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Getting high reveals how arbitrary the connection is between how you feel and how well things are going.
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this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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Trying to be happy via drugs drives home just how non-arbitrary it is.
Drugs give you variation around a set point. Uppers crash you down. Downers make you tense when they wear off. Only real world work can move that set point around which drugs just make you fluctuate.
Well put