Now administering third-eyed drops.

Greetings, my fellow sentient sacks of Stardust.

I hope the day, the season, your entire incarnation

finds you flourishing.

The following is my best attempt at recounting a tale

that is quite near and dear to my heart.

It is one of my most impactful, most formative wonder dips

for sure.

To be specific, it's the story of my first heroic dose

of mushrooms.

This actually occurred quite a while ago,

just before the inception of this podcast actually,

it actually influenced my decision to create this podcast.

In fact, I think in episode zero, I said some shit

about being stained by the binary fractal, self-replicating algorithm

at the root of reality.

This is what I was talking about.

And aside from that, my God, I really did go into this experience

with full respect, with cheeks, really all orify,

fully clenched with reverence.

And I really was right to do so because I don't want to get too

into it, but this was my first real brain melter,

...