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ONLY NICE THINGS
08:48 / 29.08.07
Am I missing something? I don't see any indication that it was specifically your contributions that inspired Slim's comment.
 
 
Pingle!Pop
08:58 / 29.08.07
Sorry, I know it's not specific. But apart from one post by bacon and a request by Petey Shaftoe to stop loling, there have only been two people posting in that thread for a while, and one of them's me. Thus "makes me anxious" - I can't say for sure at all that the comment is intended to include me, but it seems likely enough that it makes me feel pretty much the same as if it mentioned me explicitly.
 
 
Mug Chum
10:31 / 29.08.07
I wasn't referring to you, Pingling, if the thought is going anywhere near your mind.
 
 
Pingle!Pop
11:37 / 29.08.07
Thank you. For some reason the thought hadn't really been going anywhere near my mind - I think because you explicitly said "some parts" and, well, "some parts" had me tearing at my hair, too. It's always nice to have calm, soothing reassurance that I'm at least not universally coming across as an utter fool, though.
 
 
Mug Chum
11:41 / 29.08.07
Yeah, trust me: I know that feeling very well (specially here in the 'Lith).
 
 
The Falcon
15:05 / 29.08.07
Not universally, no, I can attest in both cases.
 
 
Slim
16:33 / 29.08.07
Sorry, I know it's not specific. But apart from one post by bacon and a request by Petey Shaftoe to stop loling, there have only been two people posting in that thread for a while

That's part of the problem. The thread has dissolved into a lengthy conversation between two posters. To me, this sort of thread is, well, boring. No offense. I think it is emblematic of the entire forum, which in recent months has felt stale. (Let me also say that I haven't taken a proactive approach towards improving the current state of affairs.) For the record, my comment was not intended to be a personal attack on any individual poster.
 
 
Mug Chum
17:02 / 29.08.07
Thanks Der Falke, it's truly a privilege to be able to appreciate that from you.
 
 
HCE
19:38 / 31.08.07
If one more person asks why we don't just change the software so mods can ban trolls I will eat my face.
 
 
The Falcon
20:25 / 31.08.07
Just stop reading Policy. I know I have.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
22:52 / 04.09.07
OK, so, sigil magic. I think this instruction should help you all to improve your practice.

First make your sigil. Easiest way to do that is just think of a sentence and then write all the letters of the sentence on top of each other. SIGIL GO! Totally incomprehensible.

This is the difficult bit. This bit really separates the majick men from the boys.

First up, trousers and pants off. Do _not_ be seduced into just pulling your pants down. It may be convenient, and it might be handy if your mum comes in, but it is not worth the risk that a sudden bunching might affect your pranic flow. Some favour an athletic support of some kind. That's a matter of taste.

Many disciples favour the lotus position or something amateur hour like that, but actually it's much better to lie down, especially when sitting in the middle of the room would make it harder to see the TV.

Now, if you want to achieve maximum cosmic power, _moisture is essential_. Hand cream is not only smooth and gentle, but also superbly deniable. Any mum-related issues can be easily resolved, especially if you have taken my advice and covered up in bed. What could be more normal than a young majickian moisturising his hands in bed with no trousers on. Or pants.

So, if you've got your sigil, your hand cream and a comfortable stance, you're ready to make the magic.

Start with slow, rhythmic acts of magic. Then speed up until you are performing magic furiously. DO NOT OVEREXTEND. Magic will come naturally. If you've charged more than three or four sigils, that day, limited results suggest that you might want to collect your energies by having a nap.

It has often been said that you should think of the mandala you have generated while charging the sigil. However, if you can manage five charges a day while thinking about an ink squiggle, you're a better practicing chaote than I am. Since you're probably trying to get sex with a hot lady, it often saves time to think about having sex with a hot lady. If your sigil is aimed at a particular lady, just think about her. If it's about getting sex with hot ladies generally and severally, that's a bit trickier. I find that the easiest and best way to do this is to use a "spiritual focus" or "totem lady" who has been the subject of constant etheric friction - just as a needle can be demagnetised, once magnetised, by repeated rubbing.

Tasha Yar, security officer of the USS Enterprise, is a good choice. In particular, this is because she is dead and therefore will not tell your mum. If you feel bad about using a dead person, remember that Denise Crosby is alive, but not as hot, and doesn't even know your mum anyway, so that's fine.

You should try to think as little about your mum as possible. Yes, it would indeed freak out the mundanes, but it's just icky and disruptive to the flow of magical energy. You can freak them out by telling them that you were thinking about their mum. You can think about their mum if you like. Messing with their minds.

Three minutes or so is enough for your average sigil. If you need an extra jolt of power, try taking a break halfway through. Stretch your legs. Listen to some music. Apoptygma Bezerk are both extremely magical and can cover even a medium-loud gasp of "Tasha". If you have chosen to supplement your practice with some pornography, don't forget to turn it down before you turn on the Bezerk. The mixture of slap-funk guitar and tenebrous evil can cause psychic feedback.

Now, if you have planned this all out well, you should have a fully charged sigil in the time it takes to download a PDF of Seth's Post-Modern Magic. Preparation, as ever, is very important. A true magus always has access to dry and wet wipes. You can get the latter from fried chicken places. Just take more than you need.

So, at the end of all that you have one supercharged sigil. Dispose of it, along with the wipes, and just wait for the magic to happen. There's no need consciously to forget the objective - just go straight into charging another sigil, thinking about something else. Possibly the young Marina Sirtis.

Lust for? Result!
 
 
Ticker
22:56 / 04.09.07
I just laughed so hard I think I ruptured my spleen. QWICK! WET NAP!
Can we put it in the {{{FUTURE}}} Temple bingo card please?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
23:16 / 04.09.07
In the face of really rather a lot of stiff competition, that's totally made it into my top 2 Haus posts ever. (The other involved a certain comic writer's lovely wife).
 
 
Essential Dazzler
00:16 / 05.09.07
I am very drunk, so I may be missing a lot of conversation, but can't we just ban the pet-drug-guy?

I assume there's a lot of posts in policy about this, and I feel slightly uncomfortable about just launching myself into this thread demanding a ban, but can we just ban them?
 
 
grant
01:42 / 05.09.07
I feel like my special relationship with Tasha Yar has just been violated.

Do it again.

With sentient black tar.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
04:14 / 05.09.07
Yeah, can we have a rule that fucking bragging about being an irresponsible pet owner gets you booted off? Oh yeah, I don't condone giving animals drugs, perish the thought, it's just that my cats keep accidentally getting wasted...

Oh, and can we have a blanket ban on anyone asking "could I charge a sigil by doing X" where X is some fucking piss-simple activity posing no risk whatever to the practitioner, rather than just going and DOING IT and SEEING WHAT HAPPENS. That'd cheer me up no end.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
05:10 / 05.09.07
Oops - that was meant to go in the "Sigils" thread in Temple. I had two windows open and was so baked.

What I wanted to put in Barbannoy was, of course "grayfaces". Grayfaces like you.

The Man gives animals drugs all the time. And they aren't fun, nice drugs like dope, acid, whizz, e, maybe a little bit of methadone and the occasional hit on a crack pipe - which domesticated rodents, in particular, LOVE. He gives them drugs that hurt them, and are not fun, in the name of "science".

Why don't you get on the Man's case, killjoys? You know why not:? Because you LOVE the Man. You want to wear a suit and tie and work for the Man.

Cats are scared to Bast. You are scared to nothing, but the Man is scared to you.

I don't think anything more needs to be said.
 
 
Spaniel
16:35 / 06.09.07
Except

I took the time to specifically look up the effects of drugs on cats, trying to make sure they were ok.

What a fucking cock. I mean, that's exactly the kind of behaviour I'd expect of a particularly immature, stupid teenager who'd just discovered the awesome power of the gravity bong.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
23:25 / 06.09.07
This is monstrously unfair but people entertaining, even for a fraction of a second, the idea that Genpets are real, is really really fucking annoying. I get steamed every time I look in the Lab and see that bloody thread. The only reason I'm not down there ALLCAPSing people new arseholes is because given the general level of scientific illiteracy in the world today they can hardly be held responsible.
 
 
grant
01:19 / 07.09.07
Funny, I have the complete opposite effect - I find it delightful. I know this is wrong, but still. That moment of doubt, the slight furrowing of the brow....
 
 
Saint Keggers
01:24 / 07.09.07
Wait a sec..are you telling me that when I received my Genpet in the mail and it wasnt breathing..those strenuous 12 hrs of cpr that I gave it were completly pointless?
 
 
Alex's Grandma
01:38 / 07.09.07
Unless you were holding the Genpet's hand and reading hir a story then yes, I fear your efforts were., as you say ...

It must be terrible to have that sort of thing on your conscience - Ze must look at you, with hir lonely, dark eyes, accusing you even now.

I bet you even forgot to take hir out of the packet, didn't you?
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
17:59 / 08.09.07
I had been avoiding this thread until just now. It is every bit as infuriating as I feared.
 
 
Quantum
11:52 / 09.09.07
Me, too.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
12:02 / 09.09.07
Between Twig, zedoktar and Mako I'm pretty much at full annoyance capacity right now.
 
 
Quantum
12:55 / 09.09.07
May I suggest cake and a pint? I'm off to write more of my article but I just know I'm going to come back and see if there's any more jizz jokes.
 
 
Tsuga
14:50 / 09.09.07
I will say, seeing the words "sacred baby butter"?
God DAMN it, that's annoying.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
14:59 / 09.09.07
Well yeah, that too. I mean that whole topic is a Stupid Magic Question, at best. TBH that poster has been pissing me off since his intro post, but out of fairness I was attempting to rein that in until the cats-on-drugs shit.
 
 
Spatula Clarke
18:23 / 09.09.07
You know what worries me most about the Genpets thing? Not the fact that a couple of people here believed it, but the fact that a couple of people here believed it having clicked the link and seen the images.
 
 
This Sunday
19:42 / 09.09.07
Can 'Sacred Baby Butter' be modded to something else? Preferably something that doesn't make me think of a pyx-load of yellow baby poo, but I won't be too picky.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
20:07 / 09.09.07
I'll have a shot but it's up to the other mods.
 
 
Mistoffelees
21:04 / 09.09.07
Can 'Sacred Baby Butter' be modded to something else?

How about 'Sacred Baby Butler'?
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
21:09 / 09.09.07
Let the neophytes speak unhindered, grayfaces. I did not want to share the dark secrets of my majickal practice, but if I am compelled, I am compelled.

For, yes, I too once used the dark powers of Interview with a Vampire. I thought I could control it. Sometimes, even the certified leading chaos majjickian in Droitwich and regions must learn that he, too, is (currently) mortal.

At first, my thoughtform was alll I could hope for. It had a frilly shirt. It had terrific hair. Such dark delights of the tenebrous moon we had! Such revels at midnight, or a bit before midnight because when they chuck out from the pubs in Droitwich it gets quite rowdy.

He served me, and so my power swelled. He loved me, and so our strength waxed. And yet, my heart ruled my head. I did not see the seed of evil burning at the core of my beloved companion in the night.

It came to a head. One day, I was preparing to spend the evening at my revels. I was selecting the ceremonial robes that would make em the toast of the Droitwich Dungeoneers LARPing annual dinner. And then, from my beloved servant, came the words of dread rebellion.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
21:31 / 09.09.07
Don't call me a greyface. I take drugs.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
23:29 / 09.09.07
For your angina, granny. And your lumbago. And your... um... old lady disease.
 
  

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