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Trump drops 6 points in post-debate GOP poll in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] foof@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

People lose weight from stress? How lucky of them, I gain weight from stress. Double bad.

Russian Embassy Releases Map Recognizing Crimea as Ukraine's in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] foof@lemmy.world 97 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

For completeness' sake, it also shows the recently annexed oblasts (Kherson, Zaporozhija, Donetsk, Luhansk) as Ukrainian.

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When/how did you start with Kratom? (lemmy.world)
 

The first time I tried Kratom was in 2009. It was quite expensive, I bought like 10 grams or so and first time tried only like one gram. I remember the awful bitter taste, and no good effect (likely too small dose). That discouraged me. There wasn't a lot of information about Kratom back then.

I got back to Kratom only in 2022, from researching nootropics (even though Kratom is hardly a nootropic).

Do you stock up on Kratom? in c/kratom@lemmy.world
[–] foof@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm in Europe. In my country, Kratom is still legal, but it's still difficult to judget future development.

From what I've read, well stored Kratom doesn't go bad for years.

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Do you stock up on Kratom? (lemmy.world)
 

How much Kratom do you usually have?

Since Kratom is relatively cheap and its regulatory future is uncertain, I'm trying to stock up. Currently, I'm sitting at 4 Kg, but would like to increase that to ~10 Kg.

Such stock would last me a couple of years. I can keep consuming the oldest packages while replenishing the stock.

Buying in bulk, I'm trying to find both good price and quality, but that's not easy ...

Do we know why sourcing is not allowed (sidebar rule)? in c/kratom@lemmy.world
[–] foof@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry for late answer. I kinda disappeared after a hurray moment. I'm more active on my alt account, but I will take this a bit more seriously now.

To answer the question:

  • sourcing discussion is location specific - vendors in EU are of no interest for people outside of EU and it's just useless posts
  • sourcing is necessarily full of shilling, repetitive posts, hate posts. Just general low quality.

I just created https://lemmy.world/c/kratomeu for sourcing discussions in the EU. The idea is that the "kratom" community will be rather general topics and therefore higher quality, while kratomeu will be for inherently lower quality (but perhaps still useful) discussion on the sourcing within EU. I encourage somebody to create communities for sourcing within USA and elsewhere ...

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What do you use Kratom for? (lemmy.world)
 

I'll start - for me, it's a social lubricant, it works basically in the same way as alcohol, but with way fewer side effects and no hangover in the next day. My alcohol consumption reduced as a result.

For this to work, it's important to not consume every day, otherwise the desired "lubricant" effects basically disappear.

I know some folks use Kratom very differently for e.g. pain management, what's your story?

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What this community should be about? (lemmy.world)
 

Experiences, dosing, consuming styles, quitting etc.

Kratom is controversial - it has many fans, but also detractors. Both sides are welcome.

Kratom is legal in some parts of the world, but not everywhere. I'm not sure what are the legal implications/rules for the lemmy instances, so for now let's refrain from discussing vendors.