• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    One time, when I was still learning to flex my social muscles and had volunteered to MC a work function, I was incredibly anxious beforehand and downed a large dose of CBD oil. Not realizing that the formula I was using had significant levels of THC also, it’s just that I had used it in small doses so I never realized it before.

    While I got through it, it went as you would expect. I was slow in places, I had a hard time focusing and improvising any chatter. It was awkward and I felt mortified after.

    BUT, I did not give up. I hosted every work social event, organized charity drives and other special programs, and within a year I was managing a team, chairing two committees and made Employee of the Year. By that time I had been through so much rough shit and embarrassment at work that I was invulnerable to social anxiety. People said I was so smooth and often asked me how I didn’t get nervous public speaking.

    The secret to almost anything is to not be afraid to fall flat on your face.

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      5 hours ago

      If you have to do lines to feel it, you’re buying some shitty coke. You only need a couple of bumps if it’s good yayo.

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        I don’t know how to tell you this, but I have in fact, never done cocaine or anything similar. I just know that you snort it with a dollar bill off a table or a stripper. Obviously.

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          When the UK switched to using plastic for the denominations of money that come as notes (£5, £10, £20, £50), people who use cocaine found that the new, plastic notes had a tendency to cut or scratch their nose. Because the £5 notes were the first ones to be switched to plastic, and they have Winston Churchill on them, apparently this phenomenon was termed “being Winstoned”. E.g. “careful with that, you don’t want to be Winstoned”.

          I have no other point to make, I just think that this is hilarious.

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    9 hours ago

    Zyn??

    EDIT: Yes, I am well aware of Zyn being those toothpaste-flavored hamster-diapers that pretends to be Snus. Calling it a stimulant is more of a stretch than Bilbo scraped over an entire bakery.

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      You seem to be unaware that they have nicotine in them. There are kinds without it, and they generally look the same as those tobacco-free nicotine pouches. But Zyn and most other common brands have nicotine, which is a stimulant, the same one you get from tobacco Snus.

      I personally dislike those tobacco-free ones though as they make me feel I’ll, and I’ve tried many kinds (and it’s not the nicotine amount, as I’ve used strong tobacco snus daily for half my life and have no issues with even stronger than that with tobacco snus).

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      9 hours ago

      Well when the guy told you it was a 6mg and you find out after you put it in, it was a 20mg. I’ll call it a stimulant.

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    I keep seeing “zyn” being referenced in memes and media online. Are we bringing back chewing tobacco?