What bores some stiff gets others that way.

We all know about pedestrian fetishes like those for feet and trampling. But there are some that push the boundaries, eroticizing the everyday, the average, and the incomprehensible.

For most of us, these are about as exciting as watching dust accumulate. For those with very specific tastes, there’s nothing more arousing than a woman blowing her nose or an overinflated balloon.

While you may scoff, don’t write the fetishist off. Just think of how generous they may be when indulging your freakiness after searching for years for someone to enthusiastically stomp toys for them or cheer them on while they writhe in lycra.

And while it might not make sense to you, imagine the ease of a life that requires nothing more to achieve satisfaction than a warm exhaust pipe or a pile of down parkas. No messy breakups. No awkward first dates.

Balloons

The people who put videos of their children with balloons on the internet ought to be cognizant of the fact that there are people out there (AKA ‘looners’) for whom the act of blowing up balloons is erotic. Blowing, popping – the suspense – it’s undeniable.

This guy was plausibly caught unaware, posting himself blowing up a balloon until it popped. Surprised at the number of views he got, it seems there is a certain percentage of erotic balloon enthusiasts who prefer their blowers wistfully unaware of their erotic powers.

If the human quotient is too cumbersome, sometimes it’s all about the balloon.

Buster is especially animated and entertaining. Just look at that twinkle in his eyes.

Nose Blowing

Don’t believe me? Go ahead and check out the comments in YouTube if your skeptical.

Unitards

A quick search for zentai or unitard on eBay will reveal a world you never imagined. It’s not about getting undressed, but about being completely covered and perhaps further immersed in water or mud.

Many of us experience momentary disgust with ourselves in those moments after bringing ourselves to climax, but what about this guy? He’s got a good hour of cleanup ahead of himself once the afterglow fades.

Tickling

It’s easy to understand how tickling can be eroticized. If the axiom that fetishes come from mildly traumatizing experiences in early childhood is true, it’s a wonder more of us aren’t tickle freaks.

Object Crushing

While for most, the idea of being trampled may be abhorrent, there is some human contact there, and the trope of dominance and submission we can all comprehend, even if it leaves us cold.

Less relatable is the fetish for seeing objects crushed. I’m curious if, for those whose heart rates rise watching these, there is some projection happening in which the object is the viewer’s surrogate.

Is this fixation what happens when you stomp and destroy little Timmy’s favorite toy car?

Peanut Butter

One man’s lunch is another man’s orgasm.

Mummification

This is all about isolation. Ironically, it is incredibly dangerous if done unsupervised. The mummy can easily suffocate or asphyxiate.

Cars

If this is your thing and you’re out there feeling alone and blue, make sure you sign up for this forum to discuss it with other like-minded individuals.

A whole BBC five documentary was made about men who have sex with cars. One man has ironically named his car Vanilla. Paradise by that dashboard light?

Cars are not the only love objects without a pulse. KansasCity.com has collected news stories about unexpected inanimate/animate pairings.

Amputation

Apotemnophilia is written about rather extensively in Wikipedia. It is the erotic desire to have a limb removed. What provokes sympathy and mortification at the thought of being caught staring in most is a deep source of arousal for others. Those who get off watching these may not simply be objectifying these people, but imagining themselves in their place.

As with nearly every fetish you see here, this fetish is often combined with the love of feet (or foot) and footwear.

Parkas

If you’re thinking of picking up your next parka at the Goodwill, you might want to make sure you run it by the cleaners before wearing it. Don’t get any ideas about this guy, ladies. A glance at his left hand lets us know he’s taken.

Destruction of the fetishized object:

Community Connection

We’ve all got our quirks. Do you see the appeal? Help the rest of us see reason in the comments below.

 
 

About The Author

Kate Sedgwick

Kate Sedgwick edits Matador Nights from Buenos Aires where she organizes her live storytelling project, Second Story, and stays busy giving art tours and doing yoga. Read more about her than you might want to know at her blog YesThereIsSuchAThingAsAStupidQuestion.com.

  • http://www.holisticwithhumor.com Christine Garvin

    From the car fetish vid: “George, then, could claim to be the world’s first ‘metrosexual’”. Nice one, BBC.

  • http://Tripfilms.com Kyle

    If you have a tickling fetish, you should get a job with Congressman Eric Massa. It will be the hardest job you’ll ever love.

  • http://waywardlife.posterous.com/ Tom Gates

    I cannot, CANNOT handle Peanut Butter Man. He freaks me out in ways that nobody ever has, not even clowns.

  • http://www.expatheather.com Heather Carreiro

    Some of these are disturbing. On the balloon fetish site, there’s an ad for animal rescue…

    Way to use “writhe in lycra” – I still remember your “cat turd bouquet” imagery.

    • http://yesthereissuchathingasastupidquestion.com Kate

      Awww. Thanks, kid.

  • http://joshywashington.wordpress.com joshywashington

    what??! no honey, it’s uhh, just some travel stuff…Nooo, no, I am not into that…unless you are. Are you? Yeah, me neither, that…would…be…weird…

  • http://vagabonderz.com Carlo

    I will not watch the peanut butter one. Peanut butter is one of my loves in life and I won’t have it ruined.

    Takes all kinds to make this world go round dunnit?

    • http://yesthereissuchathingasastupidquestion.com Kate

      I’m not sure if he’s legit or just a weirdo. You need to check it out, Carlo. It’s the music in the background that makes it for me. At least in part.

  • Sebastian

    Kid, you’re a wierdo! Awesome, really funny and weird!!!

  • http://the-things-i.blogspot.com Jared Krauss

    hahaha – I’m sort of sorry for you doing the research for this hahaha

    Then again, I’m sure you just laughed at most of it, and were only a little grossed out.

  • http://matadortravel.com/traveler/justruss Justruss

    Damn, I love your stuff, Kate.

    • http://yesthereissuchathingasastupidquestion.wordpress.com/ Kate Sedgwick

      Awwww. Thanks!

  • Jason Wire

    This is absurd. Do these fetishes count as NSFW? I’d hope so.

  • http://matadortravel.com/traveler/justruss Justruss

    Coprophilia! Why does this word exist? I don’t understand.

  • http://jasminewanders.com jasmine

    I was watching this crazy documentary on objectophiles… one woman was in love with a ferris wheel and she was pictured laying under it and licking it. I don’t even know what to say about that.

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