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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

No, smoking cocaine (aka cocaine hydrochloride) does not do much unless you first chemically "free the base" (aka crack cocaine).

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Fun fact, "free base" is the origin of the of the term "based".

Originally it was not a good thing.

Language changes, so now based is fucking rad. And rad is not a term used by anyone.

[–] ICastFist 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Only mathematicians still like throwing rads around

[–] vrek 8 points 1 week ago

And x-ray technicians. If your ehs representative say there are too many rads.... RUN!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Fallout RADs system: Fuck my drag, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Physicists also use rads for circular motions.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

rad is not a term used by anyone.

I disagree. It's too rad not to use.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Based still has the innate connotation of doing your own thing without caring how others perceive you, which can still be a crackhead kind of trait.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Based and crackhead pilled.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And rad is not a term used by anyone.

not tubular, dude. not tubular at all.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can confirm. I was once given a cocaine cigarette without my knowledge and it did have enough of a stimulant effect for me to notice something was off (though I was expecting a spliff, so it was easier to realize that it was having the opposite effect), but I absolutely did not get any kind of high.

It was mostly just increased heart rate and anxiety with a little nausea, like being overcaffeinated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

That sounds like my experience with the real thing. Didn't really do anything but kill my alcohol buzz.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Depending on the dose it could still do some stuff. Just like sniffing freebase cocaine can also give a tiny bit of effect.

Not that one should be doing that.