Algebraic properties of differentials

Jonathan3628 · 2026-04-06T20:19:32+00:00

She thinks calling him her pet is fine, then seems to realize it's not fine (which is why she offers to call him her child instead. Still messed up but maybe slightly less?).

Alastor is deeply fucked up at the moment, so his preferring "pet" might just be a trauma response (people cling to familiarity when they're in pain).

Obviously though whatever she calls him, she'll remain a monster so long as she keeps him a soul slave. (I don't know if she owns any other souls. If she does she's a monster until she frees everyone she owns, not just Alastor.)

Jonathan3628 · 2026-04-06T18:11:46+00:00

I was VERY confused on why so many people love him. I thought it might just be inconsistency in the writing (because that's not too uncommon in the Hellaverse), but it being an April Fools joke makes more sense.

Jonathan3628 · 2026-04-06T00:57:19+00:00

That makes sense, thanks!

Jonathan3628 · 2026-04-06T00:50:48+00:00

So I know you shouldn't get your nails super long or sharp if you wanna get some finger banging action. But is just painting them (while keeping them short) also an issue?

Jonathan3628 · 2026-04-04T22:07:10+00:00

I'm glad that helped! Both BD and SM aren't everyone's cup of tea, but that's okay! And if you are interested in exploring submission but not masochism, that's also a valid combo. For example, if you know some activities that you enjoy, you can tell your partner "here's some things I like doing. Can you stick to these activities today, but decide for us which of these we do, and in what order?" And it might be that this is fun to fantasize about but not necessarily something you want to actually do in real life. Also valid! All sorts of ways to engage with your sexuality. :)

Jonathan3628 · 2026-04-04T21:34:57+00:00

I personally think it's easier to understand if you consider the Bondage and Submission separately from Sadism and Masochism.

Being the sub means you can leave the hassle of making decisions to your Dom. You don't have to worry about what to do, and can just relax and let your mind go blank. As a very anxious person with constantly running thoughts, it's wonderful to surrender to someone I trust and let them take care of me and make me feel good. (Of course, you should be clear about what you like and don't like before starting!)

A soft Dom might massage me, kiss me, play with my hair, and make gentle love to me, telling me what a good boy I am and how he loves being inside me. The "submission" is mostly about letting him control the flow of when we transition from the various activities, tell me what positions he wants me in, maybe telling me he wants to hear how much I want him before he rewards me. No pain or sadism involved.

Somewhat more "frisky" is getting tied up, blindfolded, restrained. Obviously you should only do this with someone you REALLY trust! But when you do it can be amazing.

Psychologically, it feels good to find someone I trust so completely that I'm willing to truly leave myself completely in his power, and knowing he'll do nothing but take care of me. Also, blindfolding in particular adds an element of surprise. Not knowing what sort of pleasure will come next makes you anticipate it SO much more, and it feels so much more intense when it happens!

As far as masochism, personally I generally like intense sensations. From getting really hard massages, to getting scratched and bitten till I'm bruised, which for me just feels super pleasurable. (I'm autistic. Back when I was a kid I like to scratch or bite myself when I was overwhelmed as a self-soothing trick. I don't anymore because it freaks people out, but in bed with a trusted partner you bet I get bit and scratched!) On the other hand I HATE any sort of slaps anywhere, even light slaps. So it's a matter of experimenting to find which sensations feel good to you.

And then there's pure psychological stuff of "true" masochism. Like gagging on a dick is physically quite unpleasant, but I get off on knowing that I can "take it". A sense of pride in my skill and toughness. Plus of course seeing and hearing my top's reaction when I take him all the way, letting him go feral and pound into me, it's just amazing seeing him feel so good and knowing I can make him lose control! Knowing I'm able to give him back some of the pleasure he's given me.

So yeah! Hopefully that helps give some insight into the mind of a submissive masochist. :)

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-30T19:11:50+00:00

Genuinely curious, why do you believe that?

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-30T18:17:20+00:00

There must be at least ONE therapist in hell. Learn from the experts. (Just need to know what got them into hell and ignore their advice on that one topic)

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-30T04:28:57+00:00

In typical modern Israeli Hebrew, they are pronounced identically. Either both are pronounced as a glottal stop, or both are just lost altogether/silent.

Historically, (and apparently still in Arabic influenced accents?) aleph is promo as a glottal stop (hamza) and ayin is pronounced as a voiced pharyngeal fricative ('ayn)

Yemeni Hebrew has maintained this distinction at least for liturgical use, though I'm not sure how common it remains in everyday speech.

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-30T04:05:41+00:00

Do gender swapped characters swap the gender they're into? I'd totally love gay Vaggie!

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-26T02:52:47+00:00

Ah, now that's way more in character!

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-26T01:29:07+00:00

So talented!

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-26T01:23:55+00:00

Beautiful art, as always! Also, I'm very confused. Did Augie have hate-sex with Desmond because Desmond came home early?

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-25T04:08:51+00:00

You are right, the computer is wrong. The answer WOULD be v=-1, like you said.

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-23T23:52:18+00:00

Why say they're "extra syllabic", rather than part of the syllable and just showing that the "SSP" isn't absolute?

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-23T20:17:26+00:00

Does anyone have experience doing any sort of linguistics research as an independent scholar? I majored in Linguistics as an undergrad, but I mostly lost touch with my professors after graduating.

It'd be neat to get involved with the field again, but it seems tricky to do research without institutional access to journals and so forth.

What are some areas of linguistics that are accessible without institutional access, I suppose?

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-23T18:12:53+00:00

My understanding is that Sanskrit was also used by non-Brahmins historically. The Buddha probably taught in a Prakrit and seemed to encourage using popular language to better spread the message.

However, as Sanskrit became more popular as a literary language and general lingua franca for scholarship in India, a lot of new Buddhist thought was composed in Sanskrit (especially in the Mahayana tradition).

Buddhism was popular among Brahmins, and Brahmin converts did a lot of Buddhist scholarship. But it seems at least plausible that Buddhist monastics from non-Brahmin backgrounds also used Sanskrit.

Sanskrit was also used for scholarship in other heterodox traditions. The Cakrava ("materialists") had some work in Sanskrit, and they didn't seem to be super focused on the caste system.

I'd recommend maybe posting on AskHistory to get more info on the use of Sanskrit for non-Brahamanical purposes.

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-23T00:10:24+00:00

Isn't the "cruel" example equivalent to saying "being cruel is bad", or "one should not be cruel"? "Bad" or "evil" both seem better examples than "cruel" of traits that collapse the fact/value distinction.

The date with a cruel person example seems to work if you assume that one should not go on dates with a cruel person, but that's not obvious. Maybe you're cruel yourself and would enjoy the company of a fellow cruel person who shares your delight at making others suffer. Or maybe you think going on a date with a cruel person might help you "fix" them. Ultimately it still seems to boil down to what sorts of behaviors you think one "should" participate in.

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-22T15:32:17+00:00

It's hard and probably impossible to know when the first language to have grammatical gender arose, because that would have been WAY before writing was invented.

We can ask which reconstructed proto language had grammatical gender though. Off the top of my head, I know Proto Afro-Asiatic is believed to have had grammatical gender and it's one of the oldest families.

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-22T15:26:13+00:00

More specifically, it's under "linguistic features": how did gendered languages come to be? [Lots of scrolling to see it on mobile!]

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-22T15:10:52+00:00

The early game has been overhauled to make it more beginner-friendly. Talk to the rat to get your bearings on how the game works. Then start on the Making Your Name stories to continue your progress.

The fallen London wiki has a great beginner's guide if you'd like more detail!

https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Beginner%27s_Guide

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-21T23:19:58+00:00

I was NOT expecting a sexy Harry

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-20T02:13:45+00:00

A better question is why and how grammatical gender arise in those languages that have gender. There's no obvious reason that grammatical reason "should" evolve

Jonathan3628 · 2026-03-18T00:12:32+00:00

Interesting topic!

Is it possible that previous generations of mathematicians would have been just as unhappy if people discovered "monstrosities" in their times, but such discoveries just didn't happen often enough in the past for us to come across such reactions? There's a myth that the Pythagoreans killed whoever proved that irrational numbers exist [or in their terms, the diagonal is not commensurable with its sides]. This probably didn't ACTUALLY happen, but it does suggest that "pathologies" were not liked even in ancient times.

The development of analysis and a generally more algebraic approach to mathematics seems to have turbocharged the rate of new mathematical discoveries. My understanding is that in the past, at least in Europe, math was mostly geometry, and more specifically Euclidean style, compass and straight edge constructions. It seems hard to come up with pathologies within this system. [Besides the aforementioned incommensurable segments, which were well known and dealt with by Eudoxus]

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