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Sometimes these studies kill me; I really hope we taxpayers are not paying too much for some of this crazy research.
The most recent one that made me go “for real” is the study that determined physical warmth is related to emotional warmth.
The study analyzed people holding warm and cold things in relation to their interactions with others. For example, people holding a warm cup of coffee are more likely to be friendly to others. Alternately, people who drink a cold drink or sit on a block of ice are less likely to give a crap about the other people.
Seriously? I could have saved the researchers a great deal of time and money just by explaining the logic. One genius even stated that mental processes are not separate from the body. Thanks Einstein…how much did that theory cost?
When the body is warm, it is relaxed, when it is cold, it is tensed up in an attempt to store the warmth. How on earth is one supposed to be friendly when their teeth are clenched and chattering from cold? If I were cold, enough I would have no problem telling the Pope to rot. However, if I am nice and toasty warm then I am relaxed and cuddlier. Hence, the term “warm and fuzzy”…there is no term involving cold and fuzzes or cuddles...look it up. Nope there isn’t. We have cold as a dead fish, cold as ice, cold as a witches tit (odd one that), but no fuzzes, no cuddles.
Stayed tuned for the next study…”Do Bears Actually use Charmin Toilet Paper Whilst Pooping in the Woods?”
The most recent one that made me go “for real” is the study that determined physical warmth is related to emotional warmth.
The study analyzed people holding warm and cold things in relation to their interactions with others. For example, people holding a warm cup of coffee are more likely to be friendly to others. Alternately, people who drink a cold drink or sit on a block of ice are less likely to give a crap about the other people.
Seriously? I could have saved the researchers a great deal of time and money just by explaining the logic. One genius even stated that mental processes are not separate from the body. Thanks Einstein…how much did that theory cost?
When the body is warm, it is relaxed, when it is cold, it is tensed up in an attempt to store the warmth. How on earth is one supposed to be friendly when their teeth are clenched and chattering from cold? If I were cold, enough I would have no problem telling the Pope to rot. However, if I am nice and toasty warm then I am relaxed and cuddlier. Hence, the term “warm and fuzzy”…there is no term involving cold and fuzzes or cuddles...look it up. Nope there isn’t. We have cold as a dead fish, cold as ice, cold as a witches tit (odd one that), but no fuzzes, no cuddles.
Stayed tuned for the next study…”Do Bears Actually use Charmin Toilet Paper Whilst Pooping in the Woods?”
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