I'm of the opinion that as long as you aren't hurting yourself or others without consent, do what you want to. The consent thing is important because people will play contact or combat sports, do BDSM stuff, etc. - so long as it's informed go nuts. It's also important because some people can't give informed consent, e.g. kids can't agree to underage sex because they don't know about the harms and are more vulnerable to manipulation.

A couple of years ago I watched a doctor review a video of someone who likes having sex with balloons. The doctor said he would only diagnose that behavior as a problem or illness if it was hurting him or others around him. His argument was if there's no harm and it makes that person happier then what really is the problem? I was initially taken aback because it's weird right? But after some thought it really made sense to me - just because I don't relate doesn't make something bad. I don't have to want to do it myself - there's room in life for multiple (non-harmful) preferences.

[–] AceCephalon@pawb.social 11 points 7 months ago

Yeah, that pretty much sums up how it should be, and it would be great if more people understood that point. That you don't have to like or enjoy what someone else does, yet you can still have acceptance for them enjoying what safely makes them happier, rather than rejecting things for being different than what's perceived as "normal".

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 36 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Instructions unclear statistical analysis broken now...

[–] key@lemmy.keychat.org 28 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Normalize being non-normal?

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

When everyone's weird...

[–] FedFer@iusearchlinux.fyi 5 points 7 months ago

No one will be

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Normalize database denormalization

[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 7 months ago

Performance optimization is the root of all evil

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 7 months ago

I cast perpetual weirdness

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 7 months ago

I know I'm silly :3

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 7 months ago

Syntax error

[–] Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't care, I am now 0.461029412 cm tall

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

One pill makes you smaller

[–] Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Burp

[–] kELAL@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Normalize audio levels

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

NO! I LOVE WATCHING DUNE 2 AND NOT UNDERSTANDING A SINGLE THING ANYONE IS SAYING

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Normalize freedom

[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

I live in America and best we can do is guns.