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[–] 667@lemmy.radio 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The constituent parts of gunpowder is sulphur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. None of these chemicals are psychoactive in humans.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The constituent parts of gunpowder are sulphur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate.

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[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Gorn.

Only way to get rid of it is to build a makeshift cannon out of some random stuff you find laying around.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago

Donald Trump last week.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Blackpowder. But there is also modern smokeless powders that is also called gunpowder. It's nitrocellulose, sometime nitroglycerine or nitroguanidine and a few stabilizers and fillers.

Still not psychoactive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokeless_powder

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 1 day ago

apparently ww1 era british soldiers figured out that cordite works like amyl but shittier (more specifically, nitroglycerin part) https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/abaf/009c8713aadd8accbb03b2b40a93b5c3c77a.pdf

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Things don't need to be psychoactive to be addictive. 🤦‍♂️

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Hooked on phonics?

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

And in the early days they obtained the potassium nitrate by boiling shit. Might be the opposite of addictive.

[–] yaroto98@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You like reading fantasy? I have a feeling you'd enjoy Powder Mage by Brian McClellan.

Main Character gets his magical powers by snorting gunpowder.

[–] Dalacos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Pretty good series, pretty sure the author's an "acolyte" of Brandon Sanderson, so if anyone reading this likes the Cosmere you might like this series as well.

Been on my "reread" list for a while but the list keeps growing...

[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Only The Power + Just The Tip

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 1 day ago
[–] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

No. But who needs chemical addiction when you can be addicted to the feeling of power over life and death it provides?