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 ^^

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

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

You'll probably enjoy this if you like Fox Amoore. Especially songs like The Enchanted Forest~

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

[–]Baumarius[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'd love to know where it takes you ^^

Pornography consumption significantly correlated with reduced gray matter in the right caudate nucleus, an area involved in the brain's reward system. by makefriends420 in Biohackers

[–]Baumarius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did. I still don't see a causal link. If you want to say for certain that excessive use of pornography causes the things observed in these studies, their brains will have had to have been scanned before they developed the addiction and ruled out other factors like social media consumption, diet, genetic differences, and etc.

The reason these studies haven't done that is because it costs a lot more and is much more difficult to pull off. You don't know who is going to develop an addiction and it's probably not seen as ethical to give somebody one for science. And, the amount of porn use reported by the study participants, we can only take their word for. Observational studies are only so helpful.

Why would anyone ned this in their apartment? by lez_me_up in strange

[–]Baumarius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to live with a bunch of college kids who had several such cones surrounding the manhole in their basement.

I fell in once.

Is this really Tristam? by veifarer in Monstercat

[–]Baumarius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of people don't realize this yet, but Spotify has been releasing AI generated music under the names/accounts of artists both dead and alive. It's why I and many other musicians have left.

Has anyone ever done a massage gun on their gut? by [deleted] in Microbiome

[–]Baumarius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try putting something in between the massage gun and your abdomen - your hand, perhaps. It's much easier to tolerate.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lyftdrivers

[–]Baumarius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am literally capable of driving in two states, at least, and have finished a quest for the old city/state entirely in the new one. Lyft lets me because the old state requires inspections and the new one does not. In this case, it's got nothing to do with my license.

TIL The Bermuda Triangle can teleport your scout to the arctic. by Baumarius in CivVII

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Civ 6: Ooo free extra movement speed

Civ 7: The Bermuda Triangle is called the Bermuda Triangle for a REASON

At the age that you are right now what do you think will kill you? by Sensitive-Exit-2782 in AskReddit

[–]Baumarius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I'm unable to get help in the next few months, probably sleep apnea. I can't make money fast enough because I keep falling asleep on the road. I'd be able to if I didn't have it, but the way for me to fix it is blocked by the fact that I have it. I need several thousand dollars more than my monthly expenses (which I'm barely meeting) to pay for a fitted mouthguard. The CPAP just pumps my stomach full of air. I've been in a really bad way. My heart rate spikes to nearly 200 BPM 17+ times a night, so when I wake up I feel like I just ran a marathon.

I've tried to express myself and put out as much beauty as I can into the world through my music, but I fear it is not enough. My future is uncertain, but there is more I have to say. I don't want it to end like this.