Your pointless thoughts & observations

Just ate a bunny egg, as yummy as it gets! 

I'm drunk

Just found out that Chris Avellone, the lead writer for Fallout: New Vegas, is also doing the writing for the upcoming Nightdive Studios reboot of System Shock. Pretty cool.

Also it seems like I only talk about gamer shit anymore. What has my life come to

there are so very many variations of the British English accent

i'm so fucking sleepy but the only time i can actually sleep is during the night... i'm watching something during the day and i can barely keep my eyes open but as soon as i close them i spend 2 hours in bed waking up every 5 -10 minutes... makes me feel like shit... FWP

Every time I read or hear a phrase that begins with "dark" my brain automatically flips it into "dork."  Not sure when this started exactly, but it's been this way for a long time.  Ex:

Dork lord

Dork angel

Hello dorkness my old friend...

Prince of dorkness

Slavoj Žižek I presume

Does anyone remember that neat program on windows 98 or 95. The one with the bee that showed off 3d audio, and you could walk around with the 3d audio? Yeah that existed.

  On 4/16/2020 at 6:12 PM, Tim_J said:

i'm so fucking sleepy but the only time i can actually sleep is during the night... i'm watching something during the day and i can barely keep my eyes open but as soon as i close them i spend 2 hours in bed waking up every 5 -10 minutes... makes me feel like shit... FWP

mellatonin

  On 4/16/2020 at 11:26 PM, Brisbot said:

mellatonin

don't think so dude, too many nightmares... 

  On 4/17/2020 at 12:11 AM, Tim_J said:

don't think so dude, too many nightmares... 

You'd be surprised how dependent on melatonin levels sleep is.

but if i feel extremely sleepy that means i have high levels of melatonin no? what do u suggest? some pills?

  On 4/17/2020 at 12:17 AM, Tim_J said:

but if i feel extremely sleepy that means i have high levels of melatonin no? what do u suggest? some pills?

I don't think so. The only reason I'd recommend any melatonin pills is to test it out. If you take one or two and fall asleep that could be the reason. However the pills are neurotoxic over time taken daily, and you will become tolerant to them quickly. Maybe test it out with a small bottle, and if it works try to find ways to influence melatonin production, such as not watching videos before bed, or lower caffine intake, etc.
 

  On 4/17/2020 at 12:21 AM, Brisbot said:

such as not watching videos before bed, or lower caffine intake, etc.

don't drink coffee and watching stuff that spikes my interest is the best sleeping pill for me...

i don't have trouble falling asleep at night, it's just difficult to keep sleeping in the morning if i wake up sooner than i need to... if i wake up after like 6 hours and want to sleep 2 or 3 hours more it's almost impossible cause the dreams are extremely vivid...

  On 4/17/2020 at 12:41 AM, Tim_J said:

 

i don't have trouble falling asleep at night, it's just difficult to keep sleeping in the morning if i wake up sooner than i need to... 

That's why I think it could just be melatonin levels. It only takes like 20-30 minutes for them to dip enough to force you awake. Is it usually after sunrise?

My sleeping problems in the past were caused by melatonin levels being off, barring stress or too much caffeine. And BTW I wouldn't worry about those dreams (if you are). There are some well backed up theories that dreams are anxiety inducing on purpose in order to 'prepare' you for situations involving anxiety. It isn't proven or anything, but I've had enough dreams where my teeth fall out to think it's at least a lil accurate.

  On 4/17/2020 at 12:58 AM, Brisbot said:

Is it usually after sunrise?

yep it's mostly after sunrise or even if i wanna take a nap in the middle of the morning or afternoon...

  On 4/17/2020 at 1:02 AM, Tim_J said:

yep it's mostly after sunrise or even if i wanna take a nap in the middle of the morning or afternoon...

IF I were you, and I'm not, I'd let myself wake up one day, take a few mg of melatonin and see if you go back to sleep. I mean if it ends up helping at least you know the cause. If not, then nothing lost or gained.

You could also get a blindfold and wear it to sleep when you know you won't wake up till a few hours after sun comes up. Just make sure it isn't a weak one with holes that let light come in.

Also check this out: 

and 
 

Works very well

i've been watching so many meditation/asmr videos to fall asleep lately... my problem is not falling asleep, my problem is keep doing it, as soon as i reach hypnagogia i wake up...

I think you might have experienced a lot lately and your brain runs a bit hot processing this stuff, slowly driving you insane. the insanity will soon eat you from the inside until you are a mere shadow of your former self

A pointless thought: review systems are weird. Generally out of a scale of 1 to 10, anything above a 6 (or 7) is considered the minimum in terms of whether it is worthwhile to listen to or watch said thing. While leaves all this space 1-5 or 6 which denotes something generally being bad. That's half the scale. I've heard in Japan their implicitly agreed upon ranking system is more even, to where something that gets a 4 or 5 out of 10 (or 2 out of 4 stars) is generally considered good and worthwhile, and "bad" territory would be like 1-3 or 4 stars.

  On 4/17/2020 at 1:36 AM, Tim_J said:

i've been watching so many meditation/asmr videos to fall asleep lately... my problem is not falling asleep, my problem is keep doing it, as soon as i reach hypnagogia i wake up...

Ah that sucks, it really does. Insomnia is one of the worst things. I'd say you should keep taking stabs  at trying to find some kinda solution or cause. There's gotta be something you can do.

Two pointless thoughts:

1. I wonder if right-wing or right-wing leaning people are more likely to try to assassinate someone. I mean, they're usually the ones with the guns.

2. Has anyone else noticed that clicking on a link on FB generally doesn't have a token in the web address? It usually adds one, but it may be blocked by Firefox's FB container.

  On 4/17/2020 at 1:40 AM, darreichungsform said:

I think you might have experienced a lot lately and your brain runs a bit hot processing this stuff, slowly driving you insane. the insanity will soon eat you from the inside until you are a mere shadow of your former self

There's no turning back now... All hope is lost... 

  On 4/17/2020 at 2:21 AM, Braintree said:

 

1. I wonder if right-wing or right-wing leaning people are more likely to try to assassinate someone. I mean, they're usually the ones with the guns.

Maybe. I think it was last year that one nut job with the van ordained with like 50 bumper stickers got arrested for attempting to mail explosives to the home addresses of high profile Democrats. Haven't heard anything about Antifa members carrying out assassination attempts since Trump took office though. Makes you wonder.
(I'm not knowledgeable enough to answer your second question though, sorry)

My latest pointless thought is wondering why certain women on social media frequently post selfies with freshly applied makeup, even though they're already in a committed marriage or relationship. What nonverbal message are they trying to convey exactly?

  On 4/16/2020 at 11:25 PM, timbre monke said:

Slavoj Žižek I presume

Belated yes.

  On 4/16/2020 at 5:42 PM, auxien said:

there are so very many variations of the British English accent

I heard some of them are very indicative of social class. For example, if some has a "brummie" accent, from Birmingham like Ozzy Osbourne, people will always assume you are a working class schlub or something like that.

Since many Americans assume that anything British automatically means "classier", they get treated way better in the states.