Thread: have you ever seen someone do a RC in the real world

Originally Posted by Puffin

Never, which is kind of sad. I wish more people knew about LDing.

"Dream Views Statistics: Members:45,956"

Nearly 46,000 out of over 6,000,000,000. We're gettin' there!

Originally Posted by Burke

"Dream Views Statistics: Members:45,956"

Nearly 46,000 out of over 6,000,000,000. We're gettin' there!

ummmm ... isn`t that 7 billion?

World population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and that 46,000 is not representative, there are a lots of people who don`t got the time, patience, motivation to even log into a forum and there are a bunch of sites with free information

like this
10 Things You Didn't Know About Lucid Dreaming

most people avoid forums, most people don`t give a shit about twitter and facebook and such ... they just download and email and check the news ... they just want the answer within 3 clicks ... and some of the lucid dreamers are an older generation and they started this thing around the 80`s, so I`d say a little bit more than 46,000 people, should be close to 200,000 at least

and by the way, not inception was the first movie on this theme

The Good Night

The Good Night (2007) - IMDb

meh, just trying to make a joke. Sarcasm doesnt have to be correct, it's sarcasm.

Originally Posted by hpnfreak

ummmm ... isn`t that 7 billion?

He said over 6 billion, and the article you linked says 6.94, so it's right.

Originally Posted by Dianeva

He said over 6 billion, and the article you linked says 6.94, so it's right.

Not quite.. if you're rounding, you'd be rounding up to 7 million..

But he isn't rounding, since he was using the word 'over'. If he had said "over 7 billion" he would have been wrong.

How many of that 46,000 people are still active users though?

^ not many lol

well, I don't think i have ever seen someone do a reality check in public, i make mine look natural, the nose plug, i just make it seem like i am scratching my nose. Not picking it, might i add.

Originally Posted by bihon

How many of that 46,000 people are still active users though?

probably less then 1,000

There are currently 175 users online. 43 members and 132 guests

Most users ever online was 1,110, 02-04-2010 at 01:50 AM.

and

Total members that have visited the forum today: 512

The most members online in one day was 661, 04-28-2011.

it says it at here

http://www.dreamviews.com/forum.php

scroll down to the bottom and you`ll see a list of people online, the stats will be there


the better question: How many of these people is productive?

so if the average is 500 people, calculate 20% of them

80/20 rule

Originally Posted by Dianeva

I just drew a red R on the back of my hand so maybe someone will notice.

I have never heard of writing on the back of your hand, how does this help?

Originally Posted by jed001

I have never heard of writing on the back of your hand, how does this help?

It's kind of like the RCs some people do every time they walk through a doorway or look at a watch or do some other common routine. It's sometimes difficult to remind myself to do a RC every time I look at my watch, and it's a lot easier when I see the R which I know I've written for the purpose of the RC. Every time I look at my watch or look at my hand for some other reason I remember to do one.

cool, i have never thought of it that way, the good old nose plug seems to work well for me and now when i do it in public i hope someone comes up to me and asks if i am doing an RC

Originally Posted by niteLite

No, but I've had friends tell me about lucid dreaming thinking I didn't already know what it was.

Also, lots of my friends know what sleep paralysis is, which I initially took by surprise.

One of my friends got SP. Doctor told her what it is, but he/she had the dumbest explanation and I had to actually explain it properly to her. Then I told her what LD'ing is and said it's easy to get in to a dream from SP. And she's been trying to do it

I think it says a lot about our culture when it is evident a lot of people are getting SP.
It's obviously due to lack of sleep and stress etc.

Anyway.... No I've never seen anyone do an RC. Maybe I will be more observant from now on.

Originally Posted by hpnfreak

and by the way, not inception was the first movie on this theme

The Good Night

The Good Night (2007) - IMDb

Barely anyone has seen this movie. It's so good.

I've never seen someone do a RC, but if I did I would definitely have to go talk to them.

Also, that movie The Good Night looks very interesting. I'll add that to my "to see" list.

Everytime i take drugs like acid or ketimine i do RC's quite often. Because sometimes it feels like a dream and the odd time i have the feeling i can fly but because i do a RC i never try to jump out a window or something.

...I saw someone pinching their nose and trying to breath through it at the grocery store. I went up to him and asked if they knew what lucid dreaming was. He looked at me and ran away. People started to stare at me when he ran away.

Nope never. I often pinch my nose when my ears are plugged. So you can mistaken that for a nose pinch reality check.

Originally Posted by NrElAx

Nope never. I often pinch my nose when my ears are plugged. So you can mistaken that for a nose pinch reality check.

Yeah..I have no idea what he was doing o_o It seemed like he was looking around to see if it was a dream or not too.

Originally Posted by Mancon

...I saw someone pinching their nose and trying to breath through it at the grocery store. I went up to him and asked if they knew what lucid dreaming was. He looked at me and ran away. People started to stare at me when he ran away.

Aah, that's unfortunate...I don't even think I have guts to come to someone and ask if what they did was a RC X)

Originally Posted by MischiefManaged

Aah, that's unfortunate...I don't even think I have guts to come to someone and ask if what they did was a RC X)

Haha, I am pretty outgoing, so it's no problem for me. Just stare at them do the 'RC' back.

Originally Posted by Mancon

Haha, I am pretty outgoing, so it's no problem for me. Just stare at them do the 'RC' back.

What if that causes them to think they ARE dreaming and then they do something silly like try to fly IRL...or worse. xD

Originally Posted by niteLite

What if that causes them to think they ARE dreaming and then they do something silly like try to fly IRL...or worse. xD

This haha.

I was gonna say that guy probably thought he was dreaming when you asked him that, and went and jumped off a roof or something lol

You see someone grab their nose, you walk up to them, "Excuse me, did you just perform a nose reality check?".

"Eh, what in gods name are you talking about? I had an itch on my nose."

Originally Posted by silver2k

You see someone grab their nose, you walk up to them, "Excuse me, did you just perform a nose reality check?".

"Eh, what in gods name are you talking about? I had an itch on my nose."

Hahah, yea that's what I was saying about how, often I pinch my nose to unplug my ears. You know, like pinch your nose and then breath out your nose real hard to unplug yea ears. Someone could mistaken that for a reality check. But if they did mistaken it with me, id still tell them in an LDer