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Original Title: TIL research has found that swearing can reduce the perception of pain (providing a measurable analgesic effect) by as much as 33%. Because swearing is processed in so many different parts of the brain at once, it’s more effective than almost anything else at distracting from pain and discomfort.
Swearing is how I got from my house to the car in northern winters.
I know this is just a joke, but you should be dressed for the weather outside/have extra clothes and blankets in the car. Just in case your heat dies in the car, you run out of gas, get stranded/stuck.
I work at a major airport. I’m the first person you see as you step off the plane. Cleveland can be cold, and so it might be 15F outside, but the plane came from Miami.
There’s people stepping off the plane, onto the jetbridge, which is basically like stepping outside, except surrounded by thin metal walls. So it’s 15F in the jetbridge. They came from 95 degree weather. So they’re stepping off wearing thongs, shorts, skimpy stops, some of the guys are shirtless.
And it’s the SAME reaction from every single person for 20 minutes.
Person steps off. “Ooooh, it’s cold!” Person walks up the jetbridge.
Next person walks out. “Ooooh, it’s cold!” Person walks up the jetbridge.
Next person walks out. “Ooooh, it’s cold!” Person walks up the jetbridge.
Next person walks out. “Ooooh, it’s cold!” Person walks up the jetbridge.
Repeat this for 20 minutes straight. I’m at the point where I want to petition to legalize assault in jetbridges in Cleveland. Just so they can be like “Ohhh, it’s co—” BAM!
They’re cut off by me hitting them in the head with a tire iron.
HEY!!! DUMBASSES!!! BRING A CHANGE OF CLOTHES FOR ON THE PLANE!!! OR JUST THROW SOMETHING ON TOP OF YOUR CLOTHES!!! YES, IT’S COLD HERE, BUT ALSO YOU’RE NOT HELPING!!!
Solid advice.
I was dressed accordingly, always had like 3+ layers not counting negative temperature rated down coat, boots, scarf, gloves etc it just still sucked that it was cold and icy lol.
Swearing is how I put my seatbelt on in southern summers
This is why people with Tourettes tend to use curse words.
And if I remember right it can apply to words like “fudge” or “cheese and rice” if you use them often enough as standins.
It’s not about the word, it’s about the feeling behind it.
Cheese and rice Superstar
Plosives
I have a lot of time for folk that have the right word
Edit - this is my google-given def
plo·sive Phonetics adjective denoting a consonant that is produced by stopping the airflow using the lips, teeth, or palate, followed by a sudden release of air. “they are hard-sounding words with strong plosive consonants” noun a plosive speech sound. The basic plosives in English are t, k, and p (voiceless) and d, g, and b (voiced). “a filter attached to your microphone will limit plosives”
Mythbusters did that years ago.
Alright, listen up you motherfucking bitch ass hoe! I want a fucking plate of nachos, shitting down my ass throat!
Nope…didn’t work. Depression still hurts.
got lung cancer… only found it because it had eroded into rib #5 and felt like I had a flaming hatchet stuck in my back. This explains why pacing my den while streaming profanities seemed to help, at least a little anyway…
Doesn’t it only work for people who don’t swear on the regular? Assuming it works at all.
It works better if you don’t usually swear. I remember seeing a program with Stephen Fry and Bryan Blessed a long time ago. I’ve no scientific evidence to back it up though
I remember seeing this as well. I’m much more of a Brian Blessed than a Stephen Fry, unfortunately for my pain threshold…
Most likely it was QI the tv show you both are referring to.
I swear pretty often and it still works for me, but I also use joke profanity now because of my nephews.
Is that article photo Johnny Harris??? 😭
f*ck this stu*id *ss study. It’s sh*t.
I don’t feel any better.
Nah… Just kidding. That felt great.
