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Humility
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Why I cannot donate to the shroomery, despite being a member for nearly a decade 4
#22313189 - 09/30/15 09:50 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Put short, I've found the community here to be by and large a great group of people. The thought that is transferred here is great and I've learned a lot in my time here. I'm FAR more busy than I was 10 years ago, having lived a little life, experienced a few upsets, and a few triumphs. I always said that when I had an opportunity to get on my feet and return the value I've received over the years I would do so without issue to all the various individuals and organizations that helped me become who I am today.
I regularly donate to Wikipedia, it was the first organization I chose to donate to. I have donated to/made purchases from Dan Carlin, and a number of video games (especially small-development games) that I have thoroughly enjoyed but downloaded ages ago among a litany of other things.
I have been absent for a while and thus can't quite comment on the most recent years of the shroomery but I can say that in general I find it to be supportive of a bad paradigm. It doesn't feel safe here and I've noticed a trend of individuals who are specifically opposed to freedom, goodwill and positivity be made administrators.
I've found the board to overall have a mildly racist and far more pro-state violence viewpoint than I myself am comfortable with, and far beyond what I ever expected. There are people here, many of them, including administrators who don't care about the fact that non-violent people get locked into cages for "drug offenses". People, including administrators who make jokes about other people's death at the hands of violent government thugs or who applaud or make jest about innocent people being thrown into cages so that others can profit.
It's like being a part of the "Nelson Mandela" boards and having people spout off about white supremacy, or how apartheid isn't "that bad" or how that particular black person deserved to get tased to death or murdered in the streets. It's clear to me that at the very least we are simply not on the same level of observance about what is right and what is wrong, despite these "eye opening", "mind altering" chemicals that we seem to share I find that not much is different between prominent "psychedelic users" here and other wrong-minded folks. As Jesus said, ye shall be known by your works. If you are looking and walking and quacking like a fascist, statist duck, what does it matter that you use psychedelics, and what sort of organization would make that person a part of their core hierarchy?
I came to the shroomery from a board where I played video games. I stopped playing video games with all of my time and started doing drugs AND playing video games.
Now most of my time is spent trying to better the lives of others by providing good, honest jobs that won't send people to prison and won't have them get involved with other people in violent disputes that end in death or jail time. I looked at my world and saw that my friends and family didn't have jobs and so I figured out how to provide them and in the process have been able to better my life substantially, and hopefully reinvest enough of what I receive back to continue to grow the business and continue to provide options for folks until things get so complicated that I feel the business is doing more harm than good or isn't what it is supposed to be anymore - at which point I will change things up.
As a result I've been posting here less and less. I can't sit here and read about forum administrators - people that've been selected and chosen - applauding or thumb upping the deaths or paralysis or incarceration of people that shouldn't have been hurt. There are bad vibes here, and not just by nobodies or members who aren't breaking the rules but by people who are "authority figures" and don't seem or feel like good, nice people. I wouldn't want to break down in the middle of no where and rely upon or trust these people for help. They don't seem like their mission in life is to "Help" or to "be good".
Life is too short and I think I want to spend more time around people who think it's wrong to hurt other people and who won't laugh when people hurt other people because they didn't do as they were told because one person had a costume on and one didn't, or *whatever*. The thinking gets so convoluted it's chilling.
Simply put: there are people here, in authority, who cheer and applaud when some people hurt others and who believe in authoritarianism and who don't believe in Freedom. I do, and without serious work towards an imagine change I would never be able to give this board money because of the history it has in supporting wrong-thought.
No point in naming names. I really appreciate all the positive interactions and love I've seen on this board and look forward to observing more.
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Re: Why I cannot donate to the shroomery, despite being a member for nearly a decade [Re: Humility]
#22313204 - 09/30/15 09:54 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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TL;DR
Ya man thats too long to read. But ya id really love to donate to the site and will one day.... But right now i would like to keep from connecting accounts with this account. I dont grow anymore and quit most drugs but still like to keep anonymity and what not..... Also idk how it works but shouldnt they get money just for having a popular domain, and advertising ect.
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Burke Dennings
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Re: Why I cannot donate to the shroomery, despite being a member for nearly a decade [Re: Humility] 2
#22313230 - 09/30/15 10:05 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'm not sure it's as bad as all that. There's no denying that there are some staff members here that are experiencing a major disconnect from the bulk of the userbase, but the type of thinking/acting you've described here is owned by the individuals and doesn't seem "institutionalized" or really even appreciated. For more of that, you should check out our sister site, Stormfront.
I do appreciate your posted analysis & I understand what you've taken issue with, but I don't agree that it's a sitewide matter. There's just a handful of people who are very vocal about their viewpoints that are incongruent with the site's "general ideals", whatever those seem to be. You can just put people on ignore if you don't like them.
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LogicaL Chaos
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Re: Why I cannot donate to the shroomery, despite being a member for nearly a decade [Re: Humility]
#22313238 - 09/30/15 10:08 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well.....Asante, an Admin, made this brand-new Smiley.

Its to show what psychedelics are safe to use. For harm prevention.
Thats something right? 
Also, i havent seen that level of extremism in my time here. sure, there are hate spewing and flaming, but its not THAT extreme as you put it.
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Re: Why I cannot donate to the shroomery, despite being a member for nearly a decade [Re: Burke Dennings]
#22313246 - 09/30/15 10:10 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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About the only problem of the like I've encountered here is the occasionally rampant anti-Semitic threads I've seen right here in the good 'ol Pub.
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qman
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Re: Why I cannot donate to the shroomery, despite being a member for nearly a decade [Re: Humility] 3
#22313394 - 09/30/15 11:00 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't recall any members "applauding" when innocent people get injured, you're speaking in generalities which kind of diminishes your claims.
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Shortknight



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Re: Why I cannot donate to the shroomery, despite being a member for nearly a decade [Re: qman]
#22313499 - 09/30/15 11:24 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
qman said: I don't recall any members "applauding" when innocent people get injured, you're speaking in generalities which kind of diminishes your claims.
On a psychedelic forum meta facts are perfect for me!
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shLong



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Re: Why I cannot donate to the shroomery, despite being a member for nearly a decade [Re: Humility]
#22313548 - 09/30/15 11:34 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Just to be clear, when you say "administrators", you're referring to moderators, right?
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SunnyD
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Re: Why I cannot donate to the shroomery, despite being a member for nearly a decade [Re: shLong]
#22313594 - 09/30/15 11:44 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I glady donated a few buckaroos to this place, Well worth pitching in here
And yeah OP theres a few charaters here  but I think most here are some of the best people on this planet
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Re: Why I cannot donate to the shroomery, despite being a member for nearly a decade [Re: Humility]
#22313680 - 09/30/15 12:01 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Then atleast consider donating for 7 years of bandwith you've wasted.
Just like me x'D
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danielx
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Re: Why I cannot donate to the shroomery, despite being a member for nearly a decade [Re: Humility] 2
#22313921 - 09/30/15 12:49 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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