It's fun in the same way losing a game is fun. Its fine in moderation, horrible in excess or when one sided. It's still sonething you want to avoid, but not so unpleasant that I woukd want the game made of it to stop.

People who don't respect a hard no are not cool. But I also feel as though I am missing out when I'm with someone who I am close enough to tickle, but they won't tolerate any tickling.

it's fine I guess

don't do it to people who don't consent to it

Get consent.

Oh god I hate it. I can’t explain why it makes me feel so angry. Sometimes if I stretch with my arms up my husband will give me a little playful gentle poke in the ribs and I feel so bad because it honestly makes me want to punch him. I have this horrible visceral reaction to it. It doesn’t make me laugh at all, just feels like nails down a chalk board and painful at the same time.

A girl tied me up and tickled me last week

I have a tickle phobia. My incredibly abusive ex boyfriend used it as a method of torture. It's surprisingly effective. He would sit on top of me so I couldn't escape and keep going and going. I just remember not being able to breathe and blind panic.

So yeah. Not a fan. Makes me have panic attacks.

I hate it, I'm quite ticklish and growing up my family thought it was fun to tickle me because I would always laugh loud and Wrigley around, that's only because it didn't feel nice like I assume other people feel, it hurt a bit to be tickled and when it's getting done for long enough it makes you cry, yeah tickling can fuck right off, I'll fight you now if you try.

I hate it.

Not a fan, usually it just feels like someone jabbing me in the ribs with their boney fingers.

I saw a BBC article that says that tickling produces a panic response in the brain, and laughter is a sign of submission to the aggressor.

I hate everything about tickling.

That all depends on how, and the context in which it's done. My first girlfriend would spend hours tickling my back in between sessions - I never forgot those sunny days.

Now with more aggressive tickling - it is akin to a violent attack, and my father used to tickle me until I couldn't stand it, and then push some more. Often it ended with me in tears... so with my son, sometimes I'll grab a foot and start tickling it like mad - but I have a MUCH shorter cutoff time so that it ends with him laughing.

So it's not simple - but consent is a huge issue.

as someone who is ticklish af, its funny for all the first few times but if you keep pushing it im going to be ANGRY WHILE I LAUGH

I'm not responsible for your broken face.

It's something many people take too far/do too long. A quick tickle on the side or something is a cutesy playful thing to do. Tickling every chance you get, or tickling for a long time is obnoxious. Someone shouldn't have to yell or smack you to get you to stop.

Hate it just as much as I hate hugs when I'm on the receiving end.

Not a fan I very much dislike it. I used to not be able to control myself but after many years of people exploiting my weakness I can now withstand it and be in control for a solid 10s I use that 10s to attack the person tickling me.

I’m not ticklish at all, and this seems to make some people mad so they just weirdly poke and grab me while I’m like, “What are you even doing right now?” I don’t tickle people (unless they ask me to) because I don’t know how it feels, so it’s weird to me.

Can't say I have much of an opinion at all, but seeing this post is reminding me of that documentary where the guy was commissioning videos of young dude wrestlers tickling each other, and he played it off like it wasn't, but of course it was for sex reasons

Personally I can't stand being tickled - it physically hurts when someone does it intentionally. There may be people who enjoy it in moderation, so I think the standard should just be consent.

It's fine if it is not used to silence or exploit you to do something.

Naturally I'm avoidant as it's a game I always lose at. And everyone knows. Cue people challenging me Spanish Inquisition style.

AAAAAAARGH!

Debbie Kuhn, is that you?

Very much in favor as long as I'm comfortable with the person doing it.

I both like it and hate it. Tickle me, but if I say stop, fucking stop. I hate laughing so hard it hurts. 😩

I also am the kind of person that if you tell me you're not ticklish, I will tickle you to confirm it.