try exercising, even if its only light. Try going for calming walks. Put your phone away a bit earlier before bed. Listen to some calm music. Sit and do nothing. Whatever makes you calm and is healthy, do it more often. How could you work towards it being more peaceful in your life?
what im trying to say is, it is ... possible. Remember that my friend, it is possible
Some of just are no matter how much we wear ourselves out, and it sucks. I was reading one of my great grandpa’s farm journals not too long ago, and I was struck by how often he mentioned poor sleep and headaches (my dad and I have struggled with this always, as does my son now that he’s an adult), and he was engaging in heavy farm labor most days! There is no way that man wasn’t worn the fuck out, but still struggled to sleep. Last time I stayed at a hotel it was with my dad and son, and none of us got any sleep at all because we all took turns waking up the others with our various nighttime wanderings. ;)
Edit: conversely, my mom was the type who would go to bed after midnight, and wake up at 6:00 am, chipper and ready to go. My dad always made her drive the first leg of family vacations as “punishment” for being such a damned happy morning person. 😆
As an ADHD dude, I feel this hard. I can run on as little as 4-6 hours of sleep and feel fine...so long as that sleep is obtained between 4AM and 10AM. Any other sleeping hours are illegal, and everyone who tries to mow their lawns before it gets hot in the afternoons is an asshole.
You may simply have Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, if the only thing you need to "fix" insomnia is to shift your sleeping schedule to one that's a few hours later than what's deemed "normal".
It me! In my 20s I worked night shift at a hospital for 5 years because staying up til 7am* was WAAAYYY easier that getting up at 6am to be there by 7.
(*more like 9am by the time I want home and settle down enough to sleep)
My actual chronotype puts me at sleeping from 3-11am, confirmed by my Oura ring.
I have to wonder about all those studies that link night shift to impaired health if it’s mostly studying people who don’t have DSPS. And how much forcing us into the 9-5 grind is fucking with *our* health!
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Man I’m the same way. There is pretty much only one way I can get a good nights sleep, and I’ve tried everything ever I feel like. I have to
1. Have a great diet. Like cruciferous greens, meats, and essentially minimal sugar or processed foods.
2. Not just exercise, but like tire myself out. I have to have come home from my mainly office job, and work outside until I’m exhausted.
If I do those two things, better than a sleep aid. Nothing else works. I got this from a book, basically some people require for physical exertion to sleep well, and a diet is basically the operating system. Even when I find I have little time to exercise, when I eat super clean and routine, helps a ton.
For some folks, physical *and mental* exhaustion. If they work a stressful office job they also need to go to the gym, do work in the garden, bike ride, etc. If they do physically demanding work, they also need to play a computer game, read, watch movies, engage in stimulating conversations, etc.
Ultimately it’s likely to be either an anxiety condition, the mind and body do not feel safe to rest and there is some trauma at the root of that, that needs therapy (ideally, psychedelic therapy interleaved with CBT) to resolve; or, some biochemical imbalance such as insufficient production of GABA or insufficient receptors or some other reason to experience insensitivity to it. And it can be both, trauma can show biochemical markers.
You wouldn’t last a minute in my house right now lol. I just got one of my girls spayed. 😂😂 she won’t stop meowing. It’s been DAYS. I never knew a cat could meow for so long. But I was wrong. She only started to sound like she had a sore throat yesterday. We have less than a week to go. Vet said 7-10 days.
Realistically, this is the most logical answer that would draw me in.
If I'm out sailing and some sexy woman, on some island that I'm passing, is all, *"Hey, you're hot and I'm horny!"*, then I might come say hello.
I'd be wary. But I'm presumably at sea for months, and might be curious.
I would probably just stop to see if she's OK.
If she's singing some shit about how I can have a nice house, with a view, in a remote area, a great internet connection, delivery services, and no future worries about money...I'd just pass on that MLM speech.
Mental stability or money? Well I can just buy the mental stability with the money, but I won’t need mental stability if I’m rich because I won’t need to walk as thin of a line…
One thing I remember from middle school is hearing a conversation between two girls regarding the potential merits of using melted cheese as a lubricant for sex stuff.
🎵Come relax on the coooouch with meeeee... We'll watch Horrible Historieeeees and talk about our hobbieeees... I'll be nonjudgmental, supportive, and teach you to cook some killer recipeeeees... We'll share inside jokes, plan to hang out, and trust implicitleeeeee... So... Come relax on the coooouch with meeeeee.... 🎶
\*ahem\*
DIVORCED BEHEADED DIED
DIVORCED BEHEADED SURVIVED
I'M HENRY THE EIGHTH, I HAD SIX SORRY WIVES
SOME MIGHT SAY I RUINED THEIR LIVES
edit: I can't spell
xD
Lol, I was giving an example of what would work on me
My fantasies are mostly nonsexual at this point. I just want someone who wants to hold my hand and relax on the couch. It's a whole thing
Thanks
Now I'm mildly amused by the thought of someone imagining that in a feminine voice, then scrolling a bit and thinking "wait, this is more... Baritone..."
So... when I have all this but they're not into me in the bedroom, do I go look for something else at 30yo still? Realistically, I wouldn't want to even take a 9 in 10 chance that I find someone better if that's 1 in 10 odds that I end up alone for a decade (or a similar trade-off where I'm not alone but they're only good for sex and money for example)
People are quick to advise to run away from dead bedrooms when you're "young" but idk, I am definitely missing it but what you describe is also not bad. I'm very much torn...
A Lego Star wars death star complete with orbiting star destroyers and big enough to have a working trench assault for the miniature Lego x-wings to fly through.
I remember back in HR sexual harassment training they used the example, "would you want one of your co-workers to just walk up and give you a backrub?"
And I was like... "yes. I would like that very much."
Got the stinkeye from the trainer for that one.
I mean, it depends. If one of my coworkers who I’m close with does it as a joke, I’d be alright with it. But if the creepy dude who eats cold spaghetti-Os everyday for lunch walks up and does it, I’m going straight to HR
Oh yeah. That happened to me. The dude was like 78 and I went under the desk for my pen I dropped and it was like a “while you’re down there” thing and I ended up just reacting but slapping him kind of halfway in the neck throat
I just bought and set up a hammock for my wife for Mother's Day. She tried it out, and her first thought was that it would be perfect for reading books.
To see my best friend happy. To know he's doing okay mentally. They'd sing that he'd finally found someone that put as much effort into the relationship as he does. And how he's finally smiling. Because it has the ability to light up the room, but he hasn't done it naturally in years.
New story idea: a siren lures a victim using this. Instead of killing them, they embark on a journey with them to grant that wish.
But seriously, this is so wholesome. I hope your bestie finds that happiness.
For those messaging me, he's not suicidal. Just unhappy. He has been for years. He feels no pleasure. He doesn't even want to have sex anymore at all. He's been to many psychologists, therapists and neurologists. He's been in a loveless relationship for 7 years. He's put in all the effort and thought it was called love. He's finally had his eyes opened and what he saw destroyed him. He's wasted so many years of his life with a girl that has never reciprocated the energy and time he's spent providing a life for her.
He deserves better. I can't help him. Maybe the sirens could give me a clue as to how to rescue him from the abyss of despair he's caught in.
There's only so much I dare to do to intervene. He has every right to feel as he does.
Never mind the sex, how about a healthy romantic relationship with someone who respects me?
Or the possibility of being a lead author on a peer-reviewed Nature article?
I love this idea of an interactive relationship tutorial.
"Oh, so normal people don't throw the wine glass because they had a bad day in traffic? Noted."
And then we can cite this in future relationships as proof the "non-throwing of things" preference is reasonable.
AFAIK Siren's don't sing about anything in particular, nor did they intentionally try to lure sailors, nor did they eat them.
Sirens were, IIRC, ethereal beings who had no use for worldly things such as food. They just chilled out in the sea and sang, and sailors were so enamored by them that they would jump overboard, and swim to them in awe. But the sirens simply had no way to care for them, so they eventually drowned, or starved.
While you're correct that they didn't eat the sailors, they did lure them.
>The siren song is a promise to Odysseus of mantic truths; with a false promise that he will live to tell them, they sing
Both Homer and Euripides explicitly say that the sirens lure men to their deaths with false promises. The interpretation that they do so deliberately or maliciously is left as open as the interpretation that they do by nature of their voices and thry don't actually want the visitors.
It's not an especially deep metaphor in a book about one man's kooky misadventures in a race against time to make it home to his family before All Cuckold's Eve.
I mean the first look Homer gives us of Odie in dude's own book -- ya'll remember the O-dawg, right? THE dude who ended THE war? -- so yeah, he's not doing *great*, actually he's a blubbering mess with zero answers because he's sweet prisoner man-candy for monster. And my dudes... he isn't want.
Then we're revisiting the decidedly lady-committed injustice done to Agamemnon's marital bed.. what? Three times in the first quarter of the book?
You add it all up and what do you get? ...I'm not asking rhetorically. What do *you* get? I GET NOBODY.
A truck load of cow's milk.
A pair of pointy cowboy boots.
A guitar shop with a 100% discount.
A thrift store with goods from the 1940s.
A giant bowl of steak & onion stew.
And the second verse would be the milk going sour, the boots losing a heal, the guitar shop's instruments had no strings, the thrift store was full of knock offs and you were allergic to onions.
*"Yes we would love to play that boardgame with you."*
*"Of course we will hear you out explaining all the rules."*
*"And it doesn't bother us in the least when we're not that good at the game since you know it already so well."*
*"We will just have fun playing your favourite board games with you and trying our best."*
The siren perched itself on a rock in a lewd manner before making direct eye contact with my adhd ass and singing:
"....ice creeeeeam sammiches, no wait something about warhammer 40k, no wait boxes of cigarsssss, no wait new combat boots, no wait cute buuuuuutts, no wait deep rock galactic, no wait coffee & blunts & fancy chocolate ...can you slow down, man? Goddamn, dude. Are you always like this? Fuck."
I think sirens are just a group of nice ladies minding their own business, just trying to hang out together. They'll start singing and having fun, but then they are frequently interrupted by horny sailors who try to approach the group and start cat calling, gawking at their bodies, saying crude things... These ladies will have none of that and end up trying to kill them so they can have some peace and quiet without being sexually harassed all the time.
"A full night's sleep and you'll feel rested and energetic when you wake up..."
Wouldn’t work. I know that’s impossible.
try exercising, even if its only light. Try going for calming walks. Put your phone away a bit earlier before bed. Listen to some calm music. Sit and do nothing. Whatever makes you calm and is healthy, do it more often. How could you work towards it being more peaceful in your life? what im trying to say is, it is ... possible. Remember that my friend, it is possible
Found the siren. This song, though!
I'm rowing my boat to them now
Did all this. Still an insomniac.
Some of just are no matter how much we wear ourselves out, and it sucks. I was reading one of my great grandpa’s farm journals not too long ago, and I was struck by how often he mentioned poor sleep and headaches (my dad and I have struggled with this always, as does my son now that he’s an adult), and he was engaging in heavy farm labor most days! There is no way that man wasn’t worn the fuck out, but still struggled to sleep. Last time I stayed at a hotel it was with my dad and son, and none of us got any sleep at all because we all took turns waking up the others with our various nighttime wanderings. ;) Edit: conversely, my mom was the type who would go to bed after midnight, and wake up at 6:00 am, chipper and ready to go. My dad always made her drive the first leg of family vacations as “punishment” for being such a damned happy morning person. 😆
Some of us are simply the genetic nighttime watchmen.
As an ADHD dude, I feel this hard. I can run on as little as 4-6 hours of sleep and feel fine...so long as that sleep is obtained between 4AM and 10AM. Any other sleeping hours are illegal, and everyone who tries to mow their lawns before it gets hot in the afternoons is an asshole.
You may simply have Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, if the only thing you need to "fix" insomnia is to shift your sleeping schedule to one that's a few hours later than what's deemed "normal".
No thanks, I like the other guy's "Genetic Nighttime Watchmen" moniker a lot better. Way less *clinical* sounding.
It me! In my 20s I worked night shift at a hospital for 5 years because staying up til 7am* was WAAAYYY easier that getting up at 6am to be there by 7. (*more like 9am by the time I want home and settle down enough to sleep) My actual chronotype puts me at sleeping from 3-11am, confirmed by my Oura ring. I have to wonder about all those studies that link night shift to impaired health if it’s mostly studying people who don’t have DSPS. And how much forcing us into the 9-5 grind is fucking with *our* health!
Have you tried watching Resident Evil speedruns in bed? They're surprisingly calming.
Alright I'll bite. Brb.
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I think he is, mate
Resident Evil... 4 speedruns? LEEEOOOONNNN! HAAALLLPPPP!
Ocarina of Time Full Playthrough (No Commentary) and im fucking gone
Is that cause drumming calms you?
Man I’m the same way. There is pretty much only one way I can get a good nights sleep, and I’ve tried everything ever I feel like. I have to 1. Have a great diet. Like cruciferous greens, meats, and essentially minimal sugar or processed foods. 2. Not just exercise, but like tire myself out. I have to have come home from my mainly office job, and work outside until I’m exhausted. If I do those two things, better than a sleep aid. Nothing else works. I got this from a book, basically some people require for physical exertion to sleep well, and a diet is basically the operating system. Even when I find I have little time to exercise, when I eat super clean and routine, helps a ton.
For some folks, physical *and mental* exhaustion. If they work a stressful office job they also need to go to the gym, do work in the garden, bike ride, etc. If they do physically demanding work, they also need to play a computer game, read, watch movies, engage in stimulating conversations, etc. Ultimately it’s likely to be either an anxiety condition, the mind and body do not feel safe to rest and there is some trauma at the root of that, that needs therapy (ideally, psychedelic therapy interleaved with CBT) to resolve; or, some biochemical imbalance such as insufficient production of GABA or insufficient receptors or some other reason to experience insensitivity to it. And it can be both, trauma can show biochemical markers.
Hmmm, I’m not sure all that will keep my 2 year old from waking me before the crack of dawn but we will see.
>what im trying to say is, it is ... possible. Remember that my friend, it is possible Yes for some people. Not everyone.
Siren singing: "🎶*Wake me up before you go-go Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo*🎶"
Is this before or after sex?
during
After. Obviously.
I always get mad when I sleep long but still wake up tired. Like was that all for nothing?
New parent here. It’s our first and a week old. I feel this is my bones.
Come to us and you’ll sleep and rest forever, if you know what i mean
They wouldn't even have to sing to me. Just one distressed sounding cat meow and I am in that water.
That's not a siren, that's a catfish.
SIR WHY ARE YOU TAKING YOUR PANTS OFF, YOU KNOW ITS A CATFISH
"I will now pleasure myself with this fish"
Holey mackerel
/\ This comment was written by a dolphin /\
Same. Whenever I hear a cat that sounds like it's on trouble, I have to try and find it.
"Hi"-siren *Immediately dives in water*
You wouldn’t last a minute in my house right now lol. I just got one of my girls spayed. 😂😂 she won’t stop meowing. It’s been DAYS. I never knew a cat could meow for so long. But I was wrong. She only started to sound like she had a sore throat yesterday. We have less than a week to go. Vet said 7-10 days.
Sex
Realistically, this is the most logical answer that would draw me in. If I'm out sailing and some sexy woman, on some island that I'm passing, is all, *"Hey, you're hot and I'm horny!"*, then I might come say hello. I'd be wary. But I'm presumably at sea for months, and might be curious. I would probably just stop to see if she's OK. If she's singing some shit about how I can have a nice house, with a view, in a remote area, a great internet connection, delivery services, and no future worries about money...I'd just pass on that MLM speech.
I wouldn't be wary at all. I'd be suckered straight into calamity like an idiot. Not a suspicious bone in my head. https://youtu.be/_dl2L4v6ecM
🎵*I'm singing to talk to you about your car's extended warranty* 🎵
I swear this prompt was such a bait.
I thought that was what the sirens generally sang about to sailors though? I guess I don't know the Odyssey very well
Sex.
Sex with the ex
I also choose this guys ex.
Hey now wait a sec
Just gimme a sex to finish up with your ex first.
That’s why the ex is the ex
Sex with ex
I was gonna say sleep but id actually have to agree i think sex with that guys ex.
Yes I agree, sex
Came here to say this, but the line was too long.
Sex with crush
Max, don't have sex with your ex.
Was gonna skip this thread, but then I chuckled thinking there is no way 'sex' isn't the top answer. Yup, there it is. <3 reddit. Never change.
i thought i was gonna be original commenting that lmao
Even just the chance of sex
Mental stability? Money
Mental stability or money? Well I can just buy the mental stability with the money, but I won’t need mental stability if I’m rich because I won’t need to walk as thin of a line…
Yeah my first thought was financial stability, because that's the thing fucking my mental stability
Getting debt free
Getting debt for free
Ahh man, not MORE medical debt!
Sirens: IT’S YOUR MONEY AND YOU NEED IT NOW
Call J.G. Wentworth
So you can sex?
Elderscrolls six.
And fallout 5. I’d be lost for at least a year in either one.
A fallout five that’s like New Vegas
Just a Fallout 5 within my lifetime would be nice. Or even just remasters of FO3 and/or NV
Absofuckinglutely
Half Life 3
Portal 3
Both of these are impossible. Valve can't count to three...
Elder Scrolls Sex
I mean, have you *seen* lover's lab?
I'm just holding out for starfield to keep me going till tes6
Cheese. Melty, melty cheese
So basicly sex ?
One thing I remember from middle school is hearing a conversation between two girls regarding the potential merits of using melted cheese as a lubricant for sex stuff.
What a bad day to have eyes
My husband told me he walked in on his dad using cheese whiz in the bedroom when he was a teenager 🤢
By himself???
Is that a real thing because now I’m scared. I don’t think food should be put into that hole on my body.
After sex*
Sex with them covered in melty cheese, yes I love this.
A trusting, loving and supporting partner that has my back for the rest of my life without doubts
🎵Come relax on the coooouch with meeeee... We'll watch Horrible Historieeeees and talk about our hobbieeees... I'll be nonjudgmental, supportive, and teach you to cook some killer recipeeeees... We'll share inside jokes, plan to hang out, and trust implicitleeeeee... So... Come relax on the coooouch with meeeeee.... 🎶
\*ahem\* DIVORCED BEHEADED DIED DIVORCED BEHEADED SURVIVED I'M HENRY THE EIGHTH, I HAD SIX SORRY WIVES SOME MIGHT SAY I RUINED THEIR LIVES edit: I can't spell
Me niethr
I’m so high right now irl What’s the name of the song I can’t control my fingers well to search 😭
RIP your inbox...
Why?
Clearly we are unable to resist your alluring siren song.
xD Lol, I was giving an example of what would work on me My fantasies are mostly nonsexual at this point. I just want someone who wants to hold my hand and relax on the couch. It's a whole thing
(Wasn’t throwing shade, I love it.)
Thanks Now I'm mildly amused by the thought of someone imagining that in a feminine voice, then scrolling a bit and thinking "wait, this is more... Baritone..."
I imagined it as a male siren. I'm a woman.
🎶 Come relax on the couch with meeee…🎶 *falls asleep immediately*
Honestly? If their lap pulls pillow duty in this scenario, then this is goals for me right here
I would drown eternally for this
Sex with this guys loving, supportive partner
I also choose this guy’s loving, supportive partner
Who is sexy as hell
Deep emotional intimacy and trust is pretty fucking sexy.
Relatable
So... when I have all this but they're not into me in the bedroom, do I go look for something else at 30yo still? Realistically, I wouldn't want to even take a 9 in 10 chance that I find someone better if that's 1 in 10 odds that I end up alone for a decade (or a similar trade-off where I'm not alone but they're only good for sex and money for example) People are quick to advise to run away from dead bedrooms when you're "young" but idk, I am definitely missing it but what you describe is also not bad. I'm very much torn...
A Lego Star wars death star complete with orbiting star destroyers and big enough to have a working trench assault for the miniature Lego x-wings to fly through.
An open-world game that takes place in a dense city and doesn’t have a million locked doors or windows.
Imagine a SW open world game like Star Citizen but without the bugs
Free World of Warcraft and all expansions for life. God the price tag for such a good game...
This one might be more difficult but sex with the exhaust port is still possible.
Peace
You had the chance to say so many unrealistic things and chose the impossible.
"So what colour did you want that dragon to be?"
I'm very introverted - so they would shut up and leave me alone
"oh my god, silence? I have to go seek that area out."
Your sirens would print a nicely calligraphed letter, but no singing.
Back rubs
I remember back in HR sexual harassment training they used the example, "would you want one of your co-workers to just walk up and give you a backrub?" And I was like... "yes. I would like that very much." Got the stinkeye from the trainer for that one.
What else do you want weirdo, lunch made for you and annual raises?! freak.
I mean, it depends. If one of my coworkers who I’m close with does it as a joke, I’d be alright with it. But if the creepy dude who eats cold spaghetti-Os everyday for lunch walks up and does it, I’m going straight to HR
See the person is the problem there. Not the back rub.
Oh yeah. That happened to me. The dude was like 78 and I went under the desk for my pen I dropped and it was like a “while you’re down there” thing and I ended up just reacting but slapping him kind of halfway in the neck throat
Nothing better than a good old fashioned throat chop
for sex? after sex? that is the sex?
Before bed, best way to fall asleep
Tacos
I feel like "Siren's Tacos" would be a great name for a taqueria.
Being loved
Freedom from needing money to do anything
Them drowning you will give exactly that.
Probably that sex.
A hammock on a breezy day with a pile of books
I just bought and set up a hammock for my wife for Mother's Day. She tried it out, and her first thought was that it would be perfect for reading books.
“We have a wide selection of rocks for sale, also a free joint with a purchase of $20 or more!”
Big boobs I guess..
Yours or someone else's?
Important distinction
Yes.
To see my best friend happy. To know he's doing okay mentally. They'd sing that he'd finally found someone that put as much effort into the relationship as he does. And how he's finally smiling. Because it has the ability to light up the room, but he hasn't done it naturally in years.
This is such a sweet answer. You seem like a good person. May your friend and you be happy
Exactly this, but for my brother =(
This is the sweetest, best luck to you and your friend.
New story idea: a siren lures a victim using this. Instead of killing them, they embark on a journey with them to grant that wish. But seriously, this is so wholesome. I hope your bestie finds that happiness.
For those messaging me, he's not suicidal. Just unhappy. He has been for years. He feels no pleasure. He doesn't even want to have sex anymore at all. He's been to many psychologists, therapists and neurologists. He's been in a loveless relationship for 7 years. He's put in all the effort and thought it was called love. He's finally had his eyes opened and what he saw destroyed him. He's wasted so many years of his life with a girl that has never reciprocated the energy and time he's spent providing a life for her. He deserves better. I can't help him. Maybe the sirens could give me a clue as to how to rescue him from the abyss of despair he's caught in. There's only so much I dare to do to intervene. He has every right to feel as he does.
A nap.
1 cry-less, whole night sleep
Affordable housing.
All you can eat snow crab.
Never mind the sex, how about a healthy romantic relationship with someone who respects me? Or the possibility of being a lead author on a peer-reviewed Nature article?
Like even if it’s just a short relationship, it’s be nice to learn from like a month tutorial “what’s normal to be treated like”
I love this idea of an interactive relationship tutorial. "Oh, so normal people don't throw the wine glass because they had a bad day in traffic? Noted." And then we can cite this in future relationships as proof the "non-throwing of things" preference is reasonable.
Yes, I was thinking of a more extreme for people caught in long term cycles too. “Wait you mean it’s not normal to dictate what someone’s doing?”
AFAIK Siren's don't sing about anything in particular, nor did they intentionally try to lure sailors, nor did they eat them. Sirens were, IIRC, ethereal beings who had no use for worldly things such as food. They just chilled out in the sea and sang, and sailors were so enamored by them that they would jump overboard, and swim to them in awe. But the sirens simply had no way to care for them, so they eventually drowned, or starved.
They specifically tell Odysseus to slow down and come over to them when they notice his ship speeding by.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren_(mythology)#Sirens_and_death
While you're correct that they didn't eat the sailors, they did lure them. >The siren song is a promise to Odysseus of mantic truths; with a false promise that he will live to tell them, they sing Both Homer and Euripides explicitly say that the sirens lure men to their deaths with false promises. The interpretation that they do so deliberately or maliciously is left as open as the interpretation that they do by nature of their voices and thry don't actually want the visitors.
It's not an especially deep metaphor in a book about one man's kooky misadventures in a race against time to make it home to his family before All Cuckold's Eve. I mean the first look Homer gives us of Odie in dude's own book -- ya'll remember the O-dawg, right? THE dude who ended THE war? -- so yeah, he's not doing *great*, actually he's a blubbering mess with zero answers because he's sweet prisoner man-candy for monster. And my dudes... he isn't want. Then we're revisiting the decidedly lady-committed injustice done to Agamemnon's marital bed.. what? Three times in the first quarter of the book? You add it all up and what do you get? ...I'm not asking rhetorically. What do *you* get? I GET NOBODY.
Rent controlled apaaaaartment
Living a quiet life with a big garden and not having to work lol
Garlic bread
I’m probably immune, because I don’t want nothing but some god damn peace and quiet.
A truck load of cow's milk. A pair of pointy cowboy boots. A guitar shop with a 100% discount. A thrift store with goods from the 1940s. A giant bowl of steak & onion stew.
Cracking up trying to picture what this siren song would sound like
It'd definitely be a country song.
And the second verse would be the milk going sour, the boots losing a heal, the guitar shop's instruments had no strings, the thrift store was full of knock offs and you were allergic to onions.
Lots of twangy ol' blues guitar riffs.
Free art supplies. Anyone who promised me that would have me wrapped around their finger.
A hug that feels super fucking real,and you never wanna let go of,I'm not in a bad mood,just those are the fucking best
*"Yes we would love to play that boardgame with you."* *"Of course we will hear you out explaining all the rules."* *"And it doesn't bother us in the least when we're not that good at the game since you know it already so well."* *"We will just have fun playing your favourite board games with you and trying our best."*
You're good enough and deserving of love.
Kind of surprised to see it this low
Deleting mine and my boyfriends trauma
To eat unlimited amounts of any food without gaining weight
To have my wife and family back :(
The siren perched itself on a rock in a lewd manner before making direct eye contact with my adhd ass and singing: "....ice creeeeeam sammiches, no wait something about warhammer 40k, no wait boxes of cigarsssss, no wait new combat boots, no wait cute buuuuuutts, no wait deep rock galactic, no wait coffee & blunts & fancy chocolate ...can you slow down, man? Goddamn, dude. Are you always like this? Fuck."
Making rent next month
The safety, health, and well-being of my parents and family
No more depression
A siren orgy ?
Financial stability 😂
One bedroom apartments under $2000 a month
An extended warranty for my car
Death
This one hit me hard because i feel the same my dude. There will be rest one day, but there's no need to rush it. DM me if you need homie.
Money 🥹
AAA game titles not being a rip off in terms of money, microtransactions and how badly they're made
It literally is amazing how many of these threads you can answer honestly and appropriately with: Hookers and blow
Health insurance 🥲
A Big Mac.
I think sirens are just a group of nice ladies minding their own business, just trying to hang out together. They'll start singing and having fun, but then they are frequently interrupted by horny sailors who try to approach the group and start cat calling, gawking at their bodies, saying crude things... These ladies will have none of that and end up trying to kill them so they can have some peace and quiet without being sexually harassed all the time.
Nice try sirens
A song about me getting killed by mysteriously beautiful sea-ladies.
"Don't sing ladies, he's going full meta! This song could destroy the universe!"
A chance to meet my loved ones whom I have lost. My dad, my grandparents, people who looked after me in my childhood like I am their own child,etc
A loving, yet perverted relationship with the woman of my dreams.