it is drizzly outside.
looks like up in dallas they had snow the other day.
it is pretty cold out..
last year we lost roky erikson, and in september we lost daniel johnston. two people who lived largely in part in austin, texas.
austin is a good place to live. looking forward to sxsw which i will give my report of here(stay tuned).
i do not really go to shows much these days. i saw a really good black angels show, and a flaming lips show. mercury rev and holy wave too. good music.
it was at levitation fest (formerly austin psych fest).
i like that stuff.
video games wise i have been stuck in the game legend of zelda breath of the wild. i have been playing super mario bros 3 again. great game. super mario bros 2 and super mario world are games i like.
i like the aesthetic of hyper light drifter, great game
another really good video game is spelunky.
i like bernie sanders. hopefully he gets elected.
everyone i grew up around is conservative. here in austin everyone is very liberal. from my time in finland i would say i am a proponent of social democracy.
i am not one of those guys who is super anti-sjw if you know what i mean. i feel like people who think the left is all maniacs take limited information about extremists.
if somebody identifies as female or what have you, i find it disrespectful to the person to not address them properly, as in how they would prefer to identify. i do not identify as lbgtq but i feel like some people are just wired a certain way.
marijuana should not be illegal. the us jails too many people. psychedelic drugs should be decriminalized and legal for therapeutic use. some people benefit from microdosing, for example many people in computer science who use psychedelics in small doses to large doses to help with their programming.
lsd for example, is very useful. it is also highly potent, leading to it being quite commonplace today in some circles, namely artists, musicians, and college students. a 100 microgram dose is enough to bring about psychedelic visuals, deep intoxication, and giggling laughter for 8 hours at its plateau.
if taken too often, it can be a really negative experience. i do not take lsd anymore but for a few years of my life i was taking it a lot. now i do not even like the stuff anymore.
lsd is fine but can sometimes be sold as one thing while being something else. dangerous analogues such as 25i-nbome can be sold as acid.. there is an adage that goes back at least 10-20 years: “if it’s a bitter it’s a spitter!”
overall i think drugs are good only if you never really take them. your mind should not be altered all the time every day. this is why i generally avoid cannabis.
it sure makes music interesting.
pot makes me anxious and paranoid around people, why i rarely if ever use it.
alcohol is fine if you stick to no more than 3 beers at a time. it is rather poisonous.
drug laws are too harsh, and make no sense. if alcohol is so legal why is marijuana not?.
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