I Microdosed Before It Was Cool
medium.com"Free for Google, paywall for everyone else."
Great - just used one of my limited "free passes" which I didn't even know that I had. Nice one Medium...
Google Web Cache: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uA0iFN...
>>> They tasted, to quote Workaholics, “like a mummy’s dick.”
But the experience was delightful. I went on a walk through the woods, wrote pages and pages in my notebook, completed several assignments, and read most of a novel. I made a real dinner for myself and enjoyed it. I napped.
The next day, I felt a kind of mental clarity that had been distinctly missing amid the fog of anxiety, sadness, hunger, and exhaustion. For days, a kind of halo effect lingered where I felt more capable, more adept.
If a full dose left me feeling this good, I though, maybe just a small amount would help me get through my dark patches. <<<
Another copy: http://archive.is/K6O8U
Okay, we get it. Medium inserted a paywall. If we really wanna discuss that, can someone submit a story on it instead of posting top level comments here?
Meanwhile, what do people think of the actual article?
I'm really intrigued about exonerating drugs, but I'm way too scared to switch out my sertralin with shrooms or LSD
If you're scared, it's best not to do it.
IMO the best approach is to read about experiences on Erowid and similar sites, get used to which dosages go approximately how far, and when you finally are ready, prepare your mindset and externalities to promote a good experience rather than a bad one. It really is all in your head.
This article is about people without access using illegal drugs to self medicate. The title could be 'I was ill and used before it was cool.' I'm not judging, but maybe that's one thing we could be talking about.
Medium just fucked up really badly
> Our drug guy sold us an entire sheet of acid tabs the size of a baby’s fingernail for a song.
What?
"for a song" means "very cheaply", and I assume "size of a baby's fingernail" refers to each of the acid tabs rather than the sheet.
Fuck you Medium, I'm not giving you my details to read stories on your platform.
I think you're supposed to give them your money - at least I the long run.
I appreciate they want to make money. If so they need to provide more value.
Full dose is much better.
I'd like to think paywalled articles don't survive long on hn.
HN users: we're sick of ad-driven content! We want to pay for quality long-reads instead of BuzzFeed clickbait!
Also HN users: Medium has a paywall now! How dare they!
I give information away for free... Not everything has to be monetised. This article is interesting, it's more of a blog really though, regardless I don't expect to pay for it, If I wrote it I'd be happy to give it away for free... because cmon, it's a personal fucking blog, you would pay to read someones blog?
Well, if you would be happy to give it away for free than go and do that. If you wouldn't pay - go and do that too, don't pay.
I, by the way, wouldn't (and didn't) pay for it too - but I sure as hell ain't complaining about it or try to tell people what to do with their intellectual property.
Well I sure as hell am complaining, I'm not saying people can't decide to monetise things... just don't expect me to not to complain that you are monetising something ridiculous as a result, those are freedoms of people on either side of the argument.
“Join Medium to read this.” Guess we’ll see if that pays off.
When did Medium get a paywall?
When Medium started, I was amazed that people would just donate their content to Medium instead of owning it. Now I hope these people are amazed too...
It looks like you currently opt in to the paywall as a writer.
"Hanna Brooks Olsen has locked this story exclusively for members. But with a free Medium account, you can access this post, plus two other exclusive stories this month."
Of course, that could change.
Don't think it's a paywall, I just signed into my account and could read the story
EDIT: just noticed that I have "2" stories remaining to read. Didn't realise! It has this message
"Hanna Brooks Olsen locked this story for members, but you get three free passes each month. Upgrade for unlimited access."
Presumably the author has control over what they want to monetise
When VC money ran out?
Why would people post to HN stories that are behind any kind of walls (paywalls or loginwalls, or whatever they are called)?
To advertise them. Duh.