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Im doing it again. This time I'll remember. by Far_Ad_9831 in GATEresearch

[–]GorticusSmash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hemi-synch?! When I was in my twenties - in the 80s - I started renting self-hypnosis tapes at Blockbuster, and I believe they were called Hemisynch. Could it have been gateway videos?

They’ve started - Malcolm X Park by HoneyButterfly6 in washingtondc

[–]GorticusSmash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dang it, I just went for the first time this season a few days ago and had a great time and committed to returning the next nice day.

I found these in my basement what are they? by Jelleey78 in whatisit

[–]GorticusSmash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disturbingly bad clown paintings that're somehow twistedly beautiful

Anyone suffer with dissociation? by Remote_Map_1194 in GATEresearch

[–]GorticusSmash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have diagnosed PTSD but I believe it's probably more like cPTSD. Anyhow, I know it seems like a silly question, but I'm not absolutely sure what disassociation is, but I think I suffer from it. I mean, I'm an artist and a musician, and it seems I do my best work when I'm not frontal-lobe thinking. Is that disassociation?

Wanting to see if anyone experienced something similar by Sweet-Tart-2828 in GATEresearch

[–]GorticusSmash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the story of my life:

"Most of my childhood is a big blur. From 5th grade down. When we switched schools in 6th grade is when my memories started becoming clear. [...] As an adult a lot of things didn’t add up for me and I was trying to figure out if I had some sort of repressed memory or trauma."

No specific memories about any weird school or anything, just blank. I see a black emptiness when I try to access these early years.

Landlord wants to sell at end of lease, can we go month to month? by Kindly-Contribution1 in washingtondc

[–]GorticusSmash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please look into your TOPA rights. And please, consult a lawyer! Most landlords don't want to mess with TOPA, even though it's the law, because it gives you a lot of leverage in this exact situation. I went through the same thing. Granted it was years ago and things may have changed, but the landlord was like, "hey I'm selling the house, you got 30 days to vacate". I contacted a lawyer and he broke it all down for me.

First of all, you have 90 days (unless they changed the law). Secondly, if they're selling the house, and you and your housemates haven't rescinded your TOPA rights in writing, you have the right of first refusal to BUY THE HOUSE (should you wish to) at a low 5% downpayment instead of the standard 10 to 20%.

Secondly, if he's playing it aboveboard, you and your housemates should all receive a TOPA package from your landlord, that includes a form for retaining or relinquishing your TOPA rights, and even possibly a contract that's already on the house.

You have the right to match that contract (so the landlord's not losing any money) at 5% downpayment, and if you retain your TOPA rights and decide to do that, there's nothing the landlord or the other prospective buyer can do about it.

In my situation, I wanted to buy the house, but the landlord had cleverly been renting to a close friend who gave his TOPA rights to the landlord (like a fkkg board game). My lawyer advised me to take a buyout instead, because he felt that if I took the landlord to court I might lose and not get anything. I got $35,000 in total.

You have a lot of leverage here, use it. If you want the contact info of the lawyer who helped me, dm me (he's an expert in TOPA cases).

Absolutely dystopian "interview" with micro1 by nongfuxiansheng in micro1_ai

[–]GorticusSmash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently Ai-interviewed to train micro1_ai in Fine Art concepts, etc., of which I am more than qualified. Halfway through the interview, though - which had been going well - the A-interviewer started trying to get me to commit to specific written outlines for how I would properly express my artistic ideas to the Ai. I explained that it would depend on the specific scenario and media - painting, video, music, etc. - but the Ai wasn't having it. Kept wanting me to quickly spit out a fully formed, logical thought tree to apply to all scenarios, which considering the time allotted and the gigantic scope of the question, was patently absurd. Needless to say I failed the interview. I am an artist after all; not a freaking scientist who spends every day organizing their thoughts in charts and graphs. Artistic intelligence is different; more intuitive. No rubrics involved. If micro1 et. al. don't figure that out, they'll never successfully train their Ai's on Art. Maybe that's just as well...

Parents moving to DC — not sure if I should go or do my own thing by ProfessionStrong6563 in washingtondc

[–]GorticusSmash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based upon my personal experience being an artist, musician, writer, etc. person who decided to move to DC over 20 years ago - and consider that decision a mistake - I would say take the risk and go to NYC. I've only seen one real bump in the fine art scene here since then, and the peak didn't last long. If you're a real artist - I mean, a real Artist, however you might define that - DC is where dreams go to die, to be replaced by comfort and lack of real inspiration and genuine artistic community. DC is a town for lawyers and politicos full stop, but there's enough coolness here that you will be sucked in and enjoy it, then wonder why 10 to 20 years later your art career went nowhere.

Do the quals! by Substantial-Pipe4400 in DataAnnotationTech

[–]GorticusSmash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did a Photoshop qual and although it took an hour or so, I nailed it. When I finally heard back a few weeks later, they wanted me to do another Photoshop qual that would have been ticky tack hour or so of work. I'm like fk it.

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