Everything Seems to be a Pissing Contest (podcast)

Summary: Many people are competitive. Hell, even *I* can be competitive at times. But for fuck sakes, there are things that just don't fall into the realm of competition. . . at all. But leave it to some folks to *make* a seemingly laid back and/or pleasant activity into a full out Olympic sport. I was prompted to write this blog after visiting some vegetarian forums. A few weeks ago, I decided to get serious about removing meat from my diet so I went to vegetarian sites and forums to ask questions and get more information. Apparently, there is some sort of bizarre hierarchy when it comes to the vegetarian lifestyle. I decided that being lacto-ovo was the best way for me.  I was under the impression that this would be a personal choice/decision that people make for their health, for ethical reasons, for religious purposes etc. I wasn't aware that I was going to be judged or ranked. Apparently, a lacto-ovo vegetarian isn't vegetarian enough for many vegetarians/vegans and they really let me know! They way they acted, I'd assume there was a gold medal somewhere in the mix. . . But that got me thinking about other sorts of pissing contests and the BDSM/Kink/Fetish world is full of them. Everyone knows the whole hierarchy of s-types. Slaves are way mo betta and mo realer than subs. And subs are better than weekend warriors. And weekend warriors are better than fetishists . . . and on and on down the line. Masters and Mistresses are better than Doms and Dommes. Doms and Dommes and are better than tops. Tops are better than sadists. And every single fucker making these types of claims have pages and pages of dissertations and treatises to back them up. Even on the side of say, latex fetish. Many a pissing contests are had there too. An outsider would imagine that people who are into latex get it, wear it, and enjoy themselves in it. For the most part, that is how it goes. But there is a subset of  "competitive" latex wearers that irritate the rest of us sane latex folks. We regular folks never wear it long enough. They always have to tell us about their marathon latex wearing sessions. 12 hours. A whole weekend. A month straight. If one cannot go that long, we aren't dedicated enough or true enough. Or perhaps we aren't wearing enough layers. What, what? The olympic latex wearing committee states that in order to be "real" a minimum of 5 layers must be worn. ~eye roll~ Lets not even get into the name brand aspect of it. It's ALL part of the pissing contest. So now I wonder. . . is there ANY part of fetish or life in general that ISN'T a pissing contest? Leave a comment and let me know! Want to discuss this over the phone? My availability: