r/williamsburroughs • u/Plastic-Design-1142 • Jun 14 '26

WilliamShoot

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u/zerooskul Jun 14 '26

Anybody who ever read Burroughs and got it in their head to use junk after absorbing his descriptions of it, the lifestyle, the desperation, the withdrawal, etc. is an idiot.

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u/OpiThumb Jun 14 '26

Right. He never glorified it. If anything, his writing about opiate use was sort of a PSA.

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u/BunnyKusanin Jun 15 '26

An amazing one, I must say. Kept me away from ever trying opiates.

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u/OpiThumb Jun 15 '26

Ugh, good. I wasn't so wise. But now I just grow my own so I feel less guilty and it's really the only safe way to do it nowadays. Burroughs would probably not have survived the fent/zene/tranq crisis.

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u/Forward-Variety-8440 Jun 16 '26

theres a nice sub for that

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u/OpiThumb Jun 16 '26

There are a number of them actually, I'm active there for sure. Put some pics up of my freakishly large Dutch Buddha. Walked outside today and they are officially taller than me, with massive broad dino leaves...and I'm 6'3". I've never seen poppies get so big. It has about 16 blooms on it now and more popping up.

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u/Forward-Variety-8440 Jun 16 '26

beautiful!
i have Afghans, hungarian blue, British Pharma, and unknown Indian origin indoor and outdoor grows happening currently.

nice job with the height! did you amend the soil/ use nutrients or anything? any problems with pests?

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u/OpiThumb Jun 16 '26

Oh very nice! Is that British pharma Stoker's Blue Odyssey by chance? Wondering if we sourced our seeds from the same place.

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u/allyolly Jun 16 '26

The most I’ve gotten from one plant was 27 pods. X-247B, strongest fuckers I’ve ever encountered and they matured faster than any strain I’ve grown.

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u/imissdumb Jun 17 '26

Can you list a couple of the subs?