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[gunhound]

Running internal diagnostics.

Re-confirming results.

I... seem to have malfunctioned.

...

Requesting from the City further information on the romantic and sexual connotations of a "kiss."

Comments

[small_comfort]

A kiss is like...
when you like someone seriously. It's something you should probably only do when you're also sure the other person likes you seriously... the same as a hug, but even more so. It's not something people should do lightly. For instance, if there's even the slightest chance that it'll bother you if they end up having bad breath, you shouldn't even bother.

Although now that I think about it, it seems that in most of the living world, a kiss is just a simple greeting. In a place like this, I suppose it wouldn't really have any connotations in particular.

[gunhound]

You're suggesting that normal social interactions do not apply here.

[small_comfort]

No, they do...
It's just that I think I'm wrong about what's normal.

[gunhound]

Your opinion is congruent with the majority of inferences I have made and information I have gathered from others.

[small_comfort]

Really? But I'm sure I heard that a kiss doesn't have much significance in a lot of places...
Especially considering the other kinds of things people do around here, it can't mean much more than a handshake, can it?

[gunhound]

67.3% of people I have documented have displayed strong feelings toward intimate physical contact.

[small_comfort]

Including handshakes?

[gunhound]

Negative.

[small_comfort]

In general, how intimate does physical contact have to be before it becomes intimate enough for 67.3% of people to display strong feelings toward it?