US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers

Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by rzz3 on Sunday February 16, 2025 @12:43PM (#43069936)

“Uppers”? I thought the leading theories were MDMA and Ketamine (and recovering from neck surgery), neither of which are best-described by the word “uppers”, nor is that behavior an effect that “uppers” generally have (e.g. cocaine, (meth)amphetamines).

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Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by Aloisius on Sunday February 16, 2025 @04:11PM (#43071749)

The MA in MDMA is methamphetamine.

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Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by steve_adams_86 on Sunday February 16, 2025 @05:27PM (#43072373)

I don’t think it has empathy-promoting properties when abused heavily and chronically. As I recall, the empathy-promotion is highly dose-dependent to begin with, and can even reverse due to extended misuse.

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Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by bloomingkales on Sunday February 16, 2025 @05:38PM (#43072486)

I think the more important point is that most people were not born yesterday. Some very rich people are either mentally ill, or on drugs, or both. Or enough drug abuse (off camera) caused long term ego/brain changes.

You can barely tell a poor person to change their life, imagine the discussion with a multi billionaire. There's no discussion.

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Re:US goverment seeks to rehire recently fired nuclear workers by rzz3 on Monday February 17, 2025 @04:52PM (#43083649)

That’s not how chemicals work. It’s not “methylenedioxy” mixed with methamphetamine, it’s an entirely distinct molecule. MDMA is an enpathogen, an aspect which contradicts OP’s key point.

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