Paranoia

[gilmourwaters]

the way i see it....there's only 1 reason to be in here..YOUR PASSION FOR TICKLING...if some one comes in here and recognises me and sees my post its no big deal and they have nothing to day negatively about it because they would have to be into it too to be in here.....you don't "accidentally" find yourself in a site like this

 

[Mercury1]

the way i see it....there's only 1 reason to be in here..YOUR PASSION FOR TICKLING...if some one comes in here and recognises me and sees my post its no big deal and they have nothing to day negatively about it because they would have to be into it too to be in here.....you don't "accidentally" find yourself in a site like this

I understand why you'd say this, Mr. Waters, but I must object to it, nonetheless.

You most certainly CAN accidentally find yourself on a site like this. I accidentally found this site. Someone could do what I did and just think, "I wonder what I'll get if I type 'tickle' in the 'google' search bar?" I have no passion for this, nor am I a pervert. I figured that since tickling shows up in some children's television programming, it couldn't POSSIBLY be adult material. (How naive am I? 😛). I was soon quick to learn the truth, though.

But back to my point. Someone could just curiously put that in 'google' and this forum will be either on the first page or close to it. I swear, every time I typed in a new search, this message board and the TMF would always come up.

So someone, like me, could certainly find this site accidentally. You don't need a passion or anything, just a vague curiosity.

 

[leenotler]

Interesting Mercury. Non-fetish members. TT has more to offer than just fetish, so why not. So, the best we can hope for, is that tolerant people linger here, which is almost as good, maybe better. Tolerance from a non-fetish section of the public should reduce fetishist paranoia. Viewed that way, TT is almost a fetish education site for the mainstream.

It is hard to avoid fetish/adult links. I googled for bicycle seats and got a fetish link for people who love seeing womens butts on bike seats. As stated elsewhere "The internet is for porn."

 

[Kalamos]

Not to mention age-old arcade game Gauntlet.
Just try and google images for it up.
I dare you...

...

No, wait...

😉

 

[leenotler]

Not to mention age-old arcade game Gauntlet.
Just try and google images for it up.
I dare you...

...

No, wait...

😉

Must ... resist... temptation..... No... Google->Gauntlet
*Klaxon blares, lights flash*

Well this looks fine,.. OH THE HORROR, OH THE JUXTAPOSITION!
The real horror is that Microsoft has already done the leathermen version of the Gauntlet game. It's called PowerPoint. To use it you must struggle, feel very uncomfortable, and end up with something scary looking. 🙂

 

[leenotler]

Apologies for previous feeble attempt at humor.

On topic:
I should have said, we can believe in one of three things:

1. TT is safe because there are only fetishsists here (Mercury suggests otherwise)
2. TT is safe because there's only fetishists and tolerant people here. Intolerant people will leave quickly.
3. TT is a freak show for a disgusted public, who are bent on exposing members.

I choose to believe 2.

 

[Senshi1]

3. TT is a freak show for a disgusted public, who are bent on exposing members.

HA! XD That made me laugh. I think partly because I was convinced that everyone was hell bent on exposing me. >_< I have to say though, after seeing how this thread has developed, I do feel a lot better than I did when I started it.

 

[leenotler]

HA! XD That made me laugh. I think partly because I was convinced that everyone was hell bent on exposing me. >_< I have to say though, after seeing how this thread has developed, I do feel a lot better than I did when I started it.

When I wrote it, I was thinking it was a little extreme. I didn't fully realize the humor until you pointed it out. Then I laughed too. I'm often funnier accidently than intentionally. This thread has been helpful to me too, and others I imagine.
Thanks for starting it.

 

[TKLVR181]

Oh absolutely! Hey, sort of on topic, has anyone ever been on here in *private* and thought you heard someone behind you like, six times in a row?? I'm at school in the computer lab ALONE (jeez I hope) and I'm having this problem...

*looks behind me* Hey what are...wait, no, no...NOOOOO*stab*
😛

 

[leenotler]

failed joke here deleted

 

[leenotler]

Apology for failed joke deleted but not forgotten

 

[leenotler]

There, mistake deleted.

 

[TKLVR181]

Hey don't feel bad leenotler, nobody laughed (or cried) when I said I had been stabbed to death

 

[AlterEgo11111]

Tickling and encounters with society

I'll probably be perpetually stuck in "lurk mode", given my current professional field, which occasionally involves work with minors. Consider the media hype with regard to Michael Jackson's "tickling games" and the resultant law suits. I could never do the stuff he's alleged to have done with minors, and anyway, I'm really only interested in tickling (and being tickled by) non-naked adult women. But, given a worst-case scenario, what would happen if some of the parents with whom I interact found out about my association (however furtive) with this and other tickling sites? As I mentioned in my lone post three (gasp!) years ago, given some of the content on these sites--the fact that, like it or not, this site would probably be considered pornographic--coupled with the Michael Jackson hype, some of the parents might understandably assume the worst and question the safety of their children. And, here in my somewhat out-of-the-way community, professional reputation takes hard work to maintain.

Also, apart from the above reasoning, I interact with many wonderful people who are considerably more conservative than today's television norm--and the casual attitude toward sex and physical relationships that is so common now in the entertainment media doesn't sit well with them (nor with me, for that matter). Now, some of my female friends in that category might enjoy the occasional tickle fight with a guy (and in the past, I enjoyed very playful tickling-included friendships with a couple of them), but as all of us move further away from college days, the notion of "growing up" plus the increasing barrier of marriage (i.e., married people shouldn't engage in tickling with friends of the opposite sex) renders the likelihood of this ever slimmer. Besides, even just a lengthy conversation about tickling would seem a bit obsessive to most of them...a whole forum dedicated to tickling would be pretty incomprehensible.

There's more I could say on this subject, but I tend to be too long-winded as it is, so I'll desist for now...

 

[leenotler]

Thank you very much, TKLVR18. I just hated the idea that I might have unintentionally offended someone by a hasty post. I need to start writing as though I'm speaking out loud to someone in the same room. I'll catch on.

 

[TKLVR181]

Meh, don't worry lee'. This crowd has a tendency to be extra-patient😀

 

[leenotler]

Meh, don't worry lee'. This crowd has a tendency to be extra-patient😀

That's good. 🙂

There's more I could say on this subject, but I tend to be too long-winded as it is, so I'll desist for now...

AlterEgo1111, you deserve a long post considering it is your second in three years. I'm glad you can at least lurk here as many do. It's good for us to be reminded that discretion can be even more important for some people. As much as I want to reduce my paranoia about being on this site, I shouldn't go to the other extreme either.