>> The kitchen store is generally full of pervertibles aka sensory toys with incidental culinary uses. <<
Allow me to introduce another crucial safety concept: plausible deniability. This is essential for kinksters, Pagans, and other people who have problems with someone butting into their life in ways that hurt and may not be feasible to escape immediately. Look for things that suit your needs which have another innocuous purpose. Many kinksters use something like a ping-pong paddle instead of a BDSM paddle for this reason. Pagans may use ordinary-looking ceramic bowls instead of ones with the God and Goddess glazed on. Most people sleepwalk through life and see what they want or expect to see. This makes them easier to fool. They aren't going to look at kitchen equipment and think of it as pervertables, except for the knives and scissors.
>> Most recent acquisition: a pastry "dough docker" roller which is basically a mini rolling pin on a handle covered in blunt pointy projection. *cough cough* Ahem.<<
Neato.
>> It's important to avoid anything ACTUALLY sharp or hot unless thorough precautions are taken, but for "I wanna hold weird shapes/textures in my hands / run them over my skin" and relatives of that, SOOOO MAAANY options. Plus you can always cook with 'em (provided you buy two of everything so as to not mix uses, preferably) and use that as an excuse.<<
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Allow me to introduce another crucial safety concept: plausible deniability. This is essential for kinksters, Pagans, and other people who have problems with someone butting into their life in ways that hurt and may not be feasible to escape immediately. Look for things that suit your needs which have another innocuous purpose. Many kinksters use something like a ping-pong paddle instead of a BDSM paddle for this reason. Pagans may use ordinary-looking ceramic bowls instead of ones with the God and Goddess glazed on. Most people sleepwalk through life and see what they want or expect to see. This makes them easier to fool. They aren't going to look at kitchen equipment and think of it as pervertables, except for the knives and scissors.
>> Most recent acquisition: a pastry "dough docker" roller which is basically a mini rolling pin on a handle covered in blunt pointy projection. *cough cough* Ahem.<<
Neato.
>> It's important to avoid anything ACTUALLY sharp or hot unless thorough precautions are taken, but for "I wanna hold weird shapes/textures in my hands / run them over my skin" and relatives of that, SOOOO MAAANY options. Plus you can always cook with 'em (provided you buy two of everything so as to not mix uses, preferably) and use that as an excuse.<<
Very sensible.