Yes? If Dina says maybe, she means maybe. It wouldn’t occur to her to dissemble under normal circumstances, and certainly not when an accurate description of her reactions is the whole reason they’re doing this.
Oh, should probably add: I’m not saying Dina’s analysis of her own reaction is necessarily accurate, given her limited experience, just that it’s honest.
It’s not scientifically determined unless you get repeat results. At least 6 times over. And you do need to control for confounding variables. So maybe more…
Man my biggest concern is having to open up about fetishes I have to an SO that might not be into that. Don’t wanna be judged by the girl you love, y’know?
There are websites where you can take surveys– like you take one and your partner takes one– and then it just shares what you both indicated you were into.
Though, yeah, vulnerability is a strength, blah blah blah.
It isn’t – or shouldn’t – be a ‘ask and risk rejection’ thing. Rather it should be more share and compare.
For example, my wife is a masochist, but not a sub. She enjoys the sensation of a fair amount of BDSM, but doesn’t care for the ‘play’ of it most of the time.
I, meanwhile, am a bit of a sub myself, but I can play being a Dom, and I love rope play.
So, when the mood strikes us for this sort of thing, we manage both having me do a pretty tortoise shell wrap on her (looks nice, but no real restriction) and then whipping her. The rope bondage does it for me, the whip does it for her, and everyone is happy.
And that’s only the BDSM side of things. My wife and I both have some weirder fetishes, and often they don’t match up, but we do for one another because we love one another. ANd because, at the end of the day, it’s all about play – being playful with it, having fun with it.
yeah, i’ve been having sex with a masochist friend lately, and while i’d never done anything remotely BDSM and i don’t really get much out of sadism per se (actually i like a bit of pain myself) i’m happy to oblige seeing how much she enjoys it. also, she’s really experienced and communicates super clearly, it’s pretty great.
As for me, i’m really only in it for the kissing and cuddling, so that shakes out =3
I’m not going to say that your True Love is going to necessarily be into every kink you’re into, because that’s not how people work, but if they’re going to judge you for even bringing up the topic to try to find mutual interests for potential exploration/experimentation, they ain’t worth your time and energy.
(with the caveat that this is not First Date conversation)
Personally, having experienced acceptance (not participation) from an ex regarding mine has raised my standards in a way where if sharing that information resulted in judgement, I’d probably interpret that as a non-optimal relationship.
Future dating for me is gonna be rough because I’ll always have a great relationship to compare it to
If there are 347 fetishes on the list, it would make sense to test 174 of them at once. No reaction, it’s in the remaining 173, otherwise it’s in the 174.
If it’s in the 174, test 87 of those.
This would allow Dina to identify fetishes within log_2(347) at most 9 tests.
Public Television broadcast a 17-hour version in 1990 – Four nights in a row, and simulcast on FM stereo radio. My takeaway from the marathon was Brunhilde about to launch into the signature aria, and remembering the famous “fat lady sings” saying, realizing that this opera’s Fat Lady was anything but fat – “Oh no, this opera’s going into overtime.”
Sometimes featheries. But mostly just called avians. It rolls the tongue off better I think.
Also, I don’t think anyone seeing you googled “What avian furries are called” would think you are into any of it. Chances are you would have done that a long time ago.
I’m not worried about people thinking I’m into it. I’m worried that the search results would be of a sort far, far more raunchy than what I was looking for.
And I’m also worried that the google algorithm would think I’m into it, and that would skew the results for everything I search for in the future.
Look, I said I’m not worried about what PEOPLE would think. The Algorithm God doesn’t count.
Reltzik: Google, what is this funny word i do not know the definition of and couldn’t make any sense of from context?
Google: i deduce you are a freaky pervert who wants invasive hentai ads on every page all of the time from now on until you close down all your socials burn your laptop and move to mars then, very well, i aim to serve
OK, so this strip can be read one of two ways. One is that Dina finds Becky in a dino suit to be intensely cute and adorable, but may or may not actually be arousing. Two is that she DID find it arousing, but is acting nonchalant because she knows Becky is still not comfortable with full intimacy and doesn’t want to push her before she’s ready.
I mean. Or you could read it the third way, which is just that Dina literally isn’t sure, because she’s only felt ‘pants euphoria’ once, and this might be a vaguely different enough kind of arousal that she’s marking it down as a maybe and to investigate further later.
Sure, Dina. Suuuuuure.
You can’t argue with Science.
Yes? If Dina says maybe, she means maybe. It wouldn’t occur to her to dissemble under normal circumstances, and certainly not when an accurate description of her reactions is the whole reason they’re doing this.
Sometimes I feel like people just don’t get Dina.
Oh, should probably add: I’m not saying Dina’s analysis of her own reaction is necessarily accurate, given her limited experience, just that it’s honest.
She just wants repeated results before she switches it to yes. More experiments needed.
It’s not scientifically determined unless you get repeat results. At least 6 times over. And you do need to control for confounding variables. So maybe more…
Congratz on beating Ana to first comment
The Erotic Science Expedition continues, NOW!!!!
??? ??? ???
*plays “Onward!!!!” by Megumi Han on Hacked Muzak*
MAYbe
Dina, I know you’re trying but =|
At this point I’m starting to think Dina is more aroused by dinosaurs than by people.
Starting?
Well I never expected her love for dinos to extend to her bedroom activities
I completely fail to understand this.
Once they test all 347 fetishes on Dina’s list, they have to get into combos.
Becky: “Okay, so I am wearing the dinosaur suit, but my feet are bare, I’m in clown makeup, and I am about to sit on a red balloon.” (Pop) “Anything?”
Dina: “Negative”
Becky: “Darn. I suppose there’s no point in trying it with this blue balloon?”
Dina: “YOU DIDN’T TELL ME WE HAD BLUE BALLOONS, SWEET FUCK THAT’S HOT!”
Man my biggest concern is having to open up about fetishes I have to an SO that might not be into that. Don’t wanna be judged by the girl you love, y’know?
I hear that. Nothing like potential judgement to stop you from being open.
Well their partner might just feel the same way too. ? Just gotta communicate, right?
And risk Rejection? I don’t think so, fam.
There are websites where you can take surveys– like you take one and your partner takes one– and then it just shares what you both indicated you were into.
Though, yeah, vulnerability is a strength, blah blah blah.
OK whoever came up with that website, KUDOS. Fucking GENIUS! ? ??
God I wish I had a partner so I could do that with them. 😛
Granted I feel like that’s a “we’ve been dating for a while thing”.
Alternatively, it could be the basis for a dating site that only matched people who shared complementary fetishes.
Yeah I was gonna say. Knowing you’re kink-compatible in advance sounds like a good idea if it’s that important.
It isn’t – or shouldn’t – be a ‘ask and risk rejection’ thing. Rather it should be more share and compare.
For example, my wife is a masochist, but not a sub. She enjoys the sensation of a fair amount of BDSM, but doesn’t care for the ‘play’ of it most of the time.
I, meanwhile, am a bit of a sub myself, but I can play being a Dom, and I love rope play.
So, when the mood strikes us for this sort of thing, we manage both having me do a pretty tortoise shell wrap on her (looks nice, but no real restriction) and then whipping her. The rope bondage does it for me, the whip does it for her, and everyone is happy.
And that’s only the BDSM side of things. My wife and I both have some weirder fetishes, and often they don’t match up, but we do for one another because we love one another. ANd because, at the end of the day, it’s all about play – being playful with it, having fun with it.
yeah, i’ve been having sex with a masochist friend lately, and while i’d never done anything remotely BDSM and i don’t really get much out of sadism per se (actually i like a bit of pain myself) i’m happy to oblige seeing how much she enjoys it. also, she’s really experienced and communicates super clearly, it’s pretty great.
As for me, i’m really only in it for the kissing and cuddling, so that shakes out =3
I’m not going to say that your True Love is going to necessarily be into every kink you’re into, because that’s not how people work, but if they’re going to judge you for even bringing up the topic to try to find mutual interests for potential exploration/experimentation, they ain’t worth your time and energy.
(with the caveat that this is not First Date conversation)
See, I’m concerned that someday I’ll be in that position again, and when I have nothing to offer, they’ll assume I’m lying.
It was so much simpler with my ex-wife. Neither one of us had any clue about anything, so nobody had anything to be embarrassed about!
Personally, having experienced acceptance (not participation) from an ex regarding mine has raised my standards in a way where if sharing that information resulted in judgement, I’d probably interpret that as a non-optimal relationship.
Future dating for me is gonna be rough because I’ll always have a great relationship to compare it to
“We trained an A.I. to generate random fetishes; here are some of the results…”
For Science.
But what if Combinatorial Design Theory is itself one of Dina’s fetishes? How can the science be saved?
If there are 347 fetishes on the list, it would make sense to test 174 of them at once. No reaction, it’s in the remaining 173, otherwise it’s in the 174.
If it’s in the 174, test 87 of those.
This would allow Dina to identify fetishes within log_2(347) at most 9 tests.
Ah, the faces of a dinosaur and her lover, truly is anything more precious?
A golden ring, precious?
I don’t trust it, my last experience with a gold ring took almost 12 hours to get through. And then I went through the whole thing 3 more times.
Four times? Wagner would be proud.
Did you go for the extended versions? That’s hardcore.
The extended versions are the best versions, even though they are 4 hours each movie.
Public Television broadcast a 17-hour version in 1990 – Four nights in a row, and simulcast on FM stereo radio. My takeaway from the marathon was Brunhilde about to launch into the signature aria, and remembering the famous “fat lady sings” saying, realizing that this opera’s Fat Lady was anything but fat – “Oh no, this opera’s going into overtime.”
Well now I’m just remembering that episode of Friends.
“I have sex with dinosaurs?!”
“Depending on the species I’d need to have a six foot long- it’s not funny!”
Ross really had a basic view of what sex was. With dinosaurs.
Considering the amount of birds without penises that get by just fine, yeah
Always great to see an appearance by some of Dina’s formal wear
Part of Becky’s hoping it’ll soon be former’l wear
Meanwhile Dina’s already imagining herself tearing it apart.
In her mind this is pre-lacerated clothing, or if you will, fore-maul wear.
I heard it’s also a pretty exclusive item of clothing, only obtainable at a handful of shopping locations and only in person
That’s right, it’s four-mall wear
Oh yeah? well i’ve heard its previous owner was a pet of an unlikely species belonging to a famous New York novelist
i.e. Foer-mole wear
Wait, I heard it was counterfit clothing worn by a mobsters girlfriend.
i.e.: faux-moll wear.
Let me introduce you to my friend Davan.
I approve.
I am drawing a thing. Probably won’t finish it tonight but I will say. It may be a bit more…explicit than my usual stuff.
Oh my!
I’m excite
I think it’s too Barney-ish
oh jesus
Soooooo, Dina’s a scaly?
Was there ever any doubt?
Dinosaur body paint might have worked, but Becky already put her clothes back on…
Considering that that’s a feathered raptor, she’s more of a fluffy
It’s okay to be a scaley!
Progress !
Not that clever, girl.
What exactly is Becky dressed as? An Angry Bird?
Alt text: “we all remember this outfit”. Linky please
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/sinproofed/
Thank you for the link!
I did not remember that at all. Why would Dina have that? It’s too big for her.
A more accurate raptor
Which can still be described as an angry bird, tbh
Pretty sure someone called this experiment in the comments a little while ago. Very prescient of them.
With the way her hands are placed I actually thought she was wearing some dino themed lingere at first glance.
If these are pajamas with nothing underneath, I guess they could be considered dino themed lingere, from a certain point of view.
What’s the Reptilian equivalent of Furries? Scalies?
It is
I think this is more of a feathery. Feathie?
….
…. must… not…. google…
Sometimes featheries. But mostly just called avians. It rolls the tongue off better I think.
Also, I don’t think anyone seeing you googled “What avian furries are called” would think you are into any of it. Chances are you would have done that a long time ago.
I’m not worried about people thinking I’m into it. I’m worried that the search results would be of a sort far, far more raunchy than what I was looking for.
And I’m also worried that the google algorithm would think I’m into it, and that would skew the results for everything I search for in the future.
Look, I said I’m not worried about what PEOPLE would think. The Algorithm God doesn’t count.
The Algorithm God is mercilessly data-driven.
Reltzik: Google, what is this funny word i do not know the definition of and couldn’t make any sense of from context?
Google: i deduce you are a freaky pervert who wants invasive hentai ads on every page all of the time from now on until you close down all your socials burn your laptop and move to mars then, very well, i aim to serve
Appropos of nothing, I learned about “clankies”, and think they’re neat.
“Okay, let’s try one with a bigger plume and brighter colors to really get your attention!”
They know what must be done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XggUCi1jtz0
Anyone else remember Something Positive’s Monette asking Lisa to put on the koala mask?
Yep!
But my mind went straight to Kaiju Vanessa.
Like here.
Same.
Hey, she has fond memories of Mr. Chim-chim.
Yes *tents hands*
Play to her strengths, leave her dino–more
you have her raptor-ound your finger, Becky.
In hindsight the answer is so obvious
She already did the hindsight
appreciation for the link hovertext ^^
It was a yes until that smile.
Panel 3 looks like a lot more than a maybe.
C’mon Dina, that’s an “Absolutely yes”, don’t lie to yourself!
I hope this. . . doesn’t awaken something in me?
Dinosaur costume is kind of furry costume too, right?
That’s must be what Becky got in her mind. At least, she tried.
Actually wouldn’t they count as Scalies?
As I learned from Sonic fandom: if spikes can be a furry, scales and beak can be, too.
Becky uses “PLAYING ON YOUR HYPERFIXATION”
It’s super effective!
Dina’s POSSIBLE ASEXUALITY is DAZED!
Congratulations everyone, you called it.
yayyyy!
Now she needs to do an in-depth analysis… and by that I mean putting Becky in as many dinosaur outfits as humanly and inhumanly possible.
One after another, or simultaneously?
No, the later would be making hybrids and those are already overused by a certain franchise
Dina playing Katamari Damacy with a Giant Fluffy Ball with Becky at the centre?
OK, so this strip can be read one of two ways. One is that Dina finds Becky in a dino suit to be intensely cute and adorable, but may or may not actually be arousing. Two is that she DID find it arousing, but is acting nonchalant because she knows Becky is still not comfortable with full intimacy and doesn’t want to push her before she’s ready.
I was thinking it was the second interpretation.
it’s definitely the second one. lip-biting and glimmering eyes are Willisese for arousal.
I mean. Or you could read it the third way, which is just that Dina literally isn’t sure, because she’s only felt ‘pants euphoria’ once, and this might be a vaguely different enough kind of arousal that she’s marking it down as a maybe and to investigate further later.
yeah. i mean yeah.
Getting there.
Will they find the setup that will make Dina go: “Becky, lemme smash” ?
A dinosaur (with a dark side)! 😀
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So, a dino with a goatee?
That looks like a good time for cuddling tbh
Well, this is adorable.
I was hoping we’d see that outfit again. And I’m not surprised at all that Becky wearing it might do something for Dina.
Dina is maybe a scaly. Love it.
Clever girl on girl
Please claim the internets you have won.
Hey I can’t believe this but am I the only one who noticed that due used yet another contraction in the last panel?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but still interesting nonetheless.
Open the door! Get on the floor!
Everybody do it with a dinosaur!