I have a solid basilisk-handling procedure. (Details available on demand.) You or anyone is welcome to send me any basilisk in the next 24 hours, or at any point in the future with 12 hours warning. I’ll publish how many different basilisks I’ve received, how basilisky I found them, and nothing else.
Evidence: I wasn’t particularly shaken by Roko’s basilisk. I found Cupcakes a pretty funny read (thanks for the rec!). I have lots of experience blocking out obsessive/intrusive thoughts. I just watched 2girls1cup while eating. I’m good at keeping non-basilisk secrets.
No, I’m all basilisk-less and forlorn. :( I stumbled on a (probably very personal) weak basilisk on my own. Do people just not trust me or don’t they have any basilisks handy?
Death and other alterations easier to model as disorders than as thought processes. Persistent intrusive thoughts, that lead to unpleasant effects—fear, obsession, major life changes around the basilisk’s topic (e.g. quitting a promising math career to study theodicy). I’m on the fence on whether flashbacks of disgust or embarrassment count. Non-persistent but extreme such thoughts whose effects persist (e.g. developing a phobia or stress-induced conditions).
The stimulus has to be relatively short (a solid day of indoctrination is way too much), and to be some form of human communication—words, images and videos all count, and nothing where the medium rather than the meaning is damaging (e.g. loud noises, bright lights) does.
I have a solid basilisk-handling procedure. (Details available on demand.) You or anyone is welcome to send me any basilisk in the next 24 hours, or at any point in the future with 12 hours warning. I’ll publish how many different basilisks I’ve received, how basilisky I found them, and nothing else.
Evidence: I wasn’t particularly shaken by Roko’s basilisk. I found Cupcakes a pretty funny read (thanks for the rec!). I have lots of experience blocking out obsessive/intrusive thoughts. I just watched 2girls1cup while eating. I’m good at keeping non-basilisk secrets.
Has anyone sent you any basilisk so far?
No, I’m all basilisk-less and forlorn. :( I stumbled on a (probably very personal) weak basilisk on my own. Do people just not trust me or don’t they have any basilisks handy?
How do you define basilisk? What effect is it supposed to have on you?
Death and other alterations easier to model as disorders than as thought processes. Persistent intrusive thoughts, that lead to unpleasant effects—fear, obsession, major life changes around the basilisk’s topic (e.g. quitting a promising math career to study theodicy). I’m on the fence on whether flashbacks of disgust or embarrassment count. Non-persistent but extreme such thoughts whose effects persist (e.g. developing a phobia or stress-induced conditions).
The stimulus has to be relatively short (a solid day of indoctrination is way too much), and to be some form of human communication—words, images and videos all count, and nothing where the medium rather than the meaning is damaging (e.g. loud noises, bright lights) does.
The latter. Or, if the former, they don’t trust you not to just laugh at what they provide and dismiss it.