RIP Albert Hofmann

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RIP Albert Hofmann

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Died at 102.
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What a long strange trip it's been. :wink:
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Holy cow, had no idea he was still alive. But thank you, Albert, for bringing that gift to modern society. I learned a lot from it. RIP.
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Re: RIP Albert Hofmann

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John wrote:Died at 102.

Who's Albert Hofmann?



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Re: RIP Albert Hofmann

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DeeEss57 wrote:Who's Albert Hofmann?
Creator of LSD.
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He accidentally invented a synthesized version of ergot- a mold that grows on rye- Lysergic acid diamethyde. I believe he was looking for an alternative to penicillin. He ate some the first day and went out bike riding... the bike ride didn't turn out so well. :) He made a journal of several of his trips, detailing his hallucination.

He inspired people like Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, and Jerry Garcia-- and apparently outlived them all by at least a decade, despite being older than all of them. Probably speaks to moderation. ;)

Strangely enough, I decided earlier this week that tonight was my night to get my third eye squeegeed again (my sort of semi-annual mental health maintenance), so I'll pay my respects to Mr. Hoffman, and if I start posting like Krulik late night y'all know what's going on...
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Colinito wrote:He accidentally invented a synthesized version of ergot- a mold that grows on rye- Lysergic acid diamethyde. I believe he was looking for an alternative to penicillin. He ate some the first day and went out bike riding... the bike ride didn't turn out so well. :) He made a journal of several of his trips, detailing his hallucination.

He inspired people like Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, and Jerry Garcia-- and apparently outlived them all by at least a decade, despite being older than all of them. Probably speaks to moderation. ;)

Strangely enough, I decided earlier this week that tonight was my night to get my third eye squeegeed again (my sort of semi-annual mental health maintenance), so I'll pay my respects to Mr. Hoffman, and if I start posting like Krulik late night y'all know what's going on...
you are so cool.
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a tribute! :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :dude:
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OJVIKE wrote:a tribute! :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :banana2: :dude:
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Technically pink elephants connote alcoholic delirium, not psychedelic hallucinations. With the latter, you more see inverted, breathing, pulsating mandalas in the sky and such. I don't know if there's a smiley for that, but it would probably consist of giant pupils and a smile from ear to ear. Somewhere between :D abd :shock:
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