by qv » August 24th, 2011, 4:01 pm
[quote="oraprog"]Hmm...well if you haven't listened to the files then you really don't know do you? One of the things Miss Squidgy files does is make you realize which you go fall - are you a Real Man or a mincing little sissy? It's a kind of test, Real Men might laugh at the recording. But sissies, even those who are hiding it will know inside what they are. And sissies don't have sex with women, even very manly women. It isn't about the sissy becoming gay, a sissy is a girl. She wants to impress the boys. Having sex with women would just be weird.
Now - if you haven't actually listened, then you should - find out which you go. Without listening, you just won't know and without knowing, you can't understand.[/quote]
There, I listened to the whole thing ya whiny bastard. All my life people are like "How do you know if you've never tried it?", and I figured that since even on my most basic level I find this concept personally contemptible, it would be easy to get through without being affected. Of course, it was easy enough resisting the suggestions (even the 'if you resist it's because you're a sissy' suggestions, because circular logic pisses me off), but it wasn't so easy keeping it playing. It was god-awfully long... I couldn't believe it when I discovered halfway through that I was only halfway through, because it felt like it had already been longer than any of the files I actually use. It was so boring, I was doing other stuff at the same time because it was just the same crap over and over again. Which is good for hypnosis, but I didn't really care for it. Particularly since the entire premise of the file is exactly the sort of thing that even the deepest darkest parts of myself think is unappealing. I know because I've asked.
To tell the truth, the actual hypnosis bits, such as use of 'not', background noises, and the general 'you don't think it works because it does' bits... this file does those well, so clearly a lot of thought and skill were put into it, but at the same time the language is the sort of scripting you would stereotypically find in indie porn movies, which is probably on purpose but is still a tad jarring due to its one-track focus and unbearably poor speech.
See, my problem is that the file attempts to transfer sexual pleasure from women to men, and I don't really care for either. Color me weird, but I don't consider myself a "Real man" or a "Sissy" either. I'm just a trolling weaboo with an interest in the boundaries of psychological experience, so by definition I abhor that which would limit my exploration of it. And this file assumes too much and restricts too much. People can be little shy submissive girls and still be hardcore lesbos. In fact it's an extremely popular theme in anime, and I'm inclined to believe that in some cases, it is art imitating life.
So long story short, "Real Men" vs. "Sissy" is a false dichotomy, as is "Gay" vs. "Straight", which was my original point. Rarely are things so absolute... to disregard that which lies between is at best short-sighted and at worst the single biggest reason for the world's ills.
Also, y'know how everyone says hypnosis only works if you want it to? That's mostly something spread by hypnotists to placate the uncomfortable masses, but there is a slice of truth to it. It's easier resisting suggestions if you can recognize when, why, and how they're being used, and while arousal and pleasure are almost always enough to convince a person's subconscious to submit, there are occasionally times where it realizes the trade-off simply isn't worth it.
Tl;dr: It was pretty blegh, and if this file is to be believed I am beyond classification.
*Inb4 'you have to let it work for it to work, dumbass'*