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minus-squareSkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 months agoIt’s incredibly silly because they’re literally just for perfumes, even since forever ago, the main reason people used these oils was for smelling nice.
minus-squareBigHaas [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoWell some are legitimately psychoactive like lavender oil
minus-squareOwl [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agoI think it has to be a lot of it. They’ve been the dominant form of woo longer than crystals or homeopathy were, haven’t they?
minus-squareHestia [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoI don’t know about that… Extracting essential oils is sounds alot harder than picking up a rock and saying it’s magical.
minus-squareMemesAreTheory [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoAh but that gives an illusion of rigor. Surely people wouldn’t go through all the effort for nothing, right?
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It’s incredibly silly because they’re literally just for perfumes, even since forever ago, the main reason people used these oils was for smelling nice.
Well some are legitimately psychoactive like lavender oil
I think it has to be a lot of it. They’ve been the dominant form of woo longer than crystals or homeopathy were, haven’t they?
I don’t know about that… Extracting essential oils is sounds alot harder than picking up a rock and saying it’s magical.
Ah but that gives an illusion of rigor. Surely people wouldn’t go through all the effort for nothing, right?