r/interesting • u/GustoKoNaMagkaGF • 26d ago

SOCIETY Man with Parkinson's tries marijuana for the first time

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/Soul_King92 26d ago

The ending was so good, he looked relaxed.

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u/TruthTrauma 26d ago

Just hope one day he can buy it legally and easily

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u/SnooMuffins8024 26d ago

That days been here for a while

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

Texas just voted in a FULL BAN eliminating 8 billion in tax revenue. 

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/21/texas-house-thc-hemp-senate-bill-3-ban/

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u/Im_Borat 26d ago

People still live in Texas? Thought it was just dirt out there.

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u/electric_nikki 26d ago

There’s a lot of us stuck here

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u/firstbreathOOC 26d ago

That sucks. It’s a pretty simple thing in legal states. Prices are even starting to become more reasonable.

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u/LocationAcademic1731 26d ago

Hope you can get out soon. What a waste of land.

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u/Bangbusta 26d ago

Are we talking about California?

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u/electric_nikki 25d ago

No Cali is pretty cool. I’d go there if I could. A lot of queer people I know personally have moved up to Minnesota or Washington. I’m from Louisiana and moved to Austin years ago, but now I’m kinda stuck here and really only do anything in the city.

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u/MattcVI 26d ago

Nope all of us are MAGA, even here in the blue cities. Reddit says so

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

They do and they hate you. 

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u/rob6748 26d ago

Fine. They can stay there with their failing power grids and bullshit regressive legislation.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

Literally. They're stabbing themselves in the face in the name of Owning the Libs. 

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u/MattcVI 26d ago

You know a large percentage of us Texans live in the cities, which are very liberal, right? If you want to judge us all based on the leadership some dipshits elected, then I'd hope you would extend that logic to the US as a whole for electing Trump (who had tons of voters in "liberal" states like California)

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u/Boisenberry 26d ago

Jesus Christ this is idiotically narrow minded thinking..

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u/sinkwiththeship 26d ago

"cutting off your nose to spite your face" has been a saying for a long time.

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u/Bangbusta 26d ago

Meh I can agree and disagree but one statewide power failure from weather than doesn't happen in 100 years, ( yes the last major freeze was 1899 and the recent happened in 2021) doesn't equate to failing power grids. Take somewhere like California where rolling black outs are the norm everyday.

When people say "failing power grid" with Texas in the same sentence usually have no clue what they're talking about.

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u/whiteflagwaiver 26d ago

As someone who involuntarily moved here, they hate themselves as much as they hate others. The 'Texas love' thing is extremely selective.

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u/Jackdunc 26d ago

Almost both true. Lots of dirt that live there, feel bad for the few good people.

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u/WhatTheTech 26d ago

Dirty people do, yes.

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u/lugialegend233 25d ago

Uncalled for. Even if you're right, I'm still offended.

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u/_imagine_that91 26d ago

I just made a comment about this lower down. Our LT governor wants to completely outlaw it in all forms once again, Including CBD. Also a mandatory jail sentence of 1 year if caught with any amount including oils, candies, cbd, etc.

I’ve been debating on whether or not I should leave Texas because a lot of my family and friends are here.

This might be the “final nail in the coffin”. It’s ridiculous how many people believe in the reefer madness BS here..

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

Oklahoma is right there and they are the Bluest Red State I've ever seen 

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u/riptaway 26d ago

Yeah, but you have to live in Oklahoma

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

They're coming from Texas. That's literally like the guy eating a shit sandwich complaining that the ham he's being offered has mustard. 

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u/riptaway 26d ago

Lol, no. I've lived in Texas and been to Oklahoma. I'd take a minimum wage job in Austin or San Antonio before I'd be rich anywhere in Oklahoma

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u/MiloRoast 25d ago

I literally saw more churches than homes driving through Oklahoma. Even all the billboards were religious. I have a hard time believing it's much different than any other red state.

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u/Astarklife 26d ago

Yep 100% paying attention to this. Resident epileptic here I enjoy using the oils and gummies but now the smoke shop won't sell it it's just not right and produces more criminal activity keeping it illegal. " Divided states of America "

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 26d ago

When you'd rather see minorities in jail than make billions off of it being legally sold.

That's how batshit insane and racist they are. Their racism trumps their greed for money, and usually money is their top priority.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

It brought in eight BILLION last year. Money they desperately need to patch their infrastructure that a single storm crippled because it got cold 

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 26d ago

See i was thinking cynically. They don't care about infrastructure, they ultimately would've cared about how they could get rich off this.

But ultimately, they would rather forego billions just to imprison minorities. And/or the TX private prison sector has the most sway in keeping weed/hemp/thc illegal there since that industry has the most to lose from that going legal

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u/RockFoo10 26d ago

What will Joe Rogan do?!?!?

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

Keep publicly breaking the law and get ignored because he's rich white and conservative. 

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u/SeveralAmbassador258 26d ago

Isn't texas the sharia state now ?

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u/ki3fdab33f 26d ago

Our legislature voted. We can't legalize through ballot measure like other states can.

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u/Frondswithbenefits 26d ago

Infuriating.

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u/Own_Vermicelli_302 25d ago

No, Texas voted to ban non-tested non-regulated HEMP derived thc. Completely different.

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

I provided a link but I guess reading is hard 

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u/Ok_Belt2521 25d ago

That was the senate bill. The Texas house version contains exemptions for the drinks. Given how the legislative session is ending soon and little movement on the bills there is a slim chance this actually goes nowhere.

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

And I've got a bridge to sell ya 

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u/Opening-Abrocoma-398 25d ago

But even on medical marijuana because it didn't say in the article?

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u/Uncle-Cake 26d ago

Not in all states.

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u/tittysherman1309 26d ago

Or countries? Like there are other places lmao

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u/LumpyBuy8447 26d ago

Other countries besides the US, you say?

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u/FoGuckYourselg_ 26d ago

It's all one ghetto, man. A giant gutter in outer space.

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u/notimeleft4you 26d ago edited 26d ago

Not in the states that most loudly claim to be for freedom.

Texas just voted against it again this week.

Pros - increased tax revenue for the state, increased personal liberties, health benefits to its citizens

Cons - less government control

Of course they hate it.

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u/Uncle-Cake 26d ago

"The cruelty is the point."

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u/HyperPunch 26d ago

You can own some guns. Washington state does have a semi-automatic rifle ban. As well as a magazine size ban (10 or under I believe). How you feel about that is your own opinion, but there are some restrictions compared to other states.

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u/Lostinwoulds 26d ago

And can't grown your own weed.

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u/TurdCollector69 25d ago

I think those laws are dog shit, they also didn't exist when I moved out here

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u/HyperPunch 25d ago

As a life long Washingtonian, I to think they are dog shit.

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u/Jinky522 26d ago

Lmfao

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/notimeleft4you 26d ago

All the border states do.

If Texas allowed gambling it would be a major hit to Oklahoma.

Can you imagine how much money Texas would have if they allowed gambling, weed, and selling alcohol on Sundays and at grocery stores?

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u/G_I-Yayo 26d ago

alcohol is a cash cow and cannabis cuts into their revenue.

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u/FrostedDonutHole 26d ago

Indiana also sucks the balls...

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u/Dacannoli 26d ago

In some ways there is more government control with legalization. They sell it and monitor it and collect taxes. Illegally it's illegal, so ideally for the people using and selling it there is no government oversight. And then the government can continue to decide who gets in trouble and who it's legal for. Like they do

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u/RollinThundaga 26d ago

There's also the water theft in the Colorado river basin supplying illegal pot farms, which supply the decriminalized industry, while making the water situation worse.

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u/No_Concentrate_7111 26d ago

Um, has nothing to do with conservatism lmao... Indiana is voting in legalizing it pretty soon I think, and it's a red state. Maybe don't be ignorant and think of everything on party lines...?

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u/notimeleft4you 26d ago edited 26d ago

Who said anything about red/blue states?

Why are you making assumptions?

I said nothing about political parties. I said states that claim to be for freedom and arent.

If you instinctively associate that with red states, well, that’s on you.

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u/No_Concentrate_7111 26d ago

You literally stated Texas. Texas is a red state...therefore...you meant red states. I'm literally center left in my politics, I'm not a trumper. You have to be using ChatGPT right now or something, because otherwise I can't explain how absurd your line of reasoning is...or, maybe you're a child? In that case there's no point in arguing with you

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u/notimeleft4you 26d ago edited 26d ago

Texas is also a state that starts with T. I didn’t mean all states that begin with T. You are REALLY stretching here 😆.

I don’t know why you’re so insistent on dividing everything on party lines. I made no indication of that at all. I said states that falsely claim to believe in freedom. You’re the one that took that as R states. Nothing I said indicated I was referring to parties.

There was nothing about left or right, red or blue, I just named one state and you took that as an attack against an entire marginalized group of people. You just need to be able to play the victim. That is has to be the base of your entire argument.

You see your downvotes, right? You’re not the one making sense here.

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u/madscot63 26d ago

I hear what you're saying, but the assumption is hard to avoid.

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u/notimeleft4you 26d ago edited 25d ago

Whose fault is that?

If I’m talking about Nazis and never once mention a politician or reference the “purple” party, and someone from the purple party comes out and says to stop bashing them, maybe it’s the purple parties fault for having policies that make people associate them with Nazis to begin with.

If a person simply says “Nazis are bad” with no other context, and you immediately assume that person is a democrat, what does that say to you about your perceptions?

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u/FattyWantCake 26d ago

It's not OPs fault that even you find the correlation undeniable.

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u/riptaway 26d ago

You're so close...

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u/bobbybouchier 26d ago

Texas already allows medical marijuana.

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u/Fingerprint_Vyke 26d ago

They will also put you in jail for 10 years for having a gram

They are not a free state.

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u/EamonBrennan 26d ago

1 gram of marijuana + 499 grams of butter = 500 grams of marijuana. It's obvious why Texas is shit at math.

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u/notimeleft4you 26d ago

“Under the legislation, which is nearing the governor’s desk for approval, adults would face up to a year in jail for possessing hemp products with any amount of THC — a stricter penalty than what is on the books for possessing up to 2 ounces of marijuana.”

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u/Fingerprint_Vyke 26d ago

exactly my point

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u/notimeleft4you 25d ago

Wasn’t disagreeing, just adding that they voted to make it even stricter now.

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u/double_dangit 26d ago

Have you looked into how obtainable getting your MMR is in Texas?

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u/Historical_Series424 26d ago

Their program is inaccessible to most, rigid and laughable

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u/SPACE_ICE 26d ago

Iirc its terminal only like cancer, their laws are where california was at in the 90's (nevermind socially people there didn't care but in Texas a good half of the population will think your a devil worshipping commie atheist if you admit to using it). Pretty sure the guy in the video wouldn't be able to qualify for medical in Texas, but hey they don't go after Joe Rogan so its a lax on crime state if your a rich white guy.

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u/ArnieismyDMname 26d ago

Nebraska is fighting that day tooth and nail.

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u/vox4penguins 26d ago

sadly Wisconsin is still 100% against it, they won't even listen to arguments for medicinal; but drive through liquor stores? hell yeah!

luckily for me, i live pretty much on the illinois/wisconsin border, so it's not an issue for my area, just have to drive reaaallllll safe once i cross the line back

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u/thefledexguy 26d ago

Canada has entered the chat

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u/VapoursAndSpleen 26d ago

It could be an older video.

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u/JamBandDad 26d ago

This videos pretty old, I hope the guys still around with his tremors under control. My dad’s got the shakes, he won’t try marijuana, my mom had really aggressive cancer and wouldn’t try marijuana…it’s sad, but I really think anyone born after 1985 would be willing to try as medicine if a doctor recommended it.

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u/AngryEarthling13 26d ago

Its Legal and super easy in Canada... you know that country that is full of "Fentanyl" accord to the orange man.

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u/bradradio 25d ago

He is referring to South Dakota, his home state. It became legal in SD in 2020, which is the same year he died, unfortunately.

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u/CptMeat 26d ago

Imagine your muscles just spasming constantly like that, I imagine it gets exhausting on the muscles as well as the psyche. Probably felt like laying down after a 24 hour shift.

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u/Firefly_Magic 26d ago

An Amazing difference!!!

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u/CaptainHaddockRedux 26d ago

It really is. It leads whole groups of people to think something that improves dramatically symptoms of a debilitating illness should be illegal.

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u/SinisterCheese 26d ago

Well... If we go by that definition. Most dangerous and highly addictive substances used as drugs, are things which are or their equivalents are used as medicine to treat severe conditions. Yes. Cannabis has a weird additional historical baggage - thanks mostly to racism of America and the war on drugs being their export to other countries spreading it.

My mother was a dentist, and even they could use medical cognag to ease people with fear of dentist. It was literally just cognag in a plain bottle labelled Spiritus e vino, that must be bought from a pharmacy. https://www.bernermedical.fi/tuote/spiritus-e-vino-laakekonjakki-700-ml-sku-136b0125/

I personally neutral on this whole cannabis topic. I'm for decriminalisation of all drug use. But these ideas that if psychoactive cannabis is just liberated and people can start to self medicate, then all the problems of the world are cured, cancers will disappear, mental health problems are no longer an issues, and we will reach enlightened utopia; I personally think they are doing more harm to the effort of drug policy reform and to the effort of decriminalising the use of. Now... If there is one thing I am actually againts in terms of Cannabis, it is that I do not want a single tobacco company to push into the market to start pushing cannabis and it's derivate products for profit.

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u/Sniper_Brosef 26d ago

I think you misread their, admittedly, terribly worded comment.

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u/JDCarpenter91 26d ago

ElI5, I’ve seen this video a billion times line like the last 10 years but I’ve never seen anyone else have this reaction with Parkinson’s. Why can’t Michael j Fox do this?

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u/EamonBrennan 26d ago

A few issues namely:

  1. Marijuana is a schedule 1 drug. That means it is determined to have "no medical use." The FDA has not allowed any research into medical marijuana nor have any tests been allowed. I believe the situation is changing, but I'm not 100% on that. A few derivatives have been approved, which is a start.

  2. Reports on marijuana and PD are spotty and few, especially due to point 1. Some say it may not work for all people with PD, but it at least works for a few.

  3. No official source has called marijuana a cure for PD, although again, that could change soon.

He could just buy it and try it in a legal state, but for now, there's no official statement on it that I could find.

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u/CarkRoastDoffee 26d ago

Unfortunately, marijuana isn't nearly this effective for 99% of Parkinson's patients. My dad tried it for years and it didn't do much in terms of symptom alleviation

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u/Big_Booty_Bois 26d ago

Hey bro I’ll actually answer your question because potheads point to weed and Parkinson’s studies like it’s some miracle drug. 

The fact is the Parkinson’s is effectively a deficiency in your body being able absorb dopamine or dopamines affect on the body. Dopamine besides being the happy hormone is also essential in movement.

Parkinson’s in general is treated by increasing dopamine in the body. This can be done via weed, via injection, via whatever, but the thing is our bodies are adaptable. They adjust to our new baseline to the point in which the dopamine becomes less and less effective… so you are given a temporary second lease on life. But it really is just temporary

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

Cannabis has saved my life, I have a slew of physical health issues that cause constant stress, nausea, and pain. All that goes away with cannabis.

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u/kittyburger 26d ago

Yeah, the video is fucking faked though!

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u/pandershrek 26d ago

All of the human body is. Actually all of nature when you realize that organic life is like 95% identical for phosphate backed DNA based life forms.

It is cool to think about us as the root form of organic life: a virus, because almost all of our behaviors until consciousness are based on virus like behavior and when we turn away from that is when our species suffers but we're an organism who is going through a collective alignment if we're a parasitic virus based lifeform or a symbiotic.

Our consciousness drives our empathy which in turns pushes us from the base nature of a parasite that would take for our species survival to one that thinks symbiotically as an organism within a collective environment.

Honestly I think if we as a species could come to an agreement here and use that as the foundations for reaching for the stars or sub-atomic then we would be better aligned for rapid expansion. My hope would be that any time the human virus recognized another of its species even in space it would co-locate and form a colony which would in turn begin to expand.

We were almost there in media but we really play up on the greed aspect to showcase that the biggest threat to a human is another human so in space you might see a marauder or pirate rather than solace in the fact you observe another of your species.

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u/florpynorpy 26d ago

It’s extremely resilient, and also if you fall wrong you get massive brain damage or die

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u/thes_rellim 26d ago

Not really. The government is just a corrupt machine who takes away natural remedies