Thread: Parents think LDing is an occult...

And LDing was a cult that Cartman got sucked into.

Originally Posted by Sesquipedalian

This is turning into what a movie is about, what effects a fad would have,

Let's not have this thread jacked, mmkay? (Mr. Garrison voice) It's not nice to jack a thread, mmkay?

Who cares it has turned into a 8 page thread that is what happends when threads get this long.

Originally Posted by Mario92

Mr. Mackey! Now there's an idea...let's go off on a South Park tangent, eh?

Could you imagine if they made a South Park episode on lucid dreaming? That would be epic, no matter what they did to it...

NO NO!! JUST NO!! JUST DON'T GO THERE NO!!!! NO NO NO NO NO-EY NO NO!!!!!! LOL

Alright, I'll digress for a moment.


Can you imagine what South Park could do to us? Look what they did with World of Warcraft, Ocean's [insert number here], and Brittany Spears alone? With something that is already considered a cult by some, South Park could rip on LDing as hard as they want. Who's going to stop them if they do an episode on it?

Digression over, nothing to see here. Disperse!

Originally Posted by Sesquipedalian

Alright, I'll digress for a moment.


Can you imagine what South Park could do to us? Look what they did with World of Warcraft, Ocean's [insert number here], and Brittany Spears alone? With something that is already considered a cult by some, South Park could rip on LDing as hard as they want. Who's going to stop them if they do an episode on it?

Digression over, nothing to see here. Disperse!

I agree with you.

Off topic: Did you get the word Sesquipedalian from word within a word program?

Well, it looks like that movie's at least about dreaming and controlling your thoughts (and presumably dreams as well). I doubt they'll actually use the term "lucid dreaming" though. Still, my guess is that we'll get more people who are interested in controlling dreams, assuming the movie is a hit.

Never seen South Park. o.0

Off topic: Mario, when did you get 2000+ posts? o.o

Originally Posted by bradysdreaming

I agree with you.

Off topic: Did you get the word Sesquipedalian from word within a word program?

Sesquipedalian is a person who uses big words.

Originally Posted by James2302

Sesquipedalian is a person who uses big words.

Hahaha, how ironic.

Originally Posted by Hidden

Off topic: Mario, when did you get 2000+ posts? o.o

Oh, a while back now, I guess. I'm holding out for the epic 2,222 post. ^_^ ...yeah, and you thought Jarrhead was a post whore.

Originally Posted by Mario92

Oh, a while back now, I guess. I'm holding out for the epic 2,222 post. ^_^ ...yeah, and you thought Jarrhead was a post whore.

Oh, he'll probably pass you up eventually, if he sticks around long enough. I, on the other hand, will never be able to compete. Just made 800! Woot woot! But really, the last time I checked you were at like 1200... Anyway, we're getting off topic. -shuts up-

Originally Posted by Mario92

Oh, a while back now, I guess. I'm holding out for the epic 2,222 post. ^_^ ...yeah, and you thought Jarrhead was a post whore.

You've also been around three months longer. I'm not even a month in and I have about 900 posts.





So again guys, what if it was a cult cartman got sucked into? Then they all had a shared dream and somehow (you know how creative south park is) they did a mass suicide caused by their dreams. lol

Originally Posted by jarrhead

So again guys, what if it was a cult cartman got sucked into? Then they all had a shared dream and somehow (you know how creative south park is) they did a mass suicide caused by their dreams. lol

Lets hope the creators never find out about lucid dreaming. We would get people coming on the site asking us why we think we can control our dreams, thinking we are completely mad.

Originally Posted by Heavy Sleeper

Lets hope the creators never find out about lucid dreaming. We would get people coming on the site asking us why we think we can control our dreams, thinking we are completely mad.

Yeah, look at what South Park have done to gingers... because of that show, I get so much shit, it's not even funny...

Anyways, lol, that inception move looks really interesting, but I doubt it has anything to do with LDing. Also, it seems like pretty much everyone blows me off when I talk about LDing, so I've given up. Except for this one girl, who says she has LDs every night, and she's really bored of them. LOL! I was like, wow I was so jealous. She could even control them and everything, so it was cool to actually be able to talk to someone about Lucid Dreaming, and not being treated like a weirdo.

Originally Posted by lVlerciless

Yeah, look at what South Park have done to gingers... because of that show, I get so much shit, it's not even funny...

Anyways, lol, that inception move looks really interesting, but I doubt it has anything to do with LDing. Also, it seems like pretty much everyone blows me off when I talk about LDing, so I've given up. Except for this one girl, who says she has LDs every night, and she's really bored of them. LOL! I was like, wow I was so jealous. She could even control them and everything, so it was cool to actually be able to talk to someone about Lucid Dreaming, and not being treated like a weirdo.

One of my friends is like that. I think I mentioned her earlier in this thread, but w/e, I'll repeat myself. =P Anyway, she mostly likes talking about NL dreams because she thinks that lucid ones are boring...

Unfortunately, it seems my mom seems to think that Lucid Dreaming is kind of weird. She doesn't show it, and I don't think she'd admit it, but I just have that feeling that she thinks that. It is a shame really.

Originally Posted by hisnameistyler

Unfortunately, it seems my mom seems to think that Lucid Dreaming is kind of weird. She doesn't show it, and I don't think she'd admit it, but I just have that feeling that she thinks that. It is a shame really.

Nevermind you guys, we are the chosen ones.

I told another one of my friends today about Lucid Dreaming, and she thought it was cool...I'm tellin my mom today, I know she likes this kind of stuff. I just don't use the word " Lucid Dreaming." I just say " I can control my dreams." it really gets them down to their level of understanding. Only three of my friends knows about LDing, and one actually knew the word before I told him.

Originally Posted by Heavy Sleeper

Nevermind you guys, we are the chosen ones.

That would be awesome.

Originally Posted by Heavy Sleeper

Nevermind you guys, we are the chosen ones.

yes, one day Stephen Laberge will call his followers and we will take over the world

To clear things up about the movie (warning: possible spoilers):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/synopsis

It doesn't appear to be specifically about lucid dreaming, more about entering people's dreams, and that somehow goes wrong (because otherwise there would be no movie).

Originally Posted by James2302

yes, one day Stephen Laberge will call his followers and we will take over the world

After being into parkour for so long, this sounds just like what I'd hear my friends say, except Stephen LaBerge would be David Belle. XD

So, I'm going to be sleeping over at a friend's house in a week I think, and may just give him a first-hand look at how LDing is done: dream journal next to my head, drinking lots of water before sleeping, and when I lay down I get very relaxed very quickly. And when I wake, the first thing I do - before checking my phone, before getting out of bed - I started frantically scribbling in my notebook. XD

Has anyone else taken their lucid dreaming practices over to a friend's house? Did they treat you any differently, like the parents of the OP of this thread had treated them like it was a cult?

Originally Posted by Clyde Machine

After being into parkour for so long, this sounds just like what I'd hear my friends say, except Stephen LaBerge would be David Belle. XD

So, I'm going to be sleeping over at a friend's house in a week I think, and may just give him a first-hand look at how LDing is done: dream journal next to my head, drinking lots of water before sleeping, and when I lay down I get very relaxed very quickly. And when I wake, the first thing I do - before checking my phone, before getting out of bed - I started frantically scribbling in my notebook. XD

Has anyone else taken their lucid dreaming practices over to a friend's house? Did they treat you any differently, like the parents of the OP of this thread had treated them like it was a cult?

I have! I was sleeping over at my best friend's house and I wanted to WBTB... and so I did. I do that by setting an alarm, which of course meant that she was forced to do one too. She didn't mind much because she knows I'm not a nutcase and she figured she could just go right back to sleep after turning off the alarm. She was the one who became lucid that night.

Oh, and parkour sounds like fun... I'm not sure I could get into it unless other people I know are doing it, though.

Originally Posted by Hidden

I have! I was sleeping over at my best friend's house and I wanted to WBTB... and so I did. I do that by setting an alarm, which of course meant that she was forced to do one too. She didn't mind much because she knows I'm not a nutcase and she figured she could just go right back to sleep after turning off the alarm. She was the one who became lucid that night.

Oh, and parkour sounds like fun... I'm not sure I could get into it unless other people I know are doing it, though.

Yeah, I had lots of friends to do it with, made it much more fun to be able to focus on what I was doing and not looking over my shoulder while around school, checking to make sure no one was staring or anything. 'Course, in all my experiences, people are more amazed and interested than critical or ignorant of what you're doing, so....

Yeah? I'm gonna get to see how waking up in the middle of the night from drinking a bunch of water while in an unfamiliar territory is like. I won't do the alarm, even though it's a soft, gentle one that kinda eases me awake instead of shaking me awake - I expect it wouldn't bother anyone else in the room, but on the offchance that it IS too much a bother, I'll just drink a glass of the good ol' clear stuff and hit the sack.

I actually found out that one of my little brother's friend's mom (it probably would have been simpler to say one of my friends or a family friend) knows about lucid dreaming. I was so excited when she mentioned it! I told her that I'd learned how to do it a year ago, but she didn't seem to believe that she could also learn it. I need to get better at telling people briefly how to induce lucidity. I briefly told her about reality checks and that was all; I just don't want to go on for hours about WILD vs DILD and dream recall and reality checks and MILD and DEILD and... yeah, I could go on for quite awhile.

Well, if your friends are also interested in trying LDing, they probably wouldn't mind being woken up too much.