by StrippedGears » November 24th, 2013, 2:22 am
I posted an idea a while back in the suggestions forum that might be worthwhile here. Basically, the idea is to make the listener more gullible and naive. Just completely remove the filter that lets the listener tell the difference between the truth and a lie. The initial idea was to make that the primary effect of a series of files with other things being add-ons to take advantage of the listener's trained gullibility to plant other suggestions, with safeguards built in so that a listener might be able to partially leave the filter in place for certain things, or to make it accidentally triggerable by linking it to a key phrase like "believe me...", but as part of the Dumbing Down series it would only make sense to make it as hardcore as possible.
The file could also actively destroy the listener's confidence in their own knowledge. After all, if they say something and it was right then it must have been so basic as to be obvious to anyone smarter than the listener, and if someone disagrees with them then they're so dumb that the person that disagrees must be absolutely correct. It could coach the listener on inviting correction and frequently telling people they're dumb so that others know not to respect any opinion held by the listener or any bit of trivia they might spout.
Of course, the file should make it so that the listener is always surprised about the "truth" when they're corrected, even though they should never be surprised that they're wrong. When someone tells the listener that two plus two isn't four, their immediate and visibly honest response should be "it's not? Oh wow, I'm such a moron!"
Also, would it be possible to create a temporary, triggerable version of the Dumbing Down series? I had a bit of a scare recently where some files I had listened to (the first several of the Dumbing Down series included) had started to have some noticeable effects while at work. It's not my kink to be permanently dumb; I just listened because bimbofication is a huge turn-on for me and I figured it would be kinda like audiobook erotica and I was hoping that actively not wanting to be a moron would prevent any real changes from lasting longer than the files themselves. I was wrong, so I stopped listening to pretty much ALL files with an IQ reduction component. I'm glad to say I'm back where I was before intelligence-wise... but damn if that "it feels good to be dumb" suggestion isn't a sticky one.
I don't want to be dumb permanently. I value the respect afforded be by my friends, my job depends on my intelligence and my precise control of the English language, and pretty much everything I enjoy as a hobby requires strong language, math, and critical thinking skills. I don't want to lose all that, but it would be nice to indulge in some deep-end stupidity for a couple hours at a time.