• Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 hours ago

    I’m not huge into drugs, can someone explain to me why a billionaire takes ketamine? Isn’t it a prescription painkiller?

    Shouldn’t he be smoking brainstem of an endangered rainforest frog, or some nameless lab chemical synthesized personally for him?

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      It’s a dissociative drug that has long been used as a field anesthetic because there’s a very wide range of doses that are both effective and non-lethal. It’s shown promise in recent years as a treatment for depression and certain other conditions that are resistant to traditional treatments. Ketamine is also sort of fun to do recreationally for the affirmation dissociative effects. Elon Musk is basically a drug addict at this point. He’s abusing it way too often and is healthy or safe to do

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      I don’t know about ketamine but I have been around people on Amphetamines. He acts like they did. So a guy trying to run 3 companies at the same time would presumably use amphetamines to have the time. You can go for days without sleeping.

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      I know it’s hard to phantom, but they have human bodies

      That react to stimulants just like we

      But they aren’t like us

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    6 hours ago

    I’m currently taking 80mg ketamine troches and can verify that I am not a sociopathic Nazi.

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    Who cares what the cause of the behavior is? It is unacceptable.

    That should be enough. No need to even try to explain of empathize with it.

    But it is telling that the richest man in the history of mankind acts like this. People should see that wealth does not equate to strength, intelligence, good politics, etc. But instead people see wealth as a way to get away with anything they want, even if it is completely embarrassing stuff that no one with self respect would even think about.

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    Hey look, the media blaming drugs for stupid people doing stupid shit.

    This isn’t the ketamine. He would probably be even worse without it.

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    7 hours ago

    I mean… we all have that friend who does mushrooms or drops acid and thinks they are the savior of the human race.

    The only difference is that the next day they have to go work their shift at IHOP rather than waking up and being the richest person in the world.

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    Along with those unsettling side effects, the psychopharmacology researcher and her team also found that regular users scored very high on delusional thinking scales and seemed to be convinced that they were receiving secret messages sent to them alone

    Sounds like him but honestly money and power is probably enough to explain his delusional behaviour

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    7 hours ago

    Imagine coming out of a K hole and finding that you’ve caused the most powerful nation in the world to collapse.

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    They gave my cat ket before they euthanized her. She looked absolutely blissful, but certainly in no fit state to run a government.

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    Ketamine, like any drug, should be thoroughly researched. Whether good, bad, or mixed, the knowledge would be useful.

    In any case, I think that being wealthy is the most dangerous drug of all. It frees you from the consequences of your actions. Being invulnerable from society, prevents you from knowing what it means to be harmed. It is why rich folks tend to be assholes, since they don’t understand the reality of being human. They are more akin to space aliens or dragons.

    …at this point, excessive wealth is something I believe to be a drug that harms society, not individuals.

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      There’s an insane amount of research into ketamine. That’s why they literally use it regularly to sedate children.

      It’s very safe and well tolerated. This shit isn’t about ketamine.

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      Ketamine, like any drug, should be thoroughly researched.

      Hey man, go easy on him. He’s researching it as hard as he can, while balancing other responsibilities, like running DOGE. Have you ever tried working for the federal government with a cranium full of ketamine? It’s not as easy as he makes it look.

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    A fragile ego and sense of entitlement could also explain a lot of it. This comes from experience and, thankfully, at least some people can get better.