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[Leafsnail]

Oh no.

It's been found out.

Do you want to elaborate, or do you think we'd rather not know?

[Vester]

Case study: Internet addiction.

Item 1: The idea that people on computers on far different countries are 'talking' to you.

Don't you hear the voices?

LISTEN TO THE VOICES.

[Itnetlolor]

It seems the only time the church here is packed is when the snowbirds come to visit and holidays.

Any other time, it's either half-full or near-empty.

...Really?

[Hippoman]

I'm scared. I just had my scariest dream yet.
It was so real I thought it was life. Although I knew full well it was a dream that i couldn't wake up from halfway through.
Some parts of this dream don't make sense.

Me and one of my classes we're on a plane. My woodshop teacher was my supervisor. I was sitting next to this girl Emily who sits next to me in english. We we're just casually talking and looking out the window. Then I saw something. It was like a small green...camera. It was slowly falling down. Then another one, this time pink.
Then a gameboy game instruction manual.
Then a handheld device. Then more items I didn't Identify.

Then I realized...
There was a plane going down.
I said this outloud. Emily got up, Stood on the window edge, and within 2 seconds, She was out the window. Being sucked backwards behind hte plane. (Now remember this is the most realistic dream I have ever had.)

I started freaking out. Breathing heavily. Nearly crying. I look out the window. about 15 fed ex planes are crashing to the ground. I close the window, my sister keeps trying to look out but I stop her.

Next my dream zooms ahead, I'm on the ground running, you hear crashes and people screaming. I run to gas station. I nearly get hit by a car that narrowly sped up just in time to escape being crushed by a plane.

I run into the smoke and dust and look at teh destroyed plane, me and some other students call in saying:
"ANYONE ALIVE IN THERE?!"
No answer, we tried again. No answer, one more time.
The door flies open and some people come out.
I start frantically asking a woman how this happened.

She told us that appearently the Russians called us out. We WE'RE mining in Yurkistka (or somehting like that.) SO they found a way to take out every single business plane at once, without harming commerical planes. It was like an EMP.

I then ran, I started looking for Emily's body. I ran everywhere, walking past crashed planes, debris, runnign thorugh warehouses, a shopping mall, everywhere. All to no avail.
I started looking for loot. Nothing.
I ran around telling people what happened.
Then I started looking for Emily again.
Right as I finished telling the story to a person who I knew was was living far away from the site where the planes went down, my friend woke me up.

It was so realistic. All the thoughts, all the smells, feelings, everything. I never found Emily's body. And I needed to write this down. I never want to forget this.

[Cheddarius]

When I was muy joven, I had a dream about being Jack in the Treehouse Adventures books or whatever they're called - you know, Jack and Annie in a magic treehouse - Magic Treehouse, that's it. Anyway, I was prostrate before this Chinese emperor who was burning books. I don't remember it very well, but there was something incredibly scary about him - he might have been killing me or something. I woke up and when I closed my eyes I started dreaming from the point I left off. So I had to keep myself awake for a bit to try and shake it off, because when I went to sleep I just had the same nightmare.

[cowofdoom78963]

I'm scared. I just had my scariest dream yet.

Well to me that seems more epic then it does scary...

Although honestly I dont ever remember getting a real nightmare, either that or I dont understand the concept of a nightmare...

But yes, that is the thought I was having.

Its possible.

But I really doubt it. The things that trigger it dont lead me to believe that...

[Hippoman]

I'm scared. I just had my scariest dream yet.

Well to me that seems more epic then it does scary...

Although honestly I dont ever remember getting a real nightmare, either that or I dont understand the concept of a nightmare...

But yes, that is the thought I was having.

Its possible.

But I really doubt it. The things that trigger it dont lead me to believe that...

Just imagine the person who was seconds ago, right next to you having a casual conversation, and then she jumps to her death out of a plane.

[Outcast Orange]

Ah.
Nightmares are the best.
Dreams in general, but especially nightmares.
You see, I've sort of learned to control my dreams,
 but most dreams I'm not aware enough to do anything fun,
 or even enjoy doing it.

Except for nightmares.
I've found that in nightmares I have most control of the dream,
 and can usually figure out I'm in it right away.
So I just go around partying for a while,
 until the dream tries to "hook" me,
 at which point I wake up.
You can force yourself to wake up generally by trying to focus on something very detailed,
 or something you really overly enjoy.

Most of my nightmares attempt to hook me multiple times,
 but there are pauses in between hooks.
So If I escape the first one,
I have a bit more time to enjoy myself as my mind puts together a new plan on how to get me.

I've had all sorts of crazy things happen in my nightmares.
There's usually a shower involved. ; )

Nightmares aren't the only dreams I'm aware of.
Here's a very recent dream:

I was in this big market square in Chicago, beneath the skyscrapers.
The mayor (who was a penguin with a hat and monocle) had prepared an event for me.
Suddenly he said: "I'm giving you this sky scraper!"
It was the most ultimate feeling ever, like I was set for life.
I looked up at the skyscraper happily (Sears Tower before renamed)
 knowing that all was good.
Then I realized something depressing.
I turned to the major.
"But it takes more than 1 dream to explore a skyscraper!"
He looked very disappointed with me.
The dream ended part way through exploring too.
I called it.

[qwertyuiopas]

My mouse wheel is half broken...

[cowofdoom78963]

Just imagine the person who was seconds ago, right next to you having a casual conversation, and then she jumps to her death out of a plane.

I never felt afraid when stuff like that happened.

Just made stuff more interesting to me.

[dragnar]

My dreams rarely have any coherency at all, and tend to be the strangest possible amalgam of various games I played the previous day. Makes remembering anything significant very difficult.

[Outcast Orange]

That's called the Tetris effect.
Tetris was the first game that commonly caused people to have these "dreams".
They are frustrating and keep me up all night.

I get them after playing too much:
 Colourshift (flash game)
 Picross
 Minesweeper
 PrismaPix
 Hexic (Horrible horrible dreams)

I also had a Guitar Hero version,
 which was actually a pretty sweet dream.

Basically, simple puzzle games are most potent,
 or complex games with scenery that barely changes.
DF would be an example of this.

[ChairmanPoo]

I've gotten Tetris effect from playing Conquest of Elysium, recently.

And back in my tetris obsessed days, I'd get tetris effect every single time I wandered off

[deadlycairn]

I got the Goddamn Tetris effect from digging HOLES.

For a coupla days, everywhere I looked I'd see great big piles of dirt in front of me, which was REALLY irritating.

[cowofdoom78963]

I got the tetris effect from X-COM once.


I gave me such a god damn headache.