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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Is this question making sense to anyone else?
It is to me. I always thought multiple orgasms meant one right after the other, without extra stimulation or whatnot in between each one.
That's what I associate with multiple orgasms, one peak after another in a chain. Not a matter of a short (or non-existant) refractory period.
But wasn't that in reaction to specific public outrage?
Yes, but if the public outrage was misdirected, why not say so? Why validate it with an apology?
Infinite Jest was teh first DFW I read. And I hated it. But I'm willing to give his non-fiction a try, since so many rave about what a genius he is. Come to think of it, I liked his writing just fine, it was the complete and utter non-resolution of the plot that made me mad. That shouldn't be a problem with infinity.
one peak after another in a chain. Not a matter of a short (or non-existant) refractory period
Does that differ from maintaining a heightened state of arousal and having sequential orgasms with no refractory period?
Which was, IIRC, the definitions presented.
but if the public outrage was misdirected, why not say so?
See upthread about caring less about what they mean, and more about what people read into no actual information.
Why validate it with an apology?
Because they can't afford not to. I didn't see the apology, so I can't comment on the semantics of the text. I'd love to read it, though.
Does that differ from maintaining a heightened state of arousal and having sequential orgasms with no refractory period?
No, that's basically what I'm trying to describe. Though I prefer the successive peaks imagery to pop-pop-pop since each O can build off the one previous to it and be distinct.
Less: "Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!"
More: "OH! Ooooh! OhOhOh! Ohhhhhhhhhh."
etcetera
I think we need an mp3 of Hec simulating multiple orgasms.
"OH! Ooooh! OhOhOh! Ohhhhhhhhhh."
Hec, (whitefont for TMI) get outta my bedroom!
I mean, I'm not as interested in what they meant as I am about what they said, and what everyone assumes that means.Right. We know what the fanon is, but want to confirm canon. I don't remember it being made explicit. Sadly, I didn't save all the episodes, so I'm at a loss to find the couple of episodes where, I think it is possible they might have made it explicit.
t tangent I don't have all the episodes saved, because the TiVo was filling up, and Christopher is a TiVoing fool. He's so good at teaching us about the features, that we tend to let him be a TiVoing fool, because he doesn't watch a fifth of what he records. He just likes to program it.
He turned on the "action/adventure" filter on our TiVo guide, the other day, which removed some of the channels from the guide entirely (like PBS), and greyed out a good chunk of the others. It took Benjamin and I about 15 minutes to figure out what Chris had done and how to undo it, and I had passed right by the how-to-undo-it bit. Good thing Ben was there.
See upthread about caring less about what they mean, and more about what people read into no actual information
I disagree that there's no actual information. It may be circumstantial and open to interpretation, but I don't think it's absent. Do you think there's a viable alternative interpretation?