Shinobi Train
Sannin of the Scrolls 📜
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We seem to think of ourselves as enlightened, yet we ignore the obvious.
I just wanted to open with that statement before I present my case. Maybe "we" (humanity) don't see ourselves as enlightened, but we do think that we're progressing towards it. Medicine is one of those areas we view as advancing, I'm just not thinking that's a good assumption is all. Medicine might be advancing, but I really think it's doing so the wrong way.
Labs are literally creating compounds that don't exist in nature because they're unaware of the natural remedy. They aren't willing to invest the time and money to find the natural, harmless cure or even preventative. The extensive testing that would need to go on to find the proper one would be enormous. I'm talking about finding the proper mixture of herbs or whatever, it just isn't friendly to the pockets of the corporate executives, they'd rather get a new plane, or maybe a few yachts.
It's a lot easier when they can concoct something that does what they want it to, you don't even have to go outside. Don't need to spend years in testing to get a good formula. Nah, you can just test it a few times to see if it's working, then let the general public find out what this is going to do to them in twenty years. WTF?
Five months later you see this ad: "Have you or a loved one you know taken..." Yep, you know the one...happens every time. Did I miss the Lunesta one? I was so looking forward to it. ^_^
Now, I'd like to present a real life case that just happened an hour ago. My mom was talking about her headache while I was visiting, and she was about to take aspirin for it. I told her I had an herbal painkiller (Kratom, it's legal in the US and I imagine most anywhere), and since she's more into herbal cures that was an immediate go. I called her just a minute ago and asked her how she felt after taking three pills, and she said the pain just went away completely in no time, and she was just real relaxed.
How many people can say they'd feel better about taking Kratom, a natural and legal plant, over aspirin or Tylenol which is made in a factory? I mean heck, not long after I took some myself I was drinking a beer. If it was something from a factory I'd think twice about consuming any alcohol.
Just an example, but this is what got me thinking, and I thought I'd make a really long ass thread about it that no one will read. At least I got a chance to practice typing, I miss my keyboard... *looks around* good, they all left at this point...now it's just you and me, keyboard... *slow dance* I've been working really long hours in my dad's headshop, and today we got in our very first shipment of Kratom. The reason people are doing Kratom is because in strong enough doses it gives the effect that like a percocet would, just without the danger and the addiction. You can get addicted to ice cream though, it's just that this herb doesn't have a physical addiction attached to it. You can get a serious oxycontin-like high, but this isn't hurting you with repeated use, nor is it something you feel like you need at all. For ma' ganja chieftains out there, drop like 4-5 pills, wait twenty minutes, then smoke a bowl. It activates it like you wouldn't believe, leaves you with a real nice buzz and you're also energetic too, so it's not like you're falling asleep bombed, you're sitting up enjoying this body buzz while blastin' bad-guys in that new game you're excited about. Proud Mary keep on burnin'.
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*ahem* Yes, sorry... As I was saying, I'd love to hear the other side of this argument, even if it's just playing devil's advocate. ^_^ Maybe I don't know enough and there's some reason why unnatural shit has to be used, but honestly I think everything we need is growing out of the ground or in the ground in one form or another. All that needs to happen is someone needs to get their head outta their backside, it don't belong there. Lol
I just wanted to open with that statement before I present my case. Maybe "we" (humanity) don't see ourselves as enlightened, but we do think that we're progressing towards it. Medicine is one of those areas we view as advancing, I'm just not thinking that's a good assumption is all. Medicine might be advancing, but I really think it's doing so the wrong way.
Labs are literally creating compounds that don't exist in nature because they're unaware of the natural remedy. They aren't willing to invest the time and money to find the natural, harmless cure or even preventative. The extensive testing that would need to go on to find the proper one would be enormous. I'm talking about finding the proper mixture of herbs or whatever, it just isn't friendly to the pockets of the corporate executives, they'd rather get a new plane, or maybe a few yachts.
It's a lot easier when they can concoct something that does what they want it to, you don't even have to go outside. Don't need to spend years in testing to get a good formula. Nah, you can just test it a few times to see if it's working, then let the general public find out what this is going to do to them in twenty years. WTF?
Five months later you see this ad: "Have you or a loved one you know taken..." Yep, you know the one...happens every time. Did I miss the Lunesta one? I was so looking forward to it. ^_^Now, I'd like to present a real life case that just happened an hour ago. My mom was talking about her headache while I was visiting, and she was about to take aspirin for it. I told her I had an herbal painkiller (Kratom, it's legal in the US and I imagine most anywhere), and since she's more into herbal cures that was an immediate go. I called her just a minute ago and asked her how she felt after taking three pills, and she said the pain just went away completely in no time, and she was just real relaxed.
How many people can say they'd feel better about taking Kratom, a natural and legal plant, over aspirin or Tylenol which is made in a factory? I mean heck, not long after I took some myself I was drinking a beer. If it was something from a factory I'd think twice about consuming any alcohol.
Just an example, but this is what got me thinking, and I thought I'd make a really long ass thread about it that no one will read. At least I got a chance to practice typing, I miss my keyboard... *looks around* good, they all left at this point...now it's just you and me, keyboard... *slow dance* I've been working really long hours in my dad's headshop, and today we got in our very first shipment of Kratom. The reason people are doing Kratom is because in strong enough doses it gives the effect that like a percocet would, just without the danger and the addiction. You can get addicted to ice cream though, it's just that this herb doesn't have a physical addiction attached to it. You can get a serious oxycontin-like high, but this isn't hurting you with repeated use, nor is it something you feel like you need at all. For ma' ganja chieftains out there, drop like 4-5 pills, wait twenty minutes, then smoke a bowl. It activates it like you wouldn't believe, leaves you with a real nice buzz and you're also energetic too, so it's not like you're falling asleep bombed, you're sitting up enjoying this body buzz while blastin' bad-guys in that new game you're excited about. Proud Mary keep on burnin'.
...
*ahem* Yes, sorry... As I was saying, I'd love to hear the other side of this argument, even if it's just playing devil's advocate. ^_^ Maybe I don't know enough and there's some reason why unnatural shit has to be used, but honestly I think everything we need is growing out of the ground or in the ground in one form or another. All that needs to happen is someone needs to get their head outta their backside, it don't belong there. Lol
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