When I, an American, first read The Hobbit as a child, I did not know that "braces" was British for what we call suspenders. So the bit where Bilbo "stuck his thumb behind his braces" and blew smoke rings was VERY confusing to me, because the only thing I could think of was the kind that straighten your teeth.
Do they not have coca leaves in Asia? In Peru, they serve you coca tea when you get to the hotel. You need it. Hard to imagine you can get cocaine in that area easily. Idk though. For the record, coca leaves as paste for chewing is the best, healthiest, most productive, least harmful form of drug use I've ever found. Orange moron ruined that though.
I never even heard of this! Interesting... so basically cocaine is from this plant, and the leaves of said plant were chewed/used as a tea (and still are?) by local people for a much milder version of the same high, without addiction/withdrawal?
Yes. Chewing coca leaves is an ancient tradition in S.America. It is very nutritious and quite stimulating in many wonderful ways. The coca plant has more than 14 alkaloids to offer that have a range of effects, not just stimulation/euphoria. Cocaine hydrochloride is a version of one of those alkaloids. It is the only one that precipitates out of solution when they melt the leaves down with chemicals. All the rest are wasted. I had coca leaves in powdered form delivered to my home for more (1)
(2) than 10 years. I had a fantastic recipe that included a few other helpful herbs and the right chemistry in the background. I made fresh batches of moist paste that I used all day long. It was great and super helpful with energy levels as I am/was in my late 40s. So much better than caffeine! That ended when Louis DeJoy came to lead the post office four years ago. They destroyed our product but worse yet they destroyed the supply chain. "Harina de Coca" is just like a bag of flour on the...
(3) grocery store shelves in Peru. Inexpensive and plentiful. What's more, you can't make cocaine from the dried leaves so it eliminates any risk of using it for that purpose. I fucking hate living in this dumbass country led by morons. If you're in Canada you can probably still get it. If anyone wants to know more just reach out. I could go on and on about it. If you're in Canada and interested in using it I could give you the online source and I would share my secret recipe.
I'm not sure about the dependency aspect, but coca leaves are also where Coca-Cola gets its name. They are still used as an ingredient in Coca-Cola, but all the fun stuff is removed in New Jersey for all Coca-Cola worldwide
Right? And what happens to all that "unusable" stuff when they do that? It's a scam, actually. Remove the cocaine and there is nothing left of the plant to be used for anything else.
IIRC it gets sold to pharmaceutical companies under a very close eye from the government. The plant is part of the Coca-Cola recipe to keep the signature taste
Otomasoteraph
He's learning from Hiddleston to hide his lips the english way (He's not good at it, tho)
MotoCanuck
Is the guy in the middle named Nepal?
IhopeUgetwhatUvoted4
Fuck the middle guy I guess?
youreathing
Because otherwise he'd be Willem DeFriend.
NLOVNI
He’s a good foe. Da Foe. The Foeist Foe.
NeoMonish
Tom's farming in Nepal, WIllem is testing the crop for efficacy.
thedarkcanuck
I'm pretty sure Willem is the one who spoke to the mask
wetsquirrel
I want what he is on.
cytherians
chewmaca2
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TexMexHex
This for the Grand Budapest Hotel/Henry Sugar?
Jhazkrit
AntaNce
He's up to 9 erasers in Nepal. AT LEAST
usingYourMomAsAHat
Sunflier
Asadsadsadclown
This is the face of a man that just watched The Dance of The Sphinx & The Chimera
TheDiscoVampire
carbonr1
What did you do? Hmmm?
FreePalestineAndTheWorldFromIsrael
This must be during filming the Sir Edmund Hilary biopic
cronkey
Or anything from Wes Anderson.
SubsyServy
Technically Its a pic on Tenzing Norgay the sherpa who went with Hillary titled Tenzing.
FreePalestineAndTheWorldFromIsrael
Oh yes you're right. Good of them to focus on Tenzing!
cytherians
DanielAsparagus
Ngl I’m a little gay for Tom’s look.
homoerection
Totally gay, and love the look. I want those high waisted suspended trousers. I just want to see what footwear he’s rocking.
Rubbishtheresnoway9peopleusetaniwhida
It's the braces.
CarInAVet
When I, an American, first read The Hobbit as a child, I did not know that "braces" was British for what we call suspenders. So the bit where Bilbo "stuck his thumb behind his braces" and blew smoke rings was VERY confusing to me, because the only thing I could think of was the kind that straighten your teeth.
Rubbishtheresnoway9peopleusetaniwhida
🤣
CabooseDM
I think Mr DeFoe might have taken some of the special pills for altitude adaption, basically cocaine
somnif
or viagra (this is an actually accepted off-label use for the stuff)
DrDred
Uh yeah...I plan on going somewhere high...uh whats these pills....uh you're talking about for my uh....Trip?
cronkey
But only as a lil' treat.
awkungen42
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Y3M3aDJqMnI2bnBvdWRpNjJodzQ0ank5aTQyZ29kcnlocngxM2N4aSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/19Ik3PuuqoFnhTTfEi/200w.webp
kJerAFK
did he boof it?
jesuisgur
Diamox is a diuretic, nothing to do with coke...
Nalianna
"some"? "All".
xenjamin
Do they not have coca leaves in Asia? In Peru, they serve you coca tea when you get to the hotel. You need it. Hard to imagine you can get cocaine in that area easily. Idk though. For the record, coca leaves as paste for chewing is the best, healthiest, most productive, least harmful form of drug use I've ever found. Orange moron ruined that though.
davidCakeAnimal
What do you consider harmful drug use?
Feralkyn
I never even heard of this! Interesting... so basically cocaine is from this plant, and the leaves of said plant were chewed/used as a tea (and still are?) by local people for a much milder version of the same high, without addiction/withdrawal?
xenjamin
Yes. Chewing coca leaves is an ancient tradition in S.America. It is very nutritious and quite stimulating in many wonderful ways. The coca plant has more than 14 alkaloids to offer that have a range of effects, not just stimulation/euphoria. Cocaine hydrochloride is a version of one of those alkaloids. It is the only one that precipitates out of solution when they melt the leaves down with chemicals. All the rest are wasted. I had coca leaves in powdered form delivered to my home for more (1)
xenjamin
(2) than 10 years. I had a fantastic recipe that included a few other helpful herbs and the right chemistry in the background. I made fresh batches of moist paste that I used all day long. It was great and super helpful with energy levels as I am/was in my late 40s. So much better than caffeine! That ended when Louis DeJoy came to lead the post office four years ago. They destroyed our product but worse yet they destroyed the supply chain. "Harina de Coca" is just like a bag of flour on the...
xenjamin
(3) grocery store shelves in Peru. Inexpensive and plentiful. What's more, you can't make cocaine from the dried leaves so it eliminates any risk of using it for that purpose. I fucking hate living in this dumbass country led by morons. If you're in Canada you can probably still get it. If anyone wants to know more just reach out. I could go on and on about it. If you're in Canada and interested in using it I could give you the online source and I would share my secret recipe.
DongleDingler
I'm not sure about the dependency aspect, but coca leaves are also where Coca-Cola gets its name. They are still used as an ingredient in Coca-Cola, but all the fun stuff is removed in New Jersey for all Coca-Cola worldwide
xenjamin
Right? And what happens to all that "unusable" stuff when they do that? It's a scam, actually. Remove the cocaine and there is nothing left of the plant to be used for anything else.
DongleDingler
IIRC it gets sold to pharmaceutical companies under a very close eye from the government. The plant is part of the Coca-Cola recipe to keep the signature taste