The Wrong Idea

[osprey825]

I found this while surfing one of the picdump sites today. Another bit of propaganda reinforcing the wrong attitude toward tickling. Too bad.

 

[3xPIN]

HA!

Oh well, haters gonna hate.

 

[stockytickler]

Wow ... what kind of fucked up people are running around in /that/ person's past?

I get sometimes a tickle will get completely out of hand and it's a bad, entirely nonconsensual experience, but until we as a society decide we need tickle shelters and hotlines for the brutally tickled and people start doing time for it, I don't really see that anyone's out much of anything beyond some loss of composure in public and possibly bladder control. Not saying it can't be traumatic, but if that's what you're going to go with you should at least be able to get them on assault, which is at least criminal.

I suggest this little philosophy is overstating things somewhat.
But oh hey! Look! This works with everything people occasionally seek out and do consensually!

Eating, like getting raped only you're eating.
Running, like getting raped only you're running.
Going to college. Like getting raped, only you're taking classes and earning a degree.
Watching tv. It's exactly like getting raped, only you're WATCHING TV.

Oy.

 

[rhiannon]

Some people are sensitive about being tickled. Just accept it and stop whining about it. 🙂

 

[osprey825]

Some people are sensitive about being tickled. Just accept it and stop whining about it. 🙂

There's no whining. It's just a comment on tangible dislike that is out there.

 

[Wolf]

It's a joke.

I wouldn't bother getting all butt-hurt about it.

 

[Coda]

Right, the fact that it's disproportionately-sized text with any discernible hint of irony suggests minimal odds of about 9 in 10 that the original intent was humour. Or at least tongue-in-cheek-ness.

 

[TickleMyFancy]

lol that made me laugh.

And made me super wanna tickle whoever created it until they cry 🙂

 

[Skipadeedoodah]

I actually like it. It's kinda true...LOL

 

[milagros317]

There are some very narrow minded people out there, and one of them made that sign.

 

[Sandisk444]

Lol i'm really not sure if the people getting upset about this are actually being serious about it. If they are then calm down lol, it's a joke. If not, then i need to get my sarcasm-o-meter fixed 🙁

 

[MatrinZachs]

Lets's not get mad guys it's a free world out their and people can have their opinions.

I say if your are unsure of your wording being misinterpreted just add the good old or or and every thing will be clear.

 

[stockytickler]

I just think of rape as being a pretty strong word. A close friend of mine wasn't tickled in her early 20s. And especially since someone recently left here because someone took things to a traumatizing, noncon place, I guess I'd like to keep "tickling" and "assault" in separate camps because for me, they are. I don't tickle people randomly, and someone's really not having any fun I stop.

I get that that's not universal, but trite little observations like this piss me off.

EDIT: Not your guyses' responses, btw -- you don't know my history, I don't know yours, and if I came off as butthurt in my post it's because I am a bit. It's all good /in here/. I'm irritated by the /block/. *hugs*

 

[Ferbtones]

lol tickling is fantastic, let the rest of the world think what they want 🙂

 

[MatrinZachs]

stocky your above comment actually explains a lot. And if you are butthurt you have every right to be. People are complexd bags of strange experinces and random stories.

 

[3xPIN]

lol that made me laugh.

And made me super wanna tickle whoever created it until they cry 🙂

HA! That is funny stu-I mean...

*Raises hand*I CREATED IT!!!

 

[Wolf]

Anyone else find it a tad ironic that on a website that's got so much to do with laughter, that so many people have no freaking sense of humor?

 

[stockytickler]

Alanis Morrisette ironic, maybe. *tickles Alanis Morrisette