Welcome to part 5 of this series. If you are looking for a way back to the beginning you can go to the Introduction which has a table of contents or just to the the previous section. The value of consistency in punishment is one that comes up fairly often in its own right. So [...]
The Shaping of Human Tools: Part 4: Punishment and Reward
Welcome to part 4 of this series. If you are looking for a way back to the beginning you can go to the Introduction which has a table of contents or just to the the previous section. Punishment is simply the negative consequence of a response. In that sense it does not necessarily have a [...]
The Shaping of Human Tools: Part 3: How people respond and act
Welcome to part 3 of this series. If you are looking for a way back to the beginning you can go to the Introduction which has a table of contents or just to the the previous section. While the internals of the human mind are still beyond our complete understanding several factors have combined to [...]
The Shaping of Human Tools: Part 2: The Debate
Welcome to part 3 of this series. If you are looking for a way back to the beginning you can go to the Introduction which has a table of contents or just to the the previous section . In this section we will examine the debate within the BDSM community on the topic of whether [...]
The Shaping of Human Tools: Part 1: Introduction
A long time ago I wrote the first drafts of this essay. I was recently cleaning it up in order to post a link to it somewhere and I was no longer happy with the basic structure of the presentation. It felt a bit stilted to me. This is the first major re-write in more [...]
Best line of the day.
I love my friends. In this case, it’s Kat who had the best line of the day. Kathryn Tact says (11:03 PM): Tell me I’m being an insane girl and to fucking stop. Soulhuntre says (11:03 PM): Stop. Kathryn Tact says (11:04 PM): I’ve been trying to, and I haven’t yet hit on something that [...]
FYI: Microbranding
I have had a number of people about cell popping … and frankly I have decided the name is not at all useful. "Cell popping" is descriptive, but simply doesn’t convey any useful information. I started describing and referring to it as "microbranding" and most people went "ah, I get it" right away. So that’s [...]
Cell Popping for fun and… well, fun mostly.
You never know when you will run into a brand new twisted hobby. Yesterday was the first time I head of the practice gaining popularity under the name “cell popping”. Others apparently refer to it as “Devil’s Fire”. The new name comes, so I am told, from the sizzling / popping noise it makes. You [...]
My earliest interests in power…
Someone asked about the earliest thing we could remember that let us know we were “kinky”… “As far back as I can remember my thoughts about the girls I was attracted to were those of control, possession or ownership first – sex came a distant second or third. Beg for me, crawl for me, worship [...]
Money, morality and slavery…
The below is an additional post I put up in the discussion I referred to before. (name deleted) – I do understand what you are saying. I simply disagree with not only your core premise but your conclusions. Once again, while it is a tragedy that someone is having trouble finding work, I am unclear [...]