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Decent-Employer4589 t1_j43dvk9 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Ranting about house prices by AllMightoh

That’s why most get a 30yr mortgage and/or find a “good enough” house vs dream house. Or you get down the line and it appreciates in value and you pay off when you sell. Only about 1/3 of people have no mortgage.

As for 10 to 1 - not always. But I hear you. It’s why I relocated for 5 years. Needed capital!

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PepeLePuget t1_j43bdym wrote

> Mushrooms aren’t a crutch. That’s just the thing. A trip isn’t gonna cure your ailments. It’s going to make you think differently for a bit, but when it wears off you’re back at square one. No one needs to do mushrooms to “survive.” You’re out here romanticizing powerful drugs.

Crutches don’t cure ailments either. Crutches help people function when they can’t stand or walk on their own. If they put their crutches down, they’re back to not being able to walk. No one needs crutches to survive. No one needs to be a dick on the internet either. You’re out here minimizing the usefulness of tools that help some people function.

Being physically unable to function and being mentally hung up on something that’s completely demoralizing aren’t very different. Some people go to church for that sense of hope. Some people feel like religion is gross and manipulative. Some people do yoga or play music or any number of things. Some people go to therapy and take powerful medications. Some peopl appreciate a substance that allows them to see and think differently because it helps make further growth possible. Some people don’t limit themselves to a simplistic view of the world.

Some people who don’t understand the power of psychedelics or the mind, who aren’t curious about either of them and who don’t think a psychological condition can prevent a person from overcoming trauma like to think there’s no way anyone could benefit from them, but those people are in fact wrong.

Edit: added something

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rosesandpiglets t1_j43ae8a wrote

‘Travel Lens gave Olympic National Park a score of 7.75/10 based on the number of visitors each year, entrance fees, distance to the closest city, and the percentage of reviews with the word "beautiful."’

What shitty metrics… Gates of the Arctic is absolutely gorgeous yet is visited by less that 10k in a year, that has no impact on how good of a park it is. Hell, that’s not true, so few visitors makes it even better IMO

Also, Fuck Sinclair

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Careless-Internet-63 t1_j439k76 wrote

Is an antidepressant a crutch to get through every day life that deserves the same scrutiny? Just about any psychoactive drug can and will be abused by someone, that doesn't mean they can't help when taken properly under the supervision of a professional. It's not worth discarding a potential treatment because people might abuse it

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