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GET HIGH ON MP3s!

 Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 1:30pm by

This is the stupidest thing I have ever read in the history of ever. From Gizmodo:

Kids around the country are getting high on the internet, thanks to MP3s that induce a state of ecstasy. And it could be a gateway drug leading teens to real world narcotics.

At least that’s what Kansas News 9 is reporting about a phenomenon called I-dosing, which involves finding an online dealer who can hook you up with “digital drugs” that get you high through your headphones.

And officials are taking it seriously.

I-dosing involves donning headphones and listening to “music” – largely a droning noise – which the sites peddling the sounds promise will get you high. Teens are listening to such tracks as “Gates of Hades,” which is available on YouTube gratis (yes, the first one is always free). Those who want to get addicted to the “drugs” can purchase tracks that will purportedly bring about the same effects of marijuana, cocaine, opium and peyote. While street drugs rarely come with instruction manuals, potential digital drug users are advised to buy a 40-page guide so that they learn how to properly get high on MP3s.

Call me old fashioned, but I prefer to just pop on the old Pink Floyd vinyl, roll one up and smoke it. Or just put on some Gojira, no drugs at all… that does the trick just fine.

-VN

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Moleman-Karstetter/739847017 Michael ‘Moleman’ Karstetter

    hahaha I remember these in high school. Some of the kids I hung out with swear that they worked. I tryed it once and got bored after 5 minutes. Stupid as hell

  • Zach

    I’ve actually done this on multiple occasions, each time with an open mind and giving it a fair chance.

    It ain’t even close to a high. After a while you just feel a little disoriented. At best.

  • derp

    I tried this in 8th grade, 6 years ago. This is way old news.

    • yetzer hara

      right? i remember hearing about i-dosing years ago. i mean, it’s a novel idea that different frequencies can disrupt your brainwaves into thinking/feeling things that aren’t real (steve roach has been experimenting with this for over 30 years), but this whole i-dosing thing is just silly.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Winnett/504952291 Daniel Winnett

    If you want to listen to a “safe” legal form of droning noise, from what I can tell from DM’s recent review, the new Lightning Swords Of Death album seems to be as good/bad an idea as any.

    • Coop

      Ha!

  • Cryzthormagnusian

    There’s also some woman that sells mp3s online that claim to able to bring you to orgasm.

    I have to assume that today, like anyday, is a slow news day for Kansas News 9.

  • PaulterA

    It would be hilarious if this turned out to be some prank a couple kids started. Film a few people acting high with headphones on and see how many morons pretend it works to fit in.

    • Jonathan

      I’m betting this is the truth as well.

  • http://www.myspace.com/dementismetal666 Brendan

    great, just took my headphones out and now my ears are ringing. The only thing this bullshit causes is cillia damage in your ear. If you can be convinced that this gets you “high” you’d probably believe it if I tell you flicking yourself in the scrotum repeatedly grants you immortality.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-J-Henningsgard/1024517365 Steven J. Henningsgard

      Wait… so you’re saying these callouses were for NOTHING?!

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zack-Bolien/57701100 Zack Bolien

        I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve been flicking for years and I haven’t died yet. That’s proof!

        • >_>

          KEEP DOING IT, IF YOU STOP THEN YOU DIE!!11111

  • Malamor

    Kansas, worried about kids getting high on mp3′s but not about kids fucking their own siblings…interesting

    • Jewers

      I find it hilarious when people from more so called “refined” states make generalized statements about more rural states’ ignorance. Irony is great.

      • fester

        and how, exactly, do you know where Malamor is from?

        Also, no, this shit wouldn’t fly in new york, my friend.

      • soy el niño más bonito

        i mean, you gotta admit…. kansas is worse than most.

        • XariaK

          LMAO ouch!

  • Sandy Duncan’s Fabulous Glass Eye

    “No one ever went broke under-estimating the stupidity of the American Public.”
    — H.L. Mencken

    Truer words were never written.

  • The Pantangler

    That’s OKLAHOMA News 9. Dear God I hate being from Oklahoma. -facepalm-

  • Meathead

    It seems that in this stupid world, people do everything with music but actually play it. There’s nothing more intense than being in the thick of a wicked groove. And, a lot of the music I listen to, for me, can give me that euphoric feeling. Sometimes you need to close your eyes, and open your fucking ears.

    • http://multimedia-ami.deviantart.com/ amelia

      well said.

  • Colin

    Just because you think it sounds unusual, doesn’t mean it’s impossible. It’s just attempting to use binaural beats to play frequencies in attempt to get your brain to match them. The end result is the same as meditation. The whole getting high from it is just a sales gimmick.

  • Cajun

    SAVE OUR CHILDREN WE MUST GET YOUTUBE TO CRACK DOWN ON ALL OF THESE VIDEOS

    Maybe some kids get high off of it but it’s all psychological. Give a kid a cig and tell him it’ll make him get high…guess what? He’ll get “high”. I watched “Gates of Hades” or whatever it’s called and just got a headache from the stupid noises that Nine Inch Nails could do 10x better.

  • sYgnal

    I guess people should stop riding on Airplanes then,because there are some pretty awesome droning noises during a flight. Better crack down on JetBlue!

  • Joe

    Greg Anderson and Steven O’Malley are gonna have the book thrown at them for selling to minors.

    • boazhimself

      haha sunn 0))) kicks ass, i get so high off them

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Razza-Tu/717008242 Razza Tu

    Fuckin’ digital drugs… how do they work?

    • Major Zim

      its basically oscillating white noise and variations of frequencies for half an hour. it produces disorientation and sometimes elation or the feeling of shaking intermittently. I’ve done it before. it does NOT do the same thing as the drug its named after but it does produce interesting results. mostly its just very calming. at least to me.

    • Colin

      It uses “binaural beats” and plays frequencies in attempt to get your brainwaves to match them. The end result is the same as meditation. The whole getting high from it is just a sales gimmick.

    • Cajun

      They don’t.

    • Vlygar

      Hahahahaha, nice ICP reference.

      • >_>

        Fuck! you just killed it, what the hell man, get the hell out of here.

  • Joe

    Why are parents worried? It’s way safer than your dumbass kid going out and getting shithammered and pulling a Nick Hogan.

    Imagine someone going to rehab for this? It’s their first day and they introduce themselves to the group and then tell them their addiction. It’s met w/a round of gasps and worried whispers among the group. 1 person runs out of the room crying b/c they lost a best friend to an i-overdose. The idoser seems doomed to wander the path of drone alone. lost, scared, confused, and giggly. If only they could be saved from the internet

  • Ørsaeth

    This sounds like something that came from the Onion News

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kyle-Van-Kampen/100000359605573 Kyle Van Kampen

      I totally agree

  • wilson

    Did anyone else notice that other than the one guy this news story consists of all women? Just saying……

  • http://www.myspace.com/finalriot BigEvilMetalhead

    Yeah this is Oklahoma News 9… ha…

  • ADMIRAL BASTARDO

    This looks like exact type of horseshit that would work up conservative, middle class Kansas soccer moms into a frenzy. I can just see one of them finding their kids listening to Sunn O)) in his room with the lights off then immediately enter their kid into a drug rehab boot camp. Pretty dumb if you ask me. For me, the Lysol album by THE MELVINS works just fine.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dalton-Kern/1572885386 Dalton Kern

    Getting high? Yeah right, at the very most it made me feel a little disoriented. But if anybody is looking for something that will do that to them, I advise them to try and listen to Nanocyborg Uberholocaust. Their “songs” are all over an hour each, available as a free download. I attempted to listen and only lasted about a half hour before I got an unbearable headache and felt really dizzy. I guess your brain just doesn’t like that kind of mindless noise. http://nanocyborg.net/index2.php

  • Mike Hunt

    Did anyone notice the time on the girls ipod at 2:10?

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kyle-Van-Kampen/100000359605573 Kyle Van Kampen

      yes I did, it made me laugh

    • Patrick Squires

      hell yes that is staged.

  • Vlygar

    Really? Kids are fucking stupid.

  • plooba

    Why not just listen to Dopesmoker by Sleep?

  • Monochrome Sound

    We must protect the children! Otherwise, next thing you know, they’ll move on to harder stuff like Sunn O)))!

  • Austin Nutter

    Old news. Like years old.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jonathan-Labadie/100000294085373 Jonathan Labadie

    Tipper Gore had something to do with this. I know it…

  • canea

    If only you really could get high from various audio tones…that will be the day.

  • ITTOA666

    Does this mean that Sunn 0))) is gonna be illegal?

    • SaltyDavis

      Most definitely. Good God, go listen to some drone instead of this crap.

  • hater_guy

    It’s actually Oklahoma News 9. I would feel emberassed that Oklahoma news is putting this shit out but then again all news is bogus anyway.

  • pigchop

    Raised-on-google kids around the country are getting crazy on the internet, thanks to MP3s that induce a state of spastic tremors in mind. And it could be a gateway drug leading teens to seek out large cats disguised as small goats for the purposes of satanic anal sex.

    That’s not too weird.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Larscheid/1420710515 Matthew Larscheid

    Did anyone else notice the time on the cell phone towards the end of the video?

  • Bill

    The time on the ipod at the 2 min mark was 4:20. Ha-ha weed jokes

  • shavedbeaver

    shrooms kick the shit out of idrugs

  • DustintheWind

    how retarded are these people? Does anybody else notice this?!! I feel like Im taking crazy pills!!!!!!

  • Lopez

    I tried it and I just feel the need to adjust a tuning peg….

  • Vall

    I get high playing drums when im Seriously digging it.

  • http://evilsausage.livejournal.com/ Evil

    Does anyone remember when the big thing was kids huffing fermented sewage for a buzz? lmao

    • boazhimself

      im pretty sure kids/people still do that….in Africa, and 3rd world countries

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brendan-Regino-Snow/514886363 Brendan Regino Snow

    I can honestly say that I’ve never heard of this ever…

  • Dysenteric

    If I didn’t know better, I’d say all this “get high on mp3s” claptrap was a belated April Fools thing.

  • JimmyBagODonuts

    “demons and stuff thru the ipod”… fucking funny shit.. people suck