[Noisebridge-discuss] Use of Nitrous Oxide in the space on Sunday night

maestro maestro415 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 10 18:33:29 UTC 2012


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On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:32 AM, maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:

> *> I got into a small disagreement with someone tonight and found that
> ultimately he (and friends) felt whippets > were legal (they're not, except
> strict medical use), 100% safe, and since alcohol was being served I should
> > be upset about that too.*
> *
> *
> they're right.
> it's not up to anyone to say "oh, this drug is fine @NB but THIS one not
> at all."
>
> if it's fine for someone to drink booze at the space, then it's fine for
> me or anyone else to drink electric kool-aid, morning glory, ayuhuasca, or
> anything else and take anything else.
>
> i was not @ the party just read your post.
>
> keep in mind there are also beings at the space taking psychological
> medication(s) and giving them/trading them to others.
>
> your approach method was correct as long as non-confrontational but i
> recommend you do so if/when there are malicious behavior issues and/or
> damage occurring to the space.
>
> not merely due to an issue with a substance someone is ingesting compared
> to others.
>
> also keep in mind it was a special occasion so beings were more likely to
> be 'open' with things...
>
> \m at e$tr0/
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Zach <organic_unity at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> So I'm at Noisebridge now talking with some people that still feel very
>> strongly that the use of Nitrous Oxide here at NBs party on Sunday was
>> okay.   Sadly, at least one of these people is a member of the space and a
>> regular.
>>
>> To sum up what happened:  During NB's 4 year anniversary party this last
>> Sunday there were a handful of people near the sewing machines doing
>> Nitrous (i.e. whippets) for hours.  I have never seen anything like this in
>> the space before and I felt extremely uncomfortable, especially since some
>> were regulars to the space.
>>
>> I approached these people, told them I was feeling very uncomfortable
>> around this and calmly asked if people could do this somewhere else outside
>> the space.  I know people smoke out front all the time and I didn't see why
>> people couldn't just move things elsewhere.  I told them what they do with
>> their body is their choice and I wasn't trying to dictate anything around
>> that.
>>
>> "it's a party dude, cmon" was the gist of what I got.
>>
>> I had a couple friends in the space, one who rarely visits and they were
>> extremely uncomfortable too.  One of my friends left early because of it.
>>
>> I got into a small disagreement with someone tonight and found that
>> ultimately he (and friends) felt whippets were legal (they're not, except
>> strict medical use), 100% safe, and since alcohol was being served I should
>> be upset about that too.
>>
>> I told him I respected his point of view but I would like to bring this
>> up to a meeting because ultimately I do not want to be around this kind of
>> thing.  If whippets are going to be allowed only at "parties" that's fine,
>> I won't come to any.
>>
>> There seem to be some very strong opinions about drug use in this space
>> being okay that I was not aware of until now.  I think what people do on
>> their own time is their own business.  But I don't see why a worker/hacker
>> space has to have drugs.  If people feel that whippets, pot, pills, etc.
>> should be used in this space (i.e. not outside) with no questions asked
>> that is the community's choice and I will choose to spend my time elsewhere.
>> There are plenty of places in SF to do whippets and any other kind of
>> drugs people wish to and I don't understand why NB member(s) feel strongly
>> that they should be done here.
>>
>> I will be here until a little after 8 to see if people are coming for a
>> meeting tonight.  I guess they've been informal recently but if anyone
>> wants to talk I'll be around.
>> Zach
>>
>>
>>
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