- Shai Hulud
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- Exalted Mythic Member
With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.
Touch is an..... touchy subject (I truely am sorry for that one).
I believe we have the sense of touch to heighten awareness, then through that, increase knowledge. You can learn so much more about something by touching it... you learn the feel of it. If it feels good, you can "become one with it..." Musical instruments are a good example of this. Say you have two violins... same color, same sound. But after playing both, for some reason, you like one more than the other. Perhaps someone made it using the same kind of wood people used way back when violins first started to be made. And the other was made with cheaper wood. Again, they both look the same, and both sound the same... so aesthetic and musical quality of the violins are equal, thus shouldn't really make a difference, right? But the one still feels better than the other... Playing that one may cause the player to hear the music better.... make the player more able to move with the music.
The same can go for furniture. Imagine if a piece of metal furniture looked exactly like wood (from small distance, such as if you were sitting in it). Some people would still enjoy real wooden furniture better.... Perhaps they think wood is more "friendly" and "warm" to the touch... more comforting.
Perhaps this is "why" s.ex is so pleasant? You actually get to feel your partner, rather than just look at him/her.