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deCypher



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The highlights of PSP were definitely either:
A) Poid vs. MushroomTrip in gloriously epic verbal battle,
B) Token Mystic Fluffernaut wielding the Ego Shield of Impermanence and Longsword of Fallacious Reasoning +3 vs. the salty forum vets banded together under the feared & bloody sigil of Death Anxiety, or
C) Random Noob taking hours of their time to painstakingly craft a multi-page argument of brilliant reasoning and logical coherence, only to have the entire point of their post instantly devastated and the rest of their thread degenerated into abject mockery by a needle-sharp one liner by OrgoneConclusion.
Or, ya know, D) any post by yours truly.
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Psilosopherr
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Re: The Best of PS&P [Re: deCypher] 1
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deCypher said: The highlights of PSP were definitely either:
A) Poid vs. MushroomTrip in gloriously epic verbal battle,
B) Token Mystic Fluffernaut wielding the Ego Shield of Impermanence and Longsword of Fallacious Reasoning +3 vs. the salty forum vets banded together under the feared & bloody sigil of Death Anxiety, or
C) Random Noob taking hours of their time to painstakingly craft a multi-page argument of brilliant reasoning and logical coherence, only to have the entire point of their post instantly devastated and the rest of their thread degenerated into abject mockery by a needle-sharp one liner by OrgoneConclusion.
Or, ya know, D) any post by yours truly. 
I want to see this 'post C' by random noob. Sounds satisfying
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EternalCowabunga
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Haha. There was a time when most of the posts here were like that. It made for some pretty fun reading. Decypher described it exactly too - they would get so flustered and pissed when OrgoneConclusion mocked them.
Also, the many uphill battles against Icelander and his death anxiety theory.
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Mr Person



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SneezingPenis said: http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/6284085/fpart/1/vc/1
this thread made me peruse a lot of my older threads. Some of them are like 10 years old and definitely cringeworthy. I don't even remember making half of the threads i did, but this one stood out and i remembered it vividly. it even spawned a few other threads later on, but it was a good slice of how it used to be.
back then there were really only 10-12 reg posters that made 90% of the posts.
Thanks this was a great thread! It's funny but as you point out in the thread, the things that people think make them unique are really just signifiers of the "unique" subcategory. When I was in high school and college I had a lot of piercings, mostly on my face. I thought I was truly hot shit for having my nipples pierced at 15. I didn't even really see them when I looked in the mirror because I was so used to them, but often my first conversations with people would begin along the lines of, "Hey I like your piercing..." or "Did that hurt?".
I think I really underestimated the effect they had on peoples' perceptions of me. As I've gotten older I have removed some and others fell out on their own, but I think it has really effected how people view me. My piercings were like an outward signifier to other rebellious types that I was down for the stuff they were into. Without them I think I look like a boring middle aged dude that no one would suspect was into drugs and thinking about the universe. Who knows?
I think most of our modern drive for "uniqueness" is a result of overpopulation to be honest. Historically people are much more open about wanting to belong. It's a symptom, one of many, that people are living in much too large of communities these days. Add to that the homogenizing effects of internet culture and smartphones and it feels like large parts of our individuality (the character of our hometowns, and where we come from) are being overwritten.
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