It's just a topic I feel the need to participate in when it comes up. I don't feel the need to debate in a thread about murder or child porn because 99.99% of people already know those things are wrong. If those ever do come up and there are people trying to justify it, let me know and I'll jump in there, as well.
I see. So you're only interested in discussing right from wrong. Well alrighty then. That helps me to understand where you're coming from.
Describe in the best detail you can some of the positive reactions you've gotten.
One positive response I got was when I tickled a very hot woman in a latin night club. She jumped, visibly startled. She turned around, smiled a big smile, took my hand and dragged me out on the dance floor. To quote George Thorogood, "Lawd, she was lovey dovey!"
Another time I tickled the foot of a woman at the gym during a one time yoga class. She didn't realize that she stretching into my area, so I tickled her foot. She jerked it back, smiled and whispered, "Sorry." When we all rolled over, I inadvertantly did the same thing she did, and she tickled my foot. I looked over at her in surprise and she was grinning at me with a look that said, "Aha...gotcha back." I introduced myself to her after the class and quickly found out she had a boyfriend so I didn't pursue her.
And then there was the time I was walking down Laura St in Jacksonville by the Court House. A car was parked with two female feet sticking out of the right rear window. As I walked by, I scribbled my fingers across them briefly. The feet flinched a little, but did not retract. The girl in the car was college aged, and called after me, "I dare you to do that again!" I was late for an appointment so I didn't have time to play her little cat and mouse game, but clearly she enjoyed the attention.
There's a big difference between being jostled in a crowd and having some stranger deliberately touch you and then run away.
And exactly what is this big difference? In both cases, a stranger touches you and then leaves you alone.
The first post of this thread is proof that people don't like being touched by strangers.
I'd hardly call that proof. At best it's personal testimony of one person claiming not to like it.
Why can't you respect that?
Who says I don't? Just so you know, I wasn't the one who tickled Blue Soda, and now that I know her distaste for it, I won't waste my time tickling her. You happy?
People working in bakeries or wherever now having to worry about random people they don't know tickling them and running off is a real problem.
A bigger problem than say people losing their healthcare provider? Or crime on the street? Is it a more widespread problem than identity theft? Is it a bigger problem than the failing education system?
People should be able to feel comfortable in their place of work, out in public, etc.. The whole "there are worse problems in the world" philosophy doesn't make this problem okay and has nothing to do with it. We're talking about this problem, and I think I have given my reasons and you have given yours and we're never going to agree.
But you knew that already from past experience in debating me. I hope you're not going to pretend you actually had ideas of changing my mind. ?
Okay, we'll play the language game.
How about providing an example or two of potential cases where the discussed behavior is considered by you to be 'cool'. Discuss a few scenarios where if you applied your checklist of rules you'd come up with "GREEN LIGHT! Good to Go!" and act.
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As I said previously, I don't have a checklist. I never go out for the express purposes of looking for a stranger to tickle. I just go about my normal business and if an opportunity presents itself, I'll size up the situation, and make a decision.
For me, first and foremost, I prefer a natural situation to any contrived one. I don't pretend to be a reflexology student giving out free massages. I simply keep an eye open for opportunities wherever I am. One time I was at a water park and the pretty girl that worked there, was standing with her foot sticking out very close to me. I gave it a quick tickle just as my little raft began it's journey down the pipe. It was cool in that I didn't have to go out of my way to tickle her. She flinched slightly but didn't even look. I concluded she gets that a lot, and from the way she continued to stand like that, she doesn't seem to mind.
And that is one key indicator of an opportunity. How receptive does she appear? Is she wearing clothing that exposes ticklish areas such as the undarms or the midriff? Do her movements and her proximity indicate anything that suggests invitation? These are very subtle and at times tough to read.
And even then, that alone isn't enough. Because some feminazis and other drama queens are out there just waiting for somebody to fall into their trap so they can cry, "OMG!! HE TOUCHED ME!! I'M A VICTIM!!" So it's a good idea to try and assess the personality type if at all possible.
For example, I remember I was once considering giving a quick tickle to a woman wearing a sleeveless blouse at the grocery store leaning close to me while reaching up to the top shelf. I could have almost licked her armpit from where I was standing. But just in the nick of time I spotted something that saved me from a potential disaster. She had the latest issue of MS Magazine in her shopping cart. Oh, she was sly, that one. Not sly enough to snare ole DAJT though.
There are also other things to consider. The venue. The general reason people come to whatever place you're in. They all have different sets of parameters that must be weighed accordingly. The grocery store. A shopping mall. The beach. A nightclub. A crowded subway. All have their own benefits and pitfalls that must be assessed along with the specific people that are present.
It's a lot of information that the brain kind of processes intuitively resulting in a gut feeling of either cool...uncool...or borderline. I'm not by nature a huge risk taker, so I seldom if ever go for borderline. I stick with what seems cool and it hasn't failed me yet.
Anyone who does this should be punched square in the face, hard; the end.
Thank you! lol
Ah, I see H<sup>2</sup> once again showing support for violence as an appropriate response to violating somebody's personal space. The irony never ceases.