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Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by wincy » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 1:43 PM UTC

exikyut wrote: post #134

severak_cz wrote: post #7

For every weird niche hobby there is a guy who is creating literal database of something with almost scientific precision. Mix it with rule 34 and you got things like WikiFeet or some Czech site which is literal database of nude scenes in our whole cinema history (sorted by movies, actresses and director including screencaps of course).

Case in point being e621 ( https://e621.net/posts , or https://e926.net/posts to auto-filter NSFW) The thing that makes me double-take is the consistency, breadth and depth, and liveness of the tag system. Like, I want this level of OCD, meets del.icio.us, meets HN.

Oh wow that’s not what I expected, for anyone wondering how NSFW this is, it’s full of extremely explicit furry porn.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by finexplained » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 1:46 PM UTC

pwdisswordfish0 wrote: post #42

> So why not just look at feet on Instagram, or screenshot them for yourself? What do you get out of posting them to another website? This question has always been weird to me, but apparently there are people who don’t experience “this thing is good, i wish to contribute” or “this has brought me joy, i wish to give something back”. I mean, thankfully there are still enough others that we can have Wikipedia, where you…

> there are people who don’t experience “this thing is good, i wish to contribute” or “this has brought me joy, i wish to give something back”

I have literally never experienced this feeling. I've thought about why I haven't a lot, and for me I think it's because I have no inherent sense of "community".

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by iSnow » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 1:49 PM UTC

vvvvgood633 wrote: post #143

jdsalaro wrote: post #18

I went in thinking "meh, let's check" and was surprised and quite amused about the "wholesomeness" of what could have been a very strange encounter. He seemed respectful and she seemed unbothered by the whole ordeal. Interesting, not my cup of tea, but definitely interesting. Something else that caught my attention was how early he believes his interest for feet developed, as early as six and nine years of age. I won…

It’s pretty strange, I can remember liking feet in preschool and kindergarten. I have no idea why, though. Lately it’s gotten to be more of an “in theory” than “in practice” thing for me as I’ve come to learn about fungus and micro biome, etc. Eg https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-contracts-lung-infection-smell...

I'm not a doc but I would argue that the guy must have had severe fungal infection of his feet to get to a point where sniffing his socks poses a health hazard. Maybe even immuno-compromised. I doubt you can contract this from healthy feet even if you sniff them daily :)

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by agency » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 1:58 PM UTC

jdsalaro wrote: post #18

I went in thinking "meh, let's check" and was surprised and quite amused about the "wholesomeness" of what could have been a very strange encounter. He seemed respectful and she seemed unbothered by the whole ordeal. Interesting, not my cup of tea, but definitely interesting. Something else that caught my attention was how early he believes his interest for feet developed, as early as six and nine years of age. I won…

I found his “origin story” very interesting too. One theory I’ve heard for foot fetishism, which is the most common bodily fetish by far I believe, is essentially a neural equivalent of crossed-wires: Brain areas associated with the feet and with genitals being next to one another. His anecdote felt like an environmental thing though, with him having these foot-centric formative experiences. Though I guess you could spin it as nurture or nature - the experiences causing his fetish or simply this being the period when he first became aware of it as some latent thing.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by watwut » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 2:04 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #179

watwut wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wikipedia contributions are very much created. You are not supposed to copy paste from elsewhere. You are writing own text.

I think he's referring to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research You can't copy paste, but you're also not supposed to come up with stuff yourself.

But taking existing facts and rearranging them into new text is considered "creating" in basically any context. Books and articles, especially those written for general public, are often collections of already existing facts. And it counts as creating.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by beaconstudios » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 2:14 PM UTC

finexplained wrote: post #182

pwdisswordfish0 wrote: post #42

> So why not just look at feet on Instagram, or screenshot them for yourself? What do you get out of posting them to another website? This question has always been weird to me, but apparently there are people who don’t experience “this thing is good, i wish to contribute” or “this has brought me joy, i wish to give something back”. I mean, thankfully there are still enough others that we can have Wikipedia, where you…

> there are people who don’t experience “this thing is good, i wish to contribute” or “this has brought me joy, i wish to give something back” I have literally never experienced this feeling. I've thought about why I haven't a lot, and for me I think it's because I have no inherent sense of "community".

I think that's a common experience for people in the modern era, people are very atomised especially in cities and in white collar jobs where there's not much common toil to bond people together.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by sandos » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 2:16 PM UTC

All this is very sweet for some reason. I mean, its not the guyfs fault, right, its just the way he is wired?

Now, if it would have been 'young kids' instead of 'feet' it would be rather more unsettling. And I don't think many would think "its not his fault".

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by beaconstudios » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 2:18 PM UTC

severak_cz wrote: post #7

For every weird niche hobby there is a guy who is creating literal database of something with almost scientific precision. Mix it with rule 34 and you got things like WikiFeet or some Czech site which is literal database of nude scenes in our whole cinema history (sorted by movies, actresses and director including screencaps of course).

Another one I love is philosopher.life, aka "h0p3's wiki" where this guy h0p3 shares his personal thoughts philosophies and personal online interactions. It's really charming and interesting and a real throwback to the "old Web" of personal websites.

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by odshoifsdhfs » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 2:19 PM UTC

stephvd wrote: post #110

ewwhite wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, mrskin.com

For the sake of curiosity, what does that link contain?

A catalog of movies/actresses where they appear nude/in sexy outfits. Mostly softcore information/db on mainstream movies

Re: An interview with the man who keeps uploading my feet to WikiFeet

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Post by AlwaysRock » Thu, Apr 08, 2021, 2:23 PM UTC

sandos wrote: post #187

All this is very sweet for some reason. I mean, its not the guyfs fault, right, its just the way he is wired? Now, if it would have been 'young kids' instead of 'feet' it would be rather more unsettling. And I don't think many would think "its not his fault".

I'm not sure the point you are trying to make other than to try to normalize pedophilia.

I'm for reducing the stigma around individuals who have pedophiliac thoughts but do not act on them but that is not what you are describing. You are talking about someone acting on them.