and I only took 2 hits of the joint. (Considering that my friend smokes every day, which is bad, he has build up a tolerance and needs to make his joints stronger - I took two hits and I was high as a kite. He smoked the rest (There were two joints))
It was an amazing experience that I will never forget.
Strobeez what kind of side effects do shrooms have? like does it do damage to your brain or skin? ofc every drug does damage if you do it everyday but say i try it once will it do damage? also could you tell me more how it cured your depression? what did you see? and did you try other methods of curing depression before trying shrooms? like was it your last resort? sorry for all these questions but i am very interested about this subject. i also have depression and every day activities like even waking up feel like a task. i can't sleep well, i am constantly sad etc. you should know since you also had depression.
eetu45 i had no negative side effects at all, no damage to brain or skin, no nothing. As far as i know psilocybin mushrooms are one of the safest, least-toxic recreational drugs available. The mushrooms themselves didn't directly "cure" my depression. The visuals were fascinating, but it was more the induced feelings and thoughts that made the difference in the long run. I did not take mushrooms in any attempt to improve my mental health, and if i'm being completely honest i took them purely out of curiosity. They made me think of all these different epiphanies about the way my life works; what makes me happy, sad, what i really want in life, etc. and i basically realized that i can achieve any goal i want to in life, i just need to work for it. I made a list while tripping of all the things that i would like to change in my life, some of the things that i wrote down were completely subliminal and i would never have guessed to change them in a sober state (even though they made complete sense in context to my life). In the following days after my experience i worked hard to actually change every single thing i wrote down in my list and it actually changed my world completely. I felt uplifted and determined for a long while even after the psychedelic effects wore off. It basically cleared my mind up of all egos, emotions, and all the other bullshit in my life, and it let me see what was really important to me as a person.
Strobeez wow good for you! it's exactly those negative thoughts and feelings that have filled me completely that make me unable to change. i know i should get back in shape i know i should clean my house more often etc etc. obvious things, but they feel impossible to do when depressed. like i said even waking up feels like a task. i might try them in future. where did you get your shrooms? how did you ensure that the dealer didn't put anything weird into them? like sometimes people put some weird stuff to marijuana that is impossible to see with your eyes, but the reason they put it is because it increases the weight. so they can sell less for higher price. so how can you ensure there wasn't any shit like that with your shrooms?
eetu45 i just got a bunch of links for everything haha.. i doubt anybody would lace your shrooms though. it doesnt pay off for dealers to mix with shrooms or cannabis tbh, its easier to grow em for essentially free than to spend even more money trying to buy drugs to lace em with. i wouldnt worry about it
Bad trips are the most important.
Like the that rolling stones lyric:
"You can't always get want you want... you get what you need."
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Awesome. Welcome!
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Yeah, I quite like a bit of the odd thing, myself(^_^)
And that talking coyote was really just a talking dog...
carte blanche Hi Homer! Find your soulmate!
Logan Benton Wait a minute.... There's no such thing as a talking dog!
Woof.
Logan Benton Damn Straight.
I won't ever judge a drug unless I experience it myself. That being said, I don't have much experience outside of the usuals; caffeine and alcohol, something that I need to remedy. But when schools push on students how drugs are bad simply because they are, it sounds more like the blind religious leader who teaches their ethics without explaining them (eating unclean meats is wrong because of the fact it is wrong).
Danmarinja You should try Krokodil. As you say, you only judge a drug you experience yourself. In no ways can you determine its effects by the user.
Danmarinja I agree, schools should really show the kids what drugs can do at an earlier age instead of just telling them to "Say NO To Drugs!" It doesn't matter if they teach the kids about drugs in high school; some may change their minds against drugs, but several students will have likely experimented with drugs already.
Danmarinja You're right, they should wheel out my Meth addict sister to class and show them what can happen. Amazing how liberal people can be with other people destroying their bodies, it's all good if you're not involved and sheltered I guess. Alcohol can be terrible too and that doesn't get pushed enough, but that doesn't mean all drugs are fiiiiiine because you just haven't experienced them enough.
+Karl Tanner, A fookin' Legend of Gin Alley you mean something else like opium, morphine or heroin?
People are shooting opiates because of the specific relief from life it can provide. They don't cause hallucinations or provide entertainment, they simply take away the pain of being human for a while. It has nothing to do with exploration of self described in this video (very few people actually feel the active need for that), it's escapism in a purest and most selfish form.
+Lonely Soul Why is it selfish to take opiates as a form of escapism, exactly?
I think the fallacy with Huxley's supposition, is that the only way to reach a holistic ideology, stripped of the pressures of a consensual reality, is through substances. As someone who has problems with anxiety and depression, that sort of thinking comes second nature. When experiencing a panic attack or fear of death (among other things) it allows one to gain perspective that might not occur under "normal" circumstances. An alternate "reality" also occurs in schizophrenics, yet another stripped of societal expectations (I came to discover this through the 8-Bit Anti-Oedipus aswell as reading the book later). The problem, in my opinion, with using substances to reach these conclusions, is that one might feel in order to constantly re experience that sort of enlightenment, the substance will always be needed. In my opinion, creating your own reality depends on constantly reassessing what it means to exist, to approach others with kindness, and to put forth your ideal means of living, whether janitor or painter. It is a daily thing, not one strictly subject to a single ingestion of said substance. Every means of changes come from within, not without. But on a side note, thank you Wisecrack, for offering me up a perspective I might not conceive of in my daily existence. I feel like I should go so far as to say 8-Bit philosophy is better than any psychoactive experience. It's free, without side effects, and always offers up a new point of view. Kudos!
No offence but if you haven't tried any psychoactive substance you aren't in the position to weigh if "8 bit philosophy videos" are better than said psychoactive substances.
soz mate.
Regards
A superior intellect
Constant "psychoactive" drugs would fall under most medications, especially for ADHD, to which I have. Good logic though. It's like a reasoned argument means nothing to someone as edgy as you.
Okay so you have tried a tiny dose of ritalin. Does that warrant you saying every other drug is inferior to a 8 bit philosophy video?
It's not a reasonable argument, hence why I responded, unless you have tried every single psychoactive drug it is impossible to make the claim that 8 bit philosophy videos are superior to "any" psychoactive experience / substance
My point was that the obtaining of multiple perspectives - conscious awareness- can beat out a drug experience. People often associate drugs with creativity when often times it's the creativity that precedes the drugs. You seem like an expert in missing the point entirely.
[The Doors] took their name from the title of Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, itself derived from a line in William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite".
I freaking knew it!
i see someone saw the film :), this movie maked me wanna try it.
duuuude
+Thomas Dupont wait what movie??
Nathan Ware come on dude, Oliver Stone ? Where everybody learned about that anecdote ?
I'm pretty sure I got this from Wikipedia, so indirectly from Oliver Stone then?
Real missed opportunity in not making this episodes length 4:20
ShapezPuller64 *slow clap* that deserves a bong rip
ShapezPuller64 they are talking about psychedelic drugs, not recreational shit. Actually one of the problems with society's attitude to psychedelic drugs, are morons like you, who don't give a fuck about changing perception, or investigating the human's psychology and nervous system (we still don't have solid idea on how lsd works, as it was forbidden even for researches). You are one of those who would do lsd and go to club to increase trip by adding some cocaine above. Untill you don't make difference between recreational drugs and psychedelic, neither society and goverment will. I am not against weed (i am in favor), but don't mix ways to chill and ways to investigate existance.
Weed doesn't change your perception, it's effect as dumb as alcohol's.
Егор Свежинцев You should refrain from criticizing, it was a joke. The fact that you're so hostile speaks more about you than the original commenter. Plus, drugs ARE recreational in the majority of settings, that doesn't make insights any less profound while you're on them. Huxley listened to music and took a walk in a garden- do those not count as recreational activities?
Clauditokess I doubt there are many people who smoke weed to go to the art gallery or listen to the classical music. There is no reason for this, as concetration when you are stoned is so bad, that you might forget every painting at the moment you walk to the next one.
Clauditokess and this jokes, especially in this *stoner-insider's* way, equates psychedelic and recreational drugs. Someone who is against any drugs will watch this video, and might think "hmm, should i rethink my attitude to psychedelics and investigate this question, maybe read Huxley". But than he will fo to the comment section, and see stoners joking about weed, and he will think "No, i am out of this shit."
I am speaking now not about this particular comment, but about the whole image of psychedelics in society, formed by millions of jokes like this. Again: Untill you don't make difference between recreational drugs and psychedelic, neither society and goverment will.
You're not experiencing the universe, you're experiencing the inside of your own head.
DontMockMySmock But at the same time, you can't experience the universe without your mind can you?
undead797 You can argue that the "universe" is what you perceive an therefore the universe resides in your mind, but I could argue it's not the universe itself what resides in your mind but the data representation of only the minuscule portion that you were able to experience through your senses. A recording of it. Like a movie. Doing drugs is therefore a mad man's cinematographic editing session.
undead797 You're ONLY experiencing a distorted version of your mind. Different drugs do different things, but I think psychedelic drugs work by shutting down the filters on your senses. You're not experiencing the universe, and you're not "[peeking] behind the curtain." You're changing what your mind does with information, not magically understanding all of the information in the universe.
Taylor Roncevich Damian Reloaded I agree with both of you, but I think there is more than one universe, the mental and the physical, and then there are conceptual and parallel universes, but how do we know if the universe can exist without the mind and vice versa? These are things that we will probably never know in our lifetimes. And Taylor Roncevich of course your changing what your mind does with information, that's why they are called psychedelic which means mind-revealing or mind altering, there is no magic involved, however if someone perceives within their mind what they call "the universe" while they are high who are you to say they didn't? The mind is part of matter and space is it not? They physical universe might not have changed while someone was high but then again the universe is always changning whether we are high or not, and also we are always experiencing the universe whether we are high or not, when you take drugs you just perceive it in a different way.
undead797 You are just as able to say something to a drug user as to a religious person. If a religious person says she talks with the creator of the universe in her mind, who are we to tell otherwise. For now, due to our ignorance about the inner workings of the brain, most of what we can say about the brain will be speculations. As we progress in our understanding of it, then what taking drugs (or being religious ftm) is, will, at least scientifically, be more unequivocally defined. IMHO to philosophize about drugs is as sterile as philosophizing about orgasms.
I'm 55 yr old stoner and former tripper. I figured I should speak up with some of my personal experience on this matter so people can make an informed decision. I did LSD and some shrooms for roughly 7 yrs off and on although I tripped every week for one of those summers. Smoked weed from 13-54. Used meth for roughly 10 years before quitting (highly recommend steering clear of meth).Pro's: I firmly believe I am a better more compassionate person because of tripping and the weed. While I have always thought deeply and outside the box, I do think tripping allowed me to explore that aspect of myself on a much higher level (no pun intended). It could definitely be argued that I would have thought of the same things without the aid of tripping or weed but I don't think so. Thinking of something as a concept and "experiencing it" are two very different things. As Hendrix asked "are you experienced".Con's: Meth induces schizophrenic experiences and behavior or brings forth latent / dormant schizophrenia itself. Trust me, you don't want to experience that. Cannot be certain which drugs are contributing factors or if natural causes but short term memory is very poor, possibly early onset of alzheimers. Once you open the doors to seeing reality in other ways... those doors cannot be easily shut. Although I haven't done anything harder than weed for over 20 yrs I find that high stress or continued use of weed for longer than a week will bring on what I call altered states of consciousness. I won't go into details for the sake of brevity but I can assure you that we live in two very different realities. Or to quote Aeon Flux, "I come from a world.... you may not understand". Caveat: I am a sample group of one. Mental illness and epilepsy runs in my family as well as child abuse which all can be very important factors. The mix of drug types makes it impossible to determine which ones are responsible for which long term side effects. Personal conclusions: Would I do it the same way again? Yes because I like who I am and how I see things. To change anything in my life would most certainly change who I am now. Would I recommend it to others? NO because I could never be sure if they would experience things the way I do. I firmly believe most people could not survive the unreality through which I walk.
We always joke about people who get stuck in a bad trip but I have to take Valium daily. If I don't go into panac attacks that feel just like a bad trip. You can loose a finger, Arm, leg, or eyeball but if you brain is damaged your in trouble. My attacks are like a nightmare that never stops without medication. The risk isn't worth the reward if you chance damaging your brain for life.
That's the same thing David Bowie said and the same thing I've said. I wouldn't recommend you do it but for me, I wouldn't change a thing. It really was great and I wouldn't change my experiences for the world but the problem is that you're playing with fire. Most people who aren't careful develop an addiction. So many of my friends... I was lucky. I'm not talking about stuff like mushrooms or acid but you know, the "bad" stuff. I'll still drop acid on occasion but I consider myself basically sober. Two completely different things to me.
Paul TheSkeptic Agreed those are two very different things. For me I can no longer do anything including weed (except a little drinking). If I smoke weed, I can begin tripping mildly. After a couple weeks of daily use I loose grip on what we call reality. I say "what we call reality" because for me what I experience is the deeper reality however I cannot function in this normal reality while perceiving the other reality all the time.
Besides, after decades of seeing and experimenting with what I call the deeper reality, I believe I have gone as far as I can go with it and gleened as much useful information and personal changes as I can. Now I am just trying to balance the two worlds I walk in.
The1stDukeDroklar You sound like you've had a very interesting journey. I think maybe there have been moments in my time that I've had glimpses into the world you've seen.
Paul TheSkeptic Lol, yes, it has definitely been and still is extremely interesting. I would say that one major benefit has been that it made me a much better person while at the same time giving me deep insights into human psychology. Downside is that with a deep understanding of humans comes some very painful and hard to swallow realizations about humanity and ourselves. This I express by saying "I am not good... I am merely the least evil I can force myself to be at any given moment".
LSD at the dentist would be the most horrible thing imaginable
"It gets you completely and utterly freaking high, man."
*Loses shit*
i will never understand how alcohol escaped being called a drug.
some drugs under control situation are not dangerous just like alcohol isnt.
before anyone makes any assumptions i am no drug user right now nor i was in the past however i strongly believe we should start testing them and use them more frequently (the none lethal ones ofc) since they are certainly going to give us new info on how our brains function
Did you know mushrooms are a schedule 1 drug? That means they fall under the same category as heroin and crack. That means they are considered extremely addictive and deadly to the human body.
a1919akelbo ok i dont know which drugs are lethal. however many things can be lethal but we use them in medicine. that means we shouldnt exclude drugs...
the joke here ofcourse is that mushrooms are not addictive you cant overdose so no direct ''death'' caused by mushrooms and mushrooms are a schedule 1 drug in america* theres more continents in the world aswell as countries.
Awesome Video :)
+OPEN MIND Dude... You are everywhere. I just wish your videos were in English. I still subbed though!
+OPEN MIND I love the smell of drugs in the morning. Smells like ....victory. Someday this war on drugs is gonna end.
+rawnukles
Hopefully within my lifetime. Kinda sucks having a Master's degree in science and receiving scholarships while not being able to express freely what lead me down the very path that many would consider "successful".
+OPEN MIND Gibt's schon ein Meskalin-Video? ;-)
+OPEN MIND You look like the kind of person that would write "Awesome video" xD
I'm sitting here on acid right now.
I think I need more acid
i wonder if acid is psychedelic
"There are things known and things unknown, and between them there are the doors."
- Jim Morrison
From my experience with psychedelic drugs, all have the same expansion of connectedness with all life and non life. It's incredibly difficult to explain but you feel that you are connected and empathetic towards not only all people, but all living and non living things. It has definitely changed my life for the better as it allowed me to gain alternate perspectives and empathise with others.
BEAUTIFUL video! nice work, guys!
Too much of anything is bad.Moderation is so difficult though.
***** While this can be true, psychedelics build tolerance extremely quickly so once you have a full on "trip", unless you heavily increase the dosage you wont be able to have a similar experience for at least a week.
QTipNips I in no way know this from experience, but if you were to say; double your dose every time you dropped. You COULD potentially stay high for... days even.
***** I tend to agree with Doug Stanhope who says "Excess in moderation."
***** then, *too much moderation is bad* ;)
Efrim Begotten
No, psychoactive chemicals work usually by means of synaptic activation potentials.
In other words your nerves drawn in salts from the body to facilitate various experiences (nervous communication).
After some time, individual cells will be less likely to absorb the molecule by way of receptors on their membrane because they have been signaled to do so.
In fact it takes a few days for this 'downregulation' to return to normal for lsd.
This is called tolerance.
I think you should've reworded the title of this video to "Are Psychedelics Good?" because everyone in the comments is instantly assuming that drug = crack and turning away.
Now this is the best info vid on Huxley & Mescaline I've seen on here to date. -Thank-you Wisecrack
This videos are awesome and very interesting. Keep up the good work!
For some a deadly poison, others result in masterpieces & genius being formed. IMHO drugs are good for you because they're the physical manifestation of the lesson that everyone is an individual.
"The dose makes the poison"
-some dead guy named Paracelsus
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Wisecrack is sooo good. Gem of a channel. Been watching for years and gonna make patreon donation.
Brings TAS to a whole new level.. Nice work man.
Takeshi's challenge. I like it.
Mason Brown I was just going to say that, too... They really know their 8-bit games.
"Wait, we can't stop here, this is bat country"
This show is just fascinating, and what with the ever mysterious narrator! Hope you get a book released like Thug Notes! :)
Salvia made me explore my world and my inner-most thoughts. I am definitely a much calmer and more rational person thanks to my trips. Please use such drugs responsibly and always have a sitter if using psychotropics. Keep up the good work, I LOVE these videos!!!
Why do I feel like there could have been a deeper discussion on drugs applicability towards recreating your perception of reality? Personally, I don't do drugs but the idea of it still allows some interesting notions.
Some people believe you can alter your mental state by willpower and/or meditation alone..."drugs" are kind of like short-cuts which may have side effects.
I just found this channel. That video was awesome. Looking forward to watching more!
Super, super excited about this one!
My shot at translating this video into something not so biased:
Basically what they meant by ''ego-loss'' was exactly that, the loss of ego. No longer do you think of yourself as a subject meant to use or be used by your environment. But rather as part of the environment like another straw of grass in a field. In other words all ''Hm what can this be used for'' thought processes are stripped away and instead you are left to observe your environment without bias.
This is pretty much the very same state of being that traditionalist buddhist munks spend their lives meditating to permanently exist in.
So sure that sounds all fine and dandy but there's one big issue, the reason why so many governments think of drugs as a danger to society.
The big reason as to why drugs are condemned - by me included - is because they are the easy way out. In times of need instead of pondering sullutions you can simply take a whiff of a drug and be sent off to some fairy land where that urgent need seems dumb. In times of sadness instead of seeking contact or simply suffering through it you'll instead take another whiff of your drug and all will seem normal. In times of panic instead of helping you'll take another whiff of your drug.
By the end of these days there would be needs not solved, no pits climbed, no social bonding. By the very end your life will have been a long, straight, unchanging line where no knowledge was gained, no progress made but worst of all. You yourself will have lived your life ignoring those around you, for they are unimportant in your ''enlightened mind''. Your impact on the world is nonexistent, social bonds broken by mental absence.
Some define murder as someone robbing the world of the potential of man or woman. Most drugs do the same when used irresposibly by murdering what would've made you so special.
But who cares about life as a whole when there's that beautiful violett flower over there.
***** you need to spend an hour an isolation tank, then go on an ayahuasca retreat.
***** That is simply not true in the case of psychedelic drugs. Try LSD when you have a lot of unsolved problems and you are depressed - there is a possibility that you will have the worst experience in your life in a form of a bad trip. (there is also a possibility that it will be useful for you in the long term).
Using psychedelic drugs are quiet the opposite of "the easy way out". Yes, i would say "the hard way in" just fits the experience better :D
"By the end of these days there would be needs not solved, no pits climbed, no social bonding"
That is also a lie. Psychedelic drugs are not heroin or crystal meth, they are different, there is no way you will get addicted to a psychedelic drug. You know nothing, you have no idea what you are talking about.
***** "But who cares about life as a whole when there's that beautiful violett flower over there"
That is the quintecence of your misunderstanding. You probably never cared about life as a whole as much, as someone under the effect of a psychedelic drug.
+Dennis Persson You're thinking of alcohol. Psychedelics turn negative feelings into bad trips and vice-versa.
I was actually referring mainly to marijuana seeing as how it is the most commonly used drug by first world teens. Though I'm not a drinker, alcohol wouldn't make sense within the context of my comment seeing as how alcohol enhances whatever feelings you have, either negative or positive. Brandon G
i fucking love mind altering drugs
Tell me about drugs that aren't mind altering.
Great video and what an excellent subject matter for 8-Bit Philosophy.
What an amazing interpretation of a trip. Couldn't have worded it any better myself.
You are taught that ANYTHING that opens the minds eye is bad. This is wrong. Great video
I wouldn't say that anyone is taught that "anything that opens your eyes is bad." Campaigns like DARE and Truth, alongside numerous media sources, fear of a reliance or addiction on these substances that enlarge your perspective. We are taught that a reliance on drugs is just as it says in the video: a defiance of our natural perspective towards survival and the physical world. When you reach this inner state of metaphysical thought, many people become reliant upon it as a means of fighting real world concerns or issues. However, we are taught by teachers that looking at different perspectives and enlarging your view of the universe is something that is admirable throughout life to become a more well-rounded human being. Many people achieve this through extensive readings or meditation or simply time devoted strictly to contemplation. Gaining higher consciousness or perspective does not necessitate the use of drugs, but many people perceive it that way. Drugs, like anything, can be quite insightful in moderation when taken safely, but like anything else in the world, drugs are quite harmful to us in higher quantities and can be detramental to our day-to-day lives. There are always different perspectives on drugs and higher consciousness, and any force that tells you definitively that something is unequivocally bad or good is corrupted by an insufficient argument; and there certainly are many opinions like that out there, but they are not the absolute majority.
Is this what druggies are telling themselves nowadays?
I don't trust anyone who's never been high on something.
Its not their fault they rode a plane somewhere
a cup of coffee is still a high
Ragingisky And a good shit
Now when I think... Neither do I :P
+Yan-Ray Iller-May every trip has their cons
Bravo excellent and brilliant this is the kind of stuff that I love I love the way that you guys just tackle everything and I I I just I admire you guys thank you so much I love this this is my favorite all time episode of 8 bit thank you
Finally, a good message about psychadelics. I give you props on this video. Thank you.
Fresh out of the military, die hard christian conservative full of selfishness and ignorance turned a reasonable agnostic vegetarian liberal on a path to help and love all in just one night. It's been 3 years since my first experience and i have without a doubt became a more passionate and caring person. Life is way more beautiful now. It makes me sick knowing who I was. Be careful when attempting to become enlightened but remember to listen; it's not all about laughing and joking.
ITRIEDEL Great comment. Respect the drugs and don't treat them only as a way to "get fucked up" !
What drug did you experience three years ago ?
Psilocybin Mushrooms. They have became a quarterly year routine. It allows me to restructure my ego, prioritize what means most to me, discard what bothers me and replenish my empathy. It's extremely bizarre how much it changed me. Several year ago, you never would have guessed. I drank like a fish, partied till my eyes shut. I was full of anger and hate. One night, I was ripped apart and brought to the the most simplistic form of myself and reflected on everything. Everything I ever hated was brought before me and was replaced with everything I truly loved. I've practically quit drinking (except the occasional beer) changed my diet, sponsored food for the homeless events, given back more than I ever had in the years before. I'm much happier now than I ever was. If it wasn't for mushrooms, I'd be a train wreck.
ITRIEDEL It's so cool to read a comment like yours.
I think I can understand the drastic change you experienced because weed has been doing quite the same thing to me since I've started smoking it four mouths ago. Probably not as drastic of course, but still. And I feel really enthusiastic about this because I feel like it has accelerated my spiritual growth in a really good way.
And not only that but I also feel that it has aligned me on who I truly am. It has removed layers of mental projections, illusions and empty goals. Lately I've been feeling really centered, as if I had found myself again. I have still a lot to learn of course, but now I feel like I'm on a really good path and I'm looking forward to seeing where this life will take me :)
I've never done psychedelics before but I plan to do so in a couple of months. Would you recommend Psilocybin mushrooms as a first try ?
all of these comments make me feel like shooting up the police station with a blow dart gun and darts that inject psychedelic elixirs.
ITRIEDEL holy shit
thats fucking insertional man
It's definitely an Interesting concept but many people aren't built for such a polarizing view of the world. Many people who go down this road and experience the world in a state of pure observation, unaware of their own self become false sages. They think taking this trip has enlightened them and exalted them to a place where they have seen so much and are now somehow exalted over the common person. However once coming down from the trip they don't realize they're shackled back in their own monotonous life and view of the world. The result is a person who feels perpetually exalted because of this enlightening experience but now that they're back in their normal self and state of mind they begin proclaiming this trip to the world and act like they've seen it all. Resulting in a moron who can't get over their momentary trip and return to their life of monotony. Final result is an annoying asshole who isn't very successful and continues drug use as an escape as opposed to a different view of the world. So yes drugs are good in a way that they alter your mind and allow you to perceive the world in a way you'd not be able to normally. But people often misuse this because of their limited self control and hatred of their monotonous lives so they use it as an escape instead of a once in a long while thing, which turns them into morons and losers. So in that way its bad. TLDR drugs are cool cause they make you see the world in a different way but people can't handle that and because of their limited brains misuse and habitually use the drug which turns them into idiots who think they're smart.
You describe a possibility but wrongly assune that that's the norm. There are many studies showing how "trips" have helpes people better themselves in the long term.
Fucking thank you! Could not have said it better myself!
QTipNips Why cloud your mind amd take a trip then? A trip is an experience, you should instead try to reach a sense of becoming enlightended sober and not become dependent on these drugs to do so FOR YOU in the first place.
There is no need for the drug in that regard just the experience amd while not 100% guarenteed in the game of life, neither are you guarenteed to have the trip in drugs either.
And once you get the trip that helps you life should you then stop getting what you needed?
your voice is so smooth on the ears.
Wow LOVE this. amazing animation! :)
0:24 Haha Bat Country reference.
Not all drugs were created equal folks! If you huff jenkem looking for the secrets of the universe, you're gonna have a bad time.
thanks for the cameo!! i feel flattered.
Thank you, beloved educator.
The similar function of becoming ego-lessness is comparable to music and other religions (Durkheim definition) and what is sacred, in my opinion.
Obviously, I'm using only myself as an example (thus, the logical sin of composition can easily been applied) but this is the point of rituals in religions. Ego lessness and voluntary becoming are needed in regards to becoming ego-lessness. If you go to a cinema with a predetermined notion in mind saying 'this is going to be a piece of shit, fuck this' then you'll never become lost in the movie (thus, Deleuze and Guattari virtuality comes into mind as well - cinema in itself being real through the ego lessness which occurs and becoming one with the film). Likewise, depending how loud you play the music, the obvious drowning out of your thoughts can occur and, thus, get lost in the music.
Interesting idea comes to mind, then, of cultural capital influencing voluntary becoming or ego lessness.
Yeah, you temporarily know everything in the universe but can never describe and/or prove it to anyone. Or, maybe you just feel like you're learning, when it's all a lie and your thought in fact become meaningless.
It's not meaningless, because you experience it and that's what matters :)
JWQweqOPDH I'm not sure if you are talking about normal life experience or under drugs... We can wish we can describe things properly (but we can't), and we can wish we can prove (but we can't).
Jason Kang The video makes it sound like there's important information to be found by using drugs (also implies you should use them multiple times). If it's simply a temporary personal experience with no long term effect, then it's really just something that makes you feel better artificially, like a pain killer, and not learning/developmental experience with significance.
JWQweqOPDH
just recall that what you wrote applies to waking life just the same. Especially when compared to bad trips.
But if you doubt that, just check Stan Grof experiments with LSD (about the 'no lasting significant effects' part)
JWQweqOPDH ITRIEDEL 3 days ago
"Fresh out of the military, die hard christian conservative full of selfishness and ignorance turned a reasonable agnostic vegetarian liberal on a path to help and love all in just one night. It's been 3 years since my first experience and i have without a doubt became a more passionate and caring person. Life is way more beautiful now. It makes me sick knowing who I was. Be careful when attempting to become enlightened but remember to listen; it's not all about laughing and joking."
Of course, that is just one testimonial, have heard some others. He going into more depth on a comment on his post.
Thanks for your videos :)
3:58 "Anyone who has dropped an Acid before a dentist visit can attest, sometimes you have a bad trip"... PERFECT!
Drugs are bad. Mmmm kay?
Steve2323ZX No :(
Steve2323ZX why? And all drugs r bad?
Propaganda! Not all are death!
The Pope is 24/7 on shrooms
dogs fucked the pope, no fault of mine
OMG that thunderbird is a sprite from Street Racer!!! I used to love that game as a kid!!!!
Awsome vid!!!
Salvia Divinorum is an awesome drug, and it's still mostly legal in my state. Have you ever visited the second dimension? I have. Some really nice "people" there.
***** Salvia was easily the most intense drug I've ever tried. Felt like I'd fallen out of reality and that my entire existence up until that point had been a lie, like the matrix or something. I'd never do it again but it's definitely cool to look back on as an experience.
Scorch676 Few people that I talked to who tried it regretted it, but several have had experiences like yours. People feeling like their entire concept of reality is flawed.
I have used the drug almost a dozen times at varying concentrations and I've never had what I'd consider a bad-trip. However, one of those times I saw a doorway that was full of infinite doorways, and someone on the other side was orchestrating reality like it was a television show, and they thought it was funny that I believed it was real. That was the worst one, even though it didn't have a big negative effect on me.
The one where I slipped into the second dimension was great, the beings there arranged elements on an infinite vertical plain which when done correctly would maintain the balance of nature and physics in our third dimension world. They showed me their work and let me help for the time I was there, and I remember thinking that I'd be okay if I never left.
Another time I slipped into a liquid channel that flowed toward the brilliant center of the universe, and it was a blissful experience without much cognition.
One time I fell into the plaid pattern of a blanket and one phrase from the song I was listening to stretched on for minutes.
So I guess it can't always be spiritually enlightening journeys through mind space.
***** Wow, great trips :) Were all of these on salvia ?
Arnaud M Yes, and I never mixed it with other drugs, even alcohol.
***** Alright. Have you tried any other psychedelics ? Do you recommend one in particular for someone like me who has only smoked weed so far ?
Hello young people out there. Before you go out and drop something I should let you know. This is a true story, no joke. An old friend of mine and a buddy of his, went out into the woods to try with pot. Something went horribly wrong. Both of them had a terrible, frightening trip and my friend ended up shooting himself. He was 19.
He was a great guy who was loved by all. Not even remotely suicidal.
Advocate for drug use all you wish, but I must warn you. Any and all control you have over your body goes out the window once you go down that rabbit hole.
Richard Duryea sorry about your friend but thousands upon thousands of people smoke pot daily and do not kill themselves I smoked pot this morning and am happy as a clam your friend had issues you were not aware of and your fear mongering won't stop people from doing it if your story is even true that sucks but really and truly it was not the weed
I’m not gonna lie I actually experienced this ego loss this summer, very nice video thank you
I feel like I learned very little in this one.
2noided That's because you weren't high while watching it.
2noided Then you've never been on acid.
L4Z3RF4C3 I don't see the point in standing on vinegar. I did it once, almost slipped! Acid is slippery, you can break your mind!
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Vinegar, and generally most things acidic in solution, help to make windows and mirrors clearer by neutralizing the salt deposits (alkaline calcium).
Go into the bathroom and take a look at the spots on the bathroom mirror.
This is as close an example to what acid may do in that it makes the image fidelity near perfect when you pier into your mind.
The problem is that many parts of society are so broken (misconfigured) that from some emotional reaction others smash the glass likely in thinking they are achieving progress and convincing themselves they are doing you favors.
Hence why individuals such as yourself look at the result and believe the chemically induced state and by result the chemical itself was the problem.
However in one regard you are correct. Acid, given that you're goal is to not allow your state of mind to deviate and to become as fixated in your current view of things as humanly possible, is quite slippery and can definitely cause you to break.
I've done what he's done without drugs. Been there, thought it, was it. One does not need drugs to achieve that. But the goal of drugs is to achieve that, or atleast a form of it. I know this, because after I got there, while I was there, I did drugs, different kinds, but they did absolutely nothing to affect me. Or my state of mind. Drugs are a lazy and quick fix.
He is talking about psychedelics not cocaine dude.
And if you "got there" without drugs, how do you know your brain wasn't tricking you? Or that your ego wasn't interferring with your perception.
dogsRoxXD Huh. Didn't mention the kinds of drugs I tried there.
I guess that's only for me to really know. Since there is no actual way of making something other than myself understand what I understand, especially in the way that I understand it.
No matter how many questions you ask, answer or have people ask or answer them for/to you, the conclusion is none but yours to make.
how did u get there
so you went on a psychedelic trip... without psychedelics? because what i learned from the video is that its an experience, but you're making it seem as though its something you can get by thinking it or hearing it from someone else.
Joe Davis Of course it's something you can get to by thinking. Your mind is the conscious filter you have standing between you and the rest of the universe. It's a space separating two things or a thing separating two spaces. Whatever you like. If you consciously understand that those things are exactly the same despite being polar opposites, you'll see. I'm not talking about something immensely hard. It's all in front of us. You can see it anywhere, just let your mind do it. If you can't, it means you don't want to enough just yet. But when it happens, all will make absolute sense.
Winners don't do drug! Unless they are perfomance enchanter
What is a 'winner'?
mouwersor It's an American thing. No big deal.
***** What we give to Olympic athlete like Steroids, Epo and such
Redem10 As long as the person taking performance enhancing is white
Redem10 LSD is a performance enhancing drug.
Rolling up as i watch
This channel is amazing. :)
I dunno... I've known several people whose lives were eventually utterly ruined by drugs. I don't wanna risk putting weird chemicals in my brain... O.o
+CoriSparks unfortunately, you put weird chemicals in your brain every day. Being exposed to chemicals is an inevitable part of living in modern society. So, why not? Mushrooms and LSD aren't addictive. If you have the right personality to handle large doses of these basically non-toxic substances, you'll change for the better.
No pills, no powders, no meth. the rest is all good.
@strange420daze but not wanting to take those things is a valid choice too.
Of course it is. I was just pointing out the relative non-toxicity compared to chemicals we come in contact with on a daily basis.
Doesnt really make anyone better. I use to hang out with a group of friends who smoke weed. I stopped hanging out with them when they move on to shrooms. Tried it. It was weird. They LOVED it. They said it made them fewel open in all this shit. Lol.
You can always contuine drinking your toxic ethanol for fun or drinking tons of energy drinks. Thats much better, don´t you think? :)
Well, that was a load of nonsense. Was this intended as a joke video or do you not realize that certain drugs just make you think you are wise and perceptive. Pot, for instance, has a habit of making mundane things seem important, hence the paranoia some people experience. Enjoy the trip, if that's what you're into, but please remember that it's just an illusion.
***** well, Steve Jobs might not be the best example, but you are spot on. Drugs can have all kinds of positive or negative effects, but those effects are on simple brain chemistry and sometimes bodily functions, but they do not in any way allow the mind to achieve some higher level of consciousness or connect the mind to the greater universe. It's all in the user's head.
LordWellington35 at 1:29 the video talks about perceiving everything in the universe. This is spoken of literally. At 1:56, it says that drugs are the key to seeing the unfiltered essense of all objects, as if being high somehow gives a person insight into the biology or even existence of a rose, as if no education in botany were required. At 2:11, it states that drugs will let you understand all knowledge in the universe. The video is particular about avoiding stating that this is simply an illusion of the mind, opting instead to state as fact that a little peyote will give you accurate information of the atmosphere of Europa. At 2:46, it states that a lack of drugs directly prevents this knowledge of all things. And again at 4:10, the video states that drugs can give you all the knowledge in the universe.
Most of what you said in your comment, I agree with. Your statements, however, are not based on this video. I agree that drugs can change the user's perceptions. For instance, regular marijuana and alcohol users find over time that they are not able to maintain their calm when they are not intoxicated. They effectively build up a tolerance against being calm and happy, hence your need to call me an idiot and write three paragraphs before you thought about anything you were saying.
The fact is, drugs both legal and illegal have a variety of reactions that can be good or bad. They certainly can open the mind to other perspectives, but they can not, as the video claims, allow a mind access to all the knowledge in the universe.
***** not talking out of my ass, and I think we agree on those points. Many kinds of drugs are helpful for many things, including opening the mind to new ideas. My statement from the beginning was that it's a bit ridiculous for this video to make claims about drugs connecting the mind to some greater universal knowledge. That's religion, not science.
+Jeremy Cantrell
Real science would not exclude these drugs from the pursuit of knowledge and there certainly is an abundance that can be learned from researching these substances.
Unfortunately that is illegal and has resulted in people becoming close minded about the matter.
If science can not explain and induce (without injecting drugs) the mental states that are accompanied by drugs (especially psychedelics), then there clearly is a lot of research waiting to be done.
Also, you're taking the quotes a bit too literally, which is understandable. The psychedelic experience is not something that can be described in mere words. It's similarly fruitful as trying to explain colours to the blind or music to the deaf.
Despite having studied Mathematics and Physics (with excellent grades and scholarships) I would not even know where to begin in formulating a description that would convey the experience to somebody who has never experienced it for themselves.
It is only natural that a country full of blind people would call a traveler that speaks of colours and landscapes a nut. Be more open minded and don't aggressively dismiss what others have experienced, especially if you are not yourself willing to conduct further investigations, _that_ is religion and not science.
***** I took the statements literally because they were spoken that way. I do not dismiss the author's experience but rather insist that he not state opinions and assumptions as facts. That is not closed-mindedness. That is rightful objection to bad science.
Great text! very clear
Great video. Ego-loss is truly something indescribable.
Taking mescaline will provide me with "all the knowledge in the universe" ? I call BULL to that. I'd rather say mescaline will make Aldous Huxley hallucinate he becomes as smart as he never was.
Huxley is an incredibly revered author. Brave New World is practically a prerequisite for anyone interested in literature. You might disagree with him but you sound silly saying he wasn't smart
This show is the only reason I'm subbed to this channel
"It gets you completely and utterly freakin' high, man."
With that eloquent voice is hilarious!
A good read to go along with this,
Or hey, perhaps a good idea for a video, Wisecrack (Yes, I'm pitching ideas), is Robert Nozick's "The Experience Machine". It's a thought experiment that runs parallel to the philosophy behind all kinds of drug use. Good for a googling for anyone who found this video interesting.
Ah beloved Wisecrack, I ever so love you
This was freaking great, and a really interesting insight into what psychedelic drugs actually DO. More than one person I've known to be into psychedelics has told me that they use once or twice a year "to keep [their] head clear and mind focused". It's not hyperbole. If you start thinking your perception is too real, you're gonna have a bad time with life.
Nice Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde background!
great video
This is amazing.
Nice Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas reference.
I was high when I watched this which caused me to notice that you used a bit from the game NARC which made me happy cuz I played that a lot when I was younger.
This video was dope.
this is a nice channel. I'm going to sub. :)
I've only ever heard amazing things about psychedelics, I haven't tried them personally but I've heard about the repairing work that they do for the depressed. The tearing down into rebirth through pain.
Gets you completely and utterly high man !! Lmao😂😂😂😂 . I died
This is indeed a very interesting question... I would say that is an experience that is close to dangerous, but quite valuable.
Lmao @ 4:00 into this I died laughing because back when I was young & dumb me & some buddies had a trip that lasted over 12 hours & into the next day, & one of my buddies forgot he had a Dentist appointment the next mourning lol I am sure it was interesting
I enjoyed seeing Takeshi's Challenge in there.
"It creates an encounter with the Mind at Large. It gets you completely and utterly freakin' high, man."
Subscribed after that line.
that game in the intro was NARC! i loved that game