Tickling when you first discover your liking of it vs now

[ChefJ92]

So I look back at how I found out I liked tickling and that was watching the Howard stern show back in 2003?!? I believe it was. Where yaqi tickled the 2 girls. I was like this is great. Then I found sites like soticklish.com etc. I feel like the tickle industry was still new and it felt more amateurish and real to me like I could relate to it better.

Now I feel like it’s too not fake but like overdone. Or it’s all about feet and or like vibrator oriented. Or like about full nude. Which to me is distasteful and takes away from the clips now.

I may be totally off in my opinion but like I guess my question here is do you prefer tickling and its content when you first discovered it or to what it is now fully evolved?

 

[Wesker28]

When I first discovered it for sure.

 

[ChefJ92]

When I first discovered it for sure.

I agree!! Why is that though?

 

[WickedTouch]

So I look back at how I found out I liked tickling and that was watching the Howard stern show back in 2003?!? I believe it was. Where yaqi tickled the 2 girls. I was like this is great. Then I found sites like soticklish.com etc. I feel like the tickle industry was still new and it felt more amateurish and real to me like I could relate to it better.

Now I feel like it’s too not fake but like overdone. Or it’s all about feet and or like vibrator oriented. Or like about full nude. Which to me is distasteful and takes away from the clips now.

I may be totally off in my opinion but like I guess my question here is do you prefer tickling and its content when you first discovered it or to what it is now fully evolved?

This is an interesting question. Outside of the concept of content, I think I prefer the early days for some aspects (e.g. novelty), and now for other things (e.g. connectivity, events, and changes of perspective). For content, I've never been much of a fan of the tickling "industry", per se, but most content did used to feel more organic and passion driven to me. Admittedly, some of that is almost certainly colored by my own sense of nostalgia and the novelty the content offered at the time. Today, a lot of content feels like it follows a formula that makes it feel cheapened somehow. Nudity and sexuality interlaced with tickling does not necessarily feel distasteful to me, though it often can feel like a glaring element that really just feels out of place for many scenes as they are presented. I personally feel that tickling, as well as the broader kink world, has become overly commodified. Sometimes I get the same feeling with it as I would if visiting an amusement park or something similar–Everyone is trying to sell me something I don't want to buy, and most of the strategies feel like they are leaning on impulse marketing. I think much like most porn, today's tickling content leaves me feeling more awkward and disconnected than excited or satisfied. This is why I try to focus more on experience than observation. To me, tickling is something meant to be experienced. That being said, none of this is intended to be an attack on content producers. Everyone has their own goals and path to walk, and they're pursuing what's important to them.

 

[SugarSoaker]

I have a sweet nostalgia for the content I watched circa early 00s but I think I prefer content now. I feel like there’s more of it, it’s more amateur based and I like being able to interact with still active models.

 

[tickle_prince]

I love reflecting back on things like this, for me I remember seeing tickle scenes in cartoons, particularly the April O’Neil one, and the Gummy Bears scene, and I remember being fascinated by it, to the point, where I would re watch the scene. I use to stay up, ready to record the scenes on VHS(yes VHS! That’s how long ago it was) after that. I remember thinking as a kid, so ‘that’s how you get adults to tell you what you want’ and I use to try it out on my baby sitter and friends of my mums lol.

After that, I use to write short stories, and they would always have tickle interrogation scenes in them. Of course, years passed, I learnt a lot more about the kink, did a lot of rp, and studied other tickle related content, to how I am now, fully aware of this kink, what I like, and embracing it, older, wiser but still have the love for it!

 

[Wesker28]

I agree!! Why is that though?

This might sound similar to Wicked. When I joined this site in 2002, the tickling industry as you call it was new, underdeveloped and like you I found it more relatable and organic. Tickling clips were more low key and tickle focused; think of most of ticklingparadise, the focus being tickling only. But not even just TP. I remember when I first watched one of those Kusuguri Rings clips from Japan, I would still love to see all those episodes one day... Or even those Japanese tickle battle clips, remember those? To echo what you said as well, I find it is quite overdone now and a bit too much focus is on the sexual aspect. Also, more readily available too, to quote what Wicked said about an amusement park.

 

[Grolsch]

Interesting question! Maybe from a different perspective but I wrote stories early on about some fun but goofy characters. Now as one having had more experiences I find it more difficult to capture the whole experience.

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

My love for tickling and women's feet hasn't changed only my age

 

[yinzer]

When it comes to so many things in life, it's really hard to top novelty, and by nature it doesn't last long. Fortunately, over the years my fetish has evolved and kind of reinvented novelty in some ways, but still nothing like the nostalgia of when I was young. For one thing, the first tickle videos I saw were on VHS and the models were mostly unattractive and the video quality was horrendous. Those things are so much better now! So much of the nostalgia has to do with how we feel about ourselves, just wishing we could be young and experience these things for the first time again, but for me the content is much better now than what it was when I first found tickling content, and because of the internet, so much more accessible! I don't miss having to physically go into an adult bookstore and taking the magazine or VHS up to the register for check out at all, or checking out the Playboy magazines at the regular bookstores wondering what the old lady behind the counter was thinking 😂

 

[Maneo]

I think first discovery of anything that moves you is usually more intense and positive, particularly as time passes. I don't think tickling as a human activity has really changed that much. What has changed is the more readily available tickling content. To some that may feel like over exposure or too much emphasis on some things over others.

 

[Ghostwriter727]

Being into tickling back then was rather confusing, and it very much felt like I was the only person who had any regard, or passion for the odd act of tickling.
Being both shy, and a little awkward certainly didn't help much.

There was the odd magazine articles, and maybe references to tickling, or teasing in books but nothing too telling about it until the rise of the internet and discovering that there really were a few (literally a few😂) other people into this touchy game of ours.

Today it seems more accepted to a point, and we seem to have a more tolerance for people that are different, and have there own little kinks.

Certainly more options to meet, and play today, but we all need to be a bit safer, and more selective anymore.
Its definitely come a long way, and AI will likely bring even more new realities in the coming years.

I'd say we are making progress as ticklers, and pranksters, but as always; watch your backs, play safe, and know who you are playing with.😉

 

[TheMasterTouch]

It's harder to find good CONTENT now, but there still is some good stuff out there. At the same time, being someone who loves tickling is better now because I have a deeper understanding of why I love it and the effect it has on me. When I was younger, I didn't understand that I wanted to dominate my partner and see her lose control. I love hearing stories from the women I've dated about how people they knew overpowered them and tickled them into hysterics. There's a lot more I can say, but I don't have enough time right now. 😊

 

[TheMasterTouch]

When it comes to so many things in life, it's really hard to top novelty, and by nature it doesn't last long. Fortunately, over the years my fetish has evolved and kind of reinvented novelty in some ways, but still nothing like the nostalgia of when I was young. For one thing, the first tickle videos I saw were on VHS and the models were mostly unattractive and the video quality was horrendous. Those things are so much better now! So much of the nostalgia has to do with how we feel about ourselves, just wishing we could be young and experience these things for the first time again, but for me the content is much better now than what it was when I first found tickling content, and because of the internet, so much more accessible! I don't miss having to physically go into an adult bookstore and taking the magazine or VHS up to the register for check out at all, or checking out the Playboy magazines at the regular bookstores wondering what the old lady behind the counter was thinking 😂

I remember going into adult bookstores in NYC and renting tickling videos in the 90s. The first time was the hardest, but I got over it. 😁

 

[duderino84]

Today, a lot of content feels like it follows a formula that makes it feel cheapened somehow.

A lot of content is centered around instant gratification.

A lot of old videos I've seen from VidTech or CalStar have some elements of story and buildup. A lot of them worked through each phase of tickling to determine the most effective tickling techniques.

Modern videos don't have the time or patience to introduce anticipation.

It's rushed. That's not real life. In real life I have to be progressive or I get ghosted. Or worse.

 

[A/S/H]

The content, no not so much. I very much miss the amateur stuff.

The interest itself? I feel for me has increased exponentially. Virtually everything about tickling excites me in some way, down to even the smallest details. I'm really trying to get my gf to learn more, hoping someday we can start meeting up with others (hopefully some from here honestly) when we eventually move. Reading about certain things here makes jealous but happy for those who have managed. Knowing there are so many folks who hypothetically would want to tickle me as a male lee drives me mad. I'm finding myself on this site more often checking for threads and updates to threads I find interesting, and having trouble finding anymore in-depth information regarding tickling. I feel a little embarrassed by how strong the interest has gotten sometimes. Some days I can't stop thinking about it no matter what.


Ultimately though yes my all-time favorite tickle content is the old classic amateur stuff, with my number 1 favorite video simply being a couple who posted a video of an upclose shot of a woman's bare foot being brutally tickled by her husband on MySpace. I still have that video and I'm still jealous of the woman's position as the lee. I miss the old times for sure, but my interest and desire to explore has gotten WAY stronger

 

[natscott6282]

I didnt find content til long after I got properly into tickling and had done a lot of it, and still prefer the memories of proper tickle torturing then most content

 

[Solleticatela]

Maybe, more when I discovered it :
1) because I was young...
2) because, before the internet era and the official coming out of all kinds of sexual preferences, in the 70s and 80s, one had to make imagination work, to get the better of any clue, had to shamefully protect one's secret (persuaded to be the only one on earth to have this fetish), which was as embarrassing as arousing.

 

[wolfman40]

I first got the internet in late 96 and can remember the excitement of looking at pages like Josie the ticklish pussycat and Ticklegal (Toni) plus media like Solefully yours and Daedalus (Feeture) with Mila Donovan and Heather Fox and of course Magic Touch and the gorgeous girl in the purple dress..

everything seemed so American centric, but over the last 20 years the UK scene has grown exponentially and it's been a privilege to make friends, hang out drink beer and eat chips..

I enjoy play, but don't have the thirst, for me it's just being a part of the community now as I near 50..

 

[pleasurefingers]

A lot of content is centered around instant gratification.

A lot of old videos I've seen from VidTech or CalStar have some elements of story and buildup. A lot of them worked through each phase of tickling to determine the most effective tickling techniques.

Modern videos don't have the time or patience to introduce anticipation.

It's rushed. That's not real life. In real life I have to be progressive or I get ghosted. Or worse.

Exactly.