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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 .#.##.....
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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 .#..#..#..
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