Airy Tales

Posted By Inflate123 on October 10, 2009

I have noticed conspiracy theories come up a lot lately. Rosario Dawson’s character was the subject of body inflation in both El Superbeasto and Pluto Nash? That can’t be a coincidence! Butt-inflation on Producing Parker? There MUST be one of us on the inside!

Or is it all wishful thinking? Honestly, I think it probably is. Never underestimate the human mind’s desire to create connections where there are no connections. The technical term for it, apophenia, is well documented as a psychological phenomena. The conclusions are easy to jump to, but there’s no data to support them. And inflation fetishists seem to like to put the “pop” in “apophenia.”

It’s understandable, because inflation folks are outcasts. We have a niche fetish on the far side of normal; we regularly feel isolated. The hope that someone out there with more influence or success shares our values, or that our powerless little community has somehow infiltrated the mainstream culture and is now promoting our agenda on the sly, is a powerful dream — but it isn’t the kind of dream you can simply wish into existence, or ignore other factors because they don’t fit the theory.

Two roles by the same actress, seven years apart with 20 roles in-between, from different writers/directors/producers, split between live-action and animated, that both involve BE jokes? That’s a coincidence. A butt-inflation scene in an animated show, played for humor? It’s more likely…humor. A joke about body image, like so many other comedians have written before, without any thought about a community of sexual deviants numbering a thousand strong at best.

This stuff is fun when you’re trying to piece together parts of Lost. But I worry that some of us really believe that there’s an inflation conspiracy, simply because we want to believe it.

All I’m saying is, don’t worry about mainstream validation, and don’t change your reality to get it. You will only frustrate and depress yourself in the long run. If the world doesn’t understand your kink, be happy enjoying it with the people who do.

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