So I kind of wonder what would happen if a country just decided to ignore all patents and copyrights one day. Like just gathered all the intel they could on making all the medications out there, spin up a factory making their generic version then just only used those moving forward for their country. Maybe even selling it to other countries as well if there is demand. Clearly companies would be pissed because it would undercut their profits but what can they really do. Sueing them only works if the country cares to pay, and I don't see many people wanting to go to war with another country because they brought the costs of medication down.

They'd have to get other governments to try to sanction them, but if my options were to sanction a country, or buy medications at a much lower price thereby bringing down healthcare costs and increasing access to healthcare for our population.. Maybe enough countries would just let it go and other countries would join in on making their own ignoring the patents as well.

I mean, lot of the anxiety is in my head.

But not all of it, and that part just keeps growing! It's going to outpace the internal anxiety soon!

Anxiety in my head: “Something extreme and urgent and unjustifiable is going to happen and nobody will respond proportionally to keep you safe”

The fucking news: “Something extreme and urgent and unjustifiable has happened for the 11th time this week, and 49% of the country is cheering for it”

being neuro-stable(?) is becoming increasingly more difficult

being neuro-stable is to have a clear plan of how you're gonna live your life day-to-day for the next 50 years. that was possible in the (post-WW2) 20th century where people were just expected to have jobs and go to work day-to-day. There was no uncertainty in that scheme, so being mentally stable was significantly straightforward. Today, that scheme doesn't work anymore as the job market is falling apart and people are uncertain how they're gonna live their lifes.

That is such a good joke, props to you :P

That show The Studio has a scene where a star eats some mushroom chocolate mistaking it for normal chocolate and I'm just wondering if Hollywood has better chocolates.

Is the secret money and attractiveness?

Hell yeah.

I'm on several prescriptions and two of them are from my psychiatrist. So for me it's not just the weed. And my response to it can be pretty strain-specific.

But god damn does it help a lot.

Halp is on the way! He’s bringing Celsius

I had to stop when my heart almost exploded.

now I'm on antianxiety meds until I decide it's not worth it to be alive anymore.

Secret ingredient is increasing caffeine from time to time.

Self prescription

No. But for some, yes.

Self medication is the best kind

You don't want no part of this shit!

Just stop caring.

Weed is cheaper.

don't do drugs alone.

drugs can be fine🤷 - but alone it can just make shit way worse; especially modern weed's got way too much thc (which increases anxiety) and too little cdb (which decreases anxiety)

A non-dehabilitating amount, sure.

Anxiety is useful for when you need to react to something jumping out of the brush to kill you. Not so much for slow existential threats that take years to play out.

If you can find an acid guy it's just so much more bang for the buck with minimal health downsides and no physical addiction.

"Oh but your trips last so long"

Fucking and? Good. You get to get high and watch a whole season of nature documentaries.

It is tbh at least the decline of the west. We (germans) are not far behind the U.S. even if there is a different rethoric around in our home. Social spendings are cut, investment into renewables is cut while weapons spending increases. The strongly xenophobic narrative of our far right is willingly taken over by our "moderates" all while ignoring our complicity in the horrors perpetrated against Palestine. If we had any shreds of decency (and thus imo hope for reform) left in our society our governments should be able to put at least the tiniest amount of pressure on the israeli government. Yet we do not. Instead i have to read on our "most neutral" (tagesschau) news source that while the atrocieties are not justifiable, it is ok to continue the support of israel with weapons like atomic submarines because those might not be used against Palestinians. I am not kidding you.

The decline of America is certainly very visible, but if you look at a lot of trends, we're heading to a bad place. Climate catastrophe is coming for us, and with that, we have the rise of unrest in areas that are becoming more food insecure and/or are being disastered out, creating climate refugees. We've got an increase in bellicosity from rich powers trying to stake out claims while they still have time, and the billionaires are all building expensive bunkers...

The USA is but one country of many.

Lol. Lmao, even.

Sambuca, 38% dilution and 58tb media collection

Arguably won't be that helpful anyway

Username checks out.

One can decline without ending.

that's my take as well. humanity is probably going forward into a looong future, it's just the beginning of it. today, really, is not only the end of times (as the christians say) but the beginning of the future as well.

it's just that there's still going to be a significant downturn before it goes up again.

you will… still be getting all your pills from… where exactly?

How you are you going to afford them?

grow weed in the garden, or in your apartment if you don't have a garden.