If Midwest doesn't want to share water, fine. But don't ask us for help with your problems
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  • buh [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    But don't ask us for help with your problems

    lol what the fuck does the sonoran desert have that could help people in the midwest?

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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      2 years ago

      historically the Sonoran desert was where they sent tuberculosis patients because the dry air helped their lungs but that wouldn't even work now there's too much smog lol

      • asustamepanteon [comrade/them, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Not even, peyote takes like 20 years to grow properly and it's currently on its way to becoming extinct due to people looking for an easy way to commune with the universe or w/e.

          • asustamepanteon [comrade/them, he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Don't know honestly, just knew that peyote takes a long time to mature and that it's vulnerable due to overconsumption. My cousin told me this, about 2 weeks after arriving back to Mexico.

            Also read that apparently this perennial 'communing with God' thing may be more of a Western artifact than an actual 'universal truth/core', since tribes that have been taking their substances report more of a talking with the local spirits/ dealing with brujería & mal de ojo.

            https://aeon.co/essays/is-psychedelics-research-closer-to-theology-than-to-science

            I'm not saying 'don't take drugs': it's your life, do whatever you want. It's just food for thought.

        • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          YOU. CAN. BUY. MESCALINE. CACTI. AT. HOME. DEPOT. STOP. EATING. PEYOTE.

    • crime [she/her, any]
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      2 years ago

      Right? If people in the Midwest wanted anything from a hot, near-barren wasteland they can just go to western Kansas or like Oklahoma