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Just a note to say good-bye * 11
    #28305807 - 05/04/23 01:06 AM (8 months, 21 days ago)

I am one of the oldest members of this board though I have not posted in a long time. My original username was 'Swami'.

I have seen many people from these boards pass on. The latest was my good friend JSB (JokeShopBeard). He was so young and full of life with big dreams. So very sad. Now my time is fast approaching.


In addition to JSB, I lost my dad then my mom and then my aunt - each a month after the other. I was a caregiver for mom for the last year. In the middle of all this I got a second hip replacement and had to rehab during mom's final days. She kept falling and I was too weak to lift her. I was emotionally exhausted as my parents live thousands of miles away from each other so to say I was stretched thin was an understatement. Then the joys of handling two estates and funeral arrangements and lawyers and such.

I finally got most of the physical stuff behind me but went through a total emotional break-down along the way.

My retirement was supposed to be a time of peace and rest, but my challenges were far from over. I was busy making short and long-term plans when I went for my annual exam. My PSA was up to 23. A biopsy revealed that I had a score of Gleason 10 and further scans revealed stage IV metastatic cancer!

I know we all get there eventually, even so it is a bitter pill. I may have a few years left. Currently, I feel fine, but that is an illusion.

Anyway, wanted to say farewell to any remaining friends here. There has been a lot of comradery, fun banter, mock fights, laughs, and tears with many of you.

Stay well, Shroomers! :heart:


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #28305824 - 05/04/23 01:20 AM (8 months, 21 days ago)

i never got the chance to meet you on here, but this was the first thing i saw when i logged on so i just wanted to say hi

im sorry to hear all that, it sounds like things have been pretty exhausting for awhile now. that’s really tough. there’s always so much to take care of at every stage & i imagine it all has to be pretty tiresome. i hope you at least get to rest a little bit now. good luck on the journey

peace friend


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #28305845 - 05/04/23 02:07 AM (8 months, 21 days ago)

Maybe the orgone will reach a conclusion :sad:


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: OrgoneConclusion] * 2
    #28305846 - 05/04/23 02:10 AM (8 months, 21 days ago)

You may not remember me and I rarely post here anymore, but we had a lot of interactions over the years. Particularly during the era of Icelander, Veritas, Markos, et al. I appreciated your contributions here, especially the one liners. I'm sorry to hear this news and hope the remainder of your time on this plane will be well spent, and above all full of peace and pain free.

I've had quite a few friends, family members, and acquaintances pass away or diagnosed with terminal cancer recently. It makes me appreciate how illusory life is. Youth is gone in a moment and all of it is gone the next. I feel this plane, the bardo of life, is one of many, a step on a longer journey. And good things are waiting on the other side of the darkness, when this flame is extinguished.

Anyway, bad philosophizing aside, I wish you well. I've appreciated your contributions in the time you were an active member of this little community. Take care of yourself!


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to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: OrgoneConclusion] * 1
    #28305876 - 05/04/23 03:39 AM (8 months, 21 days ago)



Another one bites the dust.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #28305880 - 05/04/23 03:41 AM (8 months, 21 days ago)

You have me on ignore but I still want to write it is an ambivalent read, OC. I do not know what is going on. In one way I want to meet you before you pass away or something like this. :shrug:

I guess it is me and RGVs passing the tourch on.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: Pinkerton]
    #28305884 - 05/04/23 03:56 AM (8 months, 21 days ago)

You may agree that picture bears a resemblance to Revelation 9

they had hair as the hair of women,


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: OrgoneConclusion] * 2
    #28305923 - 05/04/23 05:30 AM (8 months, 21 days ago)

One or two years is plenty of time to get a few jokes in,
I prescribe: keeping the OC/SWAMI accounts active until flat lining.

that and psychedelic therapy.

I'm taking my creaky hips with me, well that's the plan so far.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: OrgoneConclusion] * 1
    #28305946 - 05/04/23 06:21 AM (8 months, 21 days ago)

Sorry for the bad news. I'm glad you don't feel like you have cancer :smile:

I hope you have some good years ahead of you. If you have your affairs in order, maybe you will start posting more often. I for one have missed your participation here.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: redgreenvines]
    #28306483 - 05/04/23 01:25 PM (8 months, 21 days ago)

Oh boy do I wonder what will happen in the future...


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: Lion]
    #28307021 - 05/04/23 09:36 PM (8 months, 20 days ago)

Quote:

Lion said:
You may not remember me and I rarely post here anymore, but we had a lot of interactions over the years. Particularly during the era of Icelander, Veritas, Markos, et al. I appreciated your contributions here, especially the one liners. I'm sorry to hear this news and hope the remainder of your time on this plane will be well spent, and above all full of peace and pain free.

I've had quite a few friends, family members, and acquaintances pass away or diagnosed with terminal cancer recently. It makes me appreciate how illusory life is. Youth is gone in a moment and all of it is gone the next. I feel this plane, the bardo of life, is one of many, a step on a longer journey. And good things are waiting on the other side of the darkness, when this flame is extinguished.

Anyway, bad philosophizing aside, I wish you well. I've appreciated your contributions in the time you were an active member of this little community. Take care of yourself!



Yo, what happened to Markos the gnostic?


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: BrendanFlock]
    #28307048 - 05/04/23 09:57 PM (8 months, 20 days ago)

*finally returns to post, rather than lurk and read, on this site*

I remember you as “Swami” from what feels like another life. Aka years ago I was only searching for information prior to experiencing mushrooms, never joining the community. Even over the last 12 months I’ve only posted a few score. Terrible, terrible, all in relation to my own health issues.

Orgone/Swami, I can only imagine your present emotional and psychological state. the stress and hell of circumstance. The very real time frame to your life. It’s terrible. Worse than that. But I hope you take stock knowing that you held yourself above rising waters, did your best for others despite the strain, you shouldered weight when many others would shuck it and hold steadfast in their selfishness.  I hope you remember that you are a good soul, because you are—even if we don’t know one another.


Don’t give up. Hold onto the moments. Remember how special and ephemeral and nonsensical and enlightening this ride is.

Maybe one day we’ll actually meet in different skins, and dance along the minds eye of some freaked out neo human dosed to the gills.

The best and kindest of wishes to you.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: OrgoneConclusion] * 4
    #28307090 - 05/04/23 11:35 PM (8 months, 20 days ago)

Well at least you are writing your goodbyes and not just falling into the past without a final wave.
I really appreciate the effort.
Look if you feel like saying goodbye a few more times, I wouldn't mind a bit.
every goodbye counts as a hello in my book.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: redgreenvines]
    #28307162 - 05/05/23 02:27 AM (8 months, 20 days ago)

Hello OrgoneConclusion.

You and I interacted many years ago when Icelander was still with us, typically when the subject was about god.

So as much as we aren't friends ( not enemy ether  :thumbup: ), I just want to wish you all the best for the future and that despite the bad news you've shared, my hope is that you will still find joy , peace and happiness until the very end.

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    #28307447 - 05/05/23 08:55 AM (8 months, 20 days ago)

To say you are and will be missed is an understatement.
I dont even check psp any longer bc of the absence of you, ND further on back... ice.

You were always, imo, a great and perfect counter balance to him, here. A much needed, silly, brain-teasing, and almost lofty appeal against the heavy like concrete personality and truth he carried.

I am extremely pleased not in the news/diagnosis, but simply that you are not in a bunch of physical pain, due to it, at this time.

I know it is bitter, however like I could've imagined, it seems you are still taking your pill with grace.

That is humbling after all, and I wish you the best path to the end possible.

I'm sorry at all the life you've lost recently, and that it streamlines into your own kabal.

But now that much is behind you it seems, I hope that you will take the time, if you have the ability to do so to do, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU COULD WANT, what is left for yourself to need or want to do.

Farewell comrade.

It's certainly tough to say, but much preferable to be able to see one another off with forethought, rather to be taken in an unexpected instant, leaving a lurch to be stomached ND buried with pain attached.

Thank you orgone, may you feel the same comfort and commitment you gave to others you loved in life, as your train pulls into its final destination

Cheers


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: OrgoneConclusion] * 1
    #28307464 - 05/05/23 09:08 AM (8 months, 20 days ago)

Sorry to hear of your news, OC. Wishing you much grace and peace, and hopefully more years to come. Best wishes! :heart:


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: OrgoneConclusion] * 1
    #28307534 - 05/05/23 09:41 AM (8 months, 20 days ago)

I hope for your happiness and comfort in this chapter, old fellow.

NoGodspeed to you.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: BrendanFlock] * 1
    #28307595 - 05/05/23 10:15 AM (8 months, 20 days ago)

BrendanFlock, Markos passed away during the pandemic. He had an extremely metastatic (if that's the correct jargon) cancer that was diagnosed too late. He died peacefully and I think pain free. His presence lives on!


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My body I will give to pleasures,
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to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: Lion] * 2
    #28308400 - 05/05/23 11:11 PM (8 months, 19 days ago)

Omg, that individual brought such peace and knowledge to my mind..

I hope he is sitting zazen in the bardos..

I will try to contact him..

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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: BrendanFlock] * 1
    #28308672 - 05/06/23 07:05 AM (8 months, 19 days ago)

I miss markos too, meantime covid shot #6 is a big pain in my left shoulder.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: redgreenvines] * 1
    #28308852 - 05/06/23 09:27 AM (8 months, 19 days ago)

can't believe anyone is still doing covid shots...


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: epilectric]
    #28308864 - 05/06/23 09:39 AM (8 months, 19 days ago)

well I know a  few people with long covid, and so, I also know a wee bit about the immune system, and well, I am not involved in consuming the conspiracy theories, so there you go. My shoulder hurts, and probably will for 3 days total.

done.

the WHO declares that the worst is over but it is still pretty bad world wide, and people are gathering en mass as if there never were any mask mandates.

I play on the side of caution.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: redgreenvines]
    #28309052 - 05/06/23 11:57 AM (8 months, 19 days ago)

i have completely opposing presumptions compared to yours, so for me caution involves avoiding covid shots (because i believe they can even intensify infections, while posing other health risks like the (rare but possible) myocarditis or infarction)

i was all for wearing masks, holding distance, partial lockdowns...

had covid 3 times and it gave me 7-10 days of detox and regeneration. my sisters were more strongly affected though

but as long as you feel safer that way, there you go... my brother had 3 shots and wouldn't get another one, had some weird postvac syndrome symptoms that thankfully dissipated at some point

my 50yo neighbor said he feels safer with 3 shots but in the end it can hit you this way or another ... i think that's kinda true


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: epilectric]
    #28309082 - 05/06/23 12:33 PM (8 months, 19 days ago)

yes, well I did not get covid even once yet. and I want to keep it that way.
I have even been exposed to covid infected babies out of necessity, but my shield has been effective.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: redgreenvines]
    #28309103 - 05/06/23 12:43 PM (8 months, 19 days ago)

good to hear 🙏


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: epilectric]
    #28309176 - 05/06/23 01:39 PM (8 months, 19 days ago)

Quote:

epilectric said:
i have completely opposing presumptions compared to yours, so for me caution involves avoiding covid shots (because i believe they can even intensify infections, while posing other health risks like the (rare but possible) myocarditis or infarction)

i was all for wearing masks, holding distance, partial lockdowns...

had covid 3 times and it gave me 7-10 days of detox and regeneration. my sisters were more strongly affected though

but as long as you feel safer that way, there you go... my brother had 3 shots and wouldn't get another one, had some weird postvac syndrome symptoms that thankfully dissipated at some point

my 50yo neighbor said he feels safer with 3 shots but in the end it can hit you this way or another ... i think that's kinda true




Watch out for paracetamol, peanuts, fish and cat fur! Because some people have allergies and can react poorly.

Why you believe a shot could intensify the infection is paradoxical and backwards.

Billions of doses have been given fine. I've has Covid once after 2 shots, and it was still a very tough experience with a headache that felt like a vice on my forehead and lethargy like that of being hit by a car.

Could have been worse if I wasn't vaccinated and I'm glad I am.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: sudly]
    #28309823 - 05/07/23 01:35 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

whatever floats ur boat

i never take paracetamol or other NSAIDs; if i'm in pain, i vape weed.

i'm vegetarian and don't wear fur.

peace out


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: epilectric]
    #28309856 - 05/07/23 02:45 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

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epilectric said: for me caution involves avoiding covid shots (because i believe they can even intensify infections




Live and let die, how's your coke habit?


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: sudly]
    #28309859 - 05/07/23 03:01 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

omg i did that last time in october last year and immediately regretted it... before that it was may last year, same regrets


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: epilectric]
    #28309864 - 05/07/23 03:10 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

Ain't no paracetemol for you, but a sniff'o coke'll do :thumbup:

Real consistent mate.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: sudly]
    #28309867 - 05/07/23 03:23 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

i'm not doing any more at this point


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: epilectric]
    #28309874 - 05/07/23 03:36 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

Good for you, the covid increasing infections comment is still undeniably a backwards things to say.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: sudly]
    #28309878 - 05/07/23 03:43 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

not if you read the according studies

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9548747/

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-067873

every body works slightly differently

i'm a hypersensitive individual, easily get skin rashes by contaminants and don't want to have any of that inside my body


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: sudly]
    #28309885 - 05/07/23 04:10 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

I am ashamed that I am attracted to disease..

My covid 8 months ago.. after 2 vaccines..

Lasted 2 weeks..

Just binged serial killer case files..

Couldn't do anything else.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: epilectric]
    #28309924 - 05/07/23 05:35 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

For your first link, it only has three references,

The first concludes clinical data has not yet been established for a link between ADE and covid vaccines,
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The conclusion states that ADE has been observed in other respiratory virus infections, including SARS, MERS, RSV, and measles, which suggests a real risk of ADE for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and antibody-based interventions. However, clinical data has not yet established




The second concludes that some vaccines may need to be adapted to mutating variants.
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The article highlights the potential risk of antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) of virus infection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. ADE is a phenomenon where the presence of specific antibodies can enhance virus entry and replication into host cells, which may worsen the disease outcomes. Although vaccines have been approved and distributed worldwide, there is a concern that the newly mutated virus can escape antibody-mediated protection induced by previous infection or vaccination. If the vaccines are not capable of generating neutralizing antibodies against the possible mutagenic variants, the result may lead to the generation of sub-neutralizing antibodies that can facilitate virus uptake by macrophages and cause inflammation. To tackle this challenge, careful design and testing of vaccines will be necessary to evaluate their efficacy against the viral mutations and to improve the condition of patients, accelerate their recovery, and reduce the risk of deterioration and death.




And the third one doesn't even mention antibody-dependent enhancement.
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Taking together all the information described in this review, it is evident that the clinical findings, signs and symptoms of a patient are the phenotypic expression of the pathophysiological and molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Thus, no findings alone, whether molecular, clinical, radiological or pathological axis are sufficient for an accurate diagnosis. However, their intersection and/or correlation are extremely valuable and critical for a proper diagnosis. All things considered, the clinical-radio-patho-molecular correlation is extremely fundamental for pulmonologists establish the diagnosis and new treatment perspectives.




You've found a single case report that does not provide conclusive evidence of a causal relationship between COVID vaccines and ADE. A single case report that hasn't been cited by anyone. And to top it off, Nadim Salomon initially disclosed receiving honoraria and having an ownership interest that depict a conflict of interest, but then later removed that disclosure.

And dude, your second link just says that protection provided by initial vaccines wanes over time from the covid vaccine, and thus a booster is recommended. So the longer you go inbetween booster vaccines, the higher your risk of infection becomes.

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These findings confirm that the BNT162b2 vaccine provided excellent protection in the initial weeks after vaccination but suggest that protection wanes for some individuals with time.

Conclusions
In this retrospective large cohort study, performed in individuals who received two doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, protection seemed to decrease over time, and the risk of breakthrough infection by SARS-CoV-2 increased progressively compared with the protection provided during the initial 90 days. Interpretation of the findings of the study is limited by the observational design, but the results suggest that consideration of a third vaccine dose might be warranted.




Again, the covid vaccine doesn't prevent you from catching covid, it reduces the likelihood that you will. If you do catch it, the vaccines help your immune system to be able to identify covid and create effective antibodies to combat the infection and reduce the severity of the infection, and how long it takes to recover from the illness.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: sudly]
    #28309980 - 05/07/23 07:31 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

alright then, maybe i confused the second link with another study. my bad

i base my decisions on intuition and not on what some experts who don't know me are suggesting. i'm not telling you to do otherwise and you should tell me neither

people i know who had 3 shots have had the same duration and severity of covid as i had... others who didn't get vacced only had mild infections.

you never know what it's gonna be until it hits you

i went without the vaccines, my last of 3 infections was last august and i'm feeling great with no long covid whatsoever. only the first infection was tough but it gave me back several nights of earlier lost sleep and i'm thankful for that. the loss of appetite was annoying. the virus felt to me like what i imagine metal poisoning to feel like... i had no breathing troubles though, only slight fever, runny nose, headache & loss of appetite


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: epilectric]
    #28310021 - 05/07/23 08:38 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

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epilectric said: i base my decisions on intuition and not on what some experts who don't know me are suggesting




Plucking gold!
:goodluckwiththat2:

We do know that a vaccine will boost your immune systems response to covid, so that if someone was going to have a severe infection before, they're far less likely to now.

Your words be living in an anecdotal bubble yo, don't be that guy who minimises scientific discovery and the experience of millions by holding solely onto the notion that people experience different viral loads and general health. 

Don't make light of the ol, younger, fitter people's immune systems being generally able to fend off viral infections better than the elderly or immune compromised among us. Especially with a highly infectious airborne disease.

But look, nowadays most people are vaccinated or have some degree of immunity at the very least, and while it's not as much of an issue today, back in the haywire of it all, the kind of thinking you're espousing to is the kind of attitude that helped to further spread the disease that inevitably led to more suffering and consequent deaths.

I get there is only so much someone can do, and that it's not inherently or necessarily our fault if someone we unknowingly infected was severely infected or worse, but there were and are things we can do to try and minimise the impact on the health of those around us in regard to infectious diseases, and that began with the covid vaccine that has prevented a countless weight of misery and more.

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epilectric said: for me caution involves avoiding covid shots (because i believe they can even intensify infections




This is just a weirdly ignorant and insensitive thing to say imo. Some people genuinly have allergic reactions to any vaccine or medication, but you can say that as your concern instead.

But like old mate said,


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    #28310023 - 05/07/23 08:40 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

Let us not derail this thread any further. :heart:


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    #28310199 - 05/07/23 11:47 AM (8 months, 18 days ago)

Can I stick him with a fork to see if he is done?



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    #28310254 - 05/07/23 12:24 PM (8 months, 18 days ago)

Are you my disciple?


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    #28314127 - 05/10/23 10:48 AM (8 months, 15 days ago)

I always liked you swami, you are a legend in my youth one tough cookei


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    #28316761 - 05/12/23 05:30 AM (8 months, 13 days ago)

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still haven't vacced myself. what u wanna do? call the cops? 😂


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    #28320800 - 05/15/23 04:21 PM (8 months, 9 days ago)

I have been lurking these boards since I was a young kid. You and the other oldies aka Icelander, redgreenvines, lion, etc. always had a visible and important impact on these forums and in my mind. This may disturb you lol, but you guys actually had a prominent role in my development. The truth is these forums reach a lot of people and the conversations go beyond the individuals having them. So I just want to express my appreciation and gratitude to you, as well as the shroomery in general for this. It was important to me to be able to connect with a community that at times seriously discussed meaningful and countercultural ideas, and you were a part of that. Those were better times in the PS&P and Spirituality forums lol. You guys did a good job moderating. It feels a bit untamed in here now and I never come here anymore

I am still young but I think about death a lot. It highlights the preciousness of this life. Never know when the time will come. Maybe this book can help you (https://www.amazon.com/Year-Live-This-Were-Your/dp/0609801945). I have certainly appreciated it. I would even be willing to send it to you, but idk your address. I hope you spend the rest of your time meaningfully and get a chance to let go of the excess dross. This is a note to everyone else too: This life is precious. You do not know when you will die. The masters of old contemplated these lessons until they were in their bones and acted accordingly. Do not wait to finally live

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying


Did not realize Markos passed on... RIP


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #28326922 - 05/19/23 10:50 PM (8 months, 5 days ago)

Hey Swami. You are a wise person and I think you will deal well with whatever happens.

I remember arguing with you a fair bit, don't remember what about -- it's been more than a decade since I've posted here regularly -- I was in my twenties and I think you were probably right most of the time. You and Icelander and a few other old timers. I am 42 now and I've grown as a person and I attribute a not-insignificant amount of that to the pushback I received in this very forum from people like you.

Goodbye, if it's really goodbye! :mushroom2:


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    #28332831 - 05/24/23 03:21 PM (8 months, 23 hours ago)

OC for all our banter, I always appreciated your input and grounded reasoning. It was fun and challenged me to really dig deep into researching and really understand my topics or you would destroy me.
I wouldn’t have learned near as much without you disagreeing with nearly every post I made.

Thank you , it sucks to hear you are dying but it’s good to know you are still around..


I hardly post any longer either but I check in every couple months or so and lurk around.

I’ve low-key missed you. I miss CosmicJoke and Icelander… over the time I was a regular poster we became friends there near the end.


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Re: Just a note to say good-bye [Re: hTx]
    #28355754 - 06/11/23 03:13 PM (7 months, 13 days ago)

Hey OC, this post made me post for the first time in years, I randomly stumbled across the shroomery the other day by accident and wow what a strange place eliciting strange strange memories from over a decade ago. God speed, motherfucker. Good vibes and you've been challenged harder before than the god-damned reaper can.


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    #28577659 - 12/10/23 07:21 PM (1 month, 17 days ago)

See ya later, alligator.


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