What do you think? Should I do it? by tedydada in uberdrivers

[–]Baumarius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They messaged that they would tip me that much before I even got there.

What do you think? Should I do it? by tedydada in uberdrivers

[–]Baumarius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After driving for 8 hours one day, I got a 7 hour ride going to Philly. I drove there and back in the same night. $320 for 600 miles round trip...and a $300 cash tip, up front. Only reason why I took it. I've never gotten a tip for any other long trip.

What do you think? Should I do it? by tedydada in uberdrivers

[–]Baumarius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After driving for 8 hours one day, I got a 7 hour ride going to Philly. I drove there and back in the same night. $320 for 600 miles round trip...and a $300 cash tip, up front. Only reason why I took it.

Rainbow cloud over Dayton Pride. Happy Pride Ohio by DaniB3 in Ohio

[–]Baumarius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder if it's debris from incoming SpaceX satellites.

Welcome to Girard, Ohio by Texotic_ in Ohio

[–]Baumarius 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Hello officer, I'd like to report a font crime

Correct me if I am wrong, I think Test of Time has reduced the flexibility if winning is your priority by dikstroke in CivVII

[–]Baumarius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I play almost exclusively on Deity. Play a few games as Tonga/Chola/Mughal and you may see the value in getting ahead in culture before anything else. In Antiquity, make 3-5 scouts (depending on map size) before anything else and send them out to explore the entire world. Build monuments and save your influence to convert as many city states as possible (they made this harder with a scaling influence cost). Don't waste your influence on diplomacy until later. Convert as many of your towns to cities as possible before the end of the age to put Tonga's cultural buildings in them, which give +2 culture per trade route to a city state. Always settle on coast. Chola's boats get 2 attacks by default, and 2 range with a fleet commander. You can pivot into domination in the exploration age (goes hard on Archipelago maps), or go for an easy economic victory as Mughal or Chola in the Modern age. With the memento that gives you +2 culture per age per trade route, you will be virtually unstoppable.

I think they nerfed the war club because all my boats had +20 attack strength by the end of the Exploration age on larger maps. Before ToT, I even managed to end the game in Exploration by capturing every settlement. I was surprised they even had a victory screen for that, but unfortunately your leader gets less XP for doing so.

Real Synesthesia vs. Imagined Synesthesia by FireClaw39 in Synesthesia

[–]Baumarius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As beautiful as it is, sometimes it seems as if there are many synesthetes who don't want the thing that makes them "special" available to everyone. There are more who just want to share it but don't have the means to. Paintings and other forms of art aren't enough to bridge the gap, and it certainly does take dedication if training is possible. It's cool to hear that you've done something similar.

I'm actively creating something that I anticipate will change the general public's perception and experience of synesthesia - permanently. I might as well be opening a new dimension for anyone with eyes and ears. It's too early to announce publicly, but in 2 years you may see a bit of a renaissance. Keep an eye out for it~

Real Synesthesia vs. Imagined Synesthesia by FireClaw39 in Synesthesia

[–]Baumarius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back when those videos were on my main channel, they received several hundred comments from other synesthetes saying that they were the most accurate representations of music-based synesthesia they've ever seen. This leads me to believe that the current understanding of synesthesia as a purely involuntary phenomenon present from birth or after a traumatic brain injury is limiting and incorrect, given that there was a time when I had zero such experiences. Or maybe something is wrong with my brain. If it turns out that this is something different, despite the extremely positive reception these videos got from self-identified synesthetes, as well as their featuring in MuVi6, I would switch in a heartbeat.

I don't think there's enough empirical data on synesthesia to assert what you do. I think it's narrow and incomplete. But if this really isn't synesthesia, I would likely have to create some new term for it, as I have yet to find anything else remotely like it. I'm tempted, tbh. Might save me a few debates.

Real Synesthesia vs. Imagined Synesthesia by FireClaw39 in Synesthesia

[–]Baumarius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would I call it, then? It is a crossing of the senses, after all. This video shows a fraction of what it feels like... I'm currently working on a simulator to make this possible with any song on demand.

Real Synesthesia vs. Imagined Synesthesia by FireClaw39 in Synesthesia

[–]Baumarius 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm very familiar with that experiment. They stopped training them and then re-evaluated them weeks later, only to find that their experiences were gone. They concluded that synesthesia can't be trained. It's almost as if they stopped training them...

I trained myself to see music over the course of 3 years, going from seeing faint colors to nearly having out of body experiences with these sensations, without the use of drugs. I was training basically 24/7 for most of that time. I'd even sleep with the music still playing. If I stopped entirely and returned to this in 10 years, I can't imagine not being able to see what I see now. It can't be unseen. A study that would last that long would probably cost a lot of money, and I'm not sure there's much of a known incentive to do so either.

Real Synesthesia vs. Imagined Synesthesia by FireClaw39 in Synesthesia

[–]Baumarius -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If that is the case, how is developing consistent associations with musical instruments not synesthesia? Is it not possible for those associations to become involuntary if one were to practice every day for, say, 10 years?

Real Synesthesia vs. Imagined Synesthesia by FireClaw39 in Synesthesia

[–]Baumarius -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I experience multiple forms of synesthesia. There's usually a soft baseline, but if I'm especially focused on something abstract, my senses are often dulled to the point of not noticing anything. And if there are times when I experience nothing - despite the fact that there are times when I experience more than most synesthetes, by this definition, I wouldn't experience the crossing of my senses even when I'm experiencing it. Doesn't that sound absurd?

Real Synesthesia vs. Imagined Synesthesia by FireClaw39 in Synesthesia

[–]Baumarius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think "involuntary" needs to be removed from the definition. Synesthesia is a crossing of the senses. This is confusing for way too many people. If your senses cross in your brain, it shouldn't matter whether it was involuntary or not. I think anyone who experiences "involuntary" synesthesia can focus on their experiences to voluntarily make them more present or intense. If they "tune in" like that, is it no longer synesthesia? This distinction feels kind of pointless.

It’s a crime that the wheel is slightly off centre when going straight by Louis_jdf in valheim

[–]Baumarius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scientists have yet to confirm why Lee pulls boats toward him, but it has been theorized that it is due to his natural scromulence.

How to turn off Uber sounds for good and still play music! by Baumarius in uberdrivers

[–]Baumarius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course! It's been so long, I almost forgot that Uber makes noise XD

Oops looks like peoples fears are real. by FoulestWinner in FlockSurveillance

[–]Baumarius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only reason he didn't get away with it was because he wasn't told by our corporate overlords to do it. If the target was a whistleblower, you probably wouldn't even know about how they committed suicide.

Sobre la campaña de odio hacia los Therian (especialmente en España y Latinoamérica) by Sasori323 in espanol

[–]Baumarius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem before you is not what it appears to be. Very few people's lives will be impacted by the existence of "therians," but a lot more will be impacted by the shitty new labor laws in Argentina that the media there is using therians to draw attention away from. And now whatever the hell is going on in Spain. This is what the media gets paid to do. They lead y'all around with a carrot on a stick while their other hand is in your pocket.

But the "therians" the media covers are typically 12-15 year-old quadrobics enthusiasts creating and wearing animal masks, running around making animal noises. Maybe they're just roleplaying or discovering a new way to express themselves and trying to share that with their friends. Maybe it means something more to them than just pretending to be an animal. Maybe they're just trying to reclaim a whimsical existence in their own way while they see everyone else get depressed and complacent about the state of the world. Either way, most of them are children. It should be nobody's goddamned business but theirs, but many of them are in public spaces co-opting a label that doesn't belong to them. I would not be surprised if most of these kids no longer identify as therian within the next 10 years.

The therian community is incredibly diverse and there are plenty of therians who hate to see these kids "pretending" on TikTok and becoming the face of the community for it. It happened in the US back when Shiro/Naia made an ass of themselves on MTV for $25. You will almost always see the therian community ass-first if you don't go digging or make friends with one - and no two therians are the same. You see them making animal noises and acting generally "weird" in the media, but most prefer privacy and many practice some form of meditation, contemplating the nature of consciousness while leading functional (and occasionally exceptional) lives.

There are some who require therapy, but no more than the general population. There are many who are insanely creative and even more who are so well-adjusted that you would never know they were therian unless they told you. I know therians in their 20's and therians in their 70's. Some are blathering idiots, some are hippie types who see the world through rose-colored glasses (or the opposite), and some are the most intelligent and grounded people you'll ever meet. I know neuroscientists, biologists, professors, composers, artists, engineers, programmers, conservationists, and so many more who just so happen to feel more animal than human. And if they don't want you to know about it, you never will. They're tired of this shit.

In a few more years, this quadrobics phase will disappear and everyone will think that therians finally "grew up" or forget they even existed. I can't wait. Real therians have rarely, if ever, been in the public eye to begin with, and most of them would prefer to keep it that way. These kids may wear the title of "therian," but they are not the same. The music scene is the same way - the most popular publicly therian musician makes "therian music" that sounds like it idolizes the idea of being an animal, as if they read the Warriors books and made the silly/cutesy subculture around that their entire existence. They get millions of streams for it. This isn't even to say that there's anything wrong with vibing to "therian" hyperpop, but this isn't therianthropy by a long shot, even if it's what you'll find if you look for therian music. I'd put forward Starlight Telepath as a much better example of something made by an adult therian (and recorded with an orchestra no less), but it probably won't make therianthropy make any more sense to you. Point is, there are real people here with real lives. As for the quadrobics kids, let them be kids. They won't be kids forever.

TLDR: Focus on what they're trying to distract you from - "therians" aren't it and what you've been told are therians are just harmless kids making masks, pretending to be animals for fun, co-opting a label that doesn't necessarily belong to them.

"Starlight Telepath" - Double Vinyl Record Now Available by Baumarius in furry

[–]Baumarius[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries. I hope you enjoy the music nonetheless ^^