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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by okareaman on Monday December 07, 2020 @12:26AM (#25329557)
I could have looked for tanks to save money, but I surely would have died that way. I could control intake with cartridges because the limiting factor was that you had to keep cracking them. A case of 600 whippets one after another would last about 5 hours, so 2 a minute. I've heard too many stories of people dying with tanks.
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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by rsync on Monday December 07, 2020 @02:37AM (#25330117)
Forgive me ... I am completely naive regarding this subject but find these descriptions both fascinating and confusing...

Do I understand: if you're on a whippet bender you have to do a thing every 30 seconds ?

It seems like that would interrupt and greatly diminish whatever pleasurable effects the substance was giving you ... in fact, it sounds somewhat stressful ...

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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by sneak on Monday December 07, 2020 @04:17AM (#25330566)
You can put 2-3 into a dispensing canister at a time, but yes, every 60-90 seconds it requires interaction.

This has probably saved a lot of lives, tbh. It's hard to suffocate yourself if doing so requires motor skills.

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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by Scoundreller on Monday December 07, 2020 @04:43AM (#25330676)
In Australia, their paramedics have Penthrox tubes that have an anesthetic in them.

The idea is that the patient can self-administer, but if they over do it, they get too messed up to operate the thing until it wears off again.

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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by okareaman on Monday December 07, 2020 @10:59AM (#25333382)
Cracking whippets is like popping bubble wrap. It's a pleasant repetitive motion that becomes part of automatic muscle memory after a while. It becomes a meditation, like praying the rosary.
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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by badconvincer on Monday December 07, 2020 @09:59AM (#25332697)
Yes, it’s a fleeting rush. I’ve probably done nitrous 5-6 times over a couple of decades but I can see the allure.
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