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?
Well their partner might just feel the same way too. ? Just gotta communicate, right?
Yotomoe
And risk Rejection? I don’t think so, fam.
Yumi
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! ? ??
Yotomoe
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”.
Clif
Alternatively, it could be the basis for a dating site that only matched people who shared complementary fetishes.
Spencer
Yeah I was gonna say. Knowing you’re kink-compatible in advance sounds like a good idea if it’s that important.
Rose by Any Other Name
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
Tan
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.
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.
sdrainbow
Four times? Wagner would be proud.
Ed Callahan
Did you go for the extended versions? That’s hardcore.
Keulen
The extended versions are the best versions, even though they are 4 hours each movie.
Ryek Hvek
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.”
122 thoughts on “Maybe”
BBCC
Sure, Dina. Suuuuuure.
Clif
You can’t argue with Science.
Daibhid C
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.
Daibhid C
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.
deathjavu
She just wants repeated results before she switches it to yes. More experiments needed.
Miri
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…
Kazuma Taichi
Congratz on beating Ana to first comment
The Wellerman
The Erotic Science Expedition continues, NOW!!!!
??? ??? ???
*plays “Onward!!!!” by Megumi Han on Hacked Muzak*
Ana Chronistic
MAYbe
Dina, I know you’re trying but =|
Mr D
At this point I’m starting to think Dina is more aroused by dinosaurs than by people.
Heavensrun
Starting?
Mr D
Well I never expected her love for dinos to extend to her bedroom activities
Clif
I completely fail to understand this.
Doctor_Who
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!”
Yotomoe
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?
Kyrik Michalowski
I hear that. Nothing like potential judgement to stop you from being open.
The Wellerman
Well their partner might just feel the same way too. ? Just gotta communicate, right?
Yotomoe
And risk Rejection? I don’t think so, fam.
Yumi
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.
The Wellerman
OK whoever came up with that website, KUDOS. Fucking GENIUS! ? ??
Yotomoe
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”.
Clif
Alternatively, it could be the basis for a dating site that only matched people who shared complementary fetishes.
Spencer
Yeah I was gonna say. Knowing you’re kink-compatible in advance sounds like a good idea if it’s that important.
Rose by Any Other Name
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.
milu
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
Tan
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)
Azhrei Vep
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!
Kazuma Taichi
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
AbacusWizard
“We trained an A.I. to generate random fetishes; here are some of the results…”
Clif
For Science.
two-star
But what if Combinatorial Design Theory is itself one of Dina’s fetishes? How can the science be saved?
Brian Boyko
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.
Kyrik Michalowski
Ah, the faces of a dinosaur and her lover, truly is anything more precious?
King Daniel
A golden ring, precious?
Kyrik Michalowski
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.
sdrainbow
Four times? Wagner would be proud.
Ed Callahan
Did you go for the extended versions? That’s hardcore.
Keulen
The extended versions are the best versions, even though they are 4 hours each movie.
Ryek Hvek
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.”
Nono
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!”
Yumi
Ross really had a basic view of what sex was. With dinosaurs.
AGV
Considering the amount of birds without penises that get by just fine, yeah
Thag Simmons
Always great to see an appearance by some of Dina’s formal wear
King Daniel
Part of Becky’s hoping it’ll soon be former’l wear
milu
Meanwhile Dina’s already imagining herself tearing it apart.
In her mind this is pre-lacerated clothing, or if you will, fore-maul wear.
King Daniel
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
milu
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
Roborat
Wait, I heard it was counterfit clothing worn by a mobsters girlfriend.
i.e.: faux-moll wear.
Raen
Let me introduce you to my friend Davan.
DailyBrad
I approve.
Yotomoe
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.
AGV
Oh my!
zee
I’m excite
Opus the Poet
I think it’s too Barney-ish
Bryy
oh jesus
Heavensrun
Soooooo, Dina’s a scaly?
Needfuldoer
Was there ever any doubt?
Dinosaur body paint might have worked, but Becky already put her clothes back on…
AGV
Considering that that’s a feathered raptor, she’s more of a fluffy
not someone else
It’s okay to be a scaley!
Darkoneko
Progress !
Kravis
Not that clever, girl.
cartoogle
What exactly is Becky dressed as? An Angry Bird?
cartoogle
Alt text: “we all remember this outfit”. Linky please
Yumi
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/sinproofed/
LiterallyJustSomeGuy
Thank you for the link!
Dr. T
I did not remember that at all. Why would Dina have that? It’s too big for her.
AGV
A more accurate raptor
Which can still be described as an angry bird, tbh
Nazmazh
Pretty sure someone called this experiment in the comments a little while ago. Very prescient of them.
temperaryobsessor
With the way her hands are placed I actually thought she was wearing some dino themed lingere at first glance.
LiterallyJustSomeGuy
If these are pajamas with nothing underneath, I guess they could be considered dino themed lingere, from a certain point of view.
Joe Helfrich
What’s the Reptilian equivalent of Furries? Scalies?
Council