i opened lemmygrad from the site and clicked one of the emojis then copied the output.
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/565483
As you guys can tell, this community is dead (again). I haven't really done a good job of moderating because my ability to come up with post ideas fizzled out pretty quickly, and life circumstances made me totally neglect this community. I'd like to stop moderating it, so if anyone else is willing please tell. If people even want a community for drugs, you should also voice your opinion.
As you guys can tell, this community is dead (again). I haven't really done a good job of moderating because my ability to come up with post ideas fizzled out pretty quickly, and life circumstances made me totally neglect this community. I'd like to stop moderating it, so if anyone else is willing please tell. If people even want a community for drugs, you should also voice your opinion.
https://annas-archive.org/
My needs are simple:
Hey! This is the first monthly general discussion post for the Drugs community.
You can use it as a place to share any anecdotes, questions or ideas you have that you don't want to make a whole post for. Sorry for creating it this late, I was too busy with life stuff.
I see other communities doing this but because this one isn't very active a weekly one may be too much.
hope it's apropriate for this sub.
::: spoiler alt text Built from 1956 to 1961, the tower was designed by the Egyptian architect Naoum Shebib, inspired by the Ancient Egyptian Architecture.[1] Its partially open lattice-work design is intended to evoke a pharaonic lotus plant, an iconic symbol of Ancient Egypt.[8] The tower is crowned by a circular observation deck and a revolving restaurant[9] that rotate around its axis occasionally[10] with a view over greater Cairo.[11]
According to documents published by Major General Adel Shaheen, the funds for the construction of the tower were originated from the Government of the United States through the CIA that represented by Kermit Roosevelt, which had provided around $US1-3 million to Gamal Abdel Nasser as a personal gift to him with the intent of stopping his support for Algerian Revolution and other African independence movements.[8][12][13] Affronted by the attempt to bribe him, Nasser decided to publicly rebuke the U.S. government by transferring all of the funds to the Egyptian government for the use of the tower construction, which he stated that it would be "visible from the US Embassy just across the Nile, as a taunting symbol of Egypt's, Africa and the Middle East's resistance, revolutions and pride".[12][14]
The book also stated that the General Intelligence Service took full responsibility for everything related to the design and planning work, including the selection of the architect who was assigned to design, the construction work, and even providing the necessary materials for the building with the aim of giving the heroic character of the president.[8] However, its design was controversial as the Egyptians called it the "waqf Roosevelt" ("Roosevelt's endowment"), which was then mistakenly interpreted by the Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C. as the "waqef Roosevelt" ("Roosevelt's erection"). This prompted the Americans to react by calling it "Nasser's prick".[13] Because of that, a local Islamic group issued a fatwa to demolish the tower in the 1990s, stating that it "could excite Egyptian women", but this failed to be implemented due to its influence on national history and popularity among the nation and tourists.[15][16]
Between 2006 and 2009, the tower underwent an £E15 million restoration project that included a new installation of light decoration. It was stated that the project used the LED lamp for its efficiency on energy consumption.[17] :::
I'll start with myself (Egypt).
Caffeine: nearly everyone drinks tea or coffee at least once a day if not more despite neither of them being grown here.
Tobacco: Smoked in cigarette form or flavored tobacco using a hookah. The percentage of smokers here is very high, there's more smokers than there isn't. Even if you don't smoke there's enough second hand smoke from everyone else lol.
Alcohol: legal but its use is somewhat stigmatized because of a majority Muslim population. However I regularly see broken bottles of alcoholic drinks along the sidewalks so a lot of people are probably hiding their drinking habits.
Hash/hashish: I don't think it's exactly legal but it's very normalized among a lot of people. Some stigma because any form of inebration is considered bad by religious people but not nearly as stigmatized as alcohol.
Very curious to hear about other countries.
For those of you who have tried them, what was your experience and what do you think of it?
Do you think they should be legalized?
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