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slucido
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 Message 25 of 32
17 September 2011 at 6:20pm | IP Logged 
crafedog wrote:
Well it's been a few days since I first tried it and surprisingly my gains have remained.
I can do the troublesome sounds without problems/tickling now (to 100%) so make of that
what you will.

Personally I think it was the torture element.


It is the emotional element.

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 Message 26 of 32
17 September 2011 at 7:01pm | IP Logged 
Very unusual and interesting idea, but however well it might work, I'd have to respond with the knock-your-head-off method, and I believe that this would badly impair any possibility of future communication.

Noli me tangere
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 Message 27 of 32
18 September 2011 at 7:53am | IP Logged 
This could tie in quite nicely with my idea of a language learning method using the medium of porn!
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M. Medialis
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 Message 28 of 32
28 September 2011 at 11:39am | IP Logged 
Is there any way to tickle yourself? Maybe I'll have to construct a Tickle-Bot!   :)

Just to throw out a groundless explanation, just for fun: Tickling may inhibit some neural pathways in the brain,
creating a more direct access to the magical Mirror Neurons whose speciality is to mimic actions done by others.

In other words: analyzing the sounds too much could block our natural ability to mimic the sounds perfectly. It's
hard to turn off those brain functions by will - so we have to resort to the more barbaric act of tickling.


And no, I don't want to defend this theory.   ;D
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 Message 29 of 32
28 September 2011 at 12:51pm | IP Logged 
Mods, please close, lock, delete, destroy, and otherwise nullify this thread before my
boyfriend can find it. Isn't there some sort of international law governing incitement to
tickling?
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Kyle Corrie
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 Message 30 of 32
29 September 2011 at 11:43pm | IP Logged 
I got a tickling gimp for Christmas from a close family friend about three years ago, but
upon receipt had no conception of what it's practical purpose or use could be, so I never
took it out of the box.

It seems as though it's time to go dig it out of the attic of the garage.

I hope it's still alive.
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 Message 31 of 32
07 October 2011 at 1:46pm | IP Logged 
When I'm drunk I usually pronounce things that I can't when I'm sober.

My friend was helping me with German pronunciation (he's a native speaker) but I couldn't pronounce at least a single word correctly. But when I got drunk, I started to pronounce even long sentences. It felt easier to immitate, maybe because I wasn't worried about getting it wrong. Weird, isn't it?
I may also say that I was told by him (C1) that my French pronunciation was more accurate.
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 Message 32 of 32
07 October 2011 at 6:54pm | IP Logged 
So "tickling" is what the kids are calling it these days? Well Volte, I'm glad you're finally getting "tickled" on a regular
basis. i hope you don't smoke in bed afterwards though; that's just dangerous.

Kyle Corrie wrote:
I got a tickling gimp for Christmas

Sweet Pulp Fiction reference!


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