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Hey you guys, I love your podcast. You’ll perhaps be glad to know that it’s very good for my marriage because up until very recently I thought I was the only dumbass in the world who got abusive when they cleaned. I also appreciate your reference to JP’s pharmaceutical inclinations, I’ve always referred to the up/down combo as the Rite Aid Speedball. Very interesting about the comatose detox, maybe he got a wetware upgrade.

Finally, fyi, there’s something glitchy going on in this particular recording. A little over halfway through it sounds as if two audio tracks got mixed down together. (At first I thought you were just talking over each other, see above regarding my own marriage.)

Thanks for all your work! Good luck with the move!

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One thing I'm curious about is what Dick would have made of ADHD. He has a severely autistic character in "Martian Time-Slip" but I don't know how accurate (for the time, even) he tried to make his characterization.

Back to ADHD, though: I had a thought about ADHD not being recognized until the 80s, and I wondered whether the ready availability of amphetamines in the 60s and 70s functioned as accidental treatment on a mass scale, making it even harder to recognize disordered attention in adults. I feel as if Dick could get a couple of novels out of that.

Also: there's another Ignatz in Dick's "A Maze of Death." I didn't grow up Catholic, so I didn't even recognize the Ignatz/St. Ignatius connection

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End of this is some legit show don’t tell P.K. Dick fandom.

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Evgenia, stick with the paintings of the retarded dogs - I liked them! Much better than the fit mom / luxury sweatshirt / baby colab / influencer hellscape of our decaying culture. Humble artistic moments are probably all we have left anyway. Great EP, I've had a several year relationship with a homeless gentleman in my neighborhood. One that is equal parts rewarding, challenging and heartbreaking. Good outcomes seem so far out of reach for that population and it's sad to realize the best we can do is make personal connections since no larger structural change seems forthcoming. Best of luck on your move - wherever your heads may rest.

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Rough listening. I just want to note how much more varied the homeless are than the urban homeless in big American cities. Besides the more or less permanent pool of those homeless people, there is always a much larger number in various stages of homelessness, living in cars, on couches, etc. I camped out in undeveloped parts of a large Midwestern city for stretches of 4-5 months, but it really gets old quick- you end up spending so much of your day on basics like food and shelter it's exhausting. A young man lived for decades in an underground shelter nearby he excavated in a riverbank, with his dogs and his collection of guns.. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2021/02/03/case-dismissed-against-man-living-bunker-near-milwaukee-river/4376056001/

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You're leaving SF and not once interviewing Chris Carlsson? Shaping San Francisco.

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