news article: tickle test for astronauts

[detritus]

hi

here's an article which says that astronauts are going to have their feet tickled when they get back from a mission to test the effect of space travel on foot sensitivity

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=3060919

now then, two things are interesting about this i think:

firstly, anything where people get tickled is awsome

secondly, tickling is now recognized as a fetish by mainstream media

yay!!! we rock! we must be having some influence on the world... i bet 10 or 5 years ago no one would have used fetish in relation to tickling

it's only short so here is the text from the article

A Wilfrid Laurier University professor will combine fetish and space travel this month in a truly bizarre act of scientific inquiry. Stephen Perry will tickle the feet of astronauts returning from a mission on space shuttle Atlantis for a research project measuring the influence of space travel on foot sensitivity. "The importance of footsole sensation in balance control has been well-documented," said Mr. Perry, who hopes his latest experiment will determine whether weightlessness improves equilibrium. Mr. Perry has already developed a special shoe that alerts seniors when they are listing too much, reducing fall-related injuries. The four-person research team from Guelph and Laurier that will conduct the tickling could not be reached to say whether they will use feathers, blades of grass or bare fingers.

 

[Reeder]

The six astronauts who will endure the foot tickling can be found in the picture:

 

[playgirl]

people really muddy the use of the word "fetish" these days to mean anything that turns you on. the true meaning of "fetish" is that you're unable to become aroused without your said "fetish." i doubt it applies to a large number of people here and on places like fetlife who claim (myself included) multiple 'fetishes.'

for the true fetishist, tickling will always be a fetish regardless of how mainstream it becomes.