Well, Steve,
Again I ask, What exactly are you seeking. And why are you seeking THAT? Just TO head off the usual, this is NOT for me a kinky question but a very abstract one. And, to be honest, it is a bit rhetorical; ie. I already have the arrogance to think that I know the answer. I think there is a sense in which the search is the “goal”, and if you provide the goal, without a search, you will obliterate it. Occasionally, when I try to raise an issue on FRIAM I get dragged into kink as a kind of raillery, and I think, distraction. The best example was Doug who completely short-sheeted my attempt to discuss vortexes and entropy by talking about “Swirlies” (NOT Shirleys, to be clear). Let’s take an example that cannot be kinkified. Let’s take, Getting the Giggles. The Giggles is, for me, one of the holiest states one can achieve. I know also that it can be produced when a group of people, familiar and comfortable with one another, happen on a bit of silliness together. I know also that it can be produced by smoking pot. So, why bother with the people and the silliness. Why not just take the drug? To which my answer is, Why take the drug? Nick Nick Thompson <mailto:thompnicks...@gmail.com> thompnicks...@gmail.com <https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2021 2:41 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] the cancellation arc Marcus wrote: Why did the big bang occur? Was it because God had an orgasm? Jesus. The unfolding universe *is* the orgasm? ... induced by the meta-Goddess-as-Dominatrix wielding Dark-Energy-Stim? I *was* aware of the sex-application, though I would question Dave's 10,000x purchases compared to medical relief/rehab and performance enhancement. When shopping for the (ultimately $30 device) i tripped over the whole range of applications including a wide range of sexual kink it would seem. I believe electrostim has been used by horse (and maybe more importantly cattle) breeding for many decades to collect semen for the turkey-baster work (to be crude)? I hate to guess what the scene looked liked *developing* this technology... I think that kind of behaviour would be illegal in most states today. The closest I came to "biting" on that application was the conductive gloves designed to morph amongst traditional electro-stim/massage/accupuncture... but most of the "unique" electrode types cost many times the stim unit itself (I suspect it is just a compact CPU with some D/A converters... probably running Linux... there are probably DIY Arduino builds or even amplifier circuits to drive these electrodes from the headphone output of a smartphone. For my more general interests in synthetic sensoria, I should check the options of what can in fact be driven from the headphone jack in consumer HMDs (e.g. Oculus Quest).
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