VeryJerry
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Good point, the way I worded that is wrong since we kill more animals than we farm and looking into it more now it looks like the 99% figure applies to the US, but according to our world in data (link later in this comment), the global estimate including farmed fish is more likely 94%. It's also not more animals per year than all humans, apparently it's likely about on par
According to https://www.prb.org/articles/how-many-people-have-ever-lived-on-earth/, "About 117 billion members of our species have ever been born on Earth".
According to our world in data and sentience institute, we factory farm 111 billion per year, but "this has wide uncertainty, ranging from 39 to 216 billion" (https://ourworldindata.org/how-many-animals-are-factory-farmed) (i.e. on the low end my point is it happens every three years and it still dwarfs human issues but not by as much, and on the high end it happens almost twice per year and is an even worse problem.)
Once you factor in wild fishing, then it's even more clear. And the method of slaughter for sea fish (suffocating or crushed to death in a pile) does not seem meaningfully better to me than a factory farm slaughterhouse, so the connotation still applies imo.
I agree that my perspective is likely to turn away people, I don't lead with it in conversations with the general public, but I do still think it's true. The problem is multiplied by every year we let it continue, it's not just a one-time <torture as many animals as all humans ever> event. Effective messaging to the public is super important, but it's not what I was trying to do with my comment. I was trying to highlight a reality so that people who really care about reality can use it to help orient and decide what to focus resources on.
Pulsar vapes has some good, cheap, vape batteries that fit a 510 cartridge in and they look like a disposable nicotine vape. They also usually have auto draw which is nice. They also have a wizard pipe battery that looks like gandalfs pipe, not discreet in public but could be nice for at home, especially if you get a nice display stand like this lol https://makerworld.com/en/models/657155-tobacco-smoking-pipe-stand-for-long-short-stem
I would recommend even lower voltages than the ones commonly recommended (~2.7v), closer to 2.1v. 2.7v seems to be kinda harsh and lead to coughing, but lower voltages work just as well for delivering the medicine. Note also that peg400 is smoother/less harsh than propylene glycol (pg), and isn't much more expensive on amazon.
A bit of coughing and a scratchy throat is probably nothing compared to a cluster headache, but we might as well reduce as much suffering as we can while we're at it
https://wiki.dmt-nexus.me/HIELO
https://m.psychonautwiki.org/wiki/DMT_extraction_using_lye_(sodium_hydroxide)_and_naphtha
Edit: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/DMT#Legal_status In the US, DMT is classified as a schedule 1 drug and producing it is very illegal. See the link for legal status in other countries
One potential way to help is to learn how to "safely" source these things. The darknet market bible is a great resource (pm me if you need a copy), and look into reagent testing. Are there resources on how to build a vape pen if you have dmt? I'm guessing pre built pens are a lot harder to test than dmt crystals/powder, plus probably a bit more expensive
And once you know how to source it, ask people you know if they know anyone who suffers from cluster headaches. If so, you might be in a good position to become a citizen pharmacist or teach sufferers better ways to source medicine.
If you want to do this, make sure you know how to test your stuff. Do not give other people substances if you don't know exactly what's in them (you can not trust drug vendors word, you have to test it yourself when you get it), and make sure they know what it is, potential risks, and how to use it safely. And, stay safe yourself, read the dnmb carefully and understand the risk you take by doing this too
I'll have to think about a better way to phrase my point, since I still think that the sheer amount of suffering and death far outweighs human issues. Almost all animals we kill at the very least have a bad death, and ~94% of the ones we farm (~10% of the ones we kill) also have a bad life. We factory farm about as many animals per year as the total number of humans who have ever lived, maybe about a third as many, maybe almost twice as many. Multiply that out by the number of years we've been doing those things and I still don't think any human problem even comes close to as bad.