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

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

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Post by tsimionescu »

zinclozenge wrote: post #197
agency wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I heard that crossed wires theory and I just don’t believe it. For me the simplest explanation is that there’s an entire industry built around selling sexy women’s footwear (heels) that draws attention to the foot, so it really shouldn’t be a surprise.

Your theory doesn't explain male foot fetishism at all.

Personally, I believe this has much more to do with the taboo nature of feet (as they are usually seen as dirty), similarly to other fetishes (e.g. urine).

Foot fetishism is by no means a modern phenomenon driven by advertising.

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

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Post by atat7024 »

iSnow wrote: post #183
vvvvgood633 wrote: post #143

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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 :)

People regularly underestimate the damage of breathing in mold and fungus spores.

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

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Post by jjk166 »

zinclozenge wrote: post #197
agency wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I heard that crossed wires theory and I just don’t believe it. For me the simplest explanation is that there’s an entire industry built around selling sexy women’s footwear (heels) that draws attention to the foot, so it really shouldn’t be a surprise.

Seems more likely that a massive industry popped up around selling sexy footware (as opposed to say sexy satchels or sexy mittens) because there was a substantial demand for it. Perhaps the success of the industry has reinforced and perpetuated the belief that feet are sexy, but it doesn't make sense that some industrialist woke up one day and said "I'll make an extremely impractical shoe and sell millions by convincing the world it turns people on"

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

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Post by jjk166 »

eCa wrote: post #200
metalliqaz wrote: post #154

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what harm?

Photos of parts of her body posted on a fetish web site could, potentially, lead to professional and relationship issues, for a starter.

Presumably the only people who would say "whoa I saw your feet on a foot fetish site" are people who spend substantial time perusing foot fetish sites.

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

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Post by ddoubleU »

wincy wrote: post #181
exikyut wrote: post #134

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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.

Thanks, sending it to all my male friends now without even looking

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

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Post by anthony_romeo »

agency wrote: post #184
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…

To be more generous, I'd suggest an evolutionary explanation. In the days long ago, before shoes were a thing, having healthy feet would be pretty highly correlated with survivability, and thus spreading one's genes. So perhaps it's simply the consequence of very discerning ancestors.

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

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Post by raisedbyninjas »

toyg wrote: post #125
adventured wrote: post #36

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The article reads like something that I might have seen online 15-20 years ago, before everyone went batshit crazy. It's nice. She covers it very matter-of-fact without trying to force the reader to view it or react to it in a particular way. It's the hallmark of someone with a noble intellect in this day and age.

WikiFeet itself feels very "old internet": a basic site about a very narrow niche, user-powered, with no pretensions and no hope of making any money.

Yeah, niche fetish content is probably the easiest adult content to monetize. His free labor is refreshing, but not too surprising given the rest of his personality on display here.

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

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Post by exikyut »

ddoubleU wrote: post #206
wincy wrote: post #181

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Thanks, sending it to all my male friends now without even looking

Possibly a bad idea. Potential outcome:

Them, knowing more than you might assume: "OwO what's this?"

You: possibly now a furry due to inversion of plausible deniability

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

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Post by exikyut »

wincy wrote: post #181
exikyut wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

My sincere apologies. I find the art itself to be much of a blur, and the tag system the main attraction (if only I could extract just the tagging system...), and I kinda forgot that, err, e621 is very much a size-XL eyeful compared to e926...
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