Anonymous · 10mo
Hello! I‘m the „bottom twink with self slicking ass“ anon! (What a sentence!)
Thank you so much for your answer and elabortation! I understand where you are coming from and what you mean, and maybe this is something I should properly look into more as I‘m sure there are many publications on stuff like this, but do you think that truly extends to any and all kinks/ or general actions? The part about the subconscious. This is not an attack or criticism, i‘m just very curious cuz my own mind (and perhaps idealism) thinks that‘s exactly why us humans are such fascinating little creatures: sometimes it truly isn’t something deep rooted and it is random! Although I understand your argument (aka the good old „gut feeling“ that often simpy lets us know if someone/something is „good“ or „bad“ without us intentionally rationalizing it), I also dislike the notion that deep down, our actions are just led by instinct/gut feeling and not conscious intention. (I swear in my psychology class in school we had hours of discussions about this, the whole nature vs nurture and are humans just led by their basic needs etc and it‘s a very cool topic in my opinion!)
I‘m afraid of coming off as argumentative, so I really wanna say that i‘m not trying to be, I think this is a very good discussion to have and I like your reasoning!
Wishing you a lovely day! xoxo
We'll find another name for you anon. One that's shorter and less explicit.
Something you might find interesting is that not even computers can be completely random. They operate on more of a pseudo-randomness, pulling from a pre-existing seed. This MIT snippet explains more: https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/can-a-computer-generate-a-truly-random-number/.
The brain, similar to the computer, functions most effectively if using precedents and patterns. Randomness manifests relative to its source of data. I'll explain with an example. If I ask you to randomly name a color, you will only be able to give me a color with a name. If I ask you to randomly think of a color, then you might have more options, but you still won't have an equal chance of guessing any color. It's very likely that you will be predisposed to first think of colors that you see regularly. You'd actually have to exert effort to think of a color that you don't regularly see, and then the action ceases to be random.
Like computers, we are also at the mercy of our programming. One possible explanation for foot fetishes, which can manifest differently than other fetishes, is a neurological one. The feet are located close to the genitals in the somatosensory cortex, so there could be neural crosstalk in some individuals. The brain comes to associate feet with genitals, vice versa.
The brain is a highly sensitive organ, and randomness isn't much of a thing in other organs either. So why would the brain be any different? It might also help to clarify what "deep-rooted" means. For something to be the result of a subconscious process doesn't necessarily mean it has to be traumatic or integral to the person's psyche.
To explain, let's pick on the foot fetishists again, ha. Somebody might have a foot fetish because they endured a foot-related trauma as a child. But another person might like feet because of the neurological reason we discussed earlier. A third person might appear to like them completely randomly, but it's actually because of a overlapping experiences causing neural pathways to intersect. (Kind of like smelling a perfume and thinking of a specific time.)
For example, perhaps this particular foot fetishist grew up in a very cold place, and so they rarely saw other people's skin. When they moved to a warmer climate in middle school, as they were going through the throes of puberty, they began to see bare arms, legs, and feet for the first time. A pivotal experience for them was sitting on the beach, digging their hands and feet into the sand, being touched by the world in so many new ways, and watching their peers play in the ocean. To them, these first sexual experiences may not have necessarily even been about feet, but as they experiences multiple new things simultaneously, it's not impossible that their burgeoning sexuality would have considerable neural overlap with the idea of feet. Not something 'deep-rooted', really, but psychologically substantiated nonetheless.
