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Once I went into a psychedelic festival, everything was cool and chill. There was a barman making drinks. It was a weird green drink, with a beautiful and hypnotic blue fire called 'The green fairy' . Me and a friend ordered 2 artesanal absinthes, and shit... the drink had a weird taste and I felt something warm in my chest. After i drink it, I started to feeling way too weird and almost sends me to neptune!. I looked up to the sky and I got blind for a few seconds. I started to look everything with a 3D effect, i can't remember what happened after. I read about it and it is an antique drink, that in some doses can cause hallucinations. Impressionists artists like Van Gogh used to drink it because it made them more 'creative'. Hahaha I definitely would try it again, but it's hard to get. Tell me about your experiences! :D

>> No.6615616

>ITT things that didn't happen

>> No.6615622

Absinthe isn't any different from any other alcohol you fuck. Stop spreading this stupid "LOL DA WURMWOOD GETS YOU TRIPPIN" meme.

>> No.6615628

Absinthe is for hipster losers with more money than sense. You should try beekeeping in Brooklyn.

>> No.6615632

>>6615611
G T F O
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>> No.6615634

>>6615611
Buuuullllshit. Its the same as any other alcoholic beverage, but tastes like shit (black licorice)

>> No.6615635

>>6615616

From the absinthe itself? Certainly not. But if it was at a psychedelic festival who knows what may have been put into that drink.

>> No.6615636

i drank absinth this weekend did not cause hallucinations felt like i had drank any other alcohol

>> No.6615644

Why is it green? It's always clear for me, gets cloudy with water.

>> No.6615645

Yes, it wasn't anything off the wall. Drank a bunch, didn't get drunk so I ordered some right before my friend wanted to leave.

It got me drunk and the room spun a tiny bit, but I wasn't high or hallucinating.

>> No.6615650

>>6615635
Nothing was put into it because op didn't go to any festival.

>> No.6615658

Yeah, just tastes of aniseed like every other damn national spirit. Was that the only flavour people liked a century ago or something?

Absinthe, aniseed.
Pernod, aniseed.
Aram, aniseed.
Mastika, aniseed.
Sambuca, ouzo, raki, pastis, whatever seemingly interesting drink the locals offer you, fucking aniseed.

>> No.6615681

I hate how Black Coffee, White Russians,Sriracha, Bacon, and absinthe have been ruined by TV because I can't consume any of them without people assuming I'm some sort of hipster.

>> No.6615682

>>6615681
wtf are you talking about?

>> No.6615686

2/10 you got some people to reply seriously

>> No.6615687

>>6615681
>assuming people assume you're a hipster because of what you eat and drink
your anxiety disorder is showing

>> No.6615692

>>6615681
i!BACON IS NOT A MEME FOOD!i

>> No.6615696

>>6615644
>clear absinthe
It should be a light brown like dead leaves

>> No.6615707

>artisanal absinthe
I don't want to dwell on this planetoid any further

>> No.6615714

>>6615611
>with a 3D effect
Yup, nothing happened

>> No.6615716

>>6615681
>caring about how what you consume affects your image

congrats, you actually are a hipster.

>> No.6615775
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6615775

I drank a little 200ml bottle of this the other day.

Absinthe isn't hallucinogenic, but does have a very interesting lucid drunk.

It tastes like anise and fennel. So if you dont like black liquorice you wont like absinthe.

The cloudiness when you add water is called the louche and is some sort of measure of quality. Not all absinthe is green.

Also setting anything on fire is just a bar trick, it doesn't do anything other than make the sugar you stir in slightly burnt.

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6615780

>>6615775
On the note of anise and fennel, if you've ever had Good and Plenty you know what to expect cheap absinthe to taste like.

>> No.6615977

>>6615622

I've made it, that's actually a fairly good approximation of how it feels, you get the warm fuzzies and everything starts looking a little trippy.

more than 2-3 shots in too short a span is guaranteed vomiting and/or the bar none dead level worst hangover you will ever have, since wormwood poisoning is particularly unpleasant

>> No.6615986

>>6615658

it tastes like what ever you make it out of, licorice was just popular.

trust me, when you make it yourself, it tastes a lot like wormwood, which is caustically bitter, and nothing like licorice.

licorice, wierdly enough, is one of the few flavors in nature that can mask bitter tastes, so there you go

>tmyk.jpg

>> No.6615996

>>6615977
A good approximation of how it feels is drunk because thats all it does. It gets you drunk.

There is literally no psychoactive different in absinthe and any other alcohol.

>> No.6616024

>>6615611
wtf is a "psychedelic festival'? Are you talking about Rainbow family gatherings? A jamband camp out? Some super gay local burn? I go to a few festivals every year and have no idea what your talking about.

>> No.6616038

>>6615996
Remind what Tequila does to people again? Other than the drunk. It causes some other state, no?

>> No.6616040

>>6615628
lol. I remember the Absinthe thing hitting big shortly after the high end cocktail thing hit (around 2003). Silly shit. It's selling a mystique that is utter bullshit. If I want to drink anise liquor ouzo or arak are better (and much cheaper) options. Why the fuck would I want to seek out wormwood, anyways?

Also: I have a friend who keeps bees in Brooklyn. I go to his honey harvest party every year.

>> No.6616041

>>6616038
>It causes some other state, no?

No. It just causes drunkenness, like any other form of alcohol does.

>> No.6616047

my buddy and i had just won a game of beerpong and someone showed up with a bottle of absinthe. i drunkenly took 5 victory shots and that was the last thing i remember. i woke up downstairs wet on the couch. apparently i pissed myself, laid in the bathtub and turn the water on and just lay in about an inch of water. nobody remembers me going downstairs but somehow i managed

>> No.6616048

>>6615996

>what is thujone

commercial absinthe is often in name only but real absinthe is a tincture of thujone. original recipes also included other medicinal herbs with various effects.

make some yourself, I have some good recipes if you're interested

>> No.6616051

>>6615977
There isn't nearly enough wormwood in 2 or 3 shots of absinthe to do anything to you. If you got hung over from that small amount of booze then stop drinking.

>> No.6616077

I prefer my wormwood from Malort.

>>6616047
Lucky you didn't drown.

>> No.6616081

>>6616051

>hurrdurr chemistry doesn't work herbs can't into drugs ajkfajkfakjf

If you ever do want to experiment and make your own, please, I beg of you, do some research first so you don't accidentally kill anyone

>> No.6616092

>>6616081
Do you have any idea how much absinthe you'd have to drink to start showing any signs of wormwood poisoning? Look it up dipshit.

>> No.6616099

>>6616038
No, trashy white girls just like to act like it does something extra because saying "I drank too much and acted like an idiot" sounds worse.

>>6616048
Thujone (Listeni/ˈθuːdʒoʊn/[1]) is a ketone and a monoterpene that occurs naturally in two diastereomeric forms: (−)-α-thujone and (+)-β-thujone.[2][3] It has a menthol odor. Even though it is best known as a chemical compound in the spirit absinthe, recent studies reveal that absinthe contains only small quantities of thujone, and therefore it is unlikely that thujone is responsible for absinthe's alleged psychedelic effects. Thujone acts on GABA and 5-HT3 receptors[4] in the brain. In many countries the amount of thujone allowed in food or drink products is regulated. Thujone, as a component of several essential oils, is also used in perfumery.

>> No.6616118

>>6616092

read the thread again. I made it myself, and absolutely did poison myself with it before learning what i could handle.

>> No.6616124

>>6616099
>>6616099
>absinthe contains only small quantities of thujone,
>>6616099
>n many countries the amount of thujone allowed in food or drink products is regulated.


which is why you make it yourself, dipshit, Commercial absinthe is not the same as the original. It has been nerfed.

>> No.6616132

>>6615634
>Black licorice
>Not the greatest flavor of all time
I'm sorry they don't have dick flavored alcohol.

>> No.6616141

>>6616124

The original was never hallucinogenic either--at least not any more than any other high-proof liquor would be. It's a legend that came from the moral panic at the time.

The chemical in absinthe that was theoretically hallucinogenic is called Thujone, and nowadays we know that it is not hallucinogenic at all. It's readily found in the herb sage. Sage oil contains a massive amount of thujone, literally orders of magnitude higher than that found in "the good old absinthe" yet nobody is taking it to get high because guess what?.....it doesn't do anything!

>> No.6616145

>>6616124
I bet you are an expert bro. Mad cool. Next tell me about coffee enemas and how to cleanse my pineal gland please.

>> No.6616153

>>6616048
There is much more thujone present in common sage than wormwood and nobody claims that is hallucinogenic, fucking meme drink. Absinthe is just a strong herbal liqueur that existed at a time when strong alcohol was fairly uncommon.

>> No.6616155

>>6616132
If I wanted to taste dick flavor I would just snog ur mum lol.

>> No.6616161

>>6615611
>Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most
And this is coming from someone who frequents the World of Warcraft threads on /vg/ and they are kings of fabrications over there.

>> No.6616165

>>6615996
i thought that's because real absinthe is banned in the US

>> No.6616170

>>6616161
How about you go back to /r/thathappened you memeing fuck.

>> No.6616171

>>6616141
man, it sucks because Hemingway wrote about it and made it seem all cool. one of the few books i actually read of my own volition as a teen, so i'm sad to hear that it was just a bunch of malarkey. oh well. his daughter can still kind of get it

>> No.6616179

>>6616165
Nah, its one of those stupid pieces of false trivia that spreads among facebook friends and dudebros like half the shit people think today.

"Real" absinthe wasn't ever psychoactive either. People just know its reputation so they convince themselves. Its like people who have a puff of dirt weed and act like they are on another planet.

>> No.6616180

>>6616165
No, I don't think it's banned any more, and even if it is, the "real thing" has no hallucinogenic chemicals in it.

It gets you drunk. That's it.

>> No.6616188

>>6616153
you literally can't eat enough sage to get enough thujone to cause an effect without getting sick

you don't eat wormwood

>>6616141
no shit., it doesn't cause hallucinations. it does exactly what the OP said it does. If you drink too much of it you will have a bad time and if you habitually drink it you will develop nerve damage.

and sage oil is toxic as hell, you retard. LD50 for a mouse is like 2 drops

>> No.6616193

>>6616180

it is unbanned if it contains less than 10ppm thujone, which is effectively not absinthe at that point. you have to make it yourself

>> No.6616194

>>6616170
No. I like it here. I'm going to stay and call people out on their bullshit about any and all sorts of food myths.

>> No.6616197

>>6616193
yeah, that was my understanding. So you guys are saying that even if I did go through the trouble of making or obtaining a stronger version, I *still wouldn't see any little green faeries? i am dissapoint, friends

>> No.6616203

>>6616197
Sound like you want DMT my friend.

>> No.6616208

>>6616197
Can't say you WON'T see them, but if you do, it's because you wanted to, not because something in the absinthe made it happen.

>> No.6616211

>>6616197
Yes, even if it had the "original" amount of thujone and muh botanicals and shit you still aren't getting high.

Just go eat some shrooms and drink a liquor that doesn't taste like some candyass's foreskin.

>> No.6616212

>>6616188
>and sage oil is toxic as hell,

No, it's not. We eat sage as a herb without any ill effects. Sage contains sage oil the same way that olives contain olive oil. If you've ever had a dish garnished with some sage leaves then you've consumed as much thujone as was present in several bottles of "the good old absinthe".

The US FDA considers sage oil to be "GRAS", aka "generally recognized as safe".

http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/1/1/14

>> No.6616226

>>6616203
enjoy the vomiting
pretty fun though

>> No.6616236

>>6616155
Not really, my moms been dead for 5 years.

>> No.6616248

>>6615644
are you sure that's not Raki or Rakia or something, it's popular in Turkey, anise vodka if I remember correctly

>> No.6616268

>>6615644

Marketing. It's dyed neon green to make it appeal to the goth crowd and their ilk.

>> No.6616406

>>6616211
yes you are. I've done it.

>>6616212
go ahead, take swig, I'll wait

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>>6615611
baitthread/10
I pity the faggots replying above me.

>> No.6616555

>>6616406
whoa bro, man thats mad cool. Did you open your third eye too? :)

>> No.6616644

I've tried it, it's no different than any other high proof liquor. It gets you fucking smashed but there are no hallucinations or any bullshit like that.

>> No.6616659

>>6616268
You fucking moron. Its green because it is distilled with live herbs and they impart chlorophyll and oils which louche white with the addition of water.

>> No.6616672

>>6616555

I have "opened my third eye" but that's not relevant to absinthe.

Absinthe(that you make yourself) is exactly what the OP says- a glass of it gives you a mellow alchohol buzz and makes everything around you seem brighter, more vivid and interesting. You do not hallucinate, and there is no plausible mechanism for hallucinations from absinthe, but you definitely notice a visual effect and it's quite a different feeling than, say, a glass of vodka>>6616659

most commercial absinthe is dyed. the color you get depends on the exact recipe, if you use straight wormwood its clear and slightly yellowy

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Stroh 80 makes happy and lowers your voice atleast 1 octave confirmed

>> No.6618810

>>6616659

I assure you that the unnatural green color you see in photos like OP is green dye.

Macerating herbs to produce absinthe makes a dark greenish brown color that looks nothing like the photo in OP. Jaegermeister, for example, is the natural color you get from herbs, etc. Not the unnatural neon green you see in OP. I'm not saying that every brand of absinthe is dyed, but those that look like OP absolutely are.

>> No.6618818

I have had it. Makes your chest really warm, and it's strong as fuck. No tripping involved.

I didn't enjoy it to be honest. The aftertaste is a bit sweet, but it's too strong for me.

>> No.6618895

>>6616236
Exactly.

>> No.6618909

>>6616672
>the ethanol in this alcohol is different from ethanol in another alcohol
>despite it being the exact same molecule

okay buddy. It must be because I drank all that fluoridated water and destroyed my pineal gland, but you seem like a retarded hippy.

>> No.6619060

http://wormwoodsociety.org/index.php/frequent-questions-education-235

Now stop embarrassing yourselves.

>> No.6619195

>>6619060

>the effect is one of pleasant alcohol intoxication accompanied by a lively mental clarity and uplifted mood,

which is exactly what has been described by multiple users in this thread

>> No.6619508

The whole absinthe thing is some placebo bullshit, if you dyed ouzo or anisette green and gave it to some hipster fuck of course they're gonna say they feel it.

Because they are idiots.

>> No.6619531

>>6615636
Fuck is a comma

>> No.6621221

>>6615628
>people with money are the losers
>not the bitter poor faggots whining online about people liking what they can't affford

>> No.6621228

>>6616038
>It causes some other state, no?
No, that's another thing made up by retards like you.

>> No.6621231

>>6615611
>artesanal absinthes
please leave. not the website, the entire universe.

>> No.6621233

>>6616081
>I'm a lightweight pussy so there must be secret drugs in alcohol to excuse my over-sensitivity!

>> No.6621239

>>6616188
>If you drink too much of it you will have a bad time and if you habitually drink it you will develop nerve damage
>what is just plain old alcohol

>> No.6621263

>>6616672
>but that's not relevant to absinthe
Neither is anything but regular old alcohol intoxication you beautiful retard who has convinced yourself you "tripped".
>You do not hallucinate, and there is no plausible mechanism for hallucinations from absinthe
Then what the fuck are you talking about because other anons have shown the chemical you claim to be responsible isn't.
>you definitely notice a visual effect and it's quite a different feeling than
And the only evidence we have for that is the suggestive experiences of you and every other retard who thought they were "totally high on absinthe, green fairy bro XD".

>> No.6621266

>>6619195
Sounds like being drunk since there's no evidence for "a lively mental clarity" which probably only seemed the case subjective to the drinker as a result of
>alcohol intoxication
and
>uplifted mood
that comes with alcohol.

>> No.6621308

>>6615681

>implying most regular people don't eat bacon

>> No.6621385

>>6621266
>>6621263
>>6621233


it's different, just as drinking a redbull and vodka is different or drinking irish coffee or any one of the thousands of different things you can mix with alchohol to produce different effects


I am a psychonaut. I've taken every recreational drug available and many, many elective ones and put thousaours into research studying the chemistry behind them. I am a good objective observer, certainly far better than some casual that pounds shots on Friday nights and wouldn't know from an altered state unless it was unconsciousness

>>you definitely notice a visual effect and it's quite a different feeling than
>And the only evidence we have for that is the suggestive experiences of you and every other retard
there's already be several links to supporting material and suggested mechanisms in the brain for how it may work. I suggest you trying being less dismissive and more open to what science can tell us.
.
>>6621239
>you will develop nerve damage
>>what is just plain old alcohol

thujone poisoning is an incredibly well understand phenomenon and it is quite different from alcoholic neuropathy

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6621402

Finished a bottle of this a month ago.
Really goes a long way because its supposed to be diluted.
Never drank it with sugar because the anisseed gives it enough sweetness.
I heard the drinking it with sugar only came about because cheap absinth is really bitter since its not destilled but macerated.
Its something you can enjoy just like some people enjoy a glass of whiskey.
if you like the taste of course.
wont make you go full van gogh tho.

>> No.6621408

>>6621385
Placebonaut.

>> No.6621447

>>6615611
>Reply
I hate to bring it to you but your drink was probably spiked with acid or some other psychadelic

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6621462

Okay maybe I'm wrong but,
A: I'm goin to go on a limb and say literally no ine has had "real" absinthe distilled with whatever the flying fuck is in it to begin with so I would assume most are not hallucinating , but alternatively;
B: Everyones tolerance to drugs and alcohol is different, and isn't it possible that with all the random shit in absinthe that some sort of synergistic affect causing mild visual or cognitive hallucinations is possible? I mean theres plenty of drugs that have a one-in-a-million chance of dieing from an allergic reaction to it, isn't it possible some people (albeit very small and most people ARE having a placebo affect) are actually hallucinating?

>> No.6621468

>>6621385
>I am a psychonaut

maximum kek, get a load of this guy

>> No.6621475

I have a 89,9° bottle at home, it tastes like a stronger pastis.
It's not very good tbh

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>>6621462

>> No.6621488

>>6621475
most of these cheap high proof ones are crap.
most good ones are from france and switzerland. the most shitty ones are from czech rep. and coloured bright green.

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>>6616040
>It's selling a mystique that is utter bullshit.
It's selling a presentation. At least it used to when it was first invented.
These days alcohol seems largely divided into three categories.
>LOL GET CRUNK NIGGAZ
>muh depression and "mature" angst
and lastly the ones who try to copy the above for the sake of image.
I remember when drinks used to be fun.

>> No.6621805

>>6621408

>>6621468

It's quite easy to do, it will cost you a minimum of $20.

buy a bottle of wormwood extract and a pint of vodka- mix them together, and drink a shot.

You can get much more interesting decoctions if you make the infusion yourself, of course, but that's all you need to find out. Don't do it if you're pregnant or taking anything like a beta blocker or anything else you shouldn't mix anti-inflammatory with
>oh and get ready for the big show
>you're gonna poop
and find out for yourself.