Ha ha!

Some people are just into that stuff.

I gotta specify, this ain't no kinkshaming thing.
I saw it occasionally ten or fifteen years back but now it is just about every tenth image on the site.

I didn't assume it was.

Seems to me it's been fairly common for years here. Any growth in interest is probably just due to more people becoming aware of it.

I just don't personally see some great meaning in it.

Safety first!

I'm always struck with the mental image of the same danger that rings on your fingers pose.
Picking up heavy things I'll often put a bunch of weight on my belt, if I can manage to hook an edge. Dunno, just ain't my bag, baby. ...Hah


But back around to the point;
I'd noticed a link between fetishization of slavery and an increased consent for state overreach
surely those who are paid to do that whole social programming dance woulda noticed the same shit long before I coulda

Having a watch trap your arm deep inside an engine, indeed.