tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post7263786244802528508..comments2023-04-30T07:27:54.645-07:00Comments on <b>HUNGRY GHOST BLOG</b>: Montaigne and pedal pumpingDavid Chutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606470667042155559noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896069787782846811.post-23269581301417631612010-04-01T10:50:20.437-07:002010-04-01T10:50:20.437-07:00And thank YOU for introducing me to...errr...Pedal...And thank YOU for introducing me to...errr...Pedal Pushing!<br /><br />In a sense I've had to train myself to appreciate odd, harmless obsessions. It's a work in progress.<br /><br />I used to spend a lot of time on "Portal of Evil," a site/forum devoted to finding the most bizarre websites around. Somebody posted the website for "Rael the Bunnygirl" -- you can Google that one when you're not at work -- and while everybody else was making fun of him, I thought: "Wow, what a lot of energy to spend on something so esoteric, and look how happy he is! And how happy he makes other people! Rael is sort of amazing!"<br /><br />So whenever I meet a new fetish or all-consuming obsession and I've decided it's harmless, I try to see it in a positive light. At the very least it's something that marks us as human, an element of our social upbringing and self-reflexive nature that makes us capable of turning anything into anything else. That can be evil, but usually it's just...people.Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634565262440008573noreply@blogger.com