“I love our country, I want to see it restored to what it once was before all this bullshit started happening to us,” country singer tells crowd after “long-ass week” of controversy

    • NielsBohron
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      131 year ago

      This distillates distills why I hate country music.

      FTFY. “Distillate” has a very specific scientific meaning (it’s the liquid that condenses and is collected as the product of the distillation), and it’s a noun, not a verb.

      I hope I don’t sound like a dick, but I teach chemistry and I have this nearly pathological need to correct misused scientific terms. So… Sorry? You’re welcome? Either way, have a nice day!

      • @TokenBoomer
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        111 year ago

        I don’t mind. I’m secure enough with my own stupidity. That’s how I learn. I can also apologize for my mistakes. The world needs more dicks. Btw, can you make me some LSD?

        • NielsBohron
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          1 year ago

          You get me the right precursor, I can make you whatever you want 😉.

          Turns out anyone with a 3-4 years of chemistry lab classes, some money for reagents and glassware, and bit of patience can make just about any illicit substance. The trick is getting the starting material and scaling it up, which is why the DEA watches who’s buying iodine and pseudoephedrine (used for meth), sassafras bark (MDMA), and ergot (LSD), etc.

          Edit: and also, don’t mistake not being educated in a certain field for stupidity. I’m not educated in lots of areas and I would be certain to make a fool of myself if I tried to use specific terms in a philosophy context, for example. So, you’re totally good

          • @TokenBoomer
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            31 year ago

            I read how to make it a while ago. It was detailed and specific. That’s what struck me as impossible. How to get industrial chemicals for production. They make huge batches when they get it all together. Like, supplying the east coast kinda scale. Oh, and there’s only like 2 or 3 cooks active at a time. Insane. Use mushrooms (the right kind) instead kids, it’s safer.

            • NielsBohron
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              21 year ago

              For sure shrooms are safer. With acid, there’s a really good chance you’re actually getting an LSD analogue (aka “research chemical” aka “designer drug”) being passed off as acid, the way that lots of “ecstasy” bought on the street is actually mostly meth with a little something extra added and lots of heroin is more fentanyl than anything else.

              That’s a lot less common with shrooms (although not impossible or unheard of). Buy a test kit if you’re buying drugs, people!

              PS for anyone looking to get into hallucinogens, there are relatively safe substances that are very similar to acid, but there’s little to no research into the long term effects, so it’s fairly uncharted territory. Try to find a dealer that will be up front with what you’re actually buying and read up on the choices before you get in over your head.