So far as I know, it's just that the mechanism which keeps your body from responding to your brain's commands while you're asleep (and thus running and shouting and, say, pissing just because you dreamed you were doing it) hasn't shut down properly (much like Windows).
Young Simon: So... how'd the Independents cut us off? Young River: They were using dinosaurs.
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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.
Emily - May 13, 2006 2:39:09 pm PDT #7130 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Jesse - May 13, 2006 2:40:22 pm PDT #7131 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, I should just toss out (recycle) all the articles I've printed out for school that I'll never need again, right?
ChiKat - May 13, 2006 2:43:42 pm PDT #7132 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Yes, Jesse, you should. Release the clutter.
Jesse - May 13, 2006 2:46:37 pm PDT #7133 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It just seems like such a waste. Ah well -- the cost of printing was included in my tuition, so.
Cass - May 13, 2006 2:47:14 pm PDT #7134 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
hasn't shut down properly (much like Windows).So we should force a reboot?
Pix - May 13, 2006 2:48:45 pm PDT #7135 of 10002
The status is NOT quo.
So far as I know, it's just that the mechanism which keeps your body from responding to your brain's commands while you're asleep (and thus running and shouting and, say, pissing just because you dreamed you were doing it) hasn't shut down properly (much like Windows).
You just made me snort, Emily.
Fwiw, I get chronic heart palpitations. They suck, but my doc checked rhythms ekg and said it's just nerves.
Strega - May 13, 2006 3:05:36 pm PDT #7136 of 10002
So far as I know, it's just that the mechanism which keeps your body from responding to your brain's commands while you're asleep (and thus running and shouting and, say, pissing just because you dreamed you were doing it) hasn't shut down properly (much like Windows).
I think I read that it tends to be more common when you wake up out of a deep sleep. And then your half-asleep brain flips out and tries to figure out why you can't move, and it hardly ever comes up with pleasant theories like, "I must be buried in kittens!"
Someone theorized that a fair number of alien abduction stories spring from this, because a lot of them start out with people waking up and discovering that they're mysteriously paralyzed.
tommyrot - May 13, 2006 3:15:14 pm PDT #7137 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Someone theorized that a fair number of alien abduction stories spring from this, because a lot of them start out with people waking up and discovering that they're mysteriously paralyzed.
Yeah, I've heard this.
If only your other scenario was more common.
"I was abducted by kittens!"
Sean K - May 13, 2006 3:34:24 pm PDT #7138 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
my version of the night terrors came complete with not only the belief that I was awake and paralyzed but, also, that someone was on top of me.
Someone theorized that a fair number of alien abduction stories spring from this, because a lot of them start out with people waking up and discovering that they're mysteriously paralyzed.
There's also theories about how this contributed to strong witchcraft and demonic entity belief throughout human history because of this senation of some sort of person or presence being on top of you while its happening. People have even reported seeing someone on top of them.
JZ - May 13, 2006 4:40:25 pm PDT #7139 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
my version of the night terrors came complete with not only the belief that I was awake and paralyzed but, also, that someone was on top of me.
Ugh. Poor thing -- though it's definitely not just your version. It's thought that that's where the myth of the incubus comes from.
