Baseline Test : Responding Version (re-upload)

Note : this a re-upload, since the channel "LAPD Nexus-9 Blade Runner Division" hosting the original video was deleted.

Everything that is to be spoken is in (Parentheses)
Starting at 0:08 sec say
(Ready.)

Recite your Baseline.

(A blood black nothingness began to spin.
A system of cells interlinked,
Within cells interlinked,
Within cells interlinked,
Within one stem.
And dreadfully distinct against the dark,
A tall white fountain played.)

Let's move on to system. (System.)
Feel that in your body. (The system.)
What does it feel like to be part of the system. (System.)
Is there anything in your body that wants to resist the system? (System.)
Do you get pleasure out of being a part of the system? (System.)
Have they created you to be a part of the system? (System.)
Is there security in being a part of the system? (System.)
Is there a sound that comes with the system? (System.)
We're going to go on.

Cells.
They were all put together at a time. (Cells.)
Millions and billions of them. (Cells.)
Were you ever arrested? (Cells.)
Did you spend much time in the cell? (Cells.)
Have you ever been in an instituion? (Cells.)
Do they keep you in a cell? (Cells.)
When you're not performing your duties do they keep you in a little box? (Cells.)

Interlinked.
What's it like to hold the hand of someone you love? (Interlinked.)
Do they teach you how to feel finger to finger? (Interlinked.)
Do you long for having your heart interlinked? (Interlinked.)
Do you dream about being interlinked?
Have they left a place for you where you can dream? (Interlinked.)
What's it like to hold your child in your arms? (Interlinked.)
What's it like to play with your dog? (Interlinked.)
Do you feel that there's a part of you that's missing? (Interlinked.)
Do you like to connect to things? (Interlinked.)
What happens when that linkage is broken? (Interlinked.)
Have they let you feel heartbreak? (Interlinked.)
Did you buy a present for the person you love? (Within cells interlinked.)
Why don't you say that three times?

(Within cells interlinked, Within cells interlinked, Within cells interlinked.)

Where do you go when you go within? (Within.)
Has anyone ever locked you out of a room? (Within.)
Where do you go to when you go within? (Within.)
Where is the place in the world you feel the safest? (Within.)
Do you have a heart? (Within.)

Stem.
Did you pick asparagus stems?
What comes from something else? (Stem.)
Have you been to the source of a river? (Stem.)
When's the first time you gave a flower to a girl? (Stem.)
What did she look like? (Stem.)
Is it a slang word for people's legs? (Stem.)
Have you planeted things in the ground? (Stem.)
Have you ever been in a legal battle? (Stem.)
Within one stem.

Dreadfully.
Is that an old fashioned word? (Dreadfully.)
Did you ever want to live in the nineteenth century? (Dreadfully.)
What's it like to be filled with dread? (Dreadfully.)
Do you think you could find out all the answers to all the questions? (Dreadfully.)

Distinct.
How good are your eyes? (Distinct.)
Do you have a particular personality? (Distinct.)
What separates somebody from somebody else? (Distinct.)
Who do you admire most in the world? (Distinct.)
What was your most shameful moment? (Distinct.)
Dreadfully distinct.

Dark.
Were you afraid of the dark whan you were little? (Dark.)
What's it like to hide under a bed? (Dark.)
Did they keep you in a drawer when they were building you? (Dark.)
Was it dark in there? (Dark.)
Do you have dark thoughts? (Dark)
Did they program you to have dark thoughts? (Dark)
Do you think it's some kind of corruption these dark thoughts? (Dark.)
Maybe it's a spot of rust or something? (Dark.)
Who's the darkest person you know? (Dark.)
What is it like when someone gives you the silent treatment. (Dark.)
Who did you get your darkness from? (Dark.)

Against the dark.
What kind of power do you have against the dark. (Against the dark.)
Do you think there is such a thing as evil? (Against the dark.)
Do you think you can protect people against the dark. (Against the dark.)
Why are these things happening? (Against the dark.)
Do you prefer the day or the night? (Against the dark.)
When is the last time you saw a starry sky? (Against the dark.)
What's your favorite part of the moon? (Against the dark.)

Fountain.
Have you seen the Trevi fountain in Rome? (Fountain.)
Have you ever seen the fountain in Lincoln center? (Fountain.)
Have you seen fountains out in the wild? (Fountain.)
What's it like when you have an orgasm. (Fountain.)
Have you read the Fountainhead? (Fountain.)

White Fountain.
Is it pure white? (White Fountain.)
Is that a metaphor? (White Fountain.)
How did the white Fountain make you feel? (White Fountain.)

A tall white fountain played.
When you were little did you ever fall into a Fountain? (A Tall White Fountain.)
Do you like fire, earth, air or water. (A Tall White Fountain.)
Do you like skipping around in the water? (A Tall White Fountain.)

Recite your Baseline.

[_aero]

"He's literally me"

I re-uploaded this video essentially for myself, I didn't expect there would be other people watching this. Tho I'm glad to see it's of use for some of you guys.

Too bad I can't credit the original creator since the channel disappeared and was mysterious from the start.

[daburd]

"if you're struggling mentally, you can always talk to the school councilor"
the school councilor:

[zed-up]

So this is where "literally me" people gather for morning routine

[ChclateChimp]

This is actually incredibly hard. I tried to respond in the way Bladerunner's LAPD would expect, but I definitely caught myself slipping in some of the questions. This world really is dystopian.

[travissellers]

I’ve been doing this everyday for 3 weeks and have not yet noticed any adverse side affects to my mental health

[jimbobjones-OG]

This should be a daily task for everyone. If you fail the test you'll know you are still human.

[denzelmendoza]

I was doing well until 2:27 when the voiced asked about the girl's flower.
A single question made me remember such a specific time and person in my life, I totally forgot about the test for like 2 seconds.

[bigsmoke]

Just yanked it to porn and had to come here. I’m way off baseline.

[lavasharkandboygirl]

If you’re having anxiety, do this, it’s incredibly meditative

[halos]

I’ve been doing this for 2 months. It’s allowed me to maintain an abnormal calm in very, very, STRESSFUL situations.

[the.onestin]

And blood-black nothingness began to spin. A system of cells interlinked within
cells interlinked within cells interlinked
within one stem. And dreadfully distinct
against the dark, a tall white fountain played.

[PIRAKAS]

I suffer from ADHD and every time i need to regain my focus or refocus on my tasks I do the baseline test and somehow it helps me to reset.

[rush]

I love participating in this when my mind is running ramped and I need a few minutes of a controlled thought process. Just centers my focus and I come out the other end a little more dialed in.
Thanks for uploading it!

[MushD]

"Whats it like to have an orgasm? Fountain."
"Fountain"

[prosaic.]

The awesome part about the baseline test was that it was written by Ryan Gosling.

"Ryan Gosling actually wrote this when trying to understand his character, and used a technique called "dropping in" to analyze writing from Nabokov's Pale Fire. He approached Villeneuve about it and he added it to the film."

"Dropping-in is a technique Tina [Packer] and Kristin Linklater developed together in the early 1970s to create a spontaneous, emotional connection to words for Shakespearean actors. In fact, “dropping in” is integral to actor training at Shakespeare & Co. (the company the Linklater’s founded) a way to start living the word and using it to create the experience of the thing the word represents.
The process of dropping-in involves a teacher and student, the former asking questions and the latter repeating the word in the text (in bold below). The process gives each operative word depth and dimension and allows it to come into the body. Apparently, it can also release strong emotions. Once an emotional connection is made with individual words, then phrases or sentences can be strung together and “dropped-in.” Here’s an example from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with the sentence:

“May All To Athens Back Again Repair”

May

Do you like the month of May? May.

Do you hate the month of May? May.

Do you say “May I?” May.

Say “all the days of May?” (three times fast)

A longer description is in this account by Shakespeare & Co student Catherine Bryne (search for "Our first session of scene work"), but that's the basic idea. This is literally the baseline test.

The baseline test is an actor's exercise."

[jakeatom]

Should’ve had him say “You’re not even close to baseline” at the end

[spinakker]

I had thought this test is child's play: you just wait for the prompt and repeat it. Then he said "What's it like to play with your dog?" and I lost it. And I don't even have a dog

[constant-k]

And blood-black nothingness began to spin, a system of cells interlinked within, cells interlinked within cells interlinked, within one stem. And dreadfully distinct, against the dark, a tall white fountain played

[SCP_Foundation_Spokesperson]

As a clinical psychologist, this test reminds me of the way EMDR works. But instead of letting you move your eyes, you have to listen or answer. This keeps your working memory, which is otherwise good at down-regulating emotions, busy and an observer can see exactly what you're feeling. Also, if memories come up, they tend to be less threatening because they cannot be retrieved completely and will also be stored this way. So, my prediction would be that, if you practice this regularly, you should, as they say in the movie, become more "close to baseline".

[jakobcreed]

I often have trouble getting my mind back on track when I think of bad memories, and every time I do I play this video and test myself. 10/10 helps every single time to get me focused again.