The US, mapped out by degree of "kink"

[teknight]

http://jezebel.com/5749133/data-map-the-kinkiest-states-in-america

Here's the map?
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/39/2011/02/picture_9.png
Where do you live?



* I put the kink in quotation marks 'cause I'm not sure how kink is defined for the purposes of the map. It might be anal and doggy, it might be breathplay or dendrophilia.

 

[KoPilot]

So wait, black means non, and red/blue means more?

If so, then I thiiink that's LA there in that bright red spot in a slightly bigger black spot along the So Cal coast. And as for NYC... fuggedaboutit.

 

[teknight]

So wait, black means non, and red/blue means more?

If so, then I thiiink that's LA there in that bright red spot in a slightly bigger black spot along the So Cal coast. And as for NYC... fuggedaboutit.

That's what I'm guessing. It's not very well designed ergonomically. Also, the map doesn't get any bigger either.

 

[DVS]

This is a little bigger and a little more defined on the colors.

 

[teknight]

This is a little bigger and a little more defined on the colors.

Where did you find it?

 

[DVS]

I just made it bigger. It's a little like sex. Some people can make things bigger than others, if you know what I mean.

 

[teknight]

I just made it bigger. It's a little like sex. Some people can make things bigger than others, if you know what I mean.

You aren't talking about irises and retinas, are you?

Uhh...nipples?

 

[DVS]

You aren't talking about irises and retinas, are you?

Uhh...nipples?

Aren't you a "member" of the club? Actually, it's more mental than physical. But, if I have them thinking it's bigger, should I correct them?

The brain. It's the largest sex organ.

 

[teknight]

Aren't you a "member" of the club? Actually, it's more mental than physical. But, if I have them thinking it's bigger, should I correct them?

The brain. It's the largest sex organ.

Nuhuh. I'm a member of "the club."
You can thicken your cortex, and that is one way to make your brain "bigger," or you can learn/study/practice and gain knowledge and grow your brain that way (although, metaphorically...much as it would lead to cortical thickening)...
It wasn't what crossed my mind, obviously.

 

[DVS]

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[DiscusDave]

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And for the OP: I don't buy that map. I'm currently in the giant red section that is the panhandle of Texas. It's part of the bible belt. So I guess the amount of female kink was measured in birth rate of women under the age of 23 and not for widely recognizable "kinks," per say.

 

[callinectes2]

Black must mean Very kinky and the colors not kinky. There is no way SW Georgia is more kinky than Atlanta.

 

[DiscusDave]

Black must mean Very kinky and the colors not kinky. There is no way SW Georgia is more kinky than Atlanta.

Well by that logic, Wyoming has a state policy about everyone must be kinky.

 

[lovebound]

If we're going with the bright colours as the kinky places, then I really want to be in... The Tonto National Forest?

Not enough of a reason to move to the US.

I wonder how many ways one could be tied to a tree...

 

[DVS]

Well, I don't necessarily agree with the map. It shows Kansas as being more kinky then half of Missouri. Nebraska, South and North Dakota are also more kinky than half of Missouri. And there is a small section in southern Missouri that is pretty kinky. The only thing down there is Southwestern Missouri State University in Rolla...or do they call it Southern Missouri University now? College towns are kinky, I guess. It also looks like St. Louis proper is kinky, so that takes care of the "Beat Me in St. Louis" crowd, I guess.

If black is non-kinky then Hawaii has nice weather but the indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands as well as other locals must be really vanilla people. Now I wonder about Alaska. Do you think it's the cold weather that inflicts them with cabin fever? Nothing else to do, so they have kinky sex? Like I said, I don't necessarily agree with the map.

I also don't really understand the legend. Which is the high side of the scale? And if the state is purple is that suppose to mean a mix of male and female kinky folks? And what if there is a darker purple? How do you figure out which gender is the more kinky?

OK, I'm now officially confused. But, check the map...I'm also kinky. I live in Kansas!

 

[DVS]

What's that red dot in Indiana? Indianapolis? It's full of kinky women. I think I might be on the next flight to Indiana.

 

[midwestyankee]

Aren't you a "member" of the club? Actually, it's more mental than physical. But, if I have them thinking it's bigger, should I correct them?

The brain. It's the largest sex organ.

I want to differ on this one. I submit that the skin, which constitutes an organ, is larger than the brain. And the skin is most definitely an essential element in sex.

 

[teknight]

I want to differ on this one. I submit that the skin, which constitutes an organ, is larger than the brain. And the skin is most definitely an essential element in sex.

James Randi, is that you?
How are you measuring things, though? How much epidermis can one stuff into a cranium?

 

[Aquagal]

Alaska kinky? Bwahahahahaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

 

[teknight]

Black must mean Very kinky and the colors not kinky. There is no way SW Georgia is more kinky than Atlanta.

But, the map distinguishes between males (blue) and females (red). Black would say all are super kinky?
I'm still going with the light color= kinky hypothesis...any ...discrepancy would arise from improper sampling. The artist used dating services....maybe they didn't have access to all the data?

 

[DVS]

I want to differ on this one. I submit that the skin, which constitutes an organ, is larger than the brain. And the skin is most definitely an essential element in sex.

Picky, picky! OK, the skin might be the largest, but without the brain to explain all of the different sensations, where are you?

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Thank you for posting this map.


A question:


WTF does it MEAN????? It gets my award for perhaps the least helpful or informative visual I have ever seen.

 

[teknight]

Thank you for posting this map.


A question:


WTF does it MEAN????? It gets my award for perhaps the least helpful or informative visual I have ever seen.

Here's the article.
It's just as vague. The map is not ergonomically designed at all.
I guess the light colors are higher degrees of kink (self reported on dating websites) divided by congressional districts. The bright reds are kinkier females, the bright blue kinkier males....but, that's my guess...