Especially if you are a young female walking into a hardware store and buying rope? Will people look and catch on to why you are getting it? Or maybe that's just because I know what I'm using it for? How much less effective is a bedsheet?
Essence
Nothingness is the beginning of Everything.
- Nov 7, 2019
- 203
I'm ordering mine online. Gonna get a few different ones that I know will take a lot of weight. No room for error! Needs to be as strong as possible, to ensure no failure. Or at least ensure it as much as possible.
I'm getting online but I doubt anyone's mind will go there. If I were you and they questioned it, I would say idk by dad is doing some project.
Worndown
Visionary
- Mar 21, 2019
- 2,976
Rope has many uses and is bought by men ans women.
Just don't ask the clerk if it is strong enough to hold your weight...
Just don't ask the clerk if it is strong enough to hold your weight...
Brick In The Wall
2M Or Not 2B.
- Oct 30, 2019
- 25,158
I went into a hiking supply store once and bought 2 packs of para cord. Definitely got a strange look from the clerk but meh it doesn't really matter. Para cord is ideal as it's meant to hold the weight of a human and it's very durable. The only downside is it's not all that thick so you may need to add extra padding for comfort.
BPD_LE
The Queen of Meme
- Aug 11, 2019
- 1,576
Seriously, no one cares why your buying rope. Even if they did they wouldn't say anything. That's just the shitty society we live in.
BridgeJumper
The Arsonist
- Apr 7, 2019
- 1,194
I definitely felt so awkward. And was asked questions once after I bought 10 meters of rope in one month because my stupid pro life parents kept taking it aay from me lmao
No, I'm so used to it. Been into Bondage for years so I buy a cord like I'd buy milk.
I have ordered to rope online and am just waiting for it to arrive in the mail.
No, ordered mine on homedepot.com but then read up on SN and sourced it + meto. Any day now.
ManWithNoName
Enlightened
- Feb 2, 2019
- 1,224
Exactly....it's a common sense really. But there is a plethora of reasons to buy rope for : camping, hiking, construction projects, scouting (e.g.: to use for the Pioneering Merit Badge), heavy duty clothes line (throw a tarp over it to dry the tarp). Also to make a good 'ol fashion rope swing with a car tire.
Usually rope is rated to hold a maximum weight - maybe tell the clerk you want to use it for an informal tow for a small tractor. He or she should be able to advise—and if the clerk seems like some dumb kid (think of the someone like the "Buckley" character from the animated sitcom "King Of The Hill") typically the weight limit should be easy to find on the manufacturer's specs which they should have, and if not, then a simple Google search via one's phone should find it.
But I get what you mean about the feeling of being self conscious about it. If memory serves, I believe I read in Dereck Humphrey's book "Final Exit" (the updated version) that when the helium bag method started to become the more common choice among the elderly to ctb, there were a few accounts that some establishments were actually decling to sell helium to senior aged customers on the speculation they were going to use the helium to take their life.
Imagine the insult / embarrassment of being and older man or woman and you are buying the helium to inflate balloons for a party for your grandchild and the clerk at the store says "No, we think you might use the helium to kill yourself and we won't get our tank deposit back!"
Just FYI: the formula in the helium tanks underwent a change as to be ineffective for carrying out ctb.
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Nope. It's totally normal. Almost fun. There are different colors, weights and materials. Thick and soft with ample yardage.
Rope is needed in bondage, camping, hiking, climbing, woodcutting and many other things....
If you feel weird buying only that just also buy some side product needed for some activities.
You would look normal.
If you feel weird buying only that just also buy some side product needed for some activities.
You would look normal.
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ManWithNoName
Enlightened
- Feb 2, 2019
- 1,224
You mean bondage in general, right? That term might be misinterpreted at the hardware store as they might think one is into some weird, kinky shit. I agree that it's important not to disclose the intention of ctb to the clerk, but try not to use a fake excuse that could also raise eyebrows, like when Homer Simpson bought illegal fireworks:
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