Feeling no pain. (Except emotionally...)

[Aristus]

...

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Oxycontin?

When dumbshit starts world war III next week I am getting so high

[Aristus]

2. Vodka, wine, hard ginger ale...

...and tincture of THC...

I'm already there...

If the world ends, I'll probably not notice...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Hope that combination doesn't disagree with you too much.

I think it would make me spend a lot of time calling Ralph on the big white phone. But maybe the anaesthesia would be worth it, considering.

[Aristus]

4. All right so far...

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. I want to do acid one last time

[Aristus]

6. Never tried it.

I'd like to, someday...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. I did once, many years ago (about 1967, I think).

Holy crap. Scared the bejeebers out of me and I never went near it again.

[procon]

10. That was my experience too. Once was enough for me. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Yup. Spectacular but very weird and scary hallucinations

that went on for a couple of days.

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. Microdosing LSD and shrooms has become quite popular

Users say tiny doses make them sharper and lift their mood.

[GentryDixon]

8. I know what you mean.

I have not been so distraught since the passing of MFM. We lost a treasure RIP pinboy. You will be missed. Here's to you 🍻

[Aristus]

9. While I love being a long-timer here at DU,

it's hurts to see so many of my fellow long-timers disappearing...

[DFW]

18. It does seem to have been a bad couple of years

As a community grows, so does our mortality rate, I guess.

By the time I joined, I was 53. My wife had already had her first battle with cancer (the second was last year), and I had just had my first big cardiac scare. You never expect it to hit close to home, but sometimes you need look no farther than the nearest mirror to see who's next.

Harry Truman liked to quote a tombstone he had seen in Arizona: "Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damndest."

It's up to every one of us to "do our damndest" while we still can. I try, anyway.

[sarge43]

11. That's a good idea.

I'm going to have a belt in his honor.

"Here's to you, Lad."

[Aristus]

12. Yes...

To pinboy...

[nolabear]

13. I appreciate you leading the wake Aristus. I'm going to miss him.

I haven't been in the lounge as much lately as I used to be but along with MFM pinboy3niner was what the best online relationships are. He was funny, smart, stimulated me to try to outdo him and respected me when I did (and vice versa, because the mofo was HARD to out-wit).

It won't be the same.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. The best puns ever.

He will be greatly missed here.

[malthaussen]

19. A truly good soul.

I don't recollect he ever had a bad word for anybody. He was great to engage with.

-- Mal

[Recursion]

17. I know what you mean