NothingButACommodity [it/its]
Was Hedwig of Holstein really that bad?
Poppies are definitely more reliable than kratom for getting you high and they don’t have the stimulant effect that can make kratom more… unpredictable. But I would not suggest someone start with poppies over kratom. The main alkaloid you’re getting in poppy pods (or seeds) is straight up morphine. Poppies are going to be stronger in general, they’re going to get a person addicted more easily because you can always just take more to get higher or overcome your build up of tolerance while kratom essentially has a ceiling where after a certain amount, more isn’t going to do anything but literally make you vomit. And because of that last part, most importantly, it’s almost impossible to OD on kratom. That’s not the case with poppies because they don’t have that ceiling and it’s impossible to know how much morphine you’re actually getting when doing poppies.
I have lots of experience with both as well as with harder things.
If I had any skill, I’d make an image of “old man Simpson shakes fist at cloud” with a weather balloon obviously, but also with a saber, one that’s rattling at said balloon, in Abe’s hand. Eh, the jokes probably been made over and over again already anyway.
If I had a community like this IRL? Sure. I’d stick around. I could make something of my small individual self with the help of people who cared about me and shared a leftist vision. But I don’t. IRL, I’m surrounded b chuds and if I’m lucky, liberals. The only community worth having is online, and whenever I get too attached to that, it just means it’s time to touch grass. I should have checked out a long time ago. I’m happy the world might be soon seeing som multipolarity. But the part of it where I am living is also going to see a rise of fascism that I don’t even want to try to survive. I have no community irl and I can’t will that into changing. As much as I’d like to. yay idealism.
Seriously tho, what is the origin story with that? I get mixed lies and slander searching for it. Did Xi ever at any point express annoyance with being compared to WtP or something? Why was there even a comparison? I know beyond all doubt that the character is not banned in China even tho all the libs insist he is because ebil “oriental” dictator.
I mostly agree with what ShimmeringKoi said. You’re not doing it wrong, but the quality of kratom varies wildly, and it’s almost always garbage from a headshop unfortunately. Those stickers don’t necessarily mean a godamn thing. Since you’re here, you know how much product quality assurance actually means in general. We can’t trust that our food isn’t fucking poisonous and kratom is a barely-lighter-than-grey market unregulated drug. Still, even if it’s shit quality, you’re right you should be feeling something. The THC high can definitely block it, but if you have no tolerance (to opiates I mean) then 7g should be getting you somewhere even if it’s just a mild glow. You could just be a hard head and need a bit more though.
A few considerations: If you do have any kind of opi tolerance this will make the kratom almost useless unless you take quite a lot of it. Assuming that’s not the case, if I were you I would continue to up your dose little by little but you may have to give up and wait a day or two and then try again at a slightly higher dose. You might try changing up how you take it too. Mix it up with a little lemon juice as a tea and drink it slow; if you’re already doing that, try instead downing it via toss’n’wash (carefully, and yeah most agree it’s gross). If you are already doing it as tea, don’t boil the kratom itself as that can destroy some of the alkaloids, but pour the not-boiling but scalding water over it and mix.
If you are one of the rare people who just plain can’t get anything from it (it’s not totally unheard of) then maybe be glad. It’s certainly not the worst drug when it comes to addiction, obviously. Sorry for the unsolicited part of my advice, but if you are opiate-naive, it may not be a bad thing to keep it that way. There have been many poor souls who were truly shocked by how much a seemingly innocuous drug like kratom was able to take hold. Be careful. Especially if you do end up enjoying it and wanting to take it more than a couple times a week, it would be a good time to think about setting some rules for yourself or just sticking with good old THC.
Why are you broadcasting it to already-insecure and alienated communists?
Not OP, but I don’t know, just maybe they’re doing it to not feel so FUCKING ALONE in an insanely hostile, victim-blaming hellworld that is rapidly spiraling the drain? For starters. Jesus christ. Why are you here when there’s a giant popular site called reddit that celebrates and rewards your lack of empathy?