Friday, December 12, 2008

The Kinkometer Project

A few weeks ago, we came up with the idea of a way of measuring kink levels of various things.  This led Jake to make the Kinkometer, a two-dimensional plane for that purpose.  Because it would not be enough to simply measure the kink factor, a second dimension was added to show how much things are actually liked;  just because something is a turn on or a turn off, doesn't mean that it is necessarily a good or a bad thing.  The X axis represents how much something turns you on, and the Y axis represents how much you like it (in a mental/emotional, non-physical way- I feel like I have to clarify that).  A value of zero represents neutrality;  for example, on my kinkometer, I'd give "clean air" an X value of zero, because it doesn't turn me on or off, but it would have a positive Y value because, surprising as it may be, I do, in fact, like to breath on occasion. (negative numbers are turn offs/dislikes)

So, we decided to make this a survey project.  We made a list of things that we want you to place on your kinkometer.  With the data we get from this, we will try to make the kinkometer of the average person.  Don't be afraid to be honest;  a lot of the things on the list are kind of awkward to think about this way, but we will keep this entirely anonymous;  we'll only use the data we get from you, no other information.  (Well, unless we know you, then we might tease you a bit =P.  But we won't share who put what where on their kinkometer with anybody.) To get to the kinkometer page, go here:  http://sites.google.com/site/wordsayers/kinkometer. Also, if there's anything that isn't on the list that you think should be, just email us, and give us your coordinates for it.

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