hey... yeah you... c'mere!

[LunarKitten]

What is your name?
What is your quest?
What is the air-speed velocity of an unladed swallow?

Ya!!! Another fan

What's your favorite colour?

 

[LunarKitten]

The whole religion vs vampire thing isn't true, the only thing that can kill them are steaks through the heart/beheading and drinking from a person who is already dead.

Ah, but vampirism is supposedly the result of being turned away from the Grace of God (so says my Master), so religious objects, while it will not kill the vampire, does bother them - so supposedly a Star of David would bother a Jewish Vampire. *shrugs*

Hey, I'm just typing what was told to me lol

 

[LunarKitten]

actually, yes I think it is.

Unless it was from something that wasn't blessed.

How would the vampire know ahead of time whether his victim was blessed or not?

Hey, this is fun lol

 

[BlueSugar]

Ya!!! Another fan

What's your favorite colour?

Blue of course

Ah, but vampirism is supposedly the result of being turned away from the Grace of God (so says my Master), so religious objects, while it will not kill the vampire, does bother them - so supposedly a Star of David would bother a Jewish Vampire. *shrugs*

Hey, I'm just typing what was told to me lol

Depends on what version you go for then I guess.

and they would have to bite first and take the risk .. lol. Not much else could kill them anyway.

 

[Bobmi357]

This is probably worthy of a thread unto itself Blue, but having just come from the main how to I can't help but wonder why people are using a BBS to get help for clearly personal problems that would best be suited for a therapist. Has the net become the new millenium therapy couch?

 

[Kissophile]

This is probably worthy of a thread unto itself Blue, but having just come from the main how to I can't help but wonder why people are using a BBS to get help for clearly personal problems that would best be suited for a therapist. Has the net become the new millenium therapy couch?

You know, Bob, I think you may be right in some ways. Of course, it's much easier to bare one's soul as a faceless member of Lit than it is to do so face to face with another person. Even when that other person is a paid professional, it is a deeply personal experience that is simply too challenging for many people to attempt. As a result, I think that many people do come to Lit in hopes of getting a discount version of therapy.

Of course, you also get what you pay for.

 

[bobsgirl]

Or they could be coming here to Lit looking for reassurance and confirmation that they are not alone--that others have experienced the same problems.

 

[LunarKitten]

Blue of course



Depends on what version you go for then I guess.

and they would have to bite first and take the risk .. lol. Not much else could kill them anyway.

Of course, White Wolf rules says unless the victim has the trait "True Faith" religious items don't bother the vampire. (Yup, I'm a role playing geek

 

[BlueSugar]

Of course, White Wolf rules says unless the victim has the trait "True Faith" religious items don't bother the vampire. (Yup, I'm a role playing geek

Me too!


Bobmi- The world today is about instant gratification. Instant tolls, instant food, instant sex, instant weight loss, instant online billing - and now, asking for help in any area anonymously has become a very easy thing to do... pc prices drop and online connection costs drop so even low income families can affort to tap in.
In the past we've had religious leaders, community leaders, then peer outreach programs, support groups and books - but now, they have all digitalized, computerized and become instant.

Now anyone that needs help with a problem can turn to their personal computer.

What amazes me, is that they find Lit. Some come with really really heartfelt problems noobies and oldies alike. I am also sort of amazed on how with so much info out there about sex and kink and how its all comeing to the surface - that anal is still widely asked about. A thread or two a week all by newer people... no matter how instant the world gets, it still isn't enough.

 

[BlueSugar]

You know, Bob, I think you may be right in some ways. Of course, it's much easier to bare one's soul as a faceless member of Lit than it is to do so face to face with another person. Even when that other person is a paid professional, it is a deeply personal experience that is simply too challenging for many people to attempt. As a result, I think that many people do come to Lit in hopes of getting a discount version of therapy.

Of course, you also get what you pay for.

For a free site, I think people walk away pretty happy from here. And we know our limits. If you read in past monumental threads there has been support some advice from people who have gone through the posters problem and then offer what they did and their opinion. Then come the people who helped someone go through what the poster did and offer their advice, and then there are the rest of the board members offereing up opinions from either a spiritual or a friend pov. And we also know when our peer support has exhausted and when we tell them that a professional just may help them better.

They look for a solution, they look for support, they come to seek a second..third (Etc) opinion and they look to vent with the anonymous masses of people -- they walk away with an idea of what needs to be done, their situation in another light, info and websites to read up on and even books and music, alternative ways to deal with their problem (herbal, spiritual, physical) ... and most importantly, that they are not alone.

All one needs to do in this age, is turn on a computer and they gain an instant friend and shoulder to cry on or celebrate with.

Not to forget, that with the diverse group we have here... there just may be professionals... we've had a professional erotica writer, there are teachers, writers, handy men, architects, computer techs, super geeks, leather workers, people who live in the bdsm lifestyle as professionals and know a great deal about after care and how to, photographers... we've got gays, straights, blacks, whites, grandmothers, and college students ... religious fanatics and extreme liberals.
There is no defining the average member, why pigeonhole someone when it is so dynamic and diverse. We don't need to fit a mold ... fuck the cookie cutter !!!


Disclaimer: I am in no way saying that we are professional enough to be taken absolutley seriously and one doesn't need professional help if one finds Lit. Most of us need professional help

We're all a little madd here....

 

[lnx]

We need a geek forum

 

[Kissophile]

For a free site, I think people walk away pretty happy from here. And we know our limits. If you read in past monumental threads there has been support some advice from people who have gone through the posters problem and then offer what they did and their opinion. Then come the people who helped someone go through what the poster did and offer their advice, and then there are the rest of the board members offereing up opinions from either a spiritual or a friend pov. And we also know when our peer support has exhausted and when we tell them that a professional just may help them better.

They look for a solution, they look for support, they come to seek a second..third (Etc) opinion and they look to vent with the anonymous masses of people -- they walk away with an idea of what needs to be done, their situation in another light, info and websites to read up on and even books and music, alternative ways to deal with their problem (herbal, spiritual, physical) ... and most importantly, that they are not alone.

All one needs to do in this age, is turn on a computer and they gain an instant friend and shoulder to cry on or celebrate with.

Not to forget, that with the diverse group we have here... there just may be professionals... we've had a professional erotica writer, there are teachers, writers, handy men, architects, computer techs, super geeks, leather workers, people who live in the bdsm lifestyle as professionals and know a great deal about after care and how to, photographers... we've got gays, straights, blacks, whites, grandmothers, and college students ... religious fanatics and extreme liberals.
There is no defining the average member, why pigeonhole someone when it is so dynamic and diverse. We don't need to fit a mold ... fuck the cookie cutter !!!


Disclaimer: I am in no way saying that we are professional enough to be taken absolutley seriously and one doesn't need professional help if one finds Lit. Most of us need professional help

We're all a little madd here....

I did not mean to disparage all those who have posted requests for help here but rather only those who very clearly have not framed their requests appropriately. Without naming names, I can think of quite a few threads that have been started by folks who had not done much thinking about their problems and who just tossed a barely decipherable question onto the table for discussion. Sometimes these have been about problems that no one but a professional therapist would have a chance of helping the poster. Others that fall into this category have been obvious attempts to gather support for a course of action or opinion rather than a true call for help.

On the other hand, one of the truly great threads in How To history was Sheath's from about 18 months ago called "What the hell is up with my music man?" in which she laid out a clear description of her problem and both asked for and listened to our help. As I recall, during the course of the life of that thread Sheath did take some counseling and shared some of the results with us.

There is a very wide range in the types of threads that ask for our help with personal problems. My only expectations of them are that the individual sincerely want some help, state the problem reasonably clearly, contribute to the discussion beyond the initial post, and show some willingness to listen to the help that is offered.

 

[mirrors2]

Why is the Riemann Zeta Function asymptotic at 2?

 

[BlueSugar]

On the other hand, one of the truly great threads in How To history was Sheath's from about 18 months ago called "What the hell is up with my music man?" in which she laid out a clear description of her problem and both asked for and listened to our help. As I recall, during the course of the life of that thread Sheath did take some counseling and shared some of the results with us.

There is a very wide range in the types of threads that ask for our help with personal problems. My only expectations of them are that the individual sincerely want some help, state the problem reasonably clearly, contribute to the discussion beyond the initial post, and show some willingness to listen to the help that is offered.

I thought of the same thing. People don't explain themselves well enough, or they don't come back and tell us more to help a little more. But as you mentioned Sheath was a beautiful poster, and sort of thought of some of those types of threads where they really put themselves on the table to make it understandable.

Those we can help, we do. Those that we can't decide we ask and if they help us - we help them. And if they don't, we don't.

 

[BlueSugar]

Why is the Riemann Zeta Function asymptotic at 2?

is it on a binary system?

 

[Feistyred16]

Questions that need answers...

1. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"

2. Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it."

3. Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

4. If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

5. Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?

6. Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

7. Why does your doctor leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to check you out anyway?

8. Why does Goofy stand on two legs while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!

9. If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?

10. If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

11. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

12. If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

13 Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

14. Stop singing and read on..........

15. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

16. Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

17. Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?

18. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

 

[~*sunkyssed_kym*~]

Questions that need answers...

<snip>

12. If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

All one needs to do is look to our government for that answer...

13 Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
efg,hijk, how i wonder where you are...mmmmm

14. Stop singing and read on..........

15. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
shur we doo

Hiya Red, good to see ya.

~kym~ and the dog in the window

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[BlueSugar]

1. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?"
I think it was more about they saw baby cows drinking it... and if its good enough for them, it must be good enough for us. We can't drink breast milk so lets drink another animals!

2. Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there? I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it."
Probably happened the same way. They saw other species eating eggs

3. Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
... oooo good one... hm... becauuuuuuuuuuuuuse you can just open up the fridge and see in the freezer!

4. If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
Alot of people don't get sarcasm

5. Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?
Yes. Bc usually there are many cars following it.

6. Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?
bc there are other reasons to go to the bathroom other then to piss/etc.

7. Why does your doctor leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to check you out anyway?
I think there was a harrassment suit.

8. Why does Goofy stand on two legs while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
Bc mice can talk and they're as big as ducks.

9. If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?
It was a personal gudge against the roadrunner by the time the cartoon got out.

10. If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
::giggles:: dirty! testicles...!!!

11. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
babies... duh...

12. If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
morons...people... same difference.

13 Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
Music is universal. There are parts of the world with no tvs or radio and thier kids still sing the "neener neener" tune... no matter what word they use.. its still "na na nana naa"

14. Stop singing and read on..........
That wasn't a question!!

15. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
Nope.

16. Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
One of my dogs hates it actually. So I would have more to say, but my pup proves it wrong.

17. Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
Nope. read FSTR the acceleration of just about everything...James Glieck ... great book.

18. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? It does when it gets all dry and icky.

 

[Nightbird]

I'm always surprised that while wading through the massive amounts of drivel and stupid things on lit, like a spot light from a Police Car in my eyes I find spots of blinding intelligence.

Blue Sugar you are an intelligent woman.

 

[BlueSugar]

I'm always surprised that while wading through the massive amounts of drivel and stupid things on lit, like a spot light from a Police Car in my eyes I find spots of blinding intelligence.

Blue Sugar you are an intelligent woman.

aw, such a wonderful compliment ... and on my fluff thread hahah


Thankies very much though, I'm a jack of all trades- master of none, I dig my little thread 's to you.

 

[Bobmi357]

More questions to ponder...

Why do armchairs have no arms?

Why do they call it a "pussy" when it looks nothing like a cat?

Where does the hole go when you eat the donut?

Where are all the missing socks?

If nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, what happens to a beam of light when it hits the infinite gravity well of a black hole?

Why is it called a blow job and not a suck job?

For that matter, why call it a job? People hate jobs!

 

[BlueSugar]

Why do armchairs have no arms?
Because they provide places to put one's arms

Why do they call it a "pussy" when it looks nothing like a cat?
probably translation from another language and americans thought it sounded like pussy.

Where does the hole go when you eat the donut?
the hole was defined by the donut around it. Without the donut the hole always was.

Where are all the missing socks?
Where ever all the missing keys are.

If nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, what happens to a beam of light when it hits the infinite gravity well of a black hole?
It does the macarana.

Why is it called a blow job and not a suck job?
bc the job blows... with all the jaw aches and the drooling (which there is no polite way to wipe off ones face)

For that matter, why call it a job? People hate jobs!
Politically correct hookers made up the term.

 

[Quoll]

If you jump up, just before the falling elevator hits the bottom, will you survive.?

 

[BlueSugar]

If you jump up, just before the falling elevator hits the bottom, will you survive.?

I think you're supposed to bend at the knees and brace yourself actually.

 

[Kiss Me]

I think you're supposed to bend at the knees and brace yourself actually.

I'd be the one jumping up and down like a lunatic, hoping like hell I timed it right with the moment of impact. Though I think you're pretty much toast anyway.