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I think we can say with some certainty anything we like
As long as one exhibits a breeziness whilst doing so
― Betsy DeVos Ayes (darraghmac), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 21:43 (seven years ago) link
if anything i think the thrill of danger/excitement has something to do w/ a nullification of the self - losing oneself in something overwhelming - but generally speaking is irrelevant to this paradigm.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
danger is cool because your brain makes adrenaline and endorphins duh
like "oh shit i'm gonna die" doesn't give you joy per se, but you get a blast of the brain chemicals
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 23:03 (seven years ago) link
Don't forget the pop ev-bio explanations for stupid, dangerous, and otherwise nonadaptive behavior. This is probably a dated and discredited view, but cf. Desmond Morris.
Why do adolescent males do things that are risky and stupid? Because if you do something risky and stupid YET SURVIVE, a female will mate with you. At a subconscious level, she will perceive that your genes are strong, and she wants to have children who will be more likely to survive the Starving Times.
On the other hand, if you die doing the risky stupid thing, then the species was better off without you anyway.
This explains Tom Sawyer doing handstands in front of Becky Thatcher. But it also explains beer bongs, skateboarding, keg stands, Xtreeem sports, "Jackass," stage dives, freebase cocaine, and "Point Break."
Of course girls, women, and older men will do these things too. But that's more a matter of it being in the culture than a biological drive.
― Oh the pacmanity (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 16 February 2017 14:45 (seven years ago) link
Obviously, and it's no accident that they're a popular location for piercing. Piercing is, of course, a vestige of the "I did something dangerous but I survived, so please mate with me." So are rollercoasters.
Grand unification theories that explain everything - they're a helluva drug.
― Oh the pacmanity (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 16 February 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link
Intellectualizing the habit of gawking at cleavage was, for me in my youth, almost as exciting as cleavage itself.
Now I'm almost forty and it's clear: actual boobies are the only thing that matters
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 16 February 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link