Comment · Mon, September 23, 2019 · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
This sub is reckless as fuck
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lentilsoupcan · 660 points
Edit: if I could edit the title I’d probably call it “We can do better”. I was angry when I wrote the title but calmed down as I was writing this as I reflected on my own experience falling into a lot of these traps and misconceptions. I didn’t mean to be combative, just trying to help, so I’m sorry if I came across as aggressive or scolding.
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Almost every post on here involves a few things that I find disturbing:
1. Recommending something based off of short-term experience. I.e. “just took ashwaganda and it CURED my anxiety!” Chances are it didn’t cure your anxiety, it’s just a temporary patch for the symptoms. Many substances that have positive short-term effects end up being a negative in the long run. In fact, it’s usually the ones that feel the best at first that are the hardest to quit because of the permanent damage you’re doing to your neurotransmitters, and it’s often hard for us to even admit that they’re not good for us.
2. Casually recommending dosages that are FAR too high for the average person. Everybody’s different, and not everyone should be trying a dosage that happens to work for you, especially because, let’s be frank, many of us are current/forme…
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Millon1000 · 6 points
I personally feel like the sub has become significantly more tame in these past years. Gone are the days when people were excited to try Russian pharmaceuticals and new research chemicals, usually from certain well-known vendors that now only sell the standard Racetams and herbal extracts. cough/u/MisterYouAreSoDumb cough. But maybe that's a good thing with 200k subscribers now.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
This kind of post happens all the time. The amount of votes and comments gets bigger as we do, though. This is just a cycle of human nature. It will keep happening, even though the sub has gotten WAAAAAAY less reckless over the years. Votes are not an indication of reality. You can see evidence of that in any default sub. People like to think their opinion matters, when they are just as under-informed as everyone else. It's easy to yell at everyone and say they are reckless and stupid, but much harder to actually be a force for positive change. Whining about things is much easier than actually helping to change things for the better. This will never change. It's human nature.