Duckduckgo has contracts with microsoft and until backlash give microsoft and linkedin exclusive access to stalk you.

If you want a searchengine thats not serving some mega corp self host searxng.

Also the official lego website is the last place to find a good deal and the first place you find to buy lego on a search engine.

Grok didnt even try.

I think i read about someone who “overdosed” on nutmeg. Did nog get high, slept for a long time only to wale up so dehydrated their eyelids where stuck and couldn’t open.

Surely you understand that there is a difference between the production red blood cells, which are the same at birth and elder age. Versus: The development of the prefrontal cortex which is responsible for processing and adapting one's thinking in order to focus, control how you behave, and make (smart) decisions.

Which almost all drugs directly interact with.

Puberty is where your brain learns to find its baselines, to discover who you are. Using drugs from a young age impacts who you might become.

Now the difference between 18 and 24 isn’t going to be that big and amounts matter. 1 joint at 15 isnt going to harm you more then then alcohol at the same age. But if your baseline is to be impaired all day, thats going to have an impact.

I know, its was a subte joke and bonus plug for their merch store ;)

What a nice little comic, shame you forgot about community rule #4

https://analognowhere.com/

There is also a redbubble 😉

Why do you think they want ai and robots so badly?

A recurring question that rich doomsday preppers have is how do i keep my staff from turning on me?

They are trying to make us obsolote.

Streisland effect goooooooo!!

Its actually about biological maturity. Your brain is literaly not complete before that.

I can back this up with scientific sources:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3621648/

https://sites.duke.edu/apep/module-3-alcohol-cell-suicide-and-the-adolescent-brain/science-content/brain-maturation-is-complete-at-about-24-years-of-age/

“the brain rewires itself from the onset of puberty up until 24 years old, especially in the prefrontal cortex.”

“It is well established that the brain undergoes a “rewiring” process that is not complete until approximately 25 years of age.This discovery has enhanced our basic understanding regarding adolescent brain maturation and it has provided support for behaviors experienced in late adolescence and early adulthood. Several investigators consider the age span 10–24 years as adolescence”

Speaking from personal experience, i actually felt this. Its similar to the memory of suddenly “waking up to a compleye theory of mind” at around 5yo which many people have. Like the parts of my brain that were otherwise occupied in the background becoming fully accessible to me.

There might be some truth to what you say if you look at evolution. Cause it does seem like the phase maturity keeps getting longer, but its not something an insividual family can fight within a few generations.

There where multiple ongoing anti-drug campaign when i was a teen.

Many of them framed facts into scare campaigns. The issue was if i lined them all up it became obvious that they could not all tell the truth.

I was vey naive and it seemed very obvious to not consume something that would kill me. I was never going to touch drugs, why would anyone? Why do we need a police officers visiting my class to tell us the most obvious things in the world.

At some point i just cracked from the confusion and started doing my own research on the topic.

As a results i became hugely interested in the matter and they remain one of my special intrest today. Mild altering substances are so fascinating and powerful, and we barely understand them.

Responsible disclaimer:

• Drugs have real risks and can be very dangerous, addiction is no joke.

• While interested i did wait till i was over 18 to start experimenting, with what i know now i recommend waiting till at least 24. Contrary to what laws say an 18yo is not an adult.

• I knew my limits and remained careful while continuing to apply a scientific rigor trough it all. And in the end i stopped using them at all.

Unix_surrealism going mainstream is not good for my compartimentalization.