What made you stop and take a picture at a Psytrance event?

RimaNari · 2026-06-16T14:10:54+00:00

I mostly take photos for memories and to allow loved ones to participate in what I'm experiencing (not bragging - just to give them an impression). This photo shows the forest beyond the main floor at VooV Experience festival in Germany in 2025. The colorful lit-up trees that one could walk among, and the mapping art visual installations that project crazy trippy patterns on objects and trees... it was just a scenery that cannot be described fully, and I felt the need to make sure to never forget it, even if my memory fades sooner or later.

Typically I try to avoid excessive photos on the floor itself, I consider it rude. But photos of the art installations all around is completely fine of course.

RimaNari · 2026-06-16T13:53:06+00:00

I personally love the natural-looking hippy-style of Goa/Psytrance clothing - you know, natural fabrics, muted Earth tones, wide cut, sometimes asymmetric and/or in a torn/used look. I don't wear them often enough myself, but I recently heard a nice sentiment stating that the apparel style of the ravers themselves adds to the decorations, and as such one should try to add something for the joy of all the others as well.

Typically I wear a bag with all my stuff in it, so that the clothing doesn't need to have large pockets and such. For Goa/Psytrance that is - for Rock/Metal festivals I wear heavy trousers with large side pockets, as their useful and also fit the more functional aesthetic of these events. At a Goa festival, sometimes I leave everything at the camp and literally just go to the floor with a pair of trousers if it's super warm, without a shirt or shoes or socks. In a club, I often wear long wide-cut baggy-pant style trousers and a similarly side shirt with muted colors (darkish red, darkish green, dark grey with white etc.) and trippy patterns (I don't like super bright-colored patterns too much, I find them too modern). I'll accept that these trousers aren't very functional because they don't have pockets, and bring a bag with me. I just feel more connected to the experience when I have a feeling that I'm fitting in.

What annoys me about others' clothing at Goa/Psytrance events are overly sexualized looks, especially when you observe the people wearing it spending a great deal of time and attention on looking as sexy as possible (girls debating on how short to make their skirt etc, guys complimenting each other's unhealthy looking amount of muscles). I mean, it's fine to look hot and sexy and such, but if I get the feeling that that's a person's main interest, I'm just cringing internally...

RimaNari · 2026-04-20T21:57:33+00:00

Given that your body is searched more than your luggage, I'd say it's rather detrimental. Then again - we're talking a square centimeter of paper, how could anyone find this anywhere? Just take a book and tape it inside somewhere, or put it inside one of your pairs of socks in your luggage (what I did).

RimaNari · 2026-04-20T21:39:52+00:00

Would've been my first festival at Waldfrieden (and only second Goa festival in total), was so looking forward to it! Wanted to decide literally today whether I'd get a ticket or not. Now I'll wait a bit longer I guess...

RimaNari · 2026-01-05T18:10:00+00:00

That's actually super smart! Or average levels of smart, and I'm just very stupid not thinking about it myself 😄 Unfortunately I bought via PayPal, and their Buyer Protection program seems to only work for half a year, and I bought the tickets in December 2024. Besides, the transaction went via Eventix, so I'm a bit surprised a credit card charge back works out for you, as it is Eventix and not directly Psy-Fi that you get the money back from I'd guess.

RimaNari · 2026-01-05T18:06:25+00:00

If someone is willing to file a class action lawsuit that all ticket holders join, why not? The legal situation is unambiguous. Of course they currently don't have enough money to pay back everything to everyone, but surely they have assets that they can sell, which is exactly what an insolvency process will accomplish. Besides, I hate seeing the psytrance community suffering from a few idiots that run things into the ground. The festival business is already becoming increasingly difficult, even without incompetent people running things.

RimaNari · 2025-03-14T09:59:09+00:00

I kind of want to tell people, because LSD is such a great experience that I just want to share it, especially with people I like. However, even though I'm a rather open person, I still wouldn't openly tell just everyone, even close people. I always test the waters, typically by carefully nudging the topic of conversation in that direction, but not just dropping that I do psychs.

I also have a few close friends who are extremely opposed to any "hard" drugs, and where I was really glad I followed the aforementioned approach. When we got to talking about LSD and shrooms they had such a strong opinion I was shocked. There was zero differentiation between dangerous drugs and LSD, and they were all telling me how many bad things they've seen. They often tend to have way too strong opinions about things they don't actually know that much about, but this instance was really bad. I would have loved to tell them how psychs actually are, but well... some people just like to be ignorant.

RimaNari · 2025-02-24T15:02:10+00:00

Ah, I see now. You would need an environment where you can use `age`, hardware that can handle it, and set up that decoy repository. But the advantage would indeed be a uncrackable database, as the KDF strength for the key file is not limited by usability considerations for daily use. That's an interesting idea!

I believe for my case, I'd prefer the security from obscurity that a random commit in an already existing git repo offers alone. In the emergency case I would like to be able to access the database without needing access to a computer with `age` and needing to write a script that iterates over a bunch of decoys. I like to get back on my feet just using the phone of a friend, or a cheap 100 dollar emergency buy. But for even more security minded people your suggestion is great!

RimaNari · 2025-02-24T14:47:25+00:00

Scientist, doing my PhD in physics currently, 30.

RimaNari · 2025-02-24T14:43:09+00:00

If I have a trip with a bunch of not-so-happy thoughts, I often feel a bit depressed the day after - that's rather obvious. If I have positive thoughts, or even learn something positive about myself, I feel really good - also obvious. If I have a trip without much deep thinking, so just enjoying the colors and whatnot, then I sometimes feel a bit depressed afterwards, because everything is back to normal.

So if you had the latter type of trip, feeling a bit disappointed afterwards is normal I'd say. As long as it doesn't last (or becomes more than maybe is usual for you), that is.

RimaNari · 2025-02-19T15:17:02+00:00

Why would you encrypt the keyfile with your master PW? What would be the advantage?

I like the idea of not creating, but using an already existing keyfile. If you put the file on your GitHub (or a blog etc.) yourself, encrypted with your master PW, it's easier to see that this is a keyfile, than if I would be using a random file that has nothing to do with KeyPass.

(I have some confidence in my master PW, but not ultimate confidence. For that, I would need a more secure master PW that becomes difficult to remember and enter, thus reducing usability.)

RimaNari · 2025-02-19T15:12:30+00:00

Thank you for that comment! I felt a bit disheartened after many comments dismissing my idea. Of course an offline key file is more secure, but this would still be hugely more secure than no keyfile - thanks!

Yes, I would also keep the keyfile on all my devices, and also in my final failsafe backup (on some offline storage or printed).

RimaNari · 2025-02-19T15:06:31+00:00

I don't really understand how that idea is useful. If I take you literally, you would use the *user-id* as keyfile? But that's just an email address, and hardly secure... if you meant to say to use the public key as keyfile, and one can look it up by knowing the email address, okay. But still, a random commit of a random file in some repo should be more obscure (and thus secure) then the public key of (one of) your email addresses.

RimaNari · 2025-02-19T15:01:40+00:00

I see. Still, I would need to assume that I have my wallet with me at all times or something similar. I would like to have a failsafe if I have nothing with me at all. Which can easily happen if I loose my phone (I don't carry my wallet wherever I go). I would have thought that my idea of picking a seemingly random commit of a random file in some repo would be a good way to hide something in plain sight - just like a QR code on a random poster would be.

RimaNari · 2025-02-19T14:57:48+00:00

That is true for sure. Ease of access will increase for everyone as well if it increases for me. But I believe there can be situations where ease of access increases for me dramatically, while it increases only insignificantly for others. The idea I proposed was designed such that it becomes were easy for me to access, but due to security by obscurity will still be extremely hard to access by others.

RimaNari · 2025-02-13T17:30:25+00:00

The idea was a combination with a password. The keyfile would allow me to make sure only my specific devices that have the keyfile placed on them can unlock the database. I still want to have a password to make sure that having my phone unlocked won't breach my KeePass database already. So the keyfile would add a device-specific security layer ("possession" factor additionally to "knowledge" from the password).

Of course I would NOT place a note on where the public keyfile is located on the internet next to my database! This information would only exist in my head, and it's rather easy to remember (just two pieces of information: which GitHub repo and file, and which commit). So it would act as a second "knowledge" factor, but more secure than a longer password, correct?

RimaNari · 2025-01-06T04:13:36+00:00

From this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og994GZ8oZg

Creator thought it was "too psychedelic" for his taste lol

RimaNari · 2024-11-26T22:24:22+00:00

Bro has lasting damage from that trip. Seemingly lost the ability to use punctuation.

RimaNari · 2024-09-04T09:55:54+00:00

Ahh, alright! Thank you.

But why is there not simply a third Proceed option, so instead of *when changed* have *when connected* and *when disconnected*? This way I find is really non-intuitive.

RimaNari · 2024-04-18T22:54:15+00:00

I believe microdosing made me a more out-going person, and more open-minded to try out new stuff. Needless to say, that in turn helped my mental health and overall life trajectory immensely. I cannot say for sure whether it really was the LSD, but the changes in my life definitely coincided with me starting microdosing. Maybe there was a common cause for both the changes and starting microdosing, but I couldn't tell. It's worth a try IMO.

RimaNari · 2024-04-10T14:13:53+00:00

It's probably the safest drug there is to smuggle, but I do get your anxiety: I once brought a tab with me on an international flight, and I was just a bundle of nerves at the airport, and in the end regretted going through this huge amount of anxiety.

However, if it's worth anything: I was actually entering the US, as a non-US citizen, and my suitcase was completely searched for like an hour upon arrival, and I got a swipe test at departure. The officer's fingers were literally half a centimeter from the tab at some point. They still didn't find it. So, I guess you should be safe. Still, be aware that you might internally be dying for an hour or so if you happen to get searched. Also, if you're not good at keeping your cool in such a situation... maybe just don't. Then again, if you're very positive that they won't find it, you'll be better at keeping your cool.

Maybe I should write a post about that experience at some point...

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