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[After the passage of many moons, I've built up enough courage to use this journal as the journal it is supposed to be. Blogging! Not just cheekily whispering in the corner of someone else's content. What a trip.]
Today's internet black hole: bootblacking, and the quest for the Shiniest Shoes.
I was pointed at this lovely Oh Joy Sex Toy strip about bootblacking (in the kinky, act-of-service sense), which had me questioning whether shining shoes with spit was in any way actually effective. Surely not, right? I mean, if you're a small kid circa 1800 with no money, spit is probably an excellent choice, but it can't have any role in the pursuit of a quality mirror finish.
Wrong.
Very wrong.
( science-y wience-y shoe-shining )
Today's internet black hole: bootblacking, and the quest for the Shiniest Shoes.
I was pointed at this lovely Oh Joy Sex Toy strip about bootblacking (in the kinky, act-of-service sense), which had me questioning whether shining shoes with spit was in any way actually effective. Surely not, right? I mean, if you're a small kid circa 1800 with no money, spit is probably an excellent choice, but it can't have any role in the pursuit of a quality mirror finish.
Wrong.
Very wrong.
( science-y wience-y shoe-shining )
P.S. You should really check out Oh Joy Sex Toy. It's a wonderfully inclusive, sex-positive webcomic featuring a ton of sex education, and thoroughly grounded in respect and intersectionality.
