ResidentSadist -> RE: -=Damocles mind fuck=- (8/17/2008 4:53:46 AM)
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ORIGINAL: ResidentSadist …this thread has not only sorted out the sharks from the guppies but it has unearthed many worms as well. You do realize, however, that people respond to what is communicated to them. Sure, some will misunderstand, and some will project their own feelings, but when you are communicating and the majority walk away with an incorrect understanding or draw incorrect conclusions, perhaps the issue isn't that everyone is wrong, but that what has been communicated to them has not been communicated clearly. Did you preface the story by saying these were highly respected, caring individuals? Did you leave that out accidentally or intentionally? Did you write the story, leaving pertinent information out for shock value? If so, don't be surprised when people respond negatively. Did you tell the story with clarity, so as not to give the wrong idea? If so, then everyone misinterpreted you. Did you tell the story off the cuff, without much thought? If so, then people walk away with what they understand of it, so you should not be offended when their understanding reflect negativity on your friends. As someone who has had to prepare numerous presentations for executive groups, I have learned it is mostly up to the me (the communicator) to be sureI am understood, and if everyone walks away with misconceptions or misunderstanding, then it reflects on how well I presented. It would be silly of me to simply decide "their all low thinking idiots" in such a case (although at times, I am prone to think they are!). Instead, I reflect on why everyone walked away with misinformation, and I pay more attention the next time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear NuevaVida, The only point of the Damocles OP was that it is an amazing story and I hoped others would tell theirs as asked. There were no sides to take as the story wasn’t told with a moral or emotional purpose. You’re just supposed to go “wow, nice mind fuck!” then tell us yours “There was this one time in band camp…etc” It is just a classic BDSM mind fuck that is part of our world like the one John Warren told and he got attacked too. I even guided the replies and asked for people to share mind fuck stories. It was not told poorly and neither was John’s. It was told the same way I usually tell it and get good reactions as everyone proceeds to exchange mind fuck stories. I don’t think anyone walked away with “misinformation”. Prefacing a story by making claims about all the people involved, telling histories in more detail than I did wasn’t required to get to the point of the story. The point was the mind fuck itself. Even if everyone was evil and laughed, and he got very cheap dirty thrills, and the poor girl ended up in therapy for the rest of her life… that wasn’t the point of the story. Only a few asked questions that were inline with the story like “how did the accomplice sneak up unnoticed”. Those are sound writing guidelines you proffer and I am quite familiar with them. I am a writer. I wonder why you offer them? Did my OP leave you confused in someway? Did you presume evil hordes trolling the streets for complete noobs to hangover swords against their will for our cheap thrills? It is not writing I need to be taught but rather how to type. This voice recognition software spits out a pretty wild sentence sometimes and I have left more than a few of people wondering if I have Tourettes syndrome. I have been telling that story for 8 years. As the first reply indicates, it is a popular and well received story here in Florida and I am not the only one telling it. So either the people in Florida are all ‘sharks’ and the “majority” of people in CollarMe are ‘guppies’ gobbling misinformation or something else is afoot. I suggest to you that there are other politics at work here by people that are troll baiting you guys as they try to sell SSC in this thread because they failed in the choking thread and the gun thread. I used to be a mod (not here) and these type of patterns are obvious to me if not to you as well. Also, adding to that frenzy, a few not-so-submissives that would normally flirt with me over in Polls & Randomly Stupidity have been unsuccessfully clamoring for my attention in the General BDSM forums. I do not want to correct or embarrass my not-so-subby friends so I ignored them. It wasn’t until poor not-so-sunshine was stamping her bratty foot demanding I reply to her reply, that I did finally. So there is more afoot here than meets the eye. Perhaps as Mercnbeth pointed out, there was no way to avoid this or "win" as he put it, no matter how the story was written. Best Wishes, Kalon Eric
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