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.......... i  had   this  idea   that   you   could ..........
.........,  construct reality checks (as for lucid  ,.........
........,« dreaming, where you'd  learn this  habit «,........
.......,«* of trying  to  sneakily break  the rules *«,.......
......,«*% of  causality   or   physics,   such  as %*«,......
.....,«*%& flipping  a light switch to  see  if  it &%*«,.....
....,«*%&¶ actually  turns  off   the  lights,   or ¶&%*«,....
...,«*%&¶@ trying  to  get  your  hands  to   phase @¶&%*«,...
..,«*%&¶@# together. the thought  being that if any #@¶&%*«,..
.,«*%&¶@## of the "checks"  actually worked,  you'd ##@¶&%*«,.
..,«*%&¶@# know   you  were  dreaming)  for  datura #@¶&%*«,..
...,«*%&¶@                 plants.                  @¶&%*«,...
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.....,«*%& i thought,  you could get  in  the habit &%*«,.....
......,«*% of throwing  things on the ground,  like %*«,......
.......,«*    pens. meant to portray cigarettes,    *«,.......
........,« because everyone who  does datura smokes «,........
........., cigarettes.  (they  in fact  aren't, and ,.........
.......... so   sooner  or   later  the  cigarettes ..........
.......... disappear,  and they search  the ground, ..........
.......... but  nothing's there.) throwing  pens on ..........
.......... the  ground and  picking them  back  up. ..........
.......... and be really concerned if they  weren't ..........
.........,               to be there.               ,.........
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.......,«* this  is  probably  not  how  deliriants *«,.......
......,«*% work.    but   i   had   the    thought. %*«,......
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