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28 June 2005
tetka.swf A scantily clad body falling through an endless bubble landscape. You can grab, throw and shake her too.
It's actually kind of creepy in a "did you see that dead-girl-in the-bikini-falling video yet" way. They should have at least added some sound effects saying "ooomph" and "arghhhh" every time she hits a bubble.
Better yet, change it from a dead-girl-in-a-bikini to Homer Simpson and I think they're onto something. Especially with sound effects of bones breaking and assorted "doh!"s and "owww"s. And maybe change the clouds to kegs of beer.
It's actually kind of creepy in a "did you see that dead-girl-in the-bikini-falling video yet" way.
Is this a frequent way of being creepy?
And more seriously: does anyone know if this is a fetish of some kind? (That is, do you know of a fetish this applies strongly to, as opposed to thinking "yeah, it's probably a fetish of some kind"?)
That thing is strangely disturbing and mesmerizing. It's so peaceful seeming, and then come the impacts and painful distortions.
The slippery bubbles make it look like the flash-author has a wet balloon fetish.
Yeah, there's a balloon fetish, with the sub-fetish of 'wet'. (Other subfetishes would include "popping" the balloons, sitting on them, and others. Probably related to crushing and stomping fetishes somewhere on the Perv-o-matic Venn diagram, along with rubber/latex fetishes.)
Google it for yourself, I'm not burning out my eyeballs for you.
How about Bam Margera or Johnny Knoxville falling down an infinite progression of Escher-like stairways? Note: There should be lots of sharp, pointy handrails. Y'know, for the boys.
Ah, I knew about the balloon fetish, but I didn't know about the "wet" sub-fetish. Crushing and stomping I knew, but I didn't know about sitting on balloons.
Yeah, I found that out by accident - creepy the way she keeps moving even when she is stuck. Plus, you can squeeze her through between really small gaps if you have a desire to.
Don't know about creepy. I second the vote for mesmerizing (if odd). But maybe that's just my half-awake state of mind. (and stinkin' hot. can stinkin' hot be a state of mind?)
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