i started using drugs.

day 3. gummy 4.

carrageenan.

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We have vastly different definitions of "drugs".

@jestdotty

king of the pill

you’re her just to flex your mechanical keyboard

@Demolishun lmao

This stuff is not a medical product, it’s just a food item aka expensive gums.

Keyboard: Ctrl, Super, Alt.
🤔

@Lensflare Serbia

the tism is strong in here

@Lensflare my keyb setup is between me and god

@kiki
1. Do you not have a mechanical keyboard?!?!
Imo, unless they start making valid chiclet keyboards(and/or razer finally brings back the deathstalker line... ive asked many times) again (mac ones dont count), mechanical is the only thing i can tolerate. I also need flat top keys... but that's due to only having 1 hand to type with.

2. My piles of prescription drugs could totally dwarf yours... and are more colourful. I can take a pic if requested; im just lazy af.

3. Do you know your typing speed?
This came up months ago with a friend so i went to some random site to check mine... apparently im in the fastest 5-10% of people who give a shit enough to take a typing test. That's of people with 2 fully functional hands. I don't think there's a test for 1-handed... but technically ive never checked.

My speed was ~65-70wpm, while being forced to type properly, using shift frequently(wastes tons of time/effort with 1hand).

@lastNick "medical" is subjective. People have vastly different opinions on what is medicinal... here's an incomplete list for example:

Pills, creams, etc., that are only available via an official prescription sent to a liscensed pharmacy.

Acupuncture.

Over the counter(can legally buy without prescription) pills, creams, etc.

Reiki, crystals, etc.

Whatever jest is currently convinced is worth buying/trying.

Herbal supplements.

Marijuana, magic mushrooms, valerian root, etc.

Drinks... teas, kombucha, alcohol

Spices like turmeric, paprika, etc.

I hope u get the point.

@awesomeest I used to have a mechanical keyboard, but found Apple’s laptop keyboard to be better. About typing speed… I don’t really care lol

@kiki my interest in typing speed is essentially the same as my interest in most things. Im an autistic data nerd that basically runs on statistics.

@awesomeest it wasn’t an attack on your interests

@kiki I switch computers so often that I can never get used to one keyboard. I at least try and use separate keyboards and not the lappy keyboard. Those are terrible when my hand eye coordination off.

Typing this in the dark on a lighted laptop keyboard. The lighted keyboard is actually better than a keyboard in the light. Interesting...

@kiki oh, i honestly didnt think it was... i tend to be less than subtle with commentary (and nearly everything else).

@awesomeest In most countries the term medical means, that the medical product (drug) was proven to be effective in a clinical randomised controlled trial.
Most food supplements were not tested to be medically effective and thus are no drugs.

@lastNick actually, no.
Perhaps it does in your small reference of countries... but im assuming you dont know too much about me. I speak several languages and the majority of my career has been in international business consulting; i know the terminology and the etymological roots of that terminology in dozens of countries from indepth experience.

Perhaps you are thinking of the restrictions a few countries have on advertising claims... such as, the USA wont allow something to be listed as a "medical device" if it hasnt had proper testing and certification. Yet even in the US, people colloquially use the term for a wide array of uses.

@jestdotty to be fair, vaccines arent drugs at all. But there isnt really an additional term (that's used by laypersons) for the substance in the injection.

@lastNick oh, btw, the "most" supplements comment would only apply to a much smaller group of supplements that are brands of extremely small companies. Most supplements that most humans consume actually have fda certs... like Nature Made.

I have several family and friends in the medical field (most advanced practice), know more biochem than anyone outside of that field should and due to a lifetime of increasing poor health with idiopathic autoimmune etiology, have WAY too much personal experience with clinical studies and medical research (there are several clinical study types that are not randomised or at all blind, ive even been in some).

Im currently doing the work towards patenting a supplement delivery system. I have extremely low vit D from a condition i have and have a severe issue with metabolising it through an oral route. B12 is also nearly ineffective orally for me. So, i know most vitamins down to molecule size in nm for their ability to absorb transdermally.

@jestdotty vaccine are clinically tested in RCTs and thus a (regulated) medical product.
From a language standpoint, I wouldn’t call a vaccine a drug but also English is a foreign language for me.

@awesomeest The term drug seems to be misused a lot in everyday language. Here in Europe there are scientifically tested and regulated medical products and everything else like food supplements. Drugs and vaccines usually fall into the first category.
PS My 3D printer filament is also FDA certified but it was only tested if it harms humans if ingested. So you may want to differ between FDA certs.

@lastNick fyi, im fluent in german if you arent sure about some language difference.

I dont mean fluent in the way most americans think they are fluent in spanish cuz they took spanish for 4 yrs in high school and went to mexico on spring break... i know several languages (4 to ~13 depending on how someone defines knowing a language), german was the first (non-english) i learned-- was a pro translator at 18 (32now)...

oddly enough, though i can understand both fine, my Schweizerdeutch is better than österreichisch.
I even know enough Tirolisch to make @LensFlare very uncomfortable (i was being an ass...but it was very amusing)

@awesomeest “You speak English because it’s the only language you know. I speak English because it’s the only language YOU know. We are not the same.”

@awesomeest just because it flowed out of you, doesn’t mean it was fluent 😂

@Lensflare lol... you have no clue how many times ive used "fluent", as in language, comparatively to "fluent", as in a flowing river, of "fluid", water, to explain etymology to someone (or one of several other, mostly language-related, things). it's shocking how few Americans realise those words all come from the same rooted meaning.

If your comment was meant to denote me having a lack of fluency in german... i may have had a bit too much fun messing with you... if so, i apologise.

that said, im likely very rusty in verbal conversation (in other, non-english, languages as well). ive been extremely ill the past several months so wasn't keeping in contact with most of humanity.

@kiki due to the quotes, im not sure if youre telling me that i only speak english or if it's some famous saying im unaware of. the former would be kinda odd cuz im pretty sure youve sent me russian messages on telegram.

@awesomeest nah, it’s the quote that mocks Americans.

@awesomeest no need to apologize 😂
IMO, you aren‘t fluent in German. But being fluent isn‘t well defined either (probably), so you can claim being fluent and nobody can say that you are wrong 😂

@Lensflare lol... tbh u could say i was the most fluent source of the german language ever, would matter the exact same since ive never attempted a valid convo in german with you.
tbh, even if we conversed at length in german and you said my german was horrible... still wouldn't change anything for me... aside from making you even more interesting. cuz then either i somehow suddenly lost an ability ive had and professionally used for well over a decade, there was something really abnormal and\or wrong with you(delusional, some odd variety of strong colloquial bias, something so fascinating that i cant even fathom it) or I've had incredible luck with only being hired by and communicating with imbeciles that are on some shared shitty language wavelength...

honestly, all of that sounds super enticing... it'd be pretty awesome imo.

all that said, even when not verbally rusty, my written ability significantly exceeds my verbal conversation skills... except rare times if im really drunk

@kiki
i tend to mock Americans for arrogant ignorance in languages pretty often.

i live in the middle of a corn field ½km from the last turn to a tourist town(5min away) that's designed to look like stereotypical Bavaria\Bayern (southern 'state' of germany with the vast majority of what Americans assume is typical of all germans\germany... like if someone were to be very surprised that im american but dont own a cowboy hat)... there's a hotel that i get cheap rates at (+perks cuz i get annoyed at broken arcade games so end up teaching techs to fix them). 150 arcade games, ~dozen pools, a bar, pizza, etc.

i go to relax etc., often dont feel like engaging so just respond in random German so they assume idk english (some staff started to figure it out). sometimes ill speak dutch instead, cuz they cant tell (ridiculous imo).

some telemarketers used to be fun cuz, using german they might transfer me to a german speaker... so id go to dutch then hear them get pissed at the 1st guy.