What does “Kissed horizontally” mean
on the Rice Purity Test?
“Kissed horizontally” simply means kissing someone while you’re both lying down rather than standing or sitting. The test singles it out because lying down tends to signal things are getting a little more serious than a goodnight peck.
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An early “firsts & romance” item — most people who’ve dated check this one.
The strangest phrasing on the list
No one talks like this. "Kissed horizontally" exists because the paper test needed to distinguish a goodnight kiss from a make-out session without printing anything a resident advisor couldn't hand out, and geometry was the safest language available. It reads like a physics problem and everyone understands it instantly anyway.
The technicality lawyers love this one. Kissed during a movie while slouched? Kissed while camping? The spirit of the question is about intent, not angles: lying down together changes what kind of kiss it is, and you know perfectly well whether yours qualified. The box doesn't care about your geometry defense.