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Comment by cogitoergofutuo

> Halfway through my trip, about 4 hours in, visual snow started appearing on everything.

> On top of that, the loudest tinnitus you could imagine.

This sounds more like a DO(C/M/B/I) trip than LSD.

> I had dabbled a bit before with psilocybin, and don’t think it changed my life in any real manner other than showing me what mental illness is.

The author had a negative experience with psilocybin, expected that that would be the case with other psychedelic drugs, and was angry that they proved themselves right?

> Fuck you, Jobs.

It is super easy to create a scapegoat to absolve yourself of any responsibility in your decision making process. You pretty much have to actively ignore a large amount of advice when doing cursory reading about psychedelics to arrive at “LSD Bad!” without a single thought or mention of set and setting.

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