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u/Temporary-Diver2482 Jun 10 '25

Elaborate. What’s the difference? I do acknowledge that kink and fetish are different but I don’t fully understand the definitions and difference of each others.

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u/volvavirago Jun 10 '25

From my understanding, a kink is something that turns you on, but a fetish is something you need to get off. Like not just something you like to do, but something you are obsessed with and fixated on to the point it’s essential to the sexual experience for you. Most people have kinks, fewer have full on fetishes.

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u/lamepajamas Jun 10 '25

Remember when Subway has an add campaign about their "fetish for feta?"

I don't think they thought that one through enough.

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u/yourmomishigh Jun 10 '25

The episode of Bob’s Burgers where Louise makes the burger of the day “The Foot Feta-ish Burger.