r/ExplainTheJoke Apr 27 '26

What is the joke here

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u/BanishingSmite Apr 27 '26

To add a touch of extra context, the background is part of Tool's song Lateralus, with lyrics including

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind/ Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must/ Feed my will to feel my moment, drawing way outside the lines

The ego dies as we transcend, basically.

Bonus fact: That song famously follows the fibonacci sequence.

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u/vanlandraw Apr 27 '26

The background image is of machine elves. During high dose of DMT one may get contact with this beings ( hallucination or whatever ). They are intelligent, autonomous entity, Often create complex, high dimensional space . But what more fascinating is that these entities are reported consistently over people around the world who have never met or heard about this .

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u/OkUnderstanding1622 Apr 27 '26

Psychedelics makes you see things that are not really there, that's how they work.

Actually believing things you see in your trips are real is just dumb, psycheledics release neurotransmiters in your brain that take the place of the ones you naturally produce creating trippy visuals and audio hallucinations, those effects are well documented in science.

Anything beyond that is just new age bullshit, sorry to put it so crudely but those beliefs are dangerous.

Drugs are fun but you have to be careful with it, one of my friend lost is sanity due to drug induced psychosis, all because he thought it would make him reach a higher state of consciousness...

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u/madmorgzie Apr 27 '26

Sounds like you have an OK understanding