Psychotropic effect

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Psychotropic effects are perceptual changes that occur upon ingestion of certain drugs, such as aspirin and oxygen. These effects may make all the people you see change the colour of their skin (to orange, green, cyan...) based upon their inner aura (the lighter the colour, the nicer the person). {This is disputed: many scientists hold that the changes to green and cyan are due to incorrect video card settings in the cerebral cortex and have nothing to do with drugs.}

Changes in size of objects may also occur, especially if the drug is Viagra. (<--a gimme)

[edit] Philosophical Ramifications

Parmenides, Zeno, Socrates, G.G. Allin, and other notable practitioners of philosophy believed that drawing a line between what the mind perceives and what really exists is nonsense. We can only ever know anything as a mental perception, they say.

“Even a man who is out of his mind is still stuck inside his own brain. Except for G.B. Shaw, the big poofter.”

~ Oscar Wilde on Insanity

So, between hallucination and reality there is only an imprecise, fuzzy wall. And also of course the Doors, which are usually made of plain wood and have loose handles. These Doors between hallucination and reality are not locked, and not soundproofed. Most of us who are on the "reality" side can hear noises from the "hallucination" side. And as Pauline "Simone" Beauvoir sang, "...they been going at it all night long."

It does no good to phone in a noise complaint about the noisy party on the hallucination side of the Doors. The police do not respond. I have tried it.

[edit] Etymology

Psychotropic comes from the root psycho meaning "Bat Fuck Insane" and the suffix -tropic from the novel Tropic of Catalonia by George Orwell (forward by Ernest Hemingway). A similar word, phototropic, refers to the tendency of plants to go to Catalonia and take photographs during the sunny summer season.

Isn't it interesting that etymology and entomology are such similar words? Yet etymology refers to delusions about words, while entomology refers to a disease in which insects infest the brain. Amazing coincidence.

[edit] In Closing

In closing, we must all remember to pay attention to the Doors. Those things on the other side may not have our best interests at heart.