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Greetings, this is a blog where I post a mishmash of hypno kinky things, leftist politics, neurodivergent ramblings and whatever hyper focus I’m currently on about.

I live in San Francisco, I work in tech, currently single (and only vaguely trying to change that).

I’m demisexual, probably greyace, and ambiamorous.

I’m also a hypnotist on the dom side of things, and I’ve been doing that off and on since around 2014. I’m interested in general bdsm tropes, and a lot of hypnosis and mind control categories.

If you follow or message me and...

You have a blank profile or untitled blog.

There’s no age in your profile.

Your content is all porn / ads with no personality.

Your content is racist, terfy, homo/transphobic, etc.

You’re a self professed "Mistress looking for sissy paypigs” or some other scam sounding nonsense.

... I’m just going to block you, no time to be nice about that shit anymore.

Also note, that unless we’re mutuals I probably won’t reach out to you, and if I’m not following you I may just ignore your message. So if you’re following me from a side blog, and you want to discuss hypno or something. You’re probably going to have to reach out first, as I don’t like bothering people who aren’t obviously interested (exceptions may happen, but in general).

You may also add me on Discord ( @knowing.smile ) if we’re mutuals.

If you are a minor (or appear as such), I’m not interested in interacting with you in any way unless you’re in crisis. I’m not interested hypnotizing you or idly chatting about kink or w/e. I was an underaged person once, so I get that there’s only so much I can do to dissuade you from being here, but I’m profoundly uninterested.

Primary Tags:

Hypnosis: spirals, hypno-fiction, hypno-safety, scene-ideas

BDSMy Stuff: scene-safety, rope, leather

Silly: tiktok, memes

Personal: mine, asks, writing, miss this ( fwiw the miss this tag is not about any one specific partner, but more about missing times where I had similar situations with a former partner )

Alternate Blogs:

@squicky-smile - Monster fucking, parasite infections, tentacles, etc.

@spiralme-official - Updates about the brainwashing site I wrote, etc.

#pinned #knowing-smile

spindle-and-nima

A small update on the grubbies: they are now extra beepy and have fur!

wizardshark

I like your popcorn

#to be fair I'd react the same way when someone stole my blanket when I was half asleep

fireleaptfromhousetohouse

#every time

ruinedchildhood

ohihopeicanchangethislater

lov3pic3

persianmom-deactivated20260602

what is your daily screen time? no judgement. pure curiosity

less than 2 hours per day

2 - 5 hours per day

5 - 8 hours per day

8 - 12 hours per day

12 or more hours per day

Voting ended onMay 22

#3-4 on mobile #8-14 on my computer cause work and gaming

belllbear

whitebisexual

The concept of being 4 months clean from ai...

sleepytabbycat

idc what you guys think I'm proud of him

astronomical-bagel

Several AI services (chatbots 🫩) are purposely addictive, the same way people can become addicted to gambling or shopping. We’ve literally seen in real time how ChatGPT has caused psychosis and delusions in people; it can have a huge affect on someones’s mental stability. Just because it isn’t substance-based doesn’t mean that doesn’t count as an addiction, and shaming people who are trying to move on and improve themselves is counterproductive. Im proud of that dude and his 4 month mark!

astronomical-bagel

AI chatbots can fuel emotional dependence and blur boundaries. Emerging research highlights significant mental health risks. Here are import

Large language models often prioritise agreeability over truthfulness to the detriment of users

AI addiction includes the overuse of AI chatbots and companions, often leading to adverse psychological effects.

Some articles to back my statements, and this isn’t even mentioning about the predatory chatbots who do this on purpose

oh-morrow

Then I'll mention the predatory chatbots who do it on purpose! Character.ai is one of many AI chatbot websites that're designed to be addictive.

None of the signup methods require a password. It only takes email and birthday. Minimizing time on the signin or signup screen makes it harder for people quitting to avoid relapse.

"Characters" on the website will send messages "on their own" (prompted by the site) to try to invite inactive users back after as soon as 1 day of inactivity. This is likely to force FOMO, or make users feel more like they owe the bots a response. Unhealthy attachment stuff.

Account deletion is an essential part of every service that should go smoothly, right? Right? Wrong. It takes 1-2 weeks for a Character AI account deletion to be finalized, and account deletion requests have a high chance to not go through if you're not using the app.

Rephrasing: People leaving Character.AI are pushed to download the app in order to delete their accounts, if they haven't already. This makes it harder for people to quit and stay gone. Failing to quit an addiction makes it harder to quit successfully in the future, so this feels like a feature, not a bug. On top of that, the delete account menu reads like this:

Tell me THAT doesn't sound like a bad ex. It's a carefully crafted yet hostile environment to those who are already addicted to the technology. I am so so SO happy, downright delighted that they've managed to quit, and I wish the best for others in recovery spaces or considering quitting as well!! While AI addiction is an emerging condition, there are already therapists and other mental health professionals trained to help people plan to quit and do so a bit easier. (If anyone seeing this is in need of them, there are several tumblr Communities here devoted to quitting, too. They provide a mix of advice, venting spaces, and proof that you aren't alone.)

knowing-smile

"The love that we shared"?

Fuck all the way off and die.

hollenengell-deactivated2020042

malacandrax

Sickos selection is back!

Over 900 pages and 100k words of filthy art, comics and fiction for $25. The last edition of this bundle raised $58k, all split equally by the artists with no publisher’s cut or middleman. Sale runs until June 5th – and then it’s gone! Past editions have covered people’s rent, medical bills, moving costs and other emergency expenses, and it's an incredible way to show direct support to adult creators in the face of deplatforming and deindexing.

LINK

Look at this LINEUP:

hypnosenace

I always knew pulsy spirals were winners btw

clockheartdoll

i made this spiral! ^▽^ i’m a proud spiral doll

hypnosenace

WHAT!!!! YOU MADE THIS SPIRAL!!!!!

ATTENTION: A TOP SPIRAL HAS BEEN CREDITED TO ITS CREATOR, WHO IS PROBABLY BIGGER THAN JESUS

clockheartdoll

ehehehe hiii! ^w^ i’m a hypnodoll that knows a little about how to code shaders. i also made hypnosenace’s current profile pic.

hypnospirals by anna moodboard

hypnosenace

This is like casually meeting the David Bowie of Spirals... Even my pfp... I kneel.

adiabat

i’m not aromantic but i believe in their beliefs

adiabat

for me being bi has contributed a huge amount to noticing all the ways in which romance and friendship run together and i think in general people would benefit from recognizing that romance and friendship are socially constructed categories used to describe a vast, nebulous, and often overlapping range of feelings

asteroidtroglodyte

My way of parsing it:

Every Relationship is actually a specific, unique thing. We invented Shorthands, such as Friend or Husband, to help describe recurring motifs in Relationships. But. The labels are simplifications. They will always fail to adequately contain the entirety of the Relationship.