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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Who is giving him this shit?

Catch me on the street with whatever pharmacy of dugs Musk is taking and I’d probably be sitting in front of a judge pretty quickly. Just another example of the rich doing whatever the F they want with no consequences.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Thinking about it, whoever Elon's dealer is probably has a pretty sweet gig as far as drug dealing goes. They've got someone on the hook who is the magical combination of being an addict, has infinite wealth, doesn't know the value of anything, and is a huge asshole so they probably don't even feel bad about exploiting them lol.

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I'm sure Elon pays a huge premium for an exclusive, on-call drug dealer.

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Or him having been an entitled narcissist surrounded by sycophants for his entire life.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 33 points 1 day ago

Being a massive shithead also explains a lot of it. Including the drug use.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, no shit. Now how do we make it stop?

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have a lot of ketamine users in my town and many highly functioning ones and it's very clear that the drug has long tail disassociative effects. They are so disconnected and zombie like despite seemingly functional.

I say this as a psychonaut myself - long term K use is pretty scary but people are afraid to shit on K because if not abused it's seems to have a lot of powerful positive effects on many.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Life is literally an exercise in balance and homeostasis. Too much of anything is almost always bad in the long term.

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 2 points 19 hours ago

when you get the message, hang up the phone

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 20 hours ago

Yeah I mean, water and oxygen can both kill you in high enough amounts.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 8 points 1 day ago

My mother had to take it for a nerve condition and it fucked her up. Ruined parts of her nervous system and she required physical therapy to be able to grasp objects again.

She has now been in several car accidents since cause she goes into hazes and acts differently. I'm not sure it has good side effects other than being an incredibly strong tranquilizer and disassociative.
Lots of drugs are considered highly by their users but this one seems to have some pretty rough sides to make it sound at all positive to me.

[–] bonkers@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not drugs, he's just a douche

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Drug fuelled douche

[–] bonkers@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago
[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you met his mother? That also explains a lot.

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[–] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Who cares what the cause of the behavior is? It is unacceptable.

That should be enough. No need to even try to explain of empathize with it.

But it is telling that the richest man in the history of mankind acts like this. People should see that wealth does not equate to strength, intelligence, good politics, etc. But instead people see wealth as a way to get away with anything they want, even if it is completely embarrassing stuff that no one with self respect would even think about.

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

I believe it would be worth to research it. Similar to research into serial killers and other "unwanted" neurotypes we should try to learn how we can prevent people becoming like this and prevent becoming their victims

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[–] the_q@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago

I'm currently taking 80mg ketamine troches and can verify that I am not a sociopathic Nazi.

[–] Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 day ago (14 children)

I'm not huge into drugs, can someone explain to me why a billionaire takes ketamine? Isn't it a prescription painkiller?

Shouldn't he be smoking brainstem of an endangered rainforest frog, or some nameless lab chemical synthesized personally for him?

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 3 points 20 hours ago

I suppose it's just like most drug addicts, you don't really choose what you get addicted to or when, something just sort of gets its hooks into you at some point and that's it.

Plus if you factor in having essentially no boundaries on your life (ie infinite money and nobody to tell you no or stop you doing anything, being more-or-less above the law, access to high-quality drugs and world-class healthcare) you can probably go on doing stuff like that pretty much indefinitely. IIRC that's how Keith Richards said he was able to go on doing drugs for so long - he was loaded so he could always get the good stuff that wasn't mixed with anything.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 day ago

It's a dissociative drug that has long been used as a field anesthetic because there's a very wide range of doses that are both effective and non-lethal. It's shown promise in recent years as a treatment for depression and certain other conditions that are resistant to traditional treatments. Ketamine is also sort of fun to do recreationally for the affirmation dissociative effects. Elon Musk is basically a drug addict at this point. He's abusing it way too often and is healthy or safe to do

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

I don't know about ketamine but I have been around people on Amphetamines. He acts like they did. So a guy trying to run 3 companies at the same time would presumably use amphetamines to have the time. You can go for days without sleeping.

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[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I dunno man, I've done ketamine and it didn't turn me into a nazi.

Maybe he's just a bad person.

[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Narcissism is the main problem with him, K made it worse.

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[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 70 points 2 days ago (5 children)

They gave my cat ket before they euthanized her. She looked absolutely blissful, but certainly in no fit state to run a government.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hey look, the media blaming drugs for stupid people doing stupid shit.

This isn't the ketamine. He would probably be even worse without it.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 71 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Ketamine, like any drug, should be thoroughly researched. Whether good, bad, or mixed, the knowledge would be useful.

In any case, I think that being wealthy is the most dangerous drug of all. It frees you from the consequences of your actions. Being invulnerable from society, prevents you from knowing what it means to be harmed. It is why rich folks tend to be assholes, since they don't understand the reality of being human. They are more akin to space aliens or dragons.

...at this point, excessive wealth is something I believe to be a drug that harms society, not individuals.

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