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Re:Colombia is considering legalizing its cocaine industry by samatman on Thursday December 03, 2020 @05:37PM (#25296254)
Yes, that's my first name.

I didn't put your name in scare quotes, and you should do me the favor of doing likewise.

Edit: forgot to add, the point is that THC is a partial agonist, while cocaine is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor. They act on completely different systems in completely different ways, and in particular, the more cocaine you take, the higher you get, right up until it kills you.

This isn't true of THC, they simply aren't comparable in the way you're trying to compare them.

Re:Colombia is considering legalizing its cocaine industry by DoreenMichele on Thursday December 03, 2020 @05:42PM (#25296320)
They weren't scare quotes. They were quotes because I have no idea what your name is. I always figured this was probably some kind of joke handle making fun of Sam Altman.

But I have removed the offensive quotation marks.

I don't know why some total stranger on the internet is calling me by my first name. I have no idea who in heck you are. We aren't friends.

What does that mean? I'm being talked down to like a five year old? Or I've finally achieved celebrity status in spite of still being dirt poor and unable to pay my bills?

I'm guessing it's not anything good given how poor I am and how little respect I get.

Edit in response to your edit:

This isn't true of THC, they simply aren't comparable in the way you're trying to compare them.

Yeah, I already conceded your point and tried to clarify my real point and conceded that I royally effed that up.

Re:Colombia is considering legalizing its cocaine industry by samatman on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:16PM (#25297384)
It wasn't my intention to offend or upset you by referring to you by your name. I've been going by samatman on the internet for longer than sama has been alive, but you're not the first to think so.

Not something I do often, nor with any calculation in particular, it just seemed to fit the sentence I was typing out.

I do recognize your account and have read some of your blogs. Having been what we've just started calling "unhoused", I wish that I had found it before rather than after.

So I apologize for the umbrage, and hope you have a pleasant day.

Re:Colombia is considering legalizing its cocaine industry by DoreenMichele on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:20PM (#25297412)
I'm sorry to hear you have been unhoused. Please do not hesitate to let me know if you think I can point you in the direction of useful information.

In addition to my various blogs, I run several Reddits, some of them aimed at helping people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, such as r/GigWorks.

Have a great day.