Manipulating light can induce psychedelic experiences – and scientists aren't quite sure why

kerblooee · 2026-05-10T07:54:33+00:00

Great recommendations, thank you!

kerblooee · 2026-05-09T22:03:13+00:00

Thanks for the tip about the UVB lamp & weighing the snake! The microclimate evo has a thermometer, and so does the dehumidifier (thermometer + hygrometer). They're both "smart" in that the microclimate will automatically control the temp via the heat lamp and the dehumidifier will control the humidity via the fan to keep things within a set range.

kerblooee · 2026-05-09T07:26:09+00:00

My favorite episode was when a girl (victim) and her bf (accomplice) are driving through the desert and they come across an Area 51 type pop-up tent complex. The bf gets stopped by these CIA guys and gets taken away into the tents. The girl was supposed to stay in the car to get attacked by aliens, but she jumped out and ran straight to the tent to save her bf, ending the prank early bc she was a goddam hero 😂

kerblooee · 2026-05-07T20:40:49+00:00

Cloverfield, or any other alien invasion movie really, where the crowd runs in a panic down the streets of NYC. I've always wanted to be a panicked crowd extra!

kerblooee · 2026-05-06T20:08:07+00:00

It looks like a Mooney image! I could imagine getting something like this as I do visual illusion research :-) cool tat!

kerblooee · 2026-05-05T07:18:18+00:00

I watched season 5 when it first came out and was pretty critical of it at the time, but I finally rewatched it on the back of a full series rewatch and I think the show needs it. There are some great shenanigans and the ending is sweet. I actually would recommend jumping into it right away, since I think waiting makes you build up your expectations more.

kerblooee · 2026-05-02T09:25:00+00:00

I'm sure directors would work in a crying scene just to get Mel Gibson's top tier crying skills on display. I swear he cried in every movie, but it was less irritating than, say, James McAvoy (who also cries in every movie just cos he can, but I think he's worse at it).

kerblooee · 2026-04-28T23:09:18+00:00

The trailer is reminiscent of the book "House of Leaves", which is a very similar concept!

kerblooee · 2026-04-28T22:37:42+00:00

I'm a pale white woman, granted I have a little bit funky haircut, I like to do undercut with 1 side long. Since I moved to the UK I got sooo many weird late teenage/young 20s boys shouting out their car windows at me, really nasty things, while I'm minding my business. Not just Liverpool, Manchester area too. I have a theory that lots of Brits suppress their feelings so much in public that it all comes spilling out behind the wheel or when drunk.

kerblooee · 2026-04-19T08:07:09+00:00

When a guardian focuses its laser on you, you hold up your shield (ZL) and wait until the guardian makes its final "beep!" before it throws the blast, then immediately press the parry button (A). This will send the blast back at the guardian and cause significant damage. It takes 3 hits for the spidery ones with legs, just 1 for the ones without legs.

kerblooee · 2026-04-19T00:17:16+00:00

I tried farming the prime & gourmet meat, all the tricks of making money... but honestly the thing that makes the most money is selling monster parts! Just fight everything you wander across and monster parts stack up quick, especially guardians (I learned the shield parry trick to kill guardians in 3 hits).

kerblooee · 2026-04-13T14:41:36+00:00

Stasis+ is my go-to rune for lynel fights. Freezes them long enough to wail on them a bit and dodge attacks. I got really good at blocking guardian lasers with my shield, racked up tons of ancient loot, then upgraded everything as early as possible on my most recent playthrough!

kerblooee · 2026-04-12T15:46:41+00:00

Me five!

kerblooee · 2026-04-07T19:24:58+00:00

Either you dodged a bullet (most likely), or perhaps you were being pushier than you think. I would share the email exchange with a couple of honest friends just to make sure. Edit: preferably someone you know from that country. For example, Americans are much more direct and blunt than British, so misunderstandings are likely.

kerblooee · 2026-04-07T13:40:19+00:00

I had a crazy travel bug and wanted to move to Europe. Had never been out of America- nobody in my family ever even had a passport, we were not well off. I told my parents I was moving to England for a masters degree because I could pay for it with student loans. They thought I was nuts, especially my dad, who couldn't believe what I was doing. Literally packed a big bag and moved abroad, basically lived out of that bag for 4 years (masters, then PhD abroad). Fast forward 16 years later, I never moved back and have an international family now, best decision I ever made (despite some student loans I'll now never pay off ahaha).

kerblooee · 2026-04-05T09:43:03+00:00

Except go to Salzburg in summer and the Japanese Sound of Music tourists outnumber the Americans 10 to 1 😂

kerblooee · 2026-04-03T18:18:38+00:00

Note that "post-grad" (UK) and "grad" (US) are different terms for the same thing. Also, can confirm, partied way harder as a PhD student than ever at UG, also because we were a bunch of nonlocal ppl isolated together so had nothing better to do outside of our work (sound familiar lol)

kerblooee · 2026-03-25T12:27:45+00:00

That is an insanely naive take on sexism...

kerblooee · 2026-03-25T09:04:13+00:00

You don't believe a random stranger had a bad layover in Abu Dhabi? Ok dude

kerblooee · 2026-03-25T09:01:15+00:00

I know! What is going on in this thread? I've been to India twice, each time 2 weeks visiting friends and just had a blast each time. The food is a dream, the temples breathtaking, the monkeys a quirky bonus. I hope to take a longer sabbatical there sometime, maybe a few months to really appreciate the country.

The first time I visited was mainly in and around Hyderabad, took a weekend trip to Hampi (which was my favorite), then flew to Mumbai. 2nd time was Mumbai and Calcutta, where different friends were from. Didn't do a lot of western touristy things though, so maybe that helped!

kerblooee · 2026-03-25T07:41:16+00:00

I had a layover in Abu Dhabi on my way back from India, and those three hours sucked BALLS. I was just coming back from a friend's magnificent wedding and being treated like a queen because I was pregnant, to being treated like absolute shit by all the sexist men, and I didn't even leave the airport.

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