I think the recent description of "squeamish + ick" is an
excellent one (sorry, forgot who!).
More of the world needs to grok the idea of "that is not
my kink, but it's okay if it's yours" for non-socially-
dangerous values of kink.
-Rick
Thomas Yan said:
> Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> writes:
>
> -snip-
>> The reason I like the term, however, is that it doesn't, so far as I
>> know, mean, "that disgusts me." It more means, "I don't care for
>> that."
>
> In my experience, it means "that freaks me out / disturbs me a lot",
> which is much stronger than "I don't care for that", and thus is
> closer to "that disgusts me".
>
>> In other words, it is a way to say, "I have no interest in that
>> activity," without saying, "ICK. YUCK! YOU MUST BE *SICK*." This is
>> especially important if the latter is what you're actually
>> thinking.
>
> I think I would agree, however, that indeed it does not necessarily
> convey "that freaks me out, therefore if you [like it] / [aren't
> bothered by it] there is something wrong with you". On ASB, where it
> apparently was first used on Usenet, I think a mantra was -"that is not
> my kink, but your kink is ok"-.
>
>> I believe Miss Manners would thoroughly approve of the term.
>
> Heh.
>
> - tky