But disgust is revulsion. Like if you inadvertently drank sour milk, or trod on dog shit barefooted, or bore witness to a beheading.
I entirely understand why it might not be your thing. But, to me, disgust seems too extreme a reaction to be normal.
You find the idea of having casual sex with multiple partners disgusting. That's not 'I prefer not to', that's 'I almost vomit at the thought'.
"I don't see how it's any more strange and irrational than for someone to find cheese disgusting"
Finding cheese disgusting because it tastes bad to you is very different, and not a good analogy.
Finding THE IDEA of cheese disgusting, despite having never tried it and having no interest in ever trying it, is a better analogy. And would seems strange to me also.
Let me make a better example. I, myself, find the idea of eating rotten shark in urine (as is done in Iceland) and blood pudding disgusting and I would never try it myself. But that doesn't mean that everyone must bow before my preference and feel bad if they don't. They are free to do whatever they want with their lives. Some people find the idea of eating fried insects disgusting, but I'd love to try it one day. A lot of girls feel disgust when they see creepy crawlies, but it piques my interest. Some people find furry porn and hentai disgusting, others find it hot.
In any case, when I was using the word "disgusting", I was simply referring to the feeling of ickiness from the idea, like how kids react when they feel sticky slimy stuff. A lot stronger than "not my cuppa tea", but not as far as outright condemnation.
Perhaps I have used the word too carelessly, much like how people use the term "sadistic" to refer to any infliction of pain, when it actually refers to deriving glee from the pain in others itself (and not just a byproduct).
I'm a man and I find sexual promiscuity disgusting
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But disgust is revulsion. Like if you inadvertently drank sour milk, or trod on dog shit barefooted, or bore witness to a beheading.
I entirely understand why it might not be your thing. But, to me, disgust seems too extreme a reaction to be normal.
You find the idea of having casual sex with multiple partners disgusting. That's not 'I prefer not to', that's 'I almost vomit at the thought'.
"I don't see how it's any more strange and irrational than for someone to find cheese disgusting"
Finding cheese disgusting because it tastes bad to you is very different, and not a good analogy.
Finding THE IDEA of cheese disgusting, despite having never tried it and having no interest in ever trying it, is a better analogy. And would seems strange to me also.
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Let me make a better example. I, myself, find the idea of eating rotten shark in urine (as is done in Iceland) and blood pudding disgusting and I would never try it myself. But that doesn't mean that everyone must bow before my preference and feel bad if they don't. They are free to do whatever they want with their lives. Some people find the idea of eating fried insects disgusting, but I'd love to try it one day. A lot of girls feel disgust when they see creepy crawlies, but it piques my interest. Some people find furry porn and hentai disgusting, others find it hot.
In any case, when I was using the word "disgusting", I was simply referring to the feeling of ickiness from the idea, like how kids react when they feel sticky slimy stuff. A lot stronger than "not my cuppa tea", but not as far as outright condemnation.
Perhaps I have used the word too carelessly, much like how people use the term "sadistic" to refer to any infliction of pain, when it actually refers to deriving glee from the pain in others itself (and not just a byproduct).