Explain blackouts again. Before I heard Sarah explain them, I thought it meant being passed out! I thought it meant appearing unable to talk and walk! Blackouts might be underlying so many of these cases yet are rarely if ever mentioned as a factor.
Black out is just memory loss. For a real saucer, they can be on their feet walking, talking, etc. . . . clearly drunk, but also clearly not passed out or passing out.
But then in the morning, nada. Hours of no memory. Sometimes it'll come back in flashes or snippets. Sometimes nothing.
Since mentioned in the comments, and part of topic of her previous book, info about blackouts. Summary from Google Gemini: 1) During a blackout, a person’s short-term memory (their "mental scratchpad") remains largely intact. Because short-term memory allows humans to hold onto information for about 90 to 120 seconds, an individual can easily process what is happening in their immediate surroundings. They can seamlessly carry on conversations, eat, dance, make decisions, or even execute complex tasks like driving. Their brain is fully capable of encoding and understanding real-time data; it simply fails to record it. 2) Other people are often completely unaware that someone is experiencing a blackout. 3) A blackout is strictly a failure of memory consolidation — the biological process of transferring short-term experiences into long-term storage.
If anyone wants to listen to Sarah Hepola BEFORE Katie interviews her today (Mon Oct 5) at 7pm / 4pm, Megham Daum interviewed her last week, on her Unspeakeasy podcast. Daum released a version for Paid subscribers only, last Wed Sep 30 (with a 56 min free partial episode). Then the full episode was released on the podcast feed this morning Mon Oct 5. Full episode was also posted to Youtube (full free episode is not yet posted to Daum's Substack page for the podcast).
“I had become extremely uncomfortable with how this night was turning out, so my thought was, if I do ketamine again, maybe I will pass out,” she told investigators, according to the files. “My thought was that if I passed out and these men had sex with me, then they could be charged with rape.”
Can you not see that this case is rife with information that makes it all a muddy mess?? Not acknowledging that doesn’t make you a champion of rape victims, it makes you blinkered and dismissive of whatever doesn’t fit the narrative you like.
You should ask her about some advice on how to successfully market a book.
You know, like step one: Leave your house.....
Yikes on bikes!
Step two, rack up and go on The Fifth.
I hope you take notice of this, Jesse.
He was on the Fif month before last, wasn't he? Though now I see the problem. He's done it in the wrong order.
Explain blackouts again. Before I heard Sarah explain them, I thought it meant being passed out! I thought it meant appearing unable to talk and walk! Blackouts might be underlying so many of these cases yet are rarely if ever mentioned as a factor.
Black out is just memory loss. For a real saucer, they can be on their feet walking, talking, etc. . . . clearly drunk, but also clearly not passed out or passing out.
But then in the morning, nada. Hours of no memory. Sometimes it'll come back in flashes or snippets. Sometimes nothing.
I was asking Sarah to discuss blackouts. She’s so good at it—I wish everyone would listen to her!
Since mentioned in the comments, and part of topic of her previous book, info about blackouts. Summary from Google Gemini: 1) During a blackout, a person’s short-term memory (their "mental scratchpad") remains largely intact. Because short-term memory allows humans to hold onto information for about 90 to 120 seconds, an individual can easily process what is happening in their immediate surroundings. They can seamlessly carry on conversations, eat, dance, make decisions, or even execute complex tasks like driving. Their brain is fully capable of encoding and understanding real-time data; it simply fails to record it. 2) Other people are often completely unaware that someone is experiencing a blackout. 3) A blackout is strictly a failure of memory consolidation — the biological process of transferring short-term experiences into long-term storage.
One general reader explanation: "Alcohol Blackouts Explained: Why They Happen and How to Prevent Them" https://www.chooseyourhorizon.com/blog/alcohol-blackouts-explained-guide ; More academic / published paper explanation (from 2003): "What Happened? Alcohol, Memory Blackouts, and the Brain". https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6668891/
If anyone wants to listen to Sarah Hepola BEFORE Katie interviews her today (Mon Oct 5) at 7pm / 4pm, Megham Daum interviewed her last week, on her Unspeakeasy podcast. Daum released a version for Paid subscribers only, last Wed Sep 30 (with a 56 min free partial episode). Then the full episode was released on the podcast feed this morning Mon Oct 5. Full episode was also posted to Youtube (full free episode is not yet posted to Daum's Substack page for the podcast).
Links: "When sex Is everywhere but love feels like a lost cause", https://www.theunspeakablepodcast.com/ ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX2gsUx7Qc4 ; (She was also on The Fifth Column / TFC 6 days ago, except for a 13m clip, that podcast is also for paid subscribers only).
I’m looking forward to another read on the Cornell situation. I find most of the commentary a bit naive.
DO IT NOW!
Oh, the Cornell case. Anyone wanna guess what their take on it will be? I think it will be one of a combo of the below:
That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not the boys fault.
And if it was, they didn't mean it.
And if they did, she deserved it / wanted it.
No thanks. I’ll listen and find out what they actually say before assuming bad faith.
So we landed somewhere between “that’s not the boys fault” and “she wanted it (just regretted it later)”
I think you and I listened to different podcasts.
Lord I hope not.
In Jane Doe’s own words:
“I had become extremely uncomfortable with how this night was turning out, so my thought was, if I do ketamine again, maybe I will pass out,” she told investigators, according to the files. “My thought was that if I passed out and these men had sex with me, then they could be charged with rape.”
Can you not see that this case is rife with information that makes it all a muddy mess?? Not acknowledging that doesn’t make you a champion of rape victims, it makes you blinkered and dismissive of whatever doesn’t fit the narrative you like.
You are both in the podcast/books/journalism business, is there a future (financially) for those professions?