this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the team was regularly dosing water coolers at Langley with hallucinogens in order to test out the efficacy of “surprise interogations” …

[–] plague_sapiens 2 points 1 year ago

Podcast for tomorrow. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Came here to post these exact episodes!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After millions of dollars, years of effort, and loads of test subjects the findings say that there are two effective methods of mind control:

  • A suitcase full of cash
  • Bashing them with a stick
[–] plague_sapiens 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll take the cash and some of that sweet LSD :P

[–] BilboBargains 1 points 1 year ago

in 1953, the CIA considered purchasing 10 kilograms of LSD, enough for 100 million doses.

That'll do it