The second I had serious reservations about, at both a scientific and reporting level. "You're just jealous" is a comeback in a lot of settings, and when it's applied to sexuality, it's usually a toxic meme.
Not that people don't do it. Just... the generalizations of the study are rubbing me the wrong way. I don't like presuming anything about anyone's sexuality on less than who they're kissing.
That third link -- ! This totally matches my observations, yet I'd never consciously realized that was what was going on. That probably also explains why high-tempo music cheers me up, too -- no, wait -- it's high-tempo music with lyrics that does it, because my language center is stimulated at plus-normal speed ....
What an excellent, excellent observation. That will be useful.
*nod* I've actually used it in practice, myself, when I found that I had fallen into a deep blue funk. Simply moving my eyes around very rapidly is often enough to trigger the rapid changes in mental process that improve my mood--and it's a truly rare depression that paralyzes my optic muscles.
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The second I had serious reservations about, at both a scientific and reporting level. "You're just jealous" is a comeback in a lot of settings, and when it's applied to sexuality, it's usually a toxic meme.
Not that people don't do it. Just... the generalizations of the study are rubbing me the wrong way. I don't like presuming anything about anyone's sexuality on less than who they're kissing.
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What an excellent, excellent observation. That will be useful.
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This *also* explains why driving fast in heavy traffic cheers me up like nothing else.
I'm excited about this. I'm going to go post this in my own journal now.
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