They were lucid, in a dream.

Someone in a lucid dream can have different levels of control and awareness.

I’ve been naturally lucid dreaming since I was six. At times I can be 100% aware, to the point where I’m actively trying to keep myself asleep (figure that out, I still don’t understand how it works,) to where I know it’s a dream but don’t entirely comprehend what that means.

I can experience changes in lucidity throughout a dream, because I’m still not conscious. I’m not controlling absolutely everything I see and feel, I’m just driving the narrative and forming memories while my brain fills in the blanks. In a lucid dream you’re not your body, you’re a projection of yourself in your mind’s randomly generated theater while physiological mechanisms are doing their best to keep you from boxing your cat/partner/wall in your sleep, so it makes sense your body would feel difficult to control in a dream, because you’re still just imagining what movement feels like.

How common they are depends on the person and the circumstances around them, because people can train themselves to lucid dream. Medication, drugs, routines, mental health etc. can all impact how someone dreams.

That’s because my comment, overall, was about how choices in communication impact how a message is received, comparing something as direct as a statement to the subtlety of style.

Fair enough. I don’t seek out YouTube drama so I don’t know anything not sent my way, but the JonTron thing left a bad enough taste I stopped following him.

I had no idea about the other shit, but it kinda makes sense given the tone of his videos regarding SJWs, women, tumblr, etc.

Funny enough, I had a friend who was born without arms. He’s got a special stick with different shapes and hooks he can manipulate rather easily with his shoulders and chin. It’s kind of amazing how quickly he can button/unbutton his pants, tie his shoes, etc after years of practice.

Illuminaughtii was pretty wild.

JonTron said all that Great Replacement Theory racist shit but collab’d with Internet Historian on his B channel some time after. Haven’t followed him in a long time so I donno if his career suffered.

Onision is nuts in so many dark and strange ways that were completely predictable.

Among them all I’m so glad that Internet Comment Etiquette has always been my favorite. Eric is a good boy.

Edit: Erik with a K is a good boy.

When I say some geese are white, it’s not the same as saying all white things are geese.

The thorn is just another thing.

I could start a comment saying “As a woman” or “As a feminist” that would polarize readers before stating a point. I could phrase things more simplistically, or in purple prose, and that would change people’s opinions of what I have to say, too. Those choices could be important enough that someone won’t care if a few lemmings won’t read it. What people say in response becomes part of the discourse they decided to open by communicating the way they did.

Using the thorn is a neat way to get people thinking about language and how information is presented. It is a more efficient letter for a specific sound, and it only took me a sentence to get used to it and read the rest of the comment seamlessly. Mch lk rmvng vwls. Ornotusingspaces.

But I’m a communication nerd.

Thank you for trying to bring back the þorn.

I wish there was an easy way to do it on a phone keyboard, along with the æsh.

I agree, DHH is an open, unapologetic racist. He should not be given any benefit of the doubt unless he expresses genuine remorse and a drastic change in perspective.

Most crime in the states doesn’t get solved, so their chances are good. They’d probably do better with a suit, though. If you’re gonna do crime, don’t look like you’re doing crime.

Probably.

I’m seconding this and adding to it. AI is terrible for factual information but great at relative knowledge and reframing.

I use it as a starting off point in writing research when I can’t get relevant search results. Most recently, I asked it about urban legends in modern day Louisiana and got a list for more in-depth searches, most were accurate.

It’s good at mocking up accents and patterns of speech relative to a location/time as well.

Undeterred “free speech” has a self-limiting feedback loop where the most extreme views shared by a majority of users eventually drown out minority views. Threats and insults are a kind of self moderation in communities like those, they incentivise uniformity in opinions and demographic while deterring minority/disenfranchised groups from interacting, which is exactly what happened with 4Chan. For example, as of 2025 roughly 80% of 4Chan users are male compared to, say, Tumblr’s 49%

Formal moderation, while not always well done, is a way to protect diverse opinions.

Buy name brand meds.

You can get into almost anywhere with a brown, collared shirt and a cardboard box.

Deep Spy Penetration

A game to play when bored in an unfamiliar building. The goal is to get into as many areas of the building as possible without being told to leave.

Rules:

• Don’t be an asshole. Don’t steal stuff, break anything or move barricades.
• Don’t lie to get access. Asking is allowed.
• Opening doors with easily missed “no entry” signs is allowed, anything the average person might not see. Don’t open doors with blatant warnings.
• If you get caught you lose.
• If you set off an alarm you mega-lose.

And a best selling breakfast wrap at a restaurant.

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I meant that Jonesy is the weak male that Ripley physically and emotionally protects.

Mary Poppins

Alien (if you count the cat)

28 Days Later

Run Lola Run (sorta)

Walking.