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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Sex Devouring Death

Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:57 AM

I know this has been on the Slog before and is all over cyberspace...

... but I want to give it a little more thought. Here we have something like a return to the original, to the beginning, as it were. Why is this so? Because what is kissing but the act of eating without the act of devouring, a feasting without the bite and the processes of digestion. Kissing is wonderful and Utopian because it is eating minus death. Even to swallow saliva or other fluids of love is not the same as swallowing food. To eat something is destroy the thing, the whole object; to swallow the fluids of love does not decompose or harm the object of love. In the Burger King picture, the desire of kissing returns to the desire of eating. Meaning, death returns to love making.

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Uh, didn't most people get the impression that these ads were not at all about kissing, or at least not about kissing someone else's *mouth*? The phallicism of the sandwich is obvious and the Cyndi-Lauper-ish woman's face looks like she is being forced to engage in an activity of which she does not seem to be fond of...

Posted by Loonesta on September 8, 2009 at 12:09 PM

I agree with #1, here. My first impression was oral sex, not kissing. Look at her face, that is not a romantic look, that is the look of a woman about to attempt something she's not too sure about.

Posted by Allyn on September 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM

oral sex is a form of kissing.

Posted by Charles Mudede on September 8, 2009 at 12:16 PM

yeah, and anal sex is a form of masturbation, too. seriously, what are you smoking when you write these posts, Charles? you need to share.

Posted by bengermanj

on September 8, 2009 at 12:18 PM

you try way to hard mr. mudede. seriously.

Posted by diminished on September 8, 2009 at 12:37 PM

Cute blonde with bright red lipstick with mouth and eyes wide open?
Charles, did you really think this ad is about kissing?

Posted by givesgoodemail

on September 8, 2009 at 12:48 PM

Mudede writes like he just had a child explain Eros and Thanatos to him.

Posted by Cuthbert on September 8, 2009 at 1:01 PM

Charles- NO ....It isn't...Sucking someone's cock until they shoot a hot load down your throat is quite different from kissing them...Sure...both involve the mouth...but ummmm...WHAT are you talking about?

Posted by julie russell

on September 8, 2009 at 1:34 PM