Know Thyself: PDA
I found myself considering what I think of Public Display’s of Affection.
I learned that positive/negative/indifferent feelings were dependent on four factors:
- Setting (notice your audience and where you are): child’s birthday party, bouncy house…nope. Christmas party, beneath Mistletoe…yep.
- Intensity (Motion Picture Association Film Ratings): PG13/R seem a good bar.
- Duration (really?): No need to breath in/out of the nose for survival, cute. Someone(s) is/are timing you, why?
- Disruptive level (degree to which PDA interferes/suspends and/or influences the enjoyment of other humans): Private Gondola ride slipping through the canals of Venice at sunset…doesn’t bother me. Adjourning seat on any mode of transport….bothered. Also bothersome: on-line, while operating heavy machinery, physically touching anyone not involved, and/or in the direct sightline between a stage and a ticket holder.
Where’s your bar?
Last Updated on 11/05/2025 by Death of Hypatia Inc.
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