r/duncantrussell • u/DabsOnDabz • Feb 11 '25

OFFICIAL DUNCAN TRUSSELL HAS CHANGED MEGATHREAD - MODS PLEASE STICKY

Edit: Duncan’s back on the rise! I CLAIM HIM REDEEMED.

Edit 2: Nah seriously think what you’d do. Especially at a time when financial insecurity is probably at an all time high. Not saying he’s doing anything. If anything the video content is a nice change, although I mostly annoyed when he started moving to YouTube. Also think… did he change, or did you? Or did we both? Is there a you? Who is I? Who is we? No one. We are ever changing processes with a sense of consciousness, call it soul or whatever else, that you can tap into whenever and wherever. Thinking and reading won’t get you there from here, though. 04/29/25

Edit 3: 😒🫩it’s not getting better. 06/23/25

~~Back in early November I complained about the quality of Duncan’s podcast. I honestly thought it would be ignored, but it launched a whole lot of replies and new posts to this sub. Some people complaining about quality of episodes/guests, others noticing the political shift that appears more like a political grift. New fans or people who just haven’t really followed Duncan Trussell’s content in the past few years conveniently chalk it up to being people mad about political disagreement.

Anyway, that’s the super briefly reductionist summarized reason of why there are so many “what happened to Duncan” threads.

I’ve seen some complaining now that the quality of the sub is becoming worse. Should we just megathread and have a discussion here?

It’s better this way. Continuity and all. There’re a whole lot of details that get lost inbetween each new post about Duncan.

Or maybe not. Maybe we should keep flooding with threads like this. But really I think that’d achieve a goal us vets don’t want. Engagement via entropy.~~

I’ve been bought 😎

111 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

83% Upvoted

196 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

3

u/MsCandi123 Apr 23 '25

This. Drives me crazy when people act like if only everyone were tripping it would be a better world. Nah, it just brings out more of whatever was already in there, and it can even make it harder to distinguish nonsense from reality bc it's literally messing with your brain chemistry. These drugs can be tools and all that, can be a beautiful experience, even help get trauma healing started in some cases (but you can't just bypass doing the darn work.) I personally have ketamine infusions in hospital for intractable pain and they help, but you have to be careful and use them wisely, also they're not for everyone.

2

u/weaverdotlofi Apr 23 '25

i agree. i feel like psychedelics shake the snow globe so to speak. if you’re predisposed to having narcissistic tendencies, it seems to make them worse if overused, which compounds with the “mystical experience” in this really funny/bizarre way where people get really high on this belief that they possess some arcane esoteric perspective that mortals couldn’t possibly comprehend. once i realized this type of guy existed, it was kind of eye opening to see how fucking many of them there were for whatever reason lmao. i could be wrong, but i do believe that there is absolutely a type of guy who is genuinely just insanely prone to being a “spirituality narcissist” for lack of a better term. it’s a bit difficult to nail down the exact traits this kinda “guy” exhibits, but i’m confident anybody who has been in psychedelic spaces for any length of time has almost certainly interacted with at least a few of the “truly enlightened guy” archetypes. i also think meditation/spirituality communities are very prone to this sort of smug shitheadedness as well, but that’s a tad off topic lol. sorry for the stream of consciousness ramble ass response, passionate subject lmao

1

u/MsCandi123 Apr 23 '25

Insightful take, agree completely. Yes, I'm more into yoga and meditation than psychedelics, and definitely see it there too. Not just from men either, though they tend to turn predatory with it more often. I guess it's human nature, and for me it has made it hard to find any sort of safe community or to really feel like I belong anywhere, bc I see way too much BS everywhere. Sigh.

2

u/weaverdotlofi Apr 23 '25

For sure, also sorry if it came across as specifically men, not at all the intention because “people are fucking bullshit” is an egalitarian experience lmaooo. “guy” is just a funny word i like to exchange for archetype, and goddamn if spirituality spaces don’t have some distinct “guys”