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Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#1 - 2016-08-30 14:18:42 UTC
So, IGS, I have a question about Sebiestors. Did they always respond well to being patted on the head, or is that something the Amarr bred into them? I mean, I'm not complaining either way; it's totally cute.

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2016-08-30 14:43:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Elmund Egivand
I can't answer that because I feel no pleasure from being patted on the head.

My wife responds well to being patted on the head. My mother becomes grouchy if patted on the head. Clan chief rubs the back of his own head when confused or anxious. My father bangs himself on the head often in the salvage corvette and always make that muffled scream back in the day. Everyone in the Enclave responds differently or with different intensity to being touched on the head.

It probably differs between individuals.

I was told I always tilt my head to the right whenever confused or showing interest in anything, and I may tilt my head to the left half a minute later.

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#3 - 2016-08-30 14:53:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Alizabeth Vea
Maybe it only applies to female Sebbies? I admit that is what my sample size is constrained to.

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2016-08-30 14:58:38 UTC
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Maybe it only applies to female Sebbies? I admit that is what my sample size is constrained to.


My mother hates it. She always respond with violence.

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Yarosara Ruil
#5 - 2016-08-30 15:00:20 UTC
Pretty sure patting people on the head is not a socially acceptable thing to do.

Also, don't pat me on the head. I got sharp pointy teeth.
Arrendis
TK Corp
#6 - 2016-08-30 15:05:22 UTC
Somehow, I suspect Alizabeth refers more to metaphorical patting on the head, rather than physical patting on the head. Positive reinforcement has always been an effective tool, Ali. It's rather ingrained into all of humanity.

Also: droll, Ali. Very droll.
Seraphim Risen
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2016-08-30 15:06:59 UTC
Don't pat me on the head. I pat you on the head if you behave well. Or punish you when you don't. Twisted

Never not badpost.
Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#8 - 2016-08-30 15:08:32 UTC
I mean actual physical pats on the head!

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.
Pieter Tuulinen
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#9 - 2016-08-30 15:32:03 UTC
Ava generally responded poorly to being patted on the head. Other Sebbies I have known enjoyed being patted pretty much anywhere.

I think Edmund may be right. It might be an individual thing.

For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
Deitra Vess
Non-Hostile Target
Wild Geese.
#10 - 2016-08-30 15:32:10 UTC
Are you talking about, like with children? Or randomly walking up to an adult Sebiestor and doing it? If its a child I'd wonder why your touching kids heads randomly, if it was an adult well....... Huh?

Amarr people are wierd....
Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#11 - 2016-08-30 15:57:20 UTC
Well, I know several Sebiestors. They are all female. Most enjoy being patted on the head. Clearly I need to test this with a larger sample size.

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.
Tyrel Toov
Non-Hostile Target
Wild Geese.
#12 - 2016-08-30 16:02:23 UTC
If i don't know or like you and you pat me on the head, I'll likely pat you on the stomach... hard... with the pointy end of whatever pointy object is within reach. As for people I like, they know better.

I want to paint my ship Periwinkle.
Arrendis
TK Corp
#13 - 2016-08-30 16:19:17 UTC
Arrendis wrote:
droll, Ali. Very droll.


More and more, I get the feeling I used the wrong initial plosive consonant as the first letter...

Context matters, Ali.

If, for example, I'm crouched down working on a piece of equipment, and someone who knows me, whom I consider a friend or at least a friendly peer, walks past and gives me a pat on the head while saying words to the effect of 'hey, nice work out there today', I'm going to take that as a non-interrupting compliment and say thanks as they leave and I keep working.

If, on the other hand, someone I don't know or actively dislikes pats me on the head while their thugs restrain me, so they can mock me and demonstrate just how futile my swearing and trying to get loose to kill them is... that's not going to be so well-received, you know?
Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#14 - 2016-08-30 16:28:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Alizabeth Vea
Well, I am going to assume it's not the latter, Arra. In fact, why don't you come over and we can test head pats with frozen custard.
And droll was right. Please look at this post as in the humorous light it was intended.

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.
Pieter Tuulinen
Societas Imperialis Sceptri Coronaeque
Khimi Harar
#15 - 2016-08-30 16:33:08 UTC
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Well, I am going to assume it's not the latter, Arra. In fact, why don't you come over and we can test head pats with frozen custard.
And droll was right. Please look at this post as in the humorous light it was intended.


This escalated quickly, just not sure in which direction.

For the first time since I started the conversation, he looks me dead in the eye. In his gaze are steel jackhammers, quiet vengeance, a hundred thousand orbital bombs frozen in still life.
Valerie Valate
Church of The Crimson Saviour
#16 - 2016-08-30 16:38:10 UTC
Pieter Tuulinen wrote:
This escalated quickly, just not sure in which direction.


It's like that damn painting by that artist, you know the one, with all those perspective shenanigans. Four staircases in a square, and the top of one is the bottom of the next, and yet, they all link up ? Shenanigans ! It's just like that, with escalators instead of stairs.

Shenanigans !

Doctor V. Valate, Professor of Archaeology at Kaztropolis Imperial University.
Luna Hanaya
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#17 - 2016-08-30 17:25:57 UTC
Now I want to get me a Sebiestor.

Just to try, of course. To verify the hypothesis.

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Neph
Crimson Serpent Syndicate
#18 - 2016-08-30 17:30:07 UTC
Hmm. I do like a good head pat, quite a lot, actually. However, I prefer head rubs by a slim margin.

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Mitara Newelle
Newelle Family
#19 - 2016-08-30 18:18:57 UTC
My Sebiestor handmaiden seems to respond very positively to the gesture. It's been implied by one of my peers that it is beneficial to the pat-or as well as the pat-ee.

Lady Mitara Newelle of House Sarum, Holder of the Mekhios province of Damnidios Para'nashu, Champion of House Sarum, Sworn Upholder of the Faith, Divine Commodore of the 24th Imperial Crusade

Admiral of Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
Ria Nieyli
Nieyli Enterprises
When Fleets Collide
#20 - 2016-08-30 18:40:41 UTC
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Well, I know several Sebiestors. They are all female. Most enjoy being patted on the head. Clearly I need to test this with a larger sample size.


Of course, you must also do the same with members of the other races to verify whether it's an anomaly pertaining only to Sebiestors.
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