gehwartzen (u/gehwartzen)

gehwartzen commented on The mystery of Alice in Wonderland syndrome bbc.com/future/article/20... · Posted by u/amichail

gyomu · 22 days ago

I think our brains as kids are very different than as adults, and like it’s a fairly unexplored area because studying kids is much, much harder than 20 somethings or older.

I have a number of such weird things, the most dramatic being probably that I remember experiencing vivid synesthesia until age 4/5 or so, which kind of faded away has never happened since.

gehwartzen · 22 days ago

I remember having similar experiences as a child. What's strange to think about is; what if we lived in a world where we all had this symptom and just considered it normal? The intersection of "reality" and perception is a fascicnating place

gehwartzen commented on Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface patternproject.substack.c... · Posted by u/cainxinth

wvlia5 · 2 months ago

Expand on roa effect difference?

gehwartzen · 2 months ago

It’s a little difficult to describe as 5-meo-DMT is not a visual type of trip. In fact I get almost no visuals from it even at relatively high doses.

I would describe 5-meo as a trip that gives you an immediate understanding of how life and the universe “works” at a very fundamental level. Your perception changes from analytical type thinking to all of a sudden just knowing how everything fits together and how you can control reality around you. A bit like pulling the curtain back and seeing the source code of realty but then also intuitively knowing how to manipulate and rewrite it and seeing the effects of that in real time.

I wish I could explain it better.

In terms of ROA between vaping and IM get the same type of knowing but from a different perspective. Injected feels like your personal programming code gets rewritten and you have a reality shift to having administrator privileges while vaped feels like the person that wrote the code is a co-pilot in your head explaining how the code is written and how it executes to present as reality to you.

There’s definitely a lot of overlap between each roa type though.

What I describe above is also my experience after dozens of trips with 5-Meo. The first few were definitely more confusing and at times overwhelming as the perspective shift can be severe. Once you get experienced though it’s a fun way to cruise around in “reality”

gehwartzen commented on Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface patternproject.substack.c... · Posted by u/cainxinth

gavinray · 2 months ago

I dissolved 20mg of 4-AcO-DMT in 1mL of bacteriostatic water in a sealed, sterile vial and then injected it intramuscularly into my glute.

(If you do this, make sure you inject the upper-outer quadrant. The closer to your midline you go, the further the risk of you hitting a nerve.)

If you're very experienced and want to do it for novelty's sake, go for it; I'd warn you, but anyone considering this should know what they're likely in for.

Nearly immediately after injection, I became so filled with vibrating, psychedelic energy I thought my soul was going to be ripped from my body. I had to clutch the edge of the sink, trying not to vomit while staring at the exploding fractals swirling in the metallic reflection.

It only lasts about 2 hours. I'd not particularly rate the experience as "good".

gehwartzen · 2 months ago

That’s a good protocol for safely doing IM as you describe it. Though that seems like a big IM dose! :D I’m not too familiar with 4-aco-dmt so couldn’t say.

For 5-meo I generally do 6-8mg prepared as above. That seems subjectively close to 15-20mg vaped (powder in a glass pipe not in a “juice” vape).

But either of those are definitely a commitment to the ride, lol. I do like the mixed jaguar vape cartridges for micro dosing though (like Bill prepares them in the article). Very easy to control your dosage that way with the ability to start slow and add more with additional puffs.

gehwartzen commented on Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface patternproject.substack.c... · Posted by u/cainxinth

gavinray · 2 months ago

I've done it a few times. Unlike DMT, you don't have to vaporize it.

It's active intranasally and well as buccally/sublingually.

Effects-wise, it feels roughly identical to DMT but with a longer duration.

gehwartzen · 2 months ago

To me it feels like a completely different drug compared to nnDMT. 5-meo-DMT also feels very different depending on the roa from my experience (vaped vs IM)

gehwartzen commented on A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity lithub.com/a-virginia-pub... · Posted by u/sharkweek

gehwartzen · 2 months ago

If doing a bad job is being the 2024 Virginia library of the year I doubt it.

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jmyeet · 2 months ago

Roblox engages the exact same psychological manipulation that gambling does.

Would you let your children go nuts at a casino? Or online with sports betting or crypto slots?

The problem isn't the $5-10. It's the psychological manipulation.

gehwartzen · 2 months ago

It sounds more like the same psychological manipulation that underpins the IRL world (at least the US) in the form of capitalism. Engineered towards adults to buy as much useless crap as possible.

Teach kids that it’s the same kind of manipulation as in their games (and how to spot it) and perhaps they will be better equipped to not get fucked by adult life.

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adastra22 · 2 months ago

An act of Congress is not required for the first 60 days.

gehwartzen · 2 months ago

The way the world works these days m 60 Days is enough for the president to unilaterally get us into war with literally every country on the planet.

This president has clearly exposed the unarticulated parts of out laws which is supposed to make them work; The hope that the president will essentially act and interpret them in “good faith”

gehwartzen commented on Catholic church to excommunicate priests for following new US state law newsweek.com/catholic-chu... · Posted by u/nabla9

trollbridge · 4 months ago

Civil law has generally recognised the confessional seal. For example, priests can’t be compelled to testify on anything they hear in the confessional.

Another example is attorney - client privilege.

Attorneys and priests are expected to do important duties for the good of society and thus have certain privileges.

gehwartzen · 4 months ago

Just out of curiosity as I’m not familiar with the laws here; If a random person on the street confesses a crime (child sexual abuse or otherwise) to me am I required to report it or do I simply have the right to report it if I so choose?

gehwartzen commented on Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk engadget.com/audio/samsun... · Posted by u/thibautg

kyriakos · 4 months ago

There are 2 problems currently with movie audio. One is that the channel separation is not as good as it used to be. New movies have 5.1 audio the effect is minimal which no longer justifies the expense on the sound system. People online are saying this is because many movies are made for primarily for streaming and that majority of people listen on their TV or sound bar instead of dedicated surround systems.

The second issue is what you described, the mixing is just bad, sound effects and music are much louder than dialog making it impossible to comprehend without subtitles.

gehwartzen · 4 months ago

For most people a good 2.1 system vs surround or soundbars is where it’s at these days. As you say most surround mixing is an afterthought now anyway.

The physics of moving air to create sound hasn’t really changed in any meaningful ways; the biggest upgrade is usually larger drivers fed with more power. I think most would experience that as much more of a theatre like experience than 7+ tiny underpowered satellites outputting an already bad mix.