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opensaysme
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Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~
#7545040 - 10/21/07 10:48 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I had this idea that i've been talking to my friends about over the last couple months. For my senior thesis in college i would like to do an experiment and write about my experiences with it.
What i would like to do is to drop a large dose of acid (500-700ug) and be left alone in a large city in a country i've never been to and do not speak the language of. My goal would be to endure the trip without freaking out, getting arrested or anything of the sort and in the end wind up back in USA with the people i know and love.
Preferably on a subway in tokyo, this seems like the most perfect setting for what i would like. I think that the experience would be one of the most interesting, terribly difficult, and completely rediculous things i've ever done in my life. Also, i believe that i could get through it without getting in any trouble with the authorities, which would be conditional to the experiment. If i ended up getting locked up or arrested as a result i would consider the experiment failed.
Basically i just have the desire to test my willpower and mind/soul to the fullest, i want to see if i can cope with being in a completely unfamiliar place where i can't speak the language of the people on a heavy dose of psychedelics.
I think this would be a great topic for my thesis. While controversial, it would be a culmination of all i have learned and gone through in life. It would take all of my experience and logic to get through an experience like this. Idk it's not complete and i didn't do my plan a justice but what do you think of this? Am i a moron for thinking about doing something like this? or Do you think its interesting and novel idea? any thoughts really....
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: opensaysme]
#7545045 - 10/21/07 10:50 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Honestly... bad idea. How would you get acid into japan in the first place?
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: opensaysme]
#7545047 - 10/21/07 10:51 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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There is no reputable university in the US or Canada that would allow you to do that unless you wrote it for a creative writing program or something. Using drugs is not a serious academic endeavor.
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opensaysme
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: SCFratter]
#7545062 - 10/21/07 10:55 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Creative writing is what im studying, and i go to a fairly liberal college so i was thinking it would be possible. Maybe if not for my thesis than just a final in one of my writing courses... Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming be it good or bad
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: opensaysme]
#7545066 - 10/21/07 10:56 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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what are you majoring in? honestly it sounds like a cool goal for your self...but for school, let alone a thesis? sounds like a bad idea to me
edit: just saw your majoring in creative writing, thats more acceptable I suppose but still I dont think that taking acid should a main part in it. who knows though, I dont think that would fly at my school though
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ *DELETED* [Re: mikeytro]
#7545099 - 10/21/07 11:06 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: acommunistspy]
#7545115 - 10/21/07 11:11 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I feel like lsd is probably the easiest drug to hide, millions of places to put it but always a chance things can go sour
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: mikeytro]
#7545146 - 10/21/07 11:18 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah, i think if you want lsd in japan, youre gonna have to bring it in yourself.
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opensaysme
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: somebody041]
#7545170 - 10/21/07 11:23 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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smuggling acid in small, personal use amounts, is not really difficult at all. blotter is so small and it doesn't have an odor that would be able to be picked up by dogs or anything. inside my cell phone or a camer lense, or a million other items would be easy places to store it for the voyage into said country.
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: opensaysme]
#7545381 - 10/22/07 12:16 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Slide some blotter in under your cell phone battery. 
I haven't read any trip reports from you so i don't know your experience with trpping, but i would hope that if you're going to go about an endeavor such as this that you would have some dissociated time under your belt. Otherwise, you're going to end up in Tokyo prison and all of the guys are going to want your american meat.
Good luck. Hopefully we don't see you in a story on the News Service forum. lol
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: archetype]
#7545469 - 10/22/07 01:02 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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i think this idea is insanely awesome.
however, it will only count if you have someone lead you blind folded with earplugs on from the airport to the subway.
the first time your senses interact with japan it should be once you start feeling like you're coming up, you take the blindfold off.
for added fun you could pretend you're waking up from a dream into a strange new reality that you forgot while you were sleeping.
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: truekimbo2]
#7545504 - 10/22/07 01:13 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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And you have to be naked with a sign around your neck that says "I voted for the third nuke" in japanese, and you have can only move about pedaling a unicycle, and....JK:)
But seriously, if this type of thing appeals to you, I'm sure could set up some kind of first step which involved this type of test in a new city in the U.S. You could build up to an advanced level in this type of thing, kinda like starting out on a lower dose so to speak.
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: Agave]
#7545604 - 10/22/07 02:13 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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This sounds like a life defining experience, something you'll never forget. I say you should go for it. Just try not to do anything that would put psychedelics in an even worse light, as hard as that may be on a large dose.
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: opensaysme]
#7545655 - 10/22/07 02:54 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I can provide some insight and advice. I live in the countryside of Japan but can catch a train easily and be in Tokyo in a few hours. A few times I've missed the last train home and spent the whole night wandering around drunk. Many people in Tokyo speak English, from the African pimps to the prostitutes that will be grabbing your arm and begging you for a little time. Tokyo Is Trippy, all the neon lights, bars stay open past dawn, and many many crazy people walk the streets 24/7. That's the insight part (plenty more where that came from if you're interested) now to the advice: Trains only run so late, so you'll want to pick an area for your after midnight wandering. Research Shinjuku, Shibuya, Harajuku, and Roppongi to find what you're looking for. Also, Should you decide on Shibuya, which you may do after researching it, Maybe check into a love hotel for an hour or two just to party. Love hotels are awesome, they have slot machines, rotating beds, crazy vending machines, & lots of stuff to take pictures of. Take a camera with you. Be careful, people will try to drag you into bars and rip you off. Be firm, but polite. Be careful when crossing streets.
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: monkeyheaven]
#7545663 - 10/22/07 03:00 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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you will end up in a hospital.
i don't think it's a "good" idea but then hey, you never know. one side of me says go for it, i wanna see what happens. the other side of me is worried about you and what might happen. i've tripped in a small town with 2g and that was too intense. all the sounds (which echoeeeeeeeeed), people and traffic was really confusing - too many signals coming in too fast to be processed coherently.
if you pull this off and live to write about it you shall become my official hero though
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7546267 - 10/22/07 10:21 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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don't listen to nay-sayers... the fact that you had this idea implies that you've got soul enough to live it through. i'm guessing it will be a wonderful experiance.
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: truekimbo2]
#7546582 - 10/22/07 12:00 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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For some reason that sounds like an awesome idea; truly psychonautical. If you're experienced with LSD I'm sure you could pull it off without physical injury or being escorted by a polite policeman to the dungeon of a local jail where they mete out weird punishments.
You should definitely bring a camera and/or voice recorder and/or notebook if you're going to apply this thing academically.
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: Land_Crab]
#7546659 - 10/22/07 12:20 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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All I have to say is if you go through with that, I really hope you bring a friend along as a sitter of sorts. Maybe that's really not what your going for, but if you really want to be alone leave them at a hotel to do their own thing and make sure you can contact them if need be. Never taken LSD myself but maybe you would want someone along as an observer/recorder to help take notes? I wouldn't know the details of the laws there or how easy it would be to get away with, but it sounds like there is a LOT that could go very wrong. I guess just make sure you are prepared for any possible consequences either way, and good luck.
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Re: Acid in tokyo, no speaky japanesey~~~ [Re: opensaysme]
#7546756 - 10/22/07 12:43 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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there's no way you could build a thesis upon that...prove me wrong
also, for personal reasons, what would this test actually prove to you?
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