I’m a minute in and I’m a fan, thanks for the link!

I was skating at the local ice rink, and tripped. I think it was an Olympic-sized rink, but that might have been the pool… it was pretty big, anyway. I bounced my head off the ice so hard I saw blue and red fireworks (only time that’s ever happened to me), and slid half the length of the rink on my face wherein I crashed into the barrier. That shit hurt, I still remember it vividly 30 years later, but luckily nothing broken. My mum was simultaneously aghast, and relieved and amazed I wasn’t more injured. She was convinced I’d have fractured something in my face when she saw me fall.

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I believe this is called an “impression”.

Where did you hear that setting your phone on fire works fix the screen? Out of curiosity.

This wasn’t “his brain matter”, these were “neuronal organoids” (clumps of neurons) grown from harvesting white blood cells and turning those into stem cells. Then the clumps were networked together with a literal wire to conduct signals between them, for timing.

Usually in organoids networks the wire delivers either regular, repeating inputs (“clean” pulses) as a reward for succeeding a task, or a random signal (“noise”) for failure; this is how they’re “trained” to play Pong for example:

In more advanced closed-loop setups, organoid cultures are embedded within simulated environments that allow them to “interact” in a game-like world. By using high-density multielectrode arrays (MEAs) to deliver patterns of electrical signals, researchers can create closed-loop feedback systems that enable organoids to process and respond to certain inputs (Kagan et al. [2022]). For instance, in one experiment, monolayer neuronal cultures were given sparse sensory feedback about the consequences of their actions within a simulated game. The organoids displayed short-term memory by organizing themselves in goal-directed ways, effectively learning to complete simple behavioural tasks. This capability, made possible by reinforcement learning, allows organoids to adapt based on feedback, akin to how a human brain might learn from trial and error.

(https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(22)00806-6)

These same methods are being used to train organoids as Machine Learning compute substrates, because they’re much more efficient than silicon: https://aapsopen.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41120-025-00109-3

And it can be bought anywhere other than Amazon.

There are better solutions than literally anything that could be behind that Amazon link.

I’ve never been in a cult so I couldn’t say for sure, but that sounds reasonable. Post updated 🙌

Can people choose to have beliefs?

Yes, I’d say most beliefs are chosen. Just because you wouldn’t find a gun a convincing argument doesn’t mean you can’t choose to believe in the FSM (may you be blessed by his noodley appendages). You’d just have to work at it a bit, find evidence to support your views, and ignore any and all evidence counter to your views.

Yikes. I’m so sorry you grew up with that. I’m sorry you lost your brother. I hope you’re doing alright now. You said it only happened when she drank; I’m glad she stopped, and I hope she’s okay now too ♥️

I miss that man. He was an absolute legend.

Brie, gruyere, swiss, provolone, cheddar…

I know people who host content from YouTube on their servers, just in case it ever gets taken down from YouTube. Team FourStar had big problems with that, despite all their content being squarely under Fair Use, so I can’t say I blame anyone for taking the precaution. It would be a social tragedy to lose public copies of DBZ Abridged.

I thought mine was funny because I had not seen that, and I am humbled. Damn. Fukken saved.

Interesting! I’ll update my post, it makes sense there would likely be variability in how it presents due to biology. My experience isn’t necessarily the default.

homey needs to smell like a gun in a pine forest

Stealing this for whenever I need to describe Axe in the future.

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Being told I smell nice is why I’ve used women’s soap and deodorant since I was small. I would rather smell vaguely like a field of wildflowers, a warm summer breeze, and fresh-washed linens than whatever the fuck Axe is meant to be a gun in a pine forest (edit courtesy of /u/Stern)

That’s the prevailing theory, yes, but as far as I’ve found there’s not empirical evidence to back it up. The theory does make perfect sense to me, though!

Also, as a sufferer, I’ve noticed it almost always requires sunlight or something with close to the same frequencies. Most artificial lights don’t trigger it *for me.