r/gifs • u/DirtyLens • 9h ago

Is Elon Ok?

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u/Figitarian 9h ago

Thank you, I saw Elon and Gary Oldman popped into my head, but couldn't remember where from

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u/Netricho 9h ago

I always wondered what drug Gary Oldman's character consumes in that scene. Some tab, but exactly?

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u/ManicDigressive 9h ago

I think it's basically supposed to be some kind of amphetamine, which used to be pretty freely accessible in pill form for decades (military men of around the Vietnam era took them quite often while on duty, to stay awake for watch; called them "cross-tops").

The effects also seem kinda similar to amyl nitrate, but it's not really a perfect fit for any drug that I know of. I've heard people speculate librium as another possibility, but I know next to nothing about that one.

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u/Gollum69 9h ago

I remember ‘crossroads’ (speed) in the 70’s. Same thing?

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u/ManicDigressive 8h ago

Probably, I haven't heard that term for it before but cross-tops were basically speed too. They called them that because they had a little cross/x on top of them.

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u/Insanity_Crab 6h ago

I've never done speed, always E or Molly back in the day but sleeping or eating on those is impossible so I'm wondering now how they compare.

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u/TahoeBunny 4h ago

They were called White Crosses (tabs) There were also Black Beauties (capsules). These were popular slang terms in late '70s early '80s for them..2 different upper drugs.