What is S&m?

[NEthingGoze]

Jack Jackson, the former President of The Eulenspiegel Society once opined, "If it ain't sensual and it ain't mutual, it ain't S&m."

 

[ElectricBlue]

Sadism and masochism.

 

[nice90sguy]

I thought it was sausages and mash - could explain the steely look I get in my local greasy spoon

 

[Biker_Faerie]

A department store

 

[lovecraft68]

Post this in the BDSM forum. That way you can get real answers, not snark from posers.

 

[StillStunned]

Post this in the BDSM forum. That way you can get real answers, not snark from posters.

Fixed that for you.

 

[MrPixel]

Post this in the BDSM forum. That way you can get real answers, not snark from posers.

OK, if it was in fact an honest question and he or she didn’t know what “S&M” was, how would they know to post in the BDSM forum, or even understand what the ‘SM’ in ‘BDSM’ was in the first place?

Your constant curmudgeonness about the slightest whiff of gallimaufry in AH has gotten old.

 

[Bramblethorn]

OK, if it was in fact an honest question and he or she didn’t know what “S&M” was, how would they know to post in the BDSM forum, or even understand what the ‘SM’ in ‘BDSM’ was in the first place?

Fair, but I have difficulty believing that somebody who's quoting the Eulenspiegel Society doesn't know what S&M is.

 

[NoTalentHack]

Your constant curmudgeonness about the slightest whiff of gallimaufry in AH has gotten old.

Isn’t that where Dr. Who is from?

 

[MrPixel]

Fair, but I have difficulty believing that somebody who's quoting the Eulenspiegel Society doesn't know what S&M is.

And as it turns out I don’t know what the Eulenspiegel thing is (search engines are your friend, I guess), other than firsthand familiarity with the overture by Richard Strauss, and a tiny bit of the story behind the character.

 

[Bramblethorn]

And as it turns out I don’t know what the Eulenspiegel thing is (search engines are your friend, I guess), other than firsthand familiarity with the overture by Richard Strauss, and a tiny bit of the story behind the character.

No particular reason you would be. The Eulenspiegel Society/TES is a long-running BDSM group that does education, advocacy etc. Hence why it'd be weird for somebody to know who they were but not what S&M was.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

Hence why it'd be weird for somebody to know who they were but not what S&M was.

Which makes it even more clear that the OP was attempting to ask a philosophical question along the lines of "what make S/M different from NonCon?" It's framed inelegantly, perhaps, but it's a legit question. And there are enough regulars in this forum who write BDSM stories that our opinions, especially pertaining to describing the mutuality (mutualness?) and sensuality of the content are valid.

Any question that's a little ambiguous gets at least a few snide answers. I don't think we should let one respondent's inability to refrain from insult deter us from answering the OPs question, if we want.

 

[Altissimus]

Any question that's a little ambiguous gets at least a few snide answers.

FIFY. This is the AH, after all - half of us are comedians, and half of us think we are. Whether or not that's the same half depends on the topic.

Anyway, I think the OP should refine their question if they want a more in-depth answer than "Sadism and Masochism", both are which, on the face of it, pretty clear terms. Much could be written on the subject, depending the direction OP wanted to go - yes, even amidst us 'posers', there's some with experience in these areas. After all, the denizens of AH have collective experiences across a wide, wide range of areas.