It’s possible that the enforcement of a rate limit isn’t because of AI scraping, but rather because they failed to migrate before the June 30th deadline.

  • @[email protected]English
    30•1 year ago

    I read an article years ago that explained why so many people get “religious” feelings at big revival-type events at Six Flags, Carowinds, etc, even if they’re not particularly devout.

    There’s a thing called respiratory alkalosis (essentially hyperventilation) which makes you light-headed and confused. At it’s really easy to trigger by making people stand up quickly, sing really hard, sit back down, stand up and cheer, etc.

    • @DeestanEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      That sounds interesting! Do you remember where you found it? I would love to read it.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•1 year ago

        I’m back! I couldn’t find the specific thing I read, but I found something probably better, an actual study published in Pubmed:
        https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8871314/

        Statistical analyses showed that the psychological disposition during the religious worship experience speeds up the physiological responses, which was indicated by increases in HR [hear rate] and RR [respiratory rate]. Hence, the activation hypothesis was accepted, and the pacification hypothesis was rejected.

        • @DeestanEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          Thanks! You made my day, my good lemming.

          The conclusion fits what you said earlier, and it is easy to see how this is probably used cynically for these cult bro events:

          The first analysis was an exploration of the physiological data, where it was seen that HR and RR were significantly correlated. The values of how strongly the participants were able to focus on God were strongly associated with the intensity of the experience as well as with the physiological variables

          • @[email protected]English
            3•1 year ago

            You’re welcome! I had a personal experience with this, too.

            When I was a kid, my parents used to make me go to church and youth group stuff. We went to one of those “hip” events at Carowinds (like a Six Flags, Disney type amusement park). Before it started our youth leader said - to his credit - “No matter what you feel, DO NOT go down to the front when they call people up.”

            Sure enough towards the end, I start feeling “the spirit”, and I’m the most skeptical, atheist/agnostic in the whole group. But I stayed in my seat. And when we got back to the hotel I was thinking “what the hell happened there?”