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Best weed movie?
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Best weed movie?
Seen and contributed to a great topic thread about the best weed song here. How about the best movie about weed or to watch after indulging?


How High with WuTang's Methodman - turns out that name is a reference to acting technique.

How about "A Clockwork Orange." Saw it for the first time at my frat house in the early 80's. It's time for bit of the ole in out in out. Love it.

There's always Reefer Madness. It's pretty damn funny, especially since it was released in 1936. Right up there with masturbation causing blindness and hairy palms. If that was true l would be wearing dark glasses, holding a tin cup begging for enough money to buy a new razor.

I've been meaning to watch that after a few spliff for a while now, Yellow Submarine definitely pickles your head too.

"Interstellar 5555" :) (How can you beat Japanese Anime set to Daft Punk's Discovery for audio/visual, I mean come on seriously?lol)
Also How High, Harold & Kumar, Sausage Party and Your Highness,..
Also How High, Harold & Kumar, Sausage Party and Your Highness,..

Only rewatched this a few days ago. I'd forgotten how amazing it is! Thanks again for the recommendation

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Hangover 1,2,3, Pineapple Express, Harold Kumar 1,2,3, This Is The End, Tenacious D, Mac & Devin & many many more <3

Have to say "Up in Smoke" by Cheech and Chong. Stacey Keach at his best and the whole idea of getting EVERYONE at a concert stoned at once!

Just some of my favs to watch while high as a mofo:
Scary movie 1 - 5
Van Wilder
Old School (Uncut)
Step Brothers (Boats n Hoes)
Ali G In Da House
Superbad
This is the end
The night before
Don't be a menace to South Central while drinking your juice in the hood
The Gentleman
Were the Millers
Scary movie 1 - 5
Van Wilder
Old School (Uncut)
Step Brothers (Boats n Hoes)
Ali G In Da House
Superbad
This is the end
The night before
Don't be a menace to South Central while drinking your juice in the hood
The Gentleman
Were the Millers

Just a couple more :p
Soul Plane
Mac & Devlin go to high school
The trap
All the "Fridays"
I'm gonna git you sucka
Ted
Balls of Fury
The Longest Yard
Where's the money
Smiley Face
Super Troopers
Soul Plane
Mac & Devlin go to high school
The trap
All the "Fridays"
I'm gonna git you sucka
Ted
Balls of Fury
The Longest Yard
Where's the money
Smiley Face
Super Troopers

Richard Linklaters two rotoscoped classics, "Waking Life" and "A Scanner Darkly" are great to watch when you're baked.

A Scanner Darkly is a great pic. I only learned recently that Phillip K Dick wrote this (along with the book Bladerunner is based on - 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' and also 'Minority Report' to name but a few. He is the Don of sci-fi.

Some of his early stuff that hasn’t been made into a movie or a tv show is amazing. Think he found god around the early 70s (the acid and weed was good back in the day) and his later stuff is very spiritual. He is the Don !

I recommend Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes) which was inspired by Ubik and remade as Vanilla Sky.

Not a weed movie as such but up there with the best 'Withnail and I' - I will never tire of this film...

I love Pineapple Express damn I think I can quote most of it hahah
“Don’t you just want to live in there? It’s like gods vagina!”
“Don’t you just want to live in there? It’s like gods vagina!”

Homegrown 1998
Without a paddle
Bongwater
Knocked Up
Idle Hands
City of God
Grandma's Boy
Dazed and Confused
KIds
Leaves Of Grass
Lords of Dogtown
Clerks
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Puff puff pass
Smiley Face
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Lord Of The Rings (Hobbits smoke all the time)
It's Complicated (2009)
Animal House
PCU 1994
The Beach
Ted
Blow
Without a paddle
Bongwater
Knocked Up
Idle Hands
City of God
Grandma's Boy
Dazed and Confused
KIds
Leaves Of Grass
Lords of Dogtown
Clerks
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Puff puff pass
Smiley Face
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Lord Of The Rings (Hobbits smoke all the time)
It's Complicated (2009)
Animal House
PCU 1994
The Beach
Ted
Blow

I remember going to see Cliffhanger when I was on Acid 25 years ago and it scared the fuck out of me as I'm scared of heights.

Idiocracy is an oldie that hardly got shown anywhere. Its funny as f""" very black humour but coming true today, so very relevant. This is a great thread. Thanks all :)

So many movies ive not seen .... got sone catching up to do!
Pink Floyd's The Wall is one of my favourites when tripping and The Doors Movie is worth a watch.Sticking with the Music theme Pink Floyd Live at Pompei is epic!
Pink Floyd's The Wall is one of my favourites when tripping and The Doors Movie is worth a watch.Sticking with the Music theme Pink Floyd Live at Pompei is epic!

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I just scrolled through 100 comments and none said Cisco Pike??? Retired dealer Kris Kristopherson has to sell a garage full of bales of weed for cop Gene Hackman...how did you all miss that classic?

Haven’t seen it, but now I will....especially as I’ve just had a delivery of some jack herer. Thanks for the recommendation

Amazing movie...matched by your choice of profile pic.an absolute classic graphic novel.shouldve won way more awards.

Inception is incredible when high, most Nolan movies are due to the picture quality on his movies (and the topics). But I love watching Inception stoned, recently watched Tenet and have watched it another few times high and it blew my mind.

I’ve heard tenet is an absolute mind fuck so I’ll have to roll one and load it up. Cheers for the recommendations

Point Break (original) is a great movie to watch while stoned, failing that Supertroopers is always a winner!

Heres one i dont see mentioned enough and is a amazing movie. Mr Nice , its a movie about the great howard marks and importing weed into the uk back in the day. its really funny and well worth a watch

There's a newish film called Valerian and the 1000 planets ( something like that) that's a proper mind fuck too.

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Pineapple Express is funny as hell when smoking your favorite kush or haze or hash. This whole movie revolves around smoking weed.

Can believe these haven’t been mentioned ! If I’ve duplicated apologies ahead it’s a long thread
Fear and loathing in las vegas
12 monkeys
Dogma - for you youngsters this is where j and silent bob come from
South Park bigger longer and uncut
Bevis and butthead do America
Team America
Lock stock and two smoking barrels
Not a film but a documentary you will all love is operation Odessa this is so funny look it up biggas
Also a bit quirky but hilarious twist is little miss sunshine
I suppose pulp fiction should also be on this list ohhh and how could I forget
Goodfellas
Casino
Fear and loathing in las vegas
12 monkeys
Dogma - for you youngsters this is where j and silent bob come from
South Park bigger longer and uncut
Bevis and butthead do America
Team America
Lock stock and two smoking barrels
Not a film but a documentary you will all love is operation Odessa this is so funny look it up biggas
Also a bit quirky but hilarious twist is little miss sunshine
I suppose pulp fiction should also be on this list ohhh and how could I forget
Goodfellas
Casino

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what if we sent weed to conflict zones instead of soldiers?
Huge fucking smoke loud, that's your answer.

what if we sent weed to conflict zones instead of soldiers?
where's the downside? just sayin folks

Didn't the Ismailites try this - Hassan I Sabah and co? - a ruthless and effective violent force - and stoned out of their gourds. From them we get the term Hashashin or Assassin

you right bigga, i found this hard to believe

wrong target population.
get the government,
bank and media leaders on weed instead of coke and the world would change overnight. there'd be no need for poor men to threaten their lives for money and "freedom".
cocaine is the drug that threatens society the most and is most normalised. even daily mail readers laugh about blow and get all paranoid about weed.
a lil mdma in the water wouldn't go amiss either ;)
get the government,
bank and media leaders on weed instead of coke and the world would change overnight. there'd be no need for poor men to threaten their lives for money and "freedom".
cocaine is the drug that threatens society the most and is most normalised. even daily mail readers laugh about blow and get all paranoid about weed.
a lil mdma in the water wouldn't go amiss either ;)

That's a good idea. Especially if its strong stuff and they would need a good unlimited supply......
I grew up on Germany as my Dad was in the forces there during the cold War. The American forces personnel used to have a smoke to help relieve stress. They got it very very cheaply sort of legitimately as it was shipped to the them (not sure from where), but America shipped out whiskey and beer free of charge to the American troops .
I grew up on Germany as my Dad was in the forces there during the cold War. The American forces personnel used to have a smoke to help relieve stress. They got it very very cheaply sort of legitimately as it was shipped to the them (not sure from where), but America shipped out whiskey and beer free of charge to the American troops .

As long as you dont give anyone the choice... Build huge bonfires in warehouses and tell the locals attendance is compulsory

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A cloud city on Venus is doable
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A cloud city on Venus is doable
The sky on Venus is much more hospitable than its surface and even that of Mars. Nasa has an idea...

🤯 Crazy! Saw an article about this the other day but didn’t get time to read it! Makes you wonder a bit why we are still plugging away with Mars… but I get the whole research thing..
I think first we need to just make it back to the moon 😂 I think a new date was set for that after it being postponed again.. Although I did watch an interesting vid the other day about lights in the dark side of the moon… but that may be getting a bit “tinfoil hat-ish” but if anyone is interested: https://youtu.be/0VkK3NB9t2U
I think first we need to just make it back to the moon 😂 I think a new date was set for that after it being postponed again.. Although I did watch an interesting vid the other day about lights in the dark side of the moon… but that may be getting a bit “tinfoil hat-ish” but if anyone is interested: https://youtu.be/0VkK3NB9t2U

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China kills AI chatbots that learn to praise US
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Giant rockets 3d printed
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Giant rockets 3d printed


after these guys made the biggest 3D printer in the world it occurred to them they can make rockets to compete with spacex

Putting one on the moon would be perfect with all the raw materials to feed the printer you could build cities.

this is awesome they become almost disposable and each rocket printed can be improved based on the last launch. its almost like software when you can manipulate and reproduce on this level.

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The MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award
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The MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award
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Plato - the 1960s Internet Dream
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Plato - the 1960s Internet Dream
Nice podcast on this my nerdy biggaz

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How To Control Guns
tldr its a tech problem :). i think that’s right

How To Control Guns
To effect gun control leaders already controlling guns simply need to set an example.
Simply replace dumb offensive weapons with intelligent defensive ones.
Attackers can be disabled with sound, electrical impulse (a laser to the eyeball goes a long way), gas, anything but hot lead is relative progress.
A huge industry is waiting once this direction is set and it’s a rare example where a leader can set something so important in motion. A police force equipped with such weapons would not only save lives it would restore confidence, replacing fear with respect.
Like any old technology guns will inevitably become obsolete, outmaneuvered by weapons that save lives. Even in the worst case the result is a technological arms race, with one side committed to protection - an outcome far better than shoot outs and more deaths every day, most often at the hands of those intending to uphold a form of peace.
Simply replace dumb offensive weapons with intelligent defensive ones.
Attackers can be disabled with sound, electrical impulse (a laser to the eyeball goes a long way), gas, anything but hot lead is relative progress.
A huge industry is waiting once this direction is set and it’s a rare example where a leader can set something so important in motion. A police force equipped with such weapons would not only save lives it would restore confidence, replacing fear with respect.
Like any old technology guns will inevitably become obsolete, outmaneuvered by weapons that save lives. Even in the worst case the result is a technological arms race, with one side committed to protection - an outcome far better than shoot outs and more deaths every day, most often at the hands of those intending to uphold a form of peace.

There have been attempts to make guns smarter. It seems they have been stymied by legislators that tried to make them mandatory before they even got on the market. Then the NRA got busy.

Guns are not the problem, they never have been. Why not start laying the blame where it belongs, with the people using a gun to kill and injure other people. A gun doesn’t kill or injure anybody unless a human being is pulling the trigger. Of course, the left wants you to believe everything would be flowers and sunshine if we only got rid of the mean, evil guns. You’re right about one thing, control. People are a lot easier to control if they can’t defend themselves. Of course that kind of logic is taboo for the left. Fear mongering and race baiting are the left’s weapons of choice. The left are the biggest racists on the planet. People forget that if not for the right, the civil rights act never would have made it to Johnson’s desk to sign into law. Who was opposed to it, most of the Democrats. There were active members of the KKK in congress and they were Democrats. Am l saying there are no racists on the right. Of course l am not, but the left would have you believe their shit doesn’t stink. It’s just sad that such a large group of people are fooled by their bullshit.

Humans aren't equipped physically or emotionally to comprehend the speed at which a gun can take a life and devastate the lives of *all* those involved.
It's not about left or right. It isn't about racist or not racist. It's about the value of human life and the callous destruction of it.
It's not about left or right. It isn't about racist or not racist. It's about the value of human life and the callous destruction of it.

You are partially correct; Guns are not the problem…..the bullets are. It’s bullets that kill. Let the loons have/keep their guns. Just get rid of the ammo (not easy I know, but spring it on the population in a surprise move and watch the killings drop).

Where is that the money maid by the Police, lawyers, Medical industries, air ambulance is what $4K a trip?

Why don’t you take another English grammar course. My 4 year old niece speaks and writes english better than yourself.

Because it's the only reason we still have a democracy. The country's fore fathers knew this. That's why they put it in the constitution. Fuck the living document bullshit. If you think things would be so great without guns, take a look at what's happened in the past. Stalin killed more of his own people than were killed during the Second World War. The only reason he was able to it was by disarming the population first. Same story with China and Cambodia. Chairman Mao loved committing genocide, to the tune of 40 million. Pol Pot did away with 2 million. What is the common denominator? One and all disarmed. If you think things would be so great if we think past guns, instead of looking at what happened when the people were disarmed. You need to look backwards, or better yet, go talk to some of those people. Oh wait, you can't. Dead men, women and children tell no tales.

A few bad actors don't prove your point. Look at Europe, the home of democracy. We don't have guns, our democracy is less under threat than in the states, we don't live in fear in our homes, we rarely have police shootings and we don't have countless gun crimes day in day out.
If there were no guns, how would the history of China, Cambodia, Russia, the US and countless others be different?
Non violence is the future.
If there were no guns, how would the history of China, Cambodia, Russia, the US and countless others be different?
Non violence is the future.

Yes, defense against government was the reason and made plenty of sense when the tech was there in the 18th century. But do you think an armed citizenry has even a tiny chance against the American military now? If so let me know who you buy from here cause I want some of that shit :)

They said the same thing about North Vietnam. Look at how that turned out. The same thing is happening right now in Afghanistan. If you’re fighting for something you believe in, anything is possible. You talked about the revolutionary war. It was the same situation. Our fore fathers believed their cause was just so they took up arms and went to war against the most powerful nation in the world at that time. We didn’t even have a standing professional army, yet we won our freedom when nobody would have thought we had any chance of defeating our foes. You also have to take into account if the army would go to war against the people who they swore to protect. If the order is given, l really doubt they would kill their fellow Americans.

Remember who was backing the 13 Colonies,,,, France and the French Army..... out of the goodness of their French hearts ? Your forefathers had the Catholic Spanish to the south, The Catholic French to the North. As Puritans, your forefathers would have taken up arms against their own shadows during those dangerous times. Today is not comparable to then,,, Your Bill of Rights is so outdated. Hence you have such terrible gun problems. My opinion and not a rant,,, Love to all x

It’s expensive. $500 for a grenade. Things like stingers are in the hundreds of thousands dollars range. It’s possible to get anything you want, even tactical nukes are on the table as well. I thought it was bullshit till l saw one. That’s right boys and girls, there are rogue nukes on American soil. You’re talking 10’s of millions of dollars for one of them After seeing it l thought someone would kill me for that very reason. I try to avoid thinking about it otherwise l’ll go off the deep end.

No If Everybody had to ware a gun and soon the dumbest and t, most unrespectful humans will not pass there unwanted gene's on as many as they now do

You know you are right the only catch is that the dumbest are little children

I am wrong. You’re the end result of inbreeding, that’s the only way to explain why you’re this stupid.

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Normally, l would respond to your pseudo, new age crap with logic and facts, but there's no point in wasting my time. I'm sure it would send you running to your safe space. Do everybody a favor and stay there. I'll hang on to my arsenal and sleep soundly knowing whoever makes the mistake of confronting me won't be around to do it to someone else.

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Life extension and reversal of the Epigenetic Clock. Good or bad?
Thanks just that genetic measurement of age is an eye opener. Seems once you can do this you can measure everything we do against it.

Life extension and reversal of the Epigenetic Clock. Good or bad?
Hey, I dont know if this has already been covered on here but it's something I find fascinating since I was introduced to Prof. David Sinclair by the Joe Rogan experience (#1234 and #1349 if you're interested)
I have attached an article about a small study that was done in California. The study only had 9 subjects and no control arm so I dont think we can take it TOO seriously. But the results, quite frankly, were astonishing.
I'm not going to try and explain how all of this works as I'm sure I'll butcher it but here's a key paragraph from the article.
'For one year, nine healthy volunteers took a cocktail of three common drugs — growth hormone and two diabetes medications — and on average shed 2.5 years of their biological ages, measured by analysing marks on a person’s genomes. The participants’ immune systems also showed signs of rejuvenation.'
To me that's pretty crazy, right? And from what I understand there are a couple of effective substances/medications available for reversing the epigenetic clock than were not used in this study.
And if you pay attention to Prof. Sinclair he believes that it is well in the realm of possibility that we could live anything up to 80 years longer in the future.
But what happens when we are all living til we are 180 years old? Will we have enough resources? Will the planet be able to cope with the inevitable mass increase in human population if this is the case? I mean, we seem to be struggling a bit globally as we are.
Just thought it was an interesting topic and would love to know your thoughts.
Happy Monday
J
I have attached an article about a small study that was done in California. The study only had 9 subjects and no control arm so I dont think we can take it TOO seriously. But the results, quite frankly, were astonishing.
I'm not going to try and explain how all of this works as I'm sure I'll butcher it but here's a key paragraph from the article.
'For one year, nine healthy volunteers took a cocktail of three common drugs — growth hormone and two diabetes medications — and on average shed 2.5 years of their biological ages, measured by analysing marks on a person’s genomes. The participants’ immune systems also showed signs of rejuvenation.'
To me that's pretty crazy, right? And from what I understand there are a couple of effective substances/medications available for reversing the epigenetic clock than were not used in this study.
And if you pay attention to Prof. Sinclair he believes that it is well in the realm of possibility that we could live anything up to 80 years longer in the future.
But what happens when we are all living til we are 180 years old? Will we have enough resources? Will the planet be able to cope with the inevitable mass increase in human population if this is the case? I mean, we seem to be struggling a bit globally as we are.
Just thought it was an interesting topic and would love to know your thoughts.
Happy Monday
J

Thanks just that genetic measurement of age is an eye opener. Seems once you can do this you can measure everything we do against it.

Hey Han, yes indeed it is an eye opener. From what I've read that will be exactly the case. We should be able to mesure how specific habits etc. directly affect the epigenetic (horvath) clock. Exciting times for sure!

Then hookup an AI to make favorable decisions for us, then... It seems all paths lead to the same place :()

Yeah, a dirty dystopia where the "elites" AI our buttholes to oblivion. Im not down with that shit!

Why? shouldn't we all be asking why we want to live longer, rather than going along with that reactionary action from deep in the psyche of 'Yes ofcourse I want to live longer!' and I don't care why I do........

If I could recommend one book everyone should read this year it would be Lifespan.
It's science, it's facts, it's perspective shattering and throughouly enjoyable
It's science, it's facts, it's perspective shattering and throughouly enjoyable

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Having trouble buying? Let me help you use your card to get btc!
And don't forget she accepts tips, be a G!

Having trouble buying? Let me help you use your card to get btc!
Lots of payment processing problems with card processing these days, it's time to recycle that plastic into bitcoin and enjoy a better experience from now on. I'll help anyone - thats what I do :)

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Patents Are Immoral
This seems to be a stronger argument for chemistry which even if original is only a few steps away from nature.

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Patents Are Immoral
The EpiPen Debacle reminded me of this, basically the argument is that invention is discovery of what is out there waiting in a very public kind of realm of intelligence.

the only thing i like about patents is it helps establish intellectual property that can help an individual inventor. theyre fucked in the corporate legal system without it.
that said if they held a crypto key that controlled or sanctioned its use it would be a better system.
that said if they held a crypto key that controlled or sanctioned its use it would be a better system.

A patent is only worth having if you have the money to defend yourself in our lovely legal system. Good luck taking apple or google to court, you will run out of money before they even get into the courtroom. Know how is more important with certain parts covered by patents;)

extremely interesting topic
i agree patents are immoral many instances
ive recently been interested in cannabis gene mapping how big pharma and cannabis firms are taking strains mapping it and then owning it!
Which means that locals must buy seeds from them or work in another way with them
i have been watching the channel Future Cannabis Project on youtube
i agree patents are immoral many instances
ive recently been interested in cannabis gene mapping how big pharma and cannabis firms are taking strains mapping it and then owning it!
Which means that locals must buy seeds from them or work in another way with them
i have been watching the channel Future Cannabis Project on youtube

This seems to be a stronger argument for chemistry which even if original is only a few steps away from nature.

Without patents your life would be very different. Think about all the money ip generates for the country which trickles down through society. Morals are a luxury for people with money and or a safety net to look down on others and tell yourself how you are nothing like them;) if patents didn’t exist then all your wealth would be stolen and your morals would also likely disappear when you needed money for food and healthcare or your family.

Think about where all the money circulating comes from. Even if you don’t directly receive money from abroad, where do the people who pay you for whatever you do, money come from. Money goes round and round. Money stops going round to the people injecting money into this circle if they cannot receive money because someone just did it in another country for cheaper.

kind of difficult to understand you but fiat money comes from a central bank, crypto is mined.
my wealth isn't stolen without patents. if anything i'm going to have more wealth since i wont be paying monopoly prices for chemical compounds.
my wealth isn't stolen without patents. if anything i'm going to have more wealth since i wont be paying monopoly prices for chemical compounds.

Where does the money come from to buy crypto from the people who mine it. Where did the money come from to create the structures that allow the miners to mine. Money from the central bank only flows it the outlook is good or against assets. Increasing Past earnings and assets allow that good outlook. Also how did England become so wealthy? How did we acquire the assets in the first place. Not all from patents of course but ip plays a massive role in where developed countries acquire wealth

The "structure" of crypto mining is open source, its a great example of what happens when patents are not part of the ecosystem.
Money from all central banks is issued against reserves in a reference currency like USD or gold or confidence in tax receipts.
England basically fostered trade to get where it is. Openness is the catalyst, the antithesis of patents.
Money from all central banks is issued against reserves in a reference currency like USD or gold or confidence in tax receipts.
England basically fostered trade to get where it is. Openness is the catalyst, the antithesis of patents.

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elevators are the way to go - to space
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elevators are the way to go - to space
leave the exploding phallus at home boys there is a better way

Check out this inflatable version!
https://www.space.com/30272-space-elevator-inflatable-concept-patent.html
https://www.space.com/30272-space-elevator-inflatable-concept-patent.html

this could have the alternative effect of causing drag on the solar stream and switch off planetary turn.

You're right. Arthur C. Clarke touted the idea in one of the 2001 series. There's absolutely no reason that space elevators wouldn't work like a charm, once we have the knowhow and the engineering smarts to construct such an undertaking.
For those sceptics, it was also old Arty C who came up with the idea of geostationary orbits. Without him, the world would be a less well connected place. :-)
For those sceptics, it was also old Arty C who came up with the idea of geostationary orbits. Without him, the world would be a less well connected place. :-)

I'm so up for this. Always liked the idea of space travel but was put off by fear of the rockets bursting into flames. Getting an elevator up to a space station seems much more civilized. Hopefully there will be synth music and nice views on the way up.

Would cost to much to go nowhere + the size of the bottom would be colossal in size so it would require a vast amount of resources which humanity does not have. SpaceX is going in the right direction.

but it makes it into orbit, that's where all the revenue is. seems once you get it going its like the difference between a railroad and a stage coach.

Wasn't that lift idea in that movie ? errr what's it called... the one where two guys put on special glasses and can see the real world underneath the one we see. ? my memory after a dooby ....tut tut ...it's gone gone ...:)

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Why BTC when you have STABLECOINS
Nice, what are the exchanges like in USA and UK?

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Why BTC when you have STABLECOINS

I have placed a fair few orders here but never posted before. I love it. However it's just a fact that BTC is expensive to move around and the USD value fluctuates wildly. So why not implement a similar system but with stablecoins? A stablecoin on Ethereum is very cheap to transact with and the USD value is... 1 USD.
These are the main ones:
-Tether (USDT): created by the Bitfinex exchange, there are like 4 billion of these in circulation, but it is backed by dollars held in some dodgy bank in the bahamas (or not!!!). May be one to avoid IMO.
-USD Coin (USDC): similar concept but backed by Coinbase. About 400mil in circulation but way more reputable and cleared with US regulators.
-DAI: backed by ETH held as collateral without a dollar in sight, algorithmically pegged to USD. A remarkably clever system that's the closest thing to a 'true' decentralised stablecoin. If you are a clever clogs you will enjoy reading about this one. About 80 mil in circulation.
It gets better... if you build a system that works with one ERC20 token, it works with all tokens! Merchants can get paid in whichever stablecoin they please.
Thoughts? I appreciate BTC has been around the longest and reliable software is hard to come by...
These are the main ones:
-Tether (USDT): created by the Bitfinex exchange, there are like 4 billion of these in circulation, but it is backed by dollars held in some dodgy bank in the bahamas (or not!!!). May be one to avoid IMO.
-USD Coin (USDC): similar concept but backed by Coinbase. About 400mil in circulation but way more reputable and cleared with US regulators.
-DAI: backed by ETH held as collateral without a dollar in sight, algorithmically pegged to USD. A remarkably clever system that's the closest thing to a 'true' decentralised stablecoin. If you are a clever clogs you will enjoy reading about this one. About 80 mil in circulation.
It gets better... if you build a system that works with one ERC20 token, it works with all tokens! Merchants can get paid in whichever stablecoin they please.
Thoughts? I appreciate BTC has been around the longest and reliable software is hard to come by...

Coinbase is pretty great in the UK these days. Same day Faster Payments up to 20k, free crypto to crypto trades including DAI and USDC
Unlike our American friends we can use pretty much any exchange we like
Unlike our American friends we can use pretty much any exchange we like

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A new theory of addiction
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A new theory of addiction
The architecture of addiction has been uncovered and new treatments are quickly following.

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Guru on hacking cannabis receptors
Fuck that this guy's name is Sadghuru for a reason

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Guru on hacking cannabis receptors


Yoga enhances perception and gets cannabinoids flowing.
