The other day, I chanced upon an article on paraphilias. For those who don't know, a paraphilia is an intense sexual interest that deviates from usual sexual behavior. I found the list really entertaining and have listed the more quirky ones below. Do note that since these paraphilias have clinical names assigned to them, it's quite reasonable to assume that they are not just one-off isolated cases. Read on and you'll find out why this is quite worrying.
- Abasiophilia - attraction to people with impaired mobility eg. people who use leg braces and wheelchairs
- Agalmatophilia - attraction to statues, dolls and mannequins
- Coprophilia - deriving pleasure from feces
- Dacryphilia - attraction to sobbing people
- Dendrophilia - attraction to trees
- Dippoldism - deriving pleasure from corporal punishment to children
- Emetophilia - deriving pleasure from vomiting or observing others vomit
- Macrophilia - attraction to fictitious giants, primarily giant women
- Salirophilia - deriving pleasure from disheveling the object of one's desire eg. tearing or damaging their clothing, messing up their hair or makeup
- Necrophilia - attraction to corpses
- Odaxelagnia - deriving pleasure from biting or being bitten
- Paraphilic infantilism - deriving pleasure from wearing diapers, and being treated as an infant.
- Teratophilia - attraction to 'deformed' or 'monstrous' people
- Vorarephilia - deriving pleasure from the idea of being eaten or eating another (!!)
- Zoophilia - attraction to a non-human animal
All true, as reported in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association.
Yep... so anyway, I keep ordering the wrong drinks at coffee joints. Yesterday at Gloria Jean's, I paid 6 bucks for a mug of Hot White Chocolate. I'm not sure why it tasted like Nespray powdered milk. (Note that I could probably buy a whole tin of Nespray milk powder for $6). Today at Starbucks, I ordered some variation of iced latte. Let's just say that it was a grueling 24 ounces.
Yep... so anyway, I keep ordering the wrong drinks at coffee joints. Yesterday at Gloria Jean's, I paid 6 bucks for a mug of Hot White Chocolate. I'm not sure why it tasted like Nespray powdered milk. (Note that I could probably buy a whole tin of Nespray milk powder for $6). Today at Starbucks, I ordered some variation of iced latte. Let's just say that it was a grueling 24 ounces.
