by Blink » March 18th, 2007, 8:52 am
[quote="DianaW":16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]On the nature of hypnosis....[/quote:16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]Diana, lemme back up a minute and say that I'm going to revise the tone of my previous post. If I seemed snippy, that wasn't really my intent. It seems to me that you have several issues combined here under a single heading. Please bear with me while I respond to each.
[quote="DianaW":16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]A lot of people on here don't have a clue. Sorry EMG to say that about a lot of the clientelle but let me give you an idea of what I mean.[/quote:16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]Don't apologize. Such is the nature of all human endeavor. Most of us are still waiting for the evolution bus to pull up. This isn't so much an issue of hypnosis, or this site, as it is an issue of human nature. (There's also been research that shows that the perceived anonymity of the Internet brings out the worst in all of us. It's similar to road rage, where the presence of a sheet of safety glass seems do completely divorce us from the social norms we embrace when we're face-to-face with people.)
[quote="DianaW":16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]There is a reason I asked for a female trigger... Which I did not get... Two people who both contacted me were male... I am sickened to say that the first thing anyone wants it seems is me to send them my picture.[/quote:16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]Here's where I poked you last time. I need to explain what I meant. You're expressing a gender bias in this statement. Admittedly, your biases are shared by many others and are probably fact-based, but don't believe that your generalizations* are immutable truth. Not for a minute.
* I read them as "Women will be more ethical regarding sex than men," and "Women will not be intrusive or impolite via Internet." Do not assume that women are "safer" in any way than men. The best you get there is "statistically less likely." I'll point out, too, that you can't reliably determine sex/gender via IP.
[quote="DianaW":16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]went along with for a reason...[/quote:16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]While I don't question your reasons, I am going to take this opportunity to repeat some general safety information.
[list=a:16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]Never give out your contact information via the Internet.
Always conduct meetings in a public place, no matter how you "found" each other.
Know who you're playing with. This means more than just first names! See a photo ID! Best: photocopy the ID, verifying the address is correct, and leave it with your safe-call.
Negotiate everything. Be suspicious of anyone who doesn't.
Let someone know where you are at all times and who you're with.
Have someone call to check on you, even though it's a bummer to answer the phone mid-scene. They should talk to you and recognize your voice and understand that you're OK. Else, they should send in the cavalry.
There are crazy subs, too. Follow the rules even if you're a dominant.[/list:o:16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]
[quote="DianaW":16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]One of the two people who contacted me wanted: My name, age, sex, a photo, and my primary e-mail addy...[/quote:16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]That certainly starts things out with a "stalkery" flavor. I'm a dominant sadist with a penchant for mind control. The bozos who open up with "ASL? Pic?" or treat people abusively in the guise of being dominant are peeing in my (applicant) pool. This does not a happy Blink make. Still, with great reluctance, I recognize my own limits. The best I can do is spread some safety information and hope for the best.
[quote="DianaW":16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]There is a REASON I had a seperate e-mail account for just this kind of thing. <snip> The second person talking to me turned from what looked like innocent experimentation into something that really struck a nerve with me and luckily snapped me out of it. <snip> I am not a source for your masterbation material.[/quote:16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]Here's the part that's hardest to write and hardest to read, I'm sure. People suck. All people. Everywhere. There are mindless exploiters who don't care about your reasons or your safety or your limits or your wishes. These people are right here among us, right now. They're reading along. Laughing, probably. If you listen to the file that opens you up to being commanded by anyone who knows the secret, and you shout the secret to the world, then you are going to be the subject of masturbatory fantasy, at least. I hope masturbatory fantasy is the worst of it.
If you're looking for harmless experimentation, you really need to know with whom you're experimenting. Find someone trustworthy first, then give him or her the keys to the kingdom. Don't just leave the keys in the ignition switch and hope for the best.
I've been casting about for a RL submissive for some time now, and separating the wheat from the chaff is a serious chore. Every time I see a message like yours, I imagine dozens of intelligent, sensitive, capable people who fit my selection criteria removing themselves from the applicant pool. I hate that thought. That's why I spout safety information if you squeeze me, and why I support the accelerated extinction of clueless dominant wannabes.
If you have questions, want more information, or want to give me a poke in the eye and tell me to mind my own business, feel free to PM.
-- Blink
[size=9:16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]And since I'm apparently writing a manifesto, I'll include a musical bit as a mood... lightener? Here's a Disney thought retooled by Duck Logic:
It's a world of acne, a world of germs.
It's your brand new dog coming down with worms.
It's the notes being played
By a cockroach parade,
It's the real world after all.
It's a world of ulcers, a world of cysts.
It's the hole in the road that you never miss.
It's the cheap underwear
Creeping up to your hair,
It's the real world after all.
It's the real world after all,
It's the real world after all,
It's the real world after all,
It's the real world after all.
It's a world of hunger, a world of sin.
It's a million products to keep you thin.
It's machinery exhaust
Causing air to be lost.
It's the real world after all.
It's a world of stark mediocrity,
It's a world of mindless activity.
It's the little white lie
Inside Mom's apple pie,
It's the real world after all.
It's the real world after all,
Cold hard steel world after all,
Slimy eel world after all,
Well, it's the real world after all.
It's a world that's black and a world that's blue,
And you must duck logic to get you through.
It's the sudden attack
Of a knife in your back,
It's the real world after all.
It's the real world after all,
Spinning wheel world after all,
Cold hard steel world after all,
Well, it's the real world after all.[/size:16913/\[url=(https?:\/\/[^\s\[]+):$uid\](.*?)\[\/url:$uid\]/id9]