un: Owen

[sicklysweet]

a quick question about some of the equipment, after a rather intense encounter with a mr. punisher at the party

what, exactly, is yaoi? the fact i had a hardcore encounter where i'm not even sure what happened to me leaves me wondering if i should be concerned.

[This might not be the first time this question appears on the forums - as it's quickly deleted for being posted in the wrong topic, and then reposted to a different topic... and then deleted again.

And reposted, again, out of no small measure of spite for the head admin.]

Comments

un: oriade

[dissimulative]

big head
tries to be menacing but looks cute so that fails

[tablescraps]

That doesn't sound very gay.

[dissimulative]

he bit my hand though
i think hes just feral

[tablescraps]

I wonder how much that would hurt if you left the pain sensors on.

Did you?

[dissimulative]

it hurt but i didnt receive any damage
im not sure if i ever wanna turn it off
except for emergencies

[tablescraps]

I see. Zelkova recommended keeping it off, so I did. But I'm curious how closely they've simulated the experience of pain in a fantasy world.

Maybe I'll enable it, then.

[dissimulative]

its definitely realistic
i think it would be disorienting to suddenly feel pain after logging off if i ever turned the pain toggle off
and that can get bad really fast

[tablescraps]

I guess that's true, for most people.

I don't really register pain well, physically. It would be interesting if the simulated experience of pain was more effective on my senses than legitimate sensation.

[dissimulative]

[ Oh.

Huh. ]

you cant feel much physically??
thats gotta be dangerous

[tablescraps]

Hmmm...

I feel the somatic sensation of noxious stimulus, which is the perception of pain (nociception). Prior to the perception of pain, or sometimes simultaneous with the perception of pain, a person will experience a reflexive withdrawal from the physical source of the stimulus (nociceptive flexion reflex). Failing that, the brain will signal an electrical suggestion, or impulse, to remove the body from the physical source of the stimulus (generalized withdrawal response).

I experience nociception correctly, so I understand I am in pain and to what extent that I am. I will also notice if the pain increases in severity at the juncture of its increase. However, I fail to experience a nociceptive flexion reflex or generalized withdrawal response. When the body is not removed from the physical stimulus of pain, the input becomes continuous; and then, mundane. There is a synaptic understanding that the stimulus is occurring (perception) but tolerance begins to build, in the same way selective auditory attention functions: the noise level of a room may at first be perceptible when entering, but becomes easy to ignore after a few moments.

Perception is then dampened after the first few moments of perception, and ultimately disappears from my consciousness. However, it is not only pain that I experience this with, but most stimuli.

In line with this process, the potential capacity for digital stimuli to be more perceptible to the brain than real stimuli is interesting to me. Though, it doesn't really matter to me either way, if it fails to impress itself upon my perception more than real-world stimulus can.

( He didn't need to type all that to just say "If I put my hand on a hot stove I won't feel the need take it off," but he did so, )

[dissimulative]

i understood only half of the things you said
but i think i get the gist of it
i
think
????
i wonder if it might work better online bc it forces your brainwaves or something?

[tablescraps]

( :thinking: )

That seems a reasonable presumption. It might be better to be aggressive about experiencing as many sensations as I can, here.

( He was pretty indifferent to all this before, but he feels much more motivated right now. He does take recuperation seriously enough. )

[dissimulative]

yeah!!
that sounds good!
go and feel a bunch online while you can!

[ He will regret this later. ]

[tablescraps]

All right. I'll report back to you.

( Look forward to the DM, Oria. )

un: UTA

[tot]

HE BIT YOUR HAND?!

[dissimulative]

YEAH T_T
i was just saying that he was cute!!

[tot]

Maybe he's just shy.
But it's still rude to bite people when you give them a compliment.

[dissimulative]

he was like a puppy...
(punisher dont kill me)

[tot]

A puppy....

[dissimulative]

yeah like those tiny black puppies who squeak instead of bark
cute but vicious

[tot]

Oh!! I know what you're referring to.
:-) He does kind of remind me of one too.

[dissimulative]

hes not allowed to get back at me then!!
he didnt bite you though?
or anything???

[tot]

If he's shy then he's allowed to keep being shy.
But nope! He didn't.

[dissimulative]

a shy puppy is cute at least
even when it growls at me
but i still say that punisher has to lose his big head costume first
if i wore a broccoli costume with googly eyes and threatened somebody
i doubt they would take me seriously

[tot]

Or maybe that's more reason as to why he should keep it on.
He has a reputation of being so scary but he's really not that bad.
If he keeps it on, then surely more people will want to get to know him!

[ is this the timeline that he wants though??? ]