I totally understand wanting to escape, but psychedelics are kind of like a risky shortcut. The experiences they bring can actually be reached naturally, like through meditation or even lucid dreaming. With lucid dreaming, you can explore your subconscious and control your dreams—no substances needed. And if you’re curious, melatonin can help with lucid dreaming too. It regulates your sleep cycle and can enhance REM sleep, which is where vivid dreams happen. When you take it in the right amount, it can help you become more aware of your dreams, making it easier to control them. So instead of turning to psychedelics, which can mess with your brain, why not dive into things like meditation or lucid dreaming? They offer the same kind of mind-expanding experiences, but they’re safer and something you can actually train yourself to do.

Psychedelics are like throwing fireworks around your brain. It's a shortcut but keep in mind the people who write it is life changing experience the same amount of people can't write it because it was life ending. Maybe if you want the shortcut do it with supervisor.

I wouldn't recommend because it is a shortcut. You have to understand and feel though.

Go to Thailand (Koh Phangan for example) and speak with the teenagers and young adults who shroom the first time. They really can't see the big picture. Nobody can see the big picture because there is no bigger picture. We are just recieving a ton of input by hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting, smelling and creating images. It is not more and not less. Some people believe in a god or some other things to hold on to something during this ride but in the end it is all an illusion that will end somewhere from birth to death and no one knows when and after that it is over. No god, no respawn, no nothing, just like the state of prebirth. It is what it is. I am not judging if it is good or bad to believe but it gives motivation. I believe too, I believe that my energy will be released after death and I will be part of the universe again. I won't feel, I won't hear, I won't see, I won't smell and I won't taste - just like prebirth. But I am here. I say believe, because I do not know and I can't know.

Autumn really does have an intoxicating allure, doesn’t it? Those foggy mornings wrap everything in a thick blanket of mystery, where the world feels muted and hushed. As the sun sinks lower, the shadows stretch and twist, creating dark corners that seem to hold secrets—and maybe something more sinister.

When the nights grow longer, there’s an electric tension in the air, a feeling that something is lurking just out of sight. The leaves crunch beneath your feet, each step echoing like a heartbeat, while the lake lies still, a dark mirror that reflects not just the fading light, but the whispers of things that hide in the depths.

As the chill settles in, it’s easy to imagine figures moving just beyond your vision, lurking in the fog. The beauty of the season mingles with a creeping sense of unease, as if the very air is thick with stories waiting to unfold—tales of things that thrive in the dark, where the line between the living and the shadows blurs. Isn’t it fascinating how autumn invites that darker side to play?

Die Florida Version wäre ungefähr so:

In Florida war ein 28-jähriger Mann mit seinem Kinderwagen unterwegs, als eine 21-jährige Frau und ein 26-jähriger Mann ebenfalls mit ihren Kinderwagen zusteigen wollten. Ein Streit brach aus und eskalierte schnell zu einem handgreiflichen Gerangel, während ein Mitfahrer sein Krokodil in Sicherheit brachte!

Der Busfahrer wurde während des Chaos verhaftet, weil er heimlich Koks verkaufte. In der Zwischenzeit kümmerten sich zwei Schüler um die Hühner, die sie beim Gassigehen hatten. Am Ende gingen alle mit leichten Verletzungen davon....

Deutschland ist so langweilig.

I don't even know what I should write... like come on, what the....

Like if I wasn't lucky those could have been my parents.

Zum Thema Lehrer:

Meine Frau ist Lehrerin und lässt alles mit sich machen, alle älteren Lehrer rebelieren langsam und zurecht. Wenn Lehrer Konferenzen, Sommerfeste etc. keine Arbeitszeit ist und der Unterricht außerhalb der Arbeitszeit vor- und nachbereitet werden muss ist es meiner Meinung nach - für den Lohn wohlbemerkt - ein Unding. Meine Frau wollte ihre Stunden von 20 Stunden auf 28 Stunden (Vollzeit) erhöhen, wurde von der Schulleitung zugestimmt, vom Schulamt aber abgelehnt und so haben die Kinder nun aktuell eine Stunde weniger Mathe, eine Stunde weniger Deutsch Unterricht. Kunst und Musik findet im Wechsel statt, d. h. eine Woche 2 Stunden Kunst, die nächste 2 Stunden Musik. Was ist das? Manche wollen mehr arbeiten, dürfen aber nicht.

Zum zum Thema Krankenpflege: Bei mir wurde der Antrag um eine Stundenerhöhung von aktuell 30 Stunden auf 40 Stunden abgelehnt, weil kein Bedarf besteht. Dann wird man dennoch weiterhin angerufen ob man denn einspringen könnte. Vor ca. einem Monat habe ich dann abgelehnt und gemeint: "Mein Antrag auf Stundenerhöhung wurde abgelehnt, da ihr genug Persona habt, ich kann leider nicht einspringen." Ich springe auch erst wieder ein wenn meine Stundenerhöhung angenommen wird.

Wir sind keine Einzelfälle wo Stundenerhöhungen abgelehnt werden. Natürlich ist es für den AG sinnvoller mehrere Teilzeitkräfte zu haben statt weniger Vollzeitkräfte. Aber tja die gibts halt nicht, dann gibt uns wenigstens mehr Stunden. Irgendwie klappt es schon und ein dummer springt ein.

Ganz ehrlich, eigentlich sind alle Menschen die sofort einspringen die schuldigen. Solange es Menschen gibt die unbezahlte Überstunden machen, ständig einspringen etc. wird sich auch nichts ändern. Einspringen gehört verboten.

I wrote below that I am also critical.

Interviewer: Does having a family make it impossible to climb without fear entering your mind?

Alex: "Time will tell. It’s maybe possible, but it might be a challenge. I think it's easier to free solo when you can tell yourself that your life doesn't matter that much. You’re kind of like, “Well, I'm just doing my thing, and it's my own choice.” And if you have any real acceptance that your life matters a lot to other people, then you are sort of like, “Well, you know, it's sort of my responsibility to not squander that.”

On the other hand, with a lot of the hard free soloing, the whole point is to make it feel safe and relatively comfortable. To basically prepare enough that it doesn't feel like you're rolling the dice.

Actually, last fall I did a big soloing traverse in Red Rock, near my home in Las Vegas. It was a 32-hour soloing traverse by myself, climbing up over all the major peaks in Red Rock. I think to the average viewer, they'd be like, “Holy shit, he’s still soloing at a really high level.” But the reality is that, for me personally, that just doesn't feel like extreme free soloing in the same way. It was kind of more akin to ultrarunning or like a giant endurance event or something. I was free soloing, but it’s a far cry from El Cap."

My thoughts: While he is skilled he isn't taking the natural environment in his equation. It might be a easypeasy climb like he mentions in the interview above. Sure, but the risk of Rockfall, high winds, adverse weather, unexpecited animals mid route, sudden noises etc. that scare you are still real. In Nevada where he climbs they have air force jets, if you get caught off guard during a climb things can get friggin' dangerous.

Yeah I understand this doesn't happen every day but once you have children I wouldn't want to risk a single solo climb. It's not required and he is climbing at a level he doesn't have to prove anyone anything. He is rich and already extremely good. At this point it's selfish and stupid. I don't know normally I really don't care but well I don't think free soloing should be glorified and he is a person that younger people look up to. He is a person younger people SHOULDN'T look up to. Climbing without a rope shouldn't look like they are better climbers than climbers with ropes. Especially because we have access to ropes, we have them for a reason.

Most climbs he solos are nothing and I'd say most of the climbs might go well but nature can screw him up. A fly lands on your nose and you get distracted - you die. Free solo equates with being totally alone on the rock, not being able to call anyone for help, and not being able to bail if things go wrong. You either go up, or you fall (and very probably, die). Another option might be climb back down, but.... dunno why would you climb down if you already know the route and are confident?

That's all it is. Nothing a man should risk once you have children.

I have two takes on this.

When I was an avid climber, the consensus was, "Those who free solo, die by free solo." So I think this isn't an unpopular opinion, given non-climbers got to think it's stupid. I think it's just we love to spectate on that risky adventure.

Personally I have never and won't in the future ever climb free solo but I joined people do it and my heart was racing like crazy. Imagine wittnessing a death. In my personal opinion it’s stupid. People do it because they think it makes them special. Having some type of safety measures wouldn’t effect the sport.

Does he still do free solos? If yes, he has children and a wife. That is the point where I have no respect for him or any other person. If you only got yourself and no family - fine. Do whatever. But if you have a family and people down there that love you - why should you continue to do that? You don't need to feel more alive. You already proved the world you can and it's okay. Instead he still goes up there without safety eventhough safety measures exist - for a reason.

If someone can climb what this dude can climb I wouldn't have less respect for what he achieved just because he has a rope attached to him. I personally couldn't care less. He can climb with a rope and if he falls start again until he finishes the climb without a drop and call it a day. Maybe his family members could then go in a Sauna during his climb instead of living in anxiety during his climb.

But well, I understand it. You feel alive blablabla. It's like playing hardcore in action role play games but well, those are just games and if you die fine start again. This brings me to my next critic: if you fall, someone is going to have to clean you up. Thats not fair. I'm glad no one I love solo free climbs or does any other extreme sport and if I knew someone who does it on a regular basis that I love I would try to love this person less so the loss in case an accident happens won't hurt as much.

Anyways great climber. In my eyes it's still pathetic because he doesn't need to prove he can do those climbs without a rope...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyya23MPoAI

This video above is with Alex and Magnus and well what should I say... crazy.

I pay taxes in Germany, I earn about 40.000 € a year. So I don't know.

I tried the IRS homepage but my english isn't good enough to file taxes. I don't understand much.

I am 35 years old and the lady that gave me my american passport tried to explain to me that I don't have to sign up for selective service anymore, I am too old lol. I didn't understand much of what she explained but she said: "it's fine don't sign up for it it's for young people" and sent me out of the embassy in munich.

Frankly this is correct

Imagine losing to someone even though you are rich.

If I had all that money I'd just have more than Jeff. Honestly this is a no brainer. I wouldnt want to be second richtet person. Either richest person or nothing at that point.

Id just give away all the money and retire. Better thsn only being second

It's interesting because people are people and it doesn't matter where you are born.

If you look at it from a birds eye view you will see a younger, smart generation trying to fight it's own governments.

It's not USA vs China vs Russia vs Europe etc. it is the younger generation vs the old generation. Currently each generation is fighting it's own government and slowly realising how poor they have done in the last decades.

Nobody wants war.