The past year plus, and yes, the Covid-19 pandemic officially started in a province in China in November of 2019, has been awful. There is no other way to describe it, other than in even worse terms. Those of us who saw what was coming because of knowledge of other disease events in our general memory, started to prepare and then hunker down as it started to touch off in disparate places in very short order.
Yes, there were runs on toilet paper, because the big paper mills were designed to supply the needs of sanitary products to workplaces, not the homes of the workers. Yes, PPE, including disposable masks and gloves, became scarce, and still can be so because of the import structures imposed by the outgoing administration in the last 4 years, and not rebuilding our own territories after disasters. Yes, supply chains were not just broken but crushed, showing the weakness of our global economy.
You may know of people who have had the disease, and the related syndromes that have been traced and tracked. You might have had it yourself. There are vaccines that have been produced, and treatments have been designed for those who have had to suffer through this.
It is not over.
I have been seeing people planning ‘we are over it’ gatherings, including Dungeon and Orgy parties. For January. For February. For… This is not only short-sighted, it is selfish. But what other reaction can I expect from a society that has been expecting a Movie-style save in a self-centered and narcissistic nation?
As an aside, I would love one for late January for other reasons, after the deed is completely accomplished, but that is another matter.
Sex is messy. Fetishes can be doubly so. C-19 has been shown to be a sexually transmitted disease, as well as an airborne pathogen. Health departments have been acknowledging that people who are horny need a release, and suggesting glory holes. They have not been able to fully regulate masks and gathering limits, but bring up sex, and the male need always has an option. For those of us in the ‘catching’ position, glory holes are less than glorious, no matter what the pornhub videos and sex games want you to think. And, because people get horny, and people get reckless because of it, there are going to be more people infected as that isolation from sexual partners gets too hard to face.
Kink has helped. Ball gag? Put a mask over it and you can’t tell. Have a gas mask hanging around? It will seem odd, but most people will give a laugh at this point, not a side-eye. Breaking out your medical play equipment? Sharing your gloves and such with your circle is more than important, it will keep us alive.
Kink is physical, but it is first mental and emotional. You cannot have a scene without first creating the scene. With isolation and virtual presence starting to be the norm, creating environments for release is difficult, but with our biggest sex organ in full gear, it still can be satisfying.
Yes, I mean the brain, you perv.
At this point many of us have not been with our partners for months. It will not get any better soon as the breakdown in distribution of medical essentials, including the various vaccines, is being further hindered by idiots who think the vaccines will recode our DNA or implant chips into our bloodstream. If only those people would use that imagination to create a mental playground for us to use to get by, and perhaps satisfy our baser needs. It is that base within us that should be addressed, not pushed to the side. The build-up of frustrations, and not just sexual, can lead to horrific problems individually, and the explosion of mental and emotional shrapnel can take others with us when it happens. To be able to use the virtual environment to assuage those frustrations includes being able to communicate our needs, and most Kinksters know how to do that, and should help those along who just are not getting it.
How to help others? Be honest with yourself about what needs can be met in the Discord servers and Zoom chats and drag your friends in with you for audio and video debauchery. There are people who have had ‘Show me your Dogs!’ video chats, why not ‘Show me your… Kitties”. Use the technology we have to keep yourself and others safe so that in the future, you will be able to do those wonderfully nasty things you chat about.
See you in Chat. 😉
Miss R