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People describe various psychological studies that turned up interesting results | AverageJames23 1y Not psychologist, but one where given choice between sitting down doing nothing and shocking oneself, people tend choose shock. Ergo would choose pain over boredom.

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Tumblr thread on how "ask" and "guess" people communicate | In some families, you grow up with the expectation that it's 0K to ask for anything at all, but you gotta realize you might get no for an answer. This is Ask Culture. In Guess Culture, you avoid putting a request into words unless you're pretty sure the answer will be yes. Guess Culture depends on a tight net of shared expectations. A key

Tumblr Thread: "Ask" People and "Guess" People

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Tumblr thread addresses why you don't bring orangutan up at Edgar Allen Poe literature debates | winchysteria have told this story yet? idk but 's good Orangutan Story: my american lit professor went this poe conference. like be clear this is man who has doctorate being book nerd. he reads moby dick his four-year-old son. and poe is one cornerstones american literature, right, so this should be right up his alley? wrong. apparently poe scholars are like, advanced. there is branch edgar allen poe

Tumblr Thread: Raging Nerds And An Orangutan

creepy, disturbing and sad facts | TheKentuckyRifleman 21.3k points 12 hours ago Frontal Lobotomy performed with no anesthesia and an outpatient procedure.

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Guy Seals Jar Of Pond Water On Windowsill, Records Life That Grows

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Funny and interesting conspiracy theories | Iblack_dogl 14.7k points 1 day ago edited 1 day ago line on laundry detergent measuring cup is higher than needs be.

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AskReddit thread about multilingual speakers overhearing people that didn't know they understood them | eureka123 1y 3 1 Award Well my great aunt told story she once went into butcher shop she walked butcher talking with customer Russian (which she spoke butcher saw my great aunt walk and told costumer Russian he'd take care this "old hag and then continue conversation. So my great aunt English) asked pounds and pounds cold cuts, all sliced and wrapped all ready, she told him Russian shove up as

Multilinguals' "They Didn't Realize I Understood Them" Stories

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Guy Turns Piece Of Tree Into Coffee Mug

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Movie villains that people had sympathy for.

Movie Villains People Have Sympathy For

People share various strange things that they believed as kids | Asakopt3r 14h S1 Award Honey Nut Cheerios bee. No word lie thought he real don't know why. Nobody told he real just something accepted my older step-sister told Santa and Tooth Fairy weren't real burst into tears and said Cheerios bee, too?"

Weirdest Things People Believed As Kids

Non-Americans describe crazy rumors about Americans that ended up being true | RavynLearnsBadly 298d 3 1 Award Australia, and all my life believed red Solo cups were like 555 area codes Hollywood prop immigrated US, my MIL making dinner and offered iced tea red Solo cup lost made everyone sign cup still got .

Crazy Rumors About Americans That Ended Up Being True

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Real life optical illusions to cause double-takes | person lying down on train tracks and looking into a tunnel with the angle making it seem as if they're hanging above a hole in the ground | stain on the pavement that looks like the shadow of a floating trash can

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Guy discovers that not everyone has an internal dialogue | Kyle @KylePlantEmoji Fun fact: some people have an internal narrative and some don't As some people's thoughts are like sentences they "hear and some people just have abstract non-verbal thoughts, and have consciously verbalize them And most people aren't aware other type person

Man Discovers Everybody Doesn't Have Internal Dialogue

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Guy Opens Can Of Soda On The Ocean Floor

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Satisfying Watch: Everyday Objects In Macro

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