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4-HO-MiPT

A research chemical psychedelic tryptamine that Alexander Shulgin invented. Also known as miprocin. Shulgin wrote about it in his book TiHKAL. It produces effects similar to shrooms, but with less anxiety, more auditory hallucinations, and a more “alien” feel. Good in combination with acid.

I took the 4-HO-MiPT I got from the Canadians and saw Buddha

by dead666420 November 19, 2025

Open Individualism

The idea that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. It's contrasted with Closed Individualism and Empty Individualism, 2 other philosophies of personal identity. Closed Individualism is the standard common sense view of identity where "you" start existing when you're born, and stop existing when you die. "You" are essentially a line or line segment existing throughout time. Empty Individualism is the idea that you only exist for a single moment. Every moment you die, and a new consciousness arises in your body to take its place, thinking they're you. Buddhists have a similar philosophy called anattā about the existence of the self. Andy Weir's short story The Egg also has similar ideas.

Psychonaut: "I smoked 5-MeO-DMT and realized we are all one. I realized Open Individualism is right when the ego death hit."

by dead666420 November 19, 2025

vertiginous question

The name Benj Hellie gave to this question: "Why am I me and not someone else?". It's called "vertiginous" because it makes people's heads spin, especially the heads of P-zombies. Also called the "even harder problem of consciousness", since it's even harder to solve than David Chalmers' hard problem of consciousness. Materialism can't seem to answer it. Its unanswerability and the fact that the self exists at all may possibly imply that solipsism is true, that animals aren't sentient, and that this is all a simulation where everyone else is an NPC. It may also imply that I'm immortal and that my consciousness will last forever, living as everyone.

How a nonsentient P-zombie NPC reacts after hearing about it: "The vertiginous question is meaningless. If I were someone else, I wouldn't be me."

by dead666420 November 19, 2025

Nikolai Vodka

A cheap, shitty, bottom shelf vodka that comes in a plastic bottle that only broke alcoholics drink. If you want to get drunk for a buck and destroy your liver, drink Nikolai. Besides getting alcoholics drunk, the only semi-respectable things it's useful for are cleaning and mixing it with something that will mask the varnish-like taste that you're too cheap to use good vodka for.

KingCobraJFS while making a screwdriver on a livestream using Nikolai Vodka: "My favorite cheap vodka is Nikolai because the cap is black."

by dead666420 November 13, 2025