So is STOG the Gleek of the F Plus Wondertwins?
BomberJacket, March 13, 2015, 01:07:06 pm
I'm mad you didn't use "Touch Me" by The Doors.
Smoking Crow, March 13, 2015, 10:35:04 am
Squid tentacles would only provide even more cuddle output!Some squids do have elbows! Which clearly serve no evolutionary purpose but hugging, obviously.
Isfahan, March 13, 2015, 04:48:41 pm
I think I figured out why this concept makes me feel so angry and confused. It's the same level of stupidity the waifu freaks have.
The complete misunderstanding of human intimacy and social interaction, mixed with a "I'm never wrong" attitude just creates this irritating environment. They all sound like Martians, convincing themselves that they understand feelings.
FattyBoBatty, March 13, 2015, 04:42:24 pm
This is by no means an in for sweaty guys who smell like stale candy corn to grind their boners into the small of your back while everyone watches Adventure Time.
count_actuala, March 13, 2015, 05:02:29 pm
Seriously, I think this shit would be way less creepy if it were just a mass orgy...This is so spot on. For me, and I think for a lot of people, the episodes that focus on deviant sexuality are way less creepy than the ones that focus on people trying to convince each other they're not interested in even conventional sexuality. Shit like the stuffed animal fuckers rides the line because I think at the core it's the fact that they're layering so much bullshit over what they're after.
KingKalamari, March 13, 2015, 07:59:01 pm
I feel like I should change my name now that I've listened to this episode.
Cuddlesquid with a caramel center, March 13, 2015, 04:48:12 pm
So I opened up a private browser and searched for Minnesota cuddle parties, and although cuddleparty.com had no listings, there are a disturbingly high number of other results.
Meetup.com is kind enough to show me what other groups these people are a part of and it's exactly what you'd expect.
Twin Cities Christian Singles.
Nerds At Heart Twin Cities Singles Group.
Twin Sum Drum (hand drummers, spectators, and dancers are welcome)
MNPoly (with 676 polyamorous members, and the organizer looks about as creepy as he should)
The Minneapolis Meditation Meetup Group
Singles & Single Parents Christian Fellowship
Minneapolis Tantra Meetup Getup
MinnSpec -- Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers
Minnesota Skeptics
And more of the same.
I feel like there's a doc to be made here.
Mique, March 14, 2015, 12:05:55 am
So uh, since when has dry humping been considered as non sexual?
Also, fuck, there's a cuddle party happening today about 15 minutes away from where I live, six hours from now. I probably shouldn't have checked whether this exists in my country. On the other hand, it seems to be organized by some sort of spiritualist tantric sexual healing group thing, as a sort of non-sexual introductory thing to the tantric sex courses?
I'm even more confused now.
A Meat, March 14, 2015, 05:50:32 am
I'm creeped out the other way. The people running the event spell out very carefully that it's not about sex, they spell out their policy of consent, but the readers keep insisting over and over it's all about non-consensual touching and sex. It creeps me out when people are so bound to their own interpretation that they'll somehow turn even the clearest indications around in their head to conform to their bias.
I like how SA goons are accusing Lemon of demonizing cuddle parties.I'm creeped out the other way. The people running the event spell out very carefully that it's not about sex, they spell out their policy of consent, but the readers keep insisting over and over it's all about non-consensual touching and sex. It creeps me out when people are so bound to their own interpretation that they'll somehow turn even the clearest indications around in their head to conform to their bias.Cat Planet, March 14, 2015, 03:09:14 pm
I remember my dad teaching me to always caress a woman's back after sex because that releases the hormone in question, haha.
Cat Planet, March 14, 2015, 03:23:00 pm
It hurts me when the generic f plus whackjob is SO CLOSE to the truth but understanding the truth would violate one of their unalterable cult beliefs.QueenSyreen, March 14, 2015, 05:05:02 pm
The sense of denial is flamingly obvious — that adults could cuddle but absolutely not have it lead to sexual arousal. It's these mile-long list of rules and boundaries set up to ensure no hanky-panky goes on under the blanky that are absurd. I agree with the posters above that if these cuddly parties broke out into orgies, it would be LESS weird, because the logic of sensual touch leading to sex is a normal, natural thing. The need for so many rules and clarifications and set limits — it's putting up walls, not breaking them down, as they would have us believe.It hurts me when the generic f plus whackjob is SO CLOSE to the truth but understanding the truth would violate one of their unalterable cult beliefs.QueenSyreen, March 14, 2015, 05:05:02 pm
We've seen this an absolute ton in the episodes so far, haven't we? This, and people who you can sort of tell deep down KNOW the truth, but choose to keep up the emperor's-clothes charade in their head out of a sense of community and a belief that they must be the only one who's not quite getting it.Isfahan, March 14, 2015, 05:42:01 pm
This episode exemplifies a big internet pet peeve of mine - idiot nerds trying to intellectualize everything they like.You just can't appreciate having a boner on the same level that they do.
It cannot be that they like spooning because they're lonesome and it gives them a boner. That's, ugh, so mundane, so typical. As a learned individual, I can tell you the reason I enjoy spooning is because there is actually a complex biochemical process occurring which results from years of mother neglecting my innate biological, psychological and emotional blah blah blah
A sphere with points, March 21, 2015, 12:36:22 pm
About 8 years ago a friend of mine told me about the time she somehow managed to get an invitation to a secret, invite-only, underground REAL VAMPIRES party, where about 150 REAL VAMPIRES gathered in a big basement someplace in Brooklyn to do vampire stuff for about 20 hours.
Cuddle parties sound so much worse on all levels.
Old_Zircon, March 22, 2015, 04:36:11 pm
About 8 years ago a friend of mine told me about the time she somehow managed to get an invitation to a secret, invite-only, underground REAL VAMPIRES party, where about 150 REAL VAMPIRES gathered in a big basement someplace in Brooklyn to do vampire stuff for about 20 hours.
Cuddle parties sound so much worse on all levels.
Old_Zircon, March 22, 2015, 04:36:11 pm
You all scoffed at the cuddle hormone, but it's a useful thing!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1250936/Spray-version-cuddle-hormone-ease-symptoms-autism.html
moooo566, March 13, 2015, 01:10:46 pm
The evidence shows that intranasal oxytocin: (1) produces no detectable subjective changes in recipients, (2) produces no reliable side-effects, and (3) is not associated with adverse outcomes when delivered in doses of 18-40 IU for short term use in controlled research settings. Future research directions should include a focus on the dosage and duration of use, and application with younger age groups, vulnerable populations, and with females.EDIT:
Results
Although no significant changes were detected in the primary outcome measures after correcting for baseline differences, results suggested improvements after 6 weeks in measures of social cognition (Reading-the-Mind-in-the-Eyes Test, p = 0.002, d = 1.2), and quality of life (World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire – emotion, p = 0.031, d = 0.84), both secondary measures. Oxytocin was well tolerated and no serious adverse effects were reported.
And I've definitely got a soft spot for oldschool, 80s EBM.
Old_Zircon, March 22, 2015, 10:28:41 pm
And I've definitely got a soft spot for oldschool, 80s EBM.
Old_Zircon, March 22, 2015, 10:28:41 pm
Me too but blood play is fucking nasty and a fantastic way to get hepatitis
Smoking Crow, March 23, 2015, 01:38:04 am
that is honestly a genuinely good point
Tiny Prancer, March 28, 2015, 12:41:05 am
that is honestly a genuinely good point
Tiny Prancer, March 28, 2015, 12:41:05 am
No because everything you have and will ever draw will never reach the level of perfection that dick dolphin exists at
Smoking Crow, March 28, 2015, 01:43:05 am
Fine isn't spooning with the intent of having sex. “Sex is like a chore, a routine," he explained. "It’s like going to the dentist.” Instead, he's developed brand-new snuggle moves that sound both nightmarish and difficult to escape — e.g., the "cuddle doggy style," where a "woman raises up on all fours while he wraps himself around her holding and rocking her." He only cuddles women, some of whom he meets at "cuddle parties" (others, he claims, seek out his services).
So I opened up a private browser and searched for Minnesota cuddle parties, and although cuddleparty.com had no listings, there are a disturbingly high number of other results.
Meetup.com is kind enough to show me what other groups these people are a part of and it's exactly what you'd expect.
Twin Cities Christian Singles.
Nerds At Heart Twin Cities Singles Group.
Twin Sum Drum (hand drummers, spectators, and dancers are welcome)
MNPoly (with 676 polyamorous members, and the organizer looks about as creepy as he should)
The Minneapolis Meditation Meetup Group
Singles & Single Parents Christian Fellowship
Minneapolis Tantra Meetup Getup
MinnSpec -- Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers
Minnesota Skeptics
And more of the same.
I feel like there's a doc to be made here.
Mique, March 14, 2015, 12:05:55 am
At the time this episode was first aired, I was delighted my province wasn't mentioned in the list of Canadian Cuddle Party Locations.
Since then, a friend and fellow F Plus listener in the city has advised me that her place of work got a cuddle party brochure in the mail. Why would anyone do this?
advancedclass, April 29, 2015, 11:13:14 am
At the time this episode was first aired, I was delighted my province wasn't mentioned in the list of Canadian Cuddle Party Locations.
Since then, a friend and fellow F Plus listener in the city has advised me that her place of work got a cuddle party brochure in the mail. Why would anyone do this?
advancedclass, April 29, 2015, 11:13:14 am
Think you could get a photo or scan of that? I want to see what a cuddle party direct-mail campaign looks like.
Old_Zircon, May 03, 2015, 11:06:02 am
"This episode of On the Media was underwritten by The Cuddlery: get into a bubble of affection with... holy shit, am I actually supposed to read this on air? Fuck you guys."
Digital Walnut, May 03, 2015, 11:39:07 pm
My friend and I watched this from the sidelines, and if she hadn't refused to leave, I'd have bolted as soon as I saw that. (This is the same chick who tried to take me to a vaginal fisting workshop a month later. I've since stopped talking to her.)
Navigator, March 13, 2015, 04:21:30 pm
I noticed the title for this one changed?
goombapolice, August 27, 2015, 04:41:23 pm
But "Eee! Pinions!" is still hasn't...
Shigan, August 29, 2015, 04:57:22 am
Just gonna post this while the thread's still alive.
(https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/16495185/opccuddleparty.jpg)
STOG, August 30, 2015, 12:58:29 pm
Franklin has quite an eye for graphic design. Just look at the game he created! (http://www.symtoys.com/onyx.html) (LINK NSFW)
Lemon, August 31, 2015, 09:46:10 am
Franklin has quite an eye for graphic design. Just look at the game he created! (http://www.symtoys.com/onyx.html) (LINK NSFW)
Lemon, August 31, 2015, 09:46:10 am
A true story from what happen and I started dating my girl
A True Spanking Contest
Bill was just getting out of computer class and when the two girls approach him.
Bill: Hey, if it isn’t the competitive adrenaline girls themselves in the flesh!
Jill: Hey, Bill, we need your help with something.
Sam: Yeah, but we need your strict confidentiality and we are only asking you because you are the only one who we can both decide we can trust.
Jill: Its the opportunity of a life time for you but you can only trust you and only you.
Bill: I take it has to do with another competition you two conjured up again, some new adrenaline rush and another bet too.
Jill: See, he knows us all too well.
Bill: Well, this past summer, Sam father paid for Sky diving and scuba diving together and bet on who could swim to the closes to the biggest fish you can find. So what is it now, rattlesnake hunting and who is more fearless.
Sam: No sky diving was the fear bet. This time its a pain test. Whoever has the will power to take the most pain wins! We came up with the best and only way, and that where you come in.
Bill: I’m not sure what that could be but why don’t we talk about this at Starbucks, we can meet at the one down on Lincoln Boulevard across from the north campus at 3pm after my math class.
Jill: See you than!
Sam: Works for me, see in a few hours.
A few hours later, they meet at Starbucks. The girls got there first and got the most remote outside table. Bill showed, got his coffee and sat down.
Bill: Ok, what this about girls you were pretty cryptic about this bet on who has the most will power and something about pain tolerance?
Jill: We got a bet going about who can take the most pain without giving in or interfering. After many hours talking about we decided the only safe way to do that is with a spanking. Whoever can take the most, hardest and longest wins!
Sam: We thought about spanking each other but we decided that the only way for it to be fair is for someone else does it and we choose you.
A professional cuddler gives an interview:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2016/01/06/embrace-the-life-of-a-professional-cuddlerspooning-massages-awkward-erections-and-all
"So far it's been all men except for one female friend. Mostly guys over 50."
Caroline, September 20, 2016, 03:30:52 pm
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/5gjx5k/can-paid-cuddling-ever-be-truly-platonic
Theta, February 12, 2018, 07:22:27 pm
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/5gjx5k/can-paid-cuddling-ever-be-truly-platonic
Theta, February 12, 2018, 07:22:27 pm
One of the FAQ answers reads: "Think of this like making out with your girlfriend, only this is not your girlfriend, and no making out is allowed."