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I have a very weird confession about geometry dash.

    By u/Gryllodea, its a shitpost towards another post about a person feeling sexual when playing Geometry Dash.

    I have a very weird confession about geometry dash.
    
    Alright, throwaway for obvious reasons. This is so deeply embarrassing that I've never told a single person in my life. But I saw this post the other day, and for the first time ever, I didn't feel completely insane. So I'm just gonna rip the band-aid off.
    
    My whole life, I've felt like I was "broken" when it came to this stuff. I'm asexual and aromantic. I don't look at people and feel that. Honestly, most porn makes me feel kinda sick. I figured my wiring was just... different, and that was that.
    
    But then there's Geometry Dash.
    
    It sounds like a joke, I know. It sounds like a bad meme. It's not. It's the most confusing, shameful, and real thing I've ever dealt with.
    
    I'm not talking about levels with cute art. I'm talking about the pure, raw gameplay. A perfectly synced dual sequence. A clean, tight wave part where every click lines up with the music. A smooth, flowing ship section with impossible-looking turns. Watching a really well-made, difficult level gets me so... intensely, physically worked up that I can't control it. It's a direct, involuntary physical reaction. I've had to stop watching YouTube videos of levels because of it. It’s that powerful, and that embarrassing.
    
    After reading that other post, I fell down a rabbit hole trying to understand why. The closest thing I've found that makes sense is that it's not actually a fetish. A fetish is when you're attracted to something. I'm not attracted to the level. It's more like my brain completely misfires.
    
    The satisfaction I get from watching perfect gameplay, the rhythm, the precision, the visual ASMR of it all, its so powerful that my brain seems to misinterpret that flood of "YES, THIS IS PERFECT" feeling as sexual arousal. My body just follows orders from the wrong signal. It's apparently a real, studied thing: a "misattribution of a non-sexual stimulus."
    
    So... yeah. I'm the guy who has to take a cold shower after watching a good Neiro showcase. It feels pathetic to type out, but there it is. If there's anyone else out there who gets it, even a little... hi. You're not a monster. You're just wired in a really, really weird way.

    Balatro

    I have a very weird confession about balatro
    
    Alright, throwaway for obvious reasons. This is so deeply embarrassing that I've never told a single person in my life. But I saw this post the other day, and for the first time ever, I didn't feel completely insane. So I'm just gonna rip the band-aid off.
    
    My whole life, I've felt like I was "broken" when it came to this stuff. I'm asexual and aromantic. I don't look at people and feel that. Honestly, most porn makes me feel kinda sick. I figured my wiring was just... different, and that was that.
    
    But then there's Balatro.
    
    It sounds like a joke, I know. It sounds like a bad meme. It's not. It's the most confusing, shameful, and real thing I've ever dealt with.
    
    I'm not talking about jokers with cute art. I'm talking about the pure, raw gameplay. A perfectly built up economy. A clean, tight boss blind where every hand and discard matters. A smooth, flowing strategy with impossible-looking pivots. Watching a really well-played, difficult yet somehow possible gold stake win gets me so... intensely, physically worked up that I can't control it. It's a direct, involuntary physical reaction. I've had to stop watching DrSpectred and Roffle because of it. It’s that powerful, and that embarrassing.
    
    After reading that other post, I fell down a rabbit hole trying to understand why. The closest thing I've found that makes sense is that it's not actually a fetish. A fetish is when you're attracted to something. I'm not attracted to the joker. It's more like my brain completely misfires.
    
    The satisfaction I get from watching perfect gameplay, the triggers, the precision, the visual ASMR of it all, its so powerful that my brain seems to misinterpret that flood of "YES, THIS IS PERFECT" feeling as sexual arousal. My body just follows orders from the wrong signal. It's apparently a real, studied thing: a "misattribution of a non-sexual stimulus."
    
    So... yeah. I'm the guy who has to take a cold shower after watching a good Perkeo-less naneinf. It feels pathetic to type out, but there it is. If there's anyone else out there who gets it, even a little... hi. You're not a monster. You're just wired in a really, really weird way.
    

    Niflheim copypasta

      This copypasta is a chaotic text transcription of the level “Niflheim” in Geometry Dash by the player Koreaqwer.

      The text is a direct reading of the on-screen text objects and gameplay modes that flash during the level, combined with the end credits. It became a meme in the Geometry Dash community due to the level’s notoriously weird decoration, the “spammy” nature of the text, and the controversy surrounding its verification.

      LDM ball cube ball big cube ball next Rest In Peace niflheim vismuth slow wave fast robot keep going! slow ship go! slow ball Auto? fast dual ship slow fast ufo slow How? fast ship slow cube fast ball lol slow robot in out slow ufo take a break ????? !!!!! ?? ?! ??! !! ?! !! ?!!? ??! !! ?!!? ??! ?! ?? !! ?? !! ?? ?! ??! ?!!? ?? ??! ?! !! ?!!? slow ufo go! go! Yeah! fast cube dual wave watch out! faster! OMG! mini next next great! verified by NIFLHEIM koreaqwer

      Limbo was actually based on a true story. In 1927 a man named Lim Bao

        Limbo was actually based on a true story. In 1927 a man named Lim Bao was captured in the chinese civil war, and was convicted to serve as a locksmith for the entirety of his life. People hated him so much that he eventually began to color and purposefully ruin the keys he has made, forcing people to guess which key is the one that actually works.
        

        Good morning sir. Unfortunately, I only do professional buisness via my Geometry Dash account.

          Good morning sir.
          
          Unfortunently, I only do professional buisness via my Geometry Dash account.
          
          If you wish to continue this discussion, please make an account at https://www.boomlings.com/database/accounts/accountManagement.php Then buy Geometry Dash on steam for $3. Then add me @CrustiesAuto ingame to continue this discussion.
          
          Any other messages on Discord will be ingorned/blocked, I exclusively do buisness in Geometry Dash so you must contact me there to resolve your case.
          
          I hope you understand, Signed Mohammed Al-Jafhar.

          I’ve been watching Jynxzi trying to beat the hellish level of Clubstep on Geometry Dash

            so I’ve been watching Jynxzi trying to beat the hellish level of Clubstep on Geometry Dash for the last week, I haven’t left the live any time just to be there to celebrate the moment of victory with him which isn’t yet achieved but eventually, so during the first day was gonna be a marathon, couple hours in I low-key get bored so I put the live in background and scrolled on my phone in the meantime, but then.. here’s where everything began, I started feeling a spike of arousal and thought of getting rid of it (ifykyk) but I didn’t want to leave the live cause what if he won in that moment? so I decided to keep it on, and went on Twitter, keep in mind I had sound on the whole time, so while jrkng I paid attention to the soundtrack of Clubstep while watching a girl ride a mofo like crazy and I thought it was so sexy.. watching her bounce to that beat drove me crazy and since then the last days I cannot stop watching inappropriate content with either Clubstep or Electrodynamix in the background, you should try it to, it’s life enhancing, also Jynxzi screaming definitely gave me a boost
            

            The Dark Secret Behind Geometry Dash, And How It Brainwashes And Manipulates Its Users

              It’s been two months since I initially shared my hypothesis that the Geometry Dash “Demons” are unbeatable by normal humans, and that everyone in the Geometry Dash Fandom has been brainwashed into thinking that they are. However, since then, I have uncovered new evidence that further supports my conjecture—although, at this point, it is less of a conjecture and more of a Demonstrable fact.
              
              First, I would like to mention that I’ve finally managed to beat Sonar after a painstakingly colossal number of Attempts. Pulling off this feat did, admittedly, restore my vigor to continue playing Geometry Dash and I had since attempted to focus on Polargeist to eventually move onto further levels.
              
              Early into my Polargeist Grind, I decided that it was of the essence to learn, once and for all, how to deal with the yellow Balls at the start. Thus, I took to YouTube tutorials to try to uncover whatever complex series of movements I had to perform to pass the yellow Ball that had impeded my progression forth in the game for so long. However, each PlayThrough I watched seemed to gloss over it, and there were no true tutorials to show me how to surmount this game-ruining issue. I began thinking that perhaps this was where the Game became Unplayable for Mobile Players. Perhaps there was some button on the Computer that would help me surpass this Ball. 
              
              Then I started wracking my mind for potential Clues. All I had noticed was this peculiar sample of Text that had appeared on my screen prior to the Ball after I had died a couple of times. However, I had decided not to read it in fear of the Text potentially spoiling the Story of the Game. But after one Redditor (in reply to my previous post) had shown an image of it in their comment, I recalled the text and read it. It told me to tap the Ring midair to Jump. However, this only brought about more questions: what Ring? There was a Ball in the air, but no Ring in sight. Was this Text referring to something else?
              
              It was only after myriad Attempts of Trial and Error that I realized that the Ball *was* the Ring. I still do not Know why the Ball is called a Ring, but I now know to tap it midair to jump (I still think it’s bad Game Design to have the Jump Tap do two completely different Things, but I digress). 
              
              Slowly but surely, I made progress in Polargeist until I could reliably (about 5% of the time) make it 10% into the Level. However, one fateful day my upward progress went sour with disquieting haste. I was sitting near a Lake and trying to best Polargeist, and my spirits were high. Abruptly, my inner Cube took control and I made an incredible run after 5,000 attempts, making it 25% into the level. However, wretchedly, there was a Fake Orb at that point, and when I, a foolish Player far too willing to trust the Design of the Game, clicked it, I was sent reeling into spikes on a floating wall. Dashed were my dreams of beating Polargeist that day, and I must admit that I threw my Phone into the Lake out of pure fury. Thus, my progression was further occluded due to the absence of my Means to Play the Game.
              
              Three weeks later, I re-downloaded the Geometry Dash after getting a new Phone and looked, utter horror pervading my conscience, as I saw that I had forgotten to save my Account before getting that superlative run on Polargeist, or even any of my runs surpassing the dreadful Ball. Thus, as can be seen in the Image attached, I was back to Square One.
              
              I instantaneously shut down the Game after this. Everything I had spent days and days working on was Forsaken, and I was back to a measly 1%. Some people might even think I was Bad at the Game if they saw.
              
              This is what brings me to what I’ve come to rant about. Even the most oblivious, bovine Geometry Dash players can notice that there are some lucidly Immoral scandals occurring within the bounds of the Game—there’s even a Leaderboard for which Players possess the highest amount of CP. But it’s not just that. The Entire Game is Designed to be malicious towards the Players, tricking them at Every Turn. That way I died in Polargeist was not an innocuous Game Mechanic. Balls aren’t supposed to kill you; they’re supposed to help you Jump. I was tricked by the Game into a sense of comfort with the yellow Balls only to have my run coldly driven into the nearby spikes. And I feel like that’s the Paragon of this Game’s essence; the Player’s trust is sacrificed in order to grant them a cheap death.
              
              This is what causes distrust among the community, thereby resulting in the lies and brainwashing that make everyone fabricate stories of Beating “Demons” when no one truly has or ever will. The Game is built around this Distrust; that’s why it’s so prevalent in the community. Supposed “Demons Beaters” like those “Zoinks” and “Doggy” fellows that I have heard mentioned haven’t truly Beaten “Demons”—none of us have.
              
              We’re all pawns in the Geometry Game, I think, to sum it up. What do you all think? Do you agree with my overarching proposition?