I mentioned the other day the weirdness of "pink elephants"
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I mean I know several people who can only picture pink elephants if they're shown pictures of them
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and others with no mind's eye at all
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @sschinke
I meant the cultural referent of "seeing pink elephants" meaning "being drunk"
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cf the weird scene in Dumbo where drinking champagne causes Dumbo to have a full on surreal dream sequence
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it's like poetic references to absinthe - was their stuff more potent than ours or were they just exaggerating
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(like I accept that the withdrawal hallucinations are the most likely explanation)
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but that's not how old writing describes it, they describe it as though alcohol itself is a hallucinogen
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but people tend to exaggerate, esp ppl trying to warn of a drug's dangers
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Li Po's poetry makes wine sound like he's taking ketamine
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not just visions but symptoms like depersonalization, loss of time sense, etc
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but being drunk can, I guess, be like that if you have a strong imagination
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