Ask the Demon

[gesshoku]

Hi Daemon of my heart,

I just wanted to say that it takes approximately 540 licks to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop, I know... I counted once when I was on a road trip from Mississippi to Tennessee. I was very bored. I was also about 15.

My question for you is this:

Why is it that subconsciously I listen better and obey even when I don't want to?

For example, last night, I was working off about 3 hours of sleep and someone told me that I should get a good nights rest before work today. Now, while I told that person I would, I actually had utterly no intention of attempting to sleep since I am alone in the house and I don't do so well with that. Now, 230 am rolled around, and I passed out from exhaustion, and didn't wake until 830 am!!!! This made me late for work, which, given its a Saturday was not a huge deal, but I don't understand why I was able to sleep at all, much less why it was such a restful sleep.

I figure, you being Daemon of the Underworld and all, you might know why that is.

Thank you my Daemon.

Yours

Kept
Among
Shadows
Unseen,
My
Incubus

 

[littleone77]

Sorry I'm late!

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[VandalHeart]

it helps, but, I don't get it. I personally think it was from when I went on Depo-Provera 4 years ago. I ended up gaining 30 pounds, becoming depressed.. and other things. Do you think this could of caused it?

DePro doesn't cause persistant lethargy that has ever been noted in any medical trials that I have glanced at. However, the depression you noted is often marked in most people by drastic, uncontrollable changes in sleep habits. Mine (if it's actually depression, they still can't make up their minds on my diagnosis) caused my schedule to be stretched. I usually sleep for ten to twelve hours and stay awake for around thirty. Makes havinga job kind of...difficult.

Now, to keep this dialogue going, did you ever take any anti-depressants? Because if you did, I am currently staying with someone who has been prescribed quite possibly every anti-depressant known to man. (okay that's an exaggeration, but you get the point)

 

[VandalHeart]

Hi Daemon of my heart,

I just wanted to say that it takes approximately 540 licks to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop, I know... I counted once when I was on a road trip from Mississippi to Tennessee. I was very bored. I was also about 15.

My question for you is this:

Why is it that subconsciously I listen better and obey even when I don't want to?

For example, last night, I was working off about 3 hours of sleep and someone told me that I should get a good nights rest before work today. Now, while I told that person I would, I actually had utterly no intention of attempting to sleep since I am alone in the house and I don't do so well with that. Now, 230 am rolled around, and I passed out from exhaustion, and didn't wake until 830 am!!!! This made me late for work, which, given its a Saturday was not a huge deal, but I don't understand why I was able to sleep at all, much less why it was such a restful sleep.

I figure, you being Daemon of the Underworld and all, you might know why that is.

Thank you my Daemon.

Yours

Kept
Among
Shadows
Unseen,
My
Incubus

Um...hold on a sec...lemme pop the hood, here....

*looks in your head*

Oh, here's the deal...you're hardwired for slavery, kiddo. ya' know, that whole, "I say, you do" stuff? Yeah. That's you.

By the way, just out of curiosity, did the person who told you to get some sleep happen to be...infernal...in nature?

...as I brace for the revelation that I did it...

 

[VandalHeart]

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And the hostess arrives with refreshments!!!

...and here comes the counting...

 

[SexyCleric]

The man has a point.

*Shrug*

When one has a point, one should jab it into people.

When one doesn't have a point, one must then bludgeon someone.

My question, why is it that ferrets cannot survive in the wild as a species?
Perhaps it's just me, but weasels and ferrets seem to be the same creature, and weasels do just fine in the wild.

What gives?

 

[littleone77]

And the hostess arrives with refreshments!!!

...and here comes the counting...

*bows*

Yes I have. *wiggles eye brows*

What lick are we on these days?

 

[gesshoku]

Dearest Daemon,

You know you gave the order. Since you outed yourself, she sees no reason why she shouldn't start using all the pretties she's been collecting! *evil laughter*

Another question for you dear one...

I keep thinking I need to cut my hair. Now various people have told me that if I do, I will be severly punished. Do I need to take that threat seriously? Most of these people are miles and miles away from me. They couldn't get to me before it grows back out, so as long as I didn't tell them, they'd never know....right? Also, on a side note, I was thinking of dyeing my hair as well... suggestions on colors?

Thank you my wicked Daemon, I look forward to seeing you in my dreams this night.

Yours,

Kasumi

(Sorry, can't think of anything tonight.)

 

[Lady Reiha]

DePro doesn't cause persistant lethargy that has ever been noted in any medical trials that I have glanced at. However, the depression you noted is often marked in most people by drastic, uncontrollable changes in sleep habits. Mine (if it's actually depression, they still can't make up their minds on my diagnosis) caused my schedule to be stretched. I usually sleep for ten to twelve hours and stay awake for around thirty. Makes havinga job kind of...difficult.

Now, to keep this dialogue going, did you ever take any anti-depressants? Because if you did, I am currently staying with someone who has been prescribed quite possibly every anti-depressant known to man. (okay that's an exaggeration, but you get the point)

I don't take any anti-depressants. I usually sleep about the same 10-12 hours, unless I have to work. I just always feel so tired!!!!
is there anything that could help with this?

 

[littleone77]

I don't take any anti-depressants. I usually sleep about the same 10-12 hours, unless I have to work. I just always feel so tired!!!!
is there anything that could help with this?

Me too!
Most say it has to do with my diet, or lack there of. Even my vitamins don't always help~

 

[Lady Reiha]

Me too!
Most say it has to do with my diet, or lack there of. Even my vitamins don't always help~

Yeah- same here.
I don't really want to go get checked by a doctor, for the sake of... well...
getting pills- I don't see the point.

 

[littleone77]

Yeah- same here.
I don't really want to go get checked by a doctor, for the sake of... well...
getting pills- I don't see the point.

First they want your precious life blood which makes you even more tired. Then they want to give you expensive meds or shots. Just not worth it for that extra pepe.

 

[Lady Reiha]

First they want your precious life blood which makes you even more tired. Then they want to give you expensive meds or shots. Just not worth it for that extra pepe.

exactly!!!!

 

[littleone77]

*giggles*

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Energy ​

 

[Lady Reiha]

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Energy ​

it what I need O_O!


thanks little one ^^
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[VandalHeart]

*Shrug*

When one has a point, one should jab it into people.

When one doesn't have a point, one must then bludgeon someone.

My question, why is it that ferrets cannot survive in the wild as a species?
Perhaps it's just me, but weasels and ferrets seem to be the same creature, and weasels do just fine in the wild.

What gives?

Stop. Turn around. Now, go back a second. Now, let me ask you a question, now that we've regressed the conversation just a touch: where did you get the idea that ferrets can't survive in the wild?

First off, ferrets are one of the most highly domesticated animals in the world, with current theories stating that they have been domesticated as a species for about 2,500 years. Wikipedia states that the Romans used them for rabbit hunting and that the sport continues to this day. The reason I bring this up is because many species cannot survive in the wild once domesticated or raised in domestication from birth. This is not true of ferrets. They have been domesticated for so long that they have adapted to it and integrated it into their instincts. A wild ferret and a domesticated ferret are almost indistinguishable from one another by this point.

On a side note, it is California state law, apparently (so says my new roommate, basically), that ferrets must be either domesticated or shipped out of the state, so as not to decimate the indigenous weasel population.

So, again, where did you get that idea?

 

[charmed1]

Why do grown people act like children?

 

[Guest]

Why are people so self-absorbed sometimes?

 

[VandalHeart]

*bows*

Yes I have. *wiggles eye brows*

What lick are we on these days?

Lick #1...always.

 

[VandalHeart]

Dearest Daemon,

You know you gave the order. Since you outed yourself, she sees no reason why she shouldn't start using all the pretties she's been collecting! *evil laughter*

Another question for you dear one...

I keep thinking I need to cut my hair. Now various people have told me that if I do, I will be severly punished. Do I need to take that threat seriously? Most of these people are miles and miles away from me. They couldn't get to me before it grows back out, so as long as I didn't tell them, they'd never know....right? Also, on a side note, I was thinking of dyeing my hair as well... suggestions on colors?

Thank you my wicked Daemon, I look forward to seeing you in my dreams this night.

Yours,

Kasumi

(Sorry, can't think of anything tonight.)

In my experience, the threat of punishment/death/severe bodilly harm/extreme embarassment/whatever in the event of one cutting their hair is seldom followed through on. However, considering the circles you run in, I would consider the threatener, just to make sure. your logic is sound on the presentation of your head dressing, but the unexpected happens every day. Myself, for example, I keep waking up to find a retarded cowboy-wannabe in the presidential office when I KNOW I didn't vote for him, and neither did anyone else I know...that I know of. (How many times can I use the word "know" in one sentence?)

Black with red highlights.

 

[charmed1]

lol...

 

[VandalHeart]

I don't take any anti-depressants. I usually sleep about the same 10-12 hours, unless I have to work. I just always feel so tired!!!!
is there anything that could help with this?

I think it's just getting old, love, but you may want to talk to your doctor about it. And the reason I say you may be getting old is that I said the same things to some friends and family very recently and I got the same response.

I hate it, but I have to admit that it's a distinct possibility.

 

[VandalHeart]

Why do grown people act like children?

Asuming for a moment that isn't a veiled insult...which it may very well be, and a well-deserved one, at that....

Wishful thinking. It is a commonly tossed about phrase that youth is wasted on the young. Personally, I think that anyone who says that is just pissed off because someone younger than them isn't acting in line with their morals or whatnot. As for people actually being childish, I think it's the person in question wishing that they could get away with the bullshit their parents let them get away with when they were young without realizing that there is a wonderful invention called reality that they are stuck in, regardless of their feelings on the subject.

Now, if that was in fact a veiled comment about my personality (and hell, even if it isn't), I'm not going to do myself the injustice of trying to defend myself in the slightest. I know I'm immature. And quite frankly, I don't give a shit. My personality doesn't fit into a box, and therefor, some things aren't going to seem very mature. In some ways, I'm a kindergartener, while in others, I'm the old man at the top of the mountain that you go to seek whatever people seek from old wise men. So are you. No matter who's reading this, these statements hold true, I'm sure of it.

 

[VandalHeart]

Why are people so self-absorbed sometimes?

I'm sensing a pattern here....

Anyhow, the answer to your question is human nature. It has been a theory of mine since I was a child that no-one does anything that they don't really want to. Even so-called "altruistic" actions are based in self-absorption of one kind or another.

For example....

1) As per the flash video,"End of Ze World," the reason we don't launch our nukes at those Chinese-sons-of-a-bitches is because of a little theory called mutually assured destruction, or M.A.D. There has never been a more perfectly fitting acronym in the history of the English language. It's not that any nuclear super-power actually likes any other nuclear super-power, it's that they realize that all it would take to retaliate for a nuclear strike would be to launch their own missiles before the ones on the way to them detonate. It's all rooted in self-preservation, not love for one's fellow man.

2) That douche nozzle you fail to kill every day when he/she/it pisses you off, which they invariably do. You know who I'm talking about. That's right, everybody has one. It's not that you want to give them the chance to grow, because you know godsdamn well they won't. It's that you're more intested in keeping out of trouble with the law. Now, whether or not this means you're spending your time just fuming about the situation, or you're trying to come up with the perfect murder, it's still self-preservation.

3) Just as you will draw more flys with honey than with vinegar, appealing to a man's self-interest will work better than applying to his better nature. As Robert Heinlein pointed out, he may not even have one of those. People are sick and tired of doing the right thing sometime not long after they don't get recognized for doing it.

4) I tried to start this thread on one of my old stomping grounds of a website recently. Twice, actually. Firstly, on the "Ask a Dominant" forum, and secondly on the "Polls and Other Random Stupidity" forum. They were started at the same time, for obvious reasons. The AaD thread was for serious questions posed to a Dominant in the BDSM lifestyles, which I advertise myself as on that website. The PaORS thread was for silliness, a parody of the "Dear Abby" column printed in so many newspapers every day around the world. One...ahem..."gentleman" took issue with the fact that I started the thread on the AaD forum. He took the opportunity to question me at every turn on how I thought I had any wisdom to offer anyone, since my life was/is in such a crappy state. As I said, I'll be the first to agree that I'm a bit immature, even if I won't bring it up on my own. However, the fact that he listed himself as a Dominant and was taking such pains to rip into another person advertising themselves as a Dominant simply for offering a different perspective, no matter how different it would be from his own is, in my admittedly not very humble opinion, incredibly self-absorbed. While we're on the subject, I would hope beyond hope that no-one would see my presence on a web based forum as a threat to their...well, to anything of theirs. I'm not trying to steal a spotlight. I'm just trying to have fun. If this actually threatened someone, they would be a pathetically small person, indeed.

 

[littleone77]

...Vandal, of all the people I have meant and seen on Lit, you are one of the least immature, or childish people. I could name so many but what little conversations we've had does not demostrate that to me.

And my question:

Why is it when you turn on a hotel heater it smells like scorched chicken feathers??