I think the tweet is making a really good point - "changed my life" is usually used to mean actual objective improvement, not just narcoticization to numb the pain
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Replying to @MorlockP @sonyasupposedly
so, LSD is not a narcotic and doesn't numb one's metaphorical/existential pain, so I doubt he means that. the objective improvement you're looking for might be found in a different interpretation - maybe he means it changed his *understanding* of his life?
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Replying to @mr_archenemy @sonyasupposedly
@random_eddie > maybe he means it changed his *understanding* of his life? yes, excellent, we are all having the same conversation now1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MorlockP @mr_archenemy and
but given that some of the things listed in the original tweet suggest that his understanding was still "I hate this"
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i think i've provided a contextually-valid alternate meaning for "changed my life" that doesn't require him to, say, quit his job, or get divorced, or whatever. it doesn't necessarily have to mean "oh, i actually like this"
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sure, but this is basically - who's the philosopher? Dennett ? - the guy who posits a Matrix like machine where you can dream that you're doing great things and having a great life my reaction to that machine / a drug which makes one content with a horrific half-existence: REEEE
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totally agree, but don't see that here. in fact, i doubt the portrait is even genuine. LSD-provided insights can be valuable, but how long does it take to repair a bad marriage, or change careers? who says he's content? or that he's narcotized? it's just the OPs snarky assertion
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Replying to @mr_archenemy @MorlockP and
ok everyone go read Flashback by Dan Simmons. or don’t. please don’t you can’t unread it.
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Replying to @ngvrnd @mr_archenemy and
I WAS THINKING OF THAT NOVEL EARLIER TODAY (even before this thread!!!)
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I almost bought this without reading the reviews and > The book has Hillary Clinton winning the 2016 presidential election. She immediately enacts Medicare for All™ and lowers the Social Security full retirement age to 57. oh boy
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if that's in the book it's one throw-away line the whole thing is a https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrapsackWorld … to be sure ...but it's concerned with Big Problems, not minor politics from 2016
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Replying to @MorlockP @sonyasupposedly and
it’s crapsack world with soupçon of eldritch HP Lovecraft flavored horror.
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