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[peerlesscucumber]

Question: If someone tells you to do whatever's necessary in order to ensure you don't crystalise from chroma deprivation, what does that mean to you?

[ help him prove his point that people's first assumption isn't "have sexual relations!" or help disprove his point... ]

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[sheisthewind]

Not personally. The term "platonic moonlacing" or specifying the intended forms of physical contact seems to be a good way to avoid misinterpretation of intent.

[peerlesscucumber]

Presuming, of course, a given person understands what platonic means.

I agree, being that specific would avoid misinterpretations, if one is aware they need to be that specific from the start. Part of the problem may be we each make an assumption based on knowing our own intended meanings, and forget to add that clarity in.

[sheisthewind]

This is very true. Sometimes intention can be read through body language and tone of voice, but for a more innocent person with little life experience, they might not realize when they are being propositioned.

[peerlesscucumber]

Or with significant cultural differences, we don't see the signs across those unknown barriers. I've run into degrees of that myself.

[sheisthewind]

There is also the matter of choice of words in the first place. I can try to interpret the slang people use based on context, but I still don't understand all of it.

[peerlesscucumber]

Slang is a hopeless case, we have so many different slang terms being tossed around that without more obvious context, we're all struggling, I feel. Including with the local slang, though perhaps that's just me.

[sheisthewind]

I've managed to learn some, but it does take a lot of reading through network conversations to start grasping it, and there are so many terms. All we can do is try to be patient with one another and be willing to explain.