Mikeythevulpix said:
well cringe would occur less if more people were desensitized to the concept of AB/DL as far as I can see.
Yes, you could reduce cringe if you did that for anything really, but probably only to a certain amount. The other issue is the feasibility of actually doing it and is it worth trying? I also think there always will be things that make people cringe no matter how much you try to desensitize it.
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Springcircle said:
There's a pretty major difference between how disgusting pee and poop are, though, and those who react negatively to diapers tend to gravitate towards assuming the latter. Either way, the fact that the association is a conditioned response remains.
It's not a conditioned response because it's a response based around a natural aversion. The diapers end up having an aversion too simply because they are associated with that natural aversion to human waste. Nothing is going to change that. It's the same reason eating off a toilet just sounds terrible to people. It's why the toilet itself just seems so dirty no matter how much you clean it.
The water in the bowl might be perfectly clean and drinkable, but I bet you wouldn't find many people to actually drink from it, because of that association with our natural aversion to human waste.
And hence, it's obvious that their main function is to be worn, and not just "human waste".
Their main function isn't just to be worn though. It's main function is to absorb and contain human waste. The wearing part is simply the way it's done, not it's purpose.
Human waste is human waste, as you yourself say, so there's no real difference. There's nothing saying someone who wears a diaper has to put it to full use, either. In fact, most mainstream adult diaper brands nowadays cater to minor leakage.
And? o.o There is a pretty big difference, as plain underwear don't even take in minor leaks like that. Maybe a dribble at most lol. Don't ask me why, I am not a psychologist, but people are more willing to put up with a dribble than they are to put up with more than that. That is just how people are.
To you there might not be much of a difference, but to the majority of the world, I am betting you, while some people may like to smell underwear ... they would never smell a diaper even if it was on the same women the underwear was on.
It is something you wear, hence it obviously is the same thing. And yes, the purpose is pretty much the same, just different in scale.
It's something you wear, hence it's obviously the same thing? So ... to you a condome is the same as a hat? A hat is the same as pad for women. Interesting concept you got there. I am curious to see how you dress. XD
That difference is scale is a huge difference lol.
Screeching about how totally nobody would be convinced kind of comes across as pretty upset and desperate to force your viewpoint, actually. By the way, reasonable people do get convinced, thank you very much.
XD Reasonable people get convinced when the person doing the convincing is actually convincing, of which you are not.
Probably about as well as doing it in Depends.
I do admit depends is pretty bad, but not that bad lol.
The stigma in wearing that brand is there all the same, making it clear as day that no, people don't dislike diapers because of "human waste", but because they're conditioned into doing so.
The stigma in wearing that brand is due to it just being popular and it being a terrible brand has to do with their qualitiy. you are pointing to things that are irrelvant and are fallacies.
