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This is a platform of happiness where anyone who is tripping is welcome.
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Tell us about the highs you’ve been on - mental, physical, spiritual.
Define your experiences in a safe, positive, free-form environment.

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We are not here to promote, condone or condemn.
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We pass no judgment.

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We are merely purveyors of joy.
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tripping8
2 days ago18 min read
Cats and Dogs
For as long as humans have been gathering around fires, telling stories of their own importance, certain creatures have sat just outside...
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tripping8
Mar 1418 min read
Myths, Madness, and Divine Meltdowns: The Most Absurd Stories from Greek Mythology
The Greeks, for all their philosophy and democracy, had a peculiar knack for storytelling - one that leaned heavily on divine egos, petty...
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tripping8
Mar 714 min read
The Most Ridiculous Scams in History
There’s a fine line between genius and idiocy, and some people dance back and forth across it with wild enthusiasm. The world has never...
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tripping8
Feb 2816 min read
Hidden Island Gems: Lombok and Beyond
There is a certain breed of traveler who believes paradise must be earned. Not by mere currency - any fool can book a ticket to Bali or...
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tripping8
Feb 2118 min read
Storytellers in Song
Once upon a time - not so long ago that it qualifies as myth but long enough that it might as well - there was an era when a man or a...
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tripping8
Feb 1412 min read
A History of Hacking
In the grand tradition of human ingenuity, there has always been a certain type of person who looks at a locked door and sees not an...
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tripping8
Feb 712 min read
Mating: Nature’s Most Dangerous Sport
Valentine’s Day, that annual pageant of performative affection, where lovers eager to woo their partners with traditional gifts of red...
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tripping8
Jan 3117 min read
Crazy Tidbits our History Books Left Out
History, for all its posturing as the noble record of humanity's triumphs and tragedies, has always had a peculiar knack for being...
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tripping8
Jan 2414 min read
Geography: Strange Places and Weird Spaces
The Earth is a fascinating and infuriating enigma, a patchwork of peculiarities stitched together with a combination of cartographic...
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tripping8
Jan 1710 min read
The Postal Service
Remember postage stamps? Those little squares of adhesive currency that once felt like the pinnacle of sophistication when you peeled one...
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tripping8
Jan 109 min read
The Dinner Party
The dinner party: a social institution where the promise of companionship often gives way to the grim reality of under seasoned...
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tripping8
Dec 27, 20249 min read
April Fool’s Day in a Sparkly Dress
Imagine this: It’s New Year’s Eve. You’re crammed into a room, clutching a flute of champagne that tastes like optimism watered down with...
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tripping8
Dec 20, 20248 min read
Bizarre Victorian Christmas Cards
The Christmas card, that flimsy token of obligatory cheer we now dutifully shuffle through each December, was born not as a wholesome...
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tripping8
Dec 13, 202411 min read
Some of the Worst Christmas Toys Ever
It’s Christmas time again. The season of gauzy nostalgia and rampant capitalism wrapped up in a shiny bow. As children, it wasn’t about...
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tripping8
Dec 6, 202412 min read
What Were They Thinking?
Late Tuesday evening, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol took a page from the "How Not to Lead" playbook, scribbling his name on a...
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tripping8
Nov 29, 202410 min read
From Flying Spaghetti to Holy Ducks: The Lighter Side of Faith
Religion, at its core, is humanity’s attempt to make sense of the senseless, to satisfy our longing for meaning. It sings to the heavens,...
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tripping8
Nov 22, 202410 min read
Mispronounced Places Worth a Visit
Language is a treacherous game. It promises communication but delivers confusion the moment you step beyond the borders of your mother...
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tripping8
Nov 15, 202411 min read
Money: What is It?
Once upon a time - around 600 BC in Lydia, where today you’d find Turkey - someone struck a chunk of electrum, a natural alloy of gold...
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tripping8
Nov 8, 202414 min read
Lessons Not Learned From History
There’s a funny thing about history. It seems almost like a ghost, doesn’t it? Always lingering in the background, rattling its chains to...
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tripping8
Nov 1, 202413 min read
Words Under Siege: A look at Bizarre Literary Censorship
Books, like all great cultural artifacts, have the curious power to simultaneously illuminate the human condition and spark endless...
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