Every successive sentence of this article makes me want to throw up more.

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    1 year ago

    This sickeningly glowing profile means we’re about 1-2 years out from the big scandal breaking, probably involving illegal use of funds and some weird sex stuff. I bet there’s a bunch of drugs behind the scenes too, based on how hard they’re pushing that sober shit

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    4 years ago

    Ugh I hate the wellness industry in general but this seems to be some sort of monstrous culmination of that.

    Really hate the idealism of wellness industry. Citations Needed latest episode was about how mainstream media always presents self-help solutions for mental problems without ever addressing the systemic causes and this trend came to the spotlight with COVID. Phenomena like this one from the article seem to be along the same line: where you ask people to do yoga instead of questioning the world order. (Not saying yoga is bad.)

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    “By the time [people] get off our dancefloor, they’re like, ‘holy shit’,” she says. “I feel like I’m on molly, I feel like I’m wasted. But I’m just high on life, and I’m high on the music, and I’m high on the joy in this room.” For many attendees, Daybreaker is like group therapy, she says: “I get lines of people after Daybreaker that just want to cry on my shoulder. Because they feel belonging.”

    Sounds great! What’s Nxium for them?