A new study finds we’re not very good at entertaining ourselves. By Matthew Hutson
Jeez, what is going on in y’all’s thoughts? I’d absolutely rather be alone with my thoughts than be electrically shocked.
People Prefer Electric Shocks to Being Alone With Their Thoughts
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Alchemy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
My thoughts often drift to uh- not so savory things, so I always need music or something in the background
In fact, I once asked to be put in a mental hospital due to those thoughts!
timicin@kbin.social 1 year ago
i also struggle to understand; are they like depressive thoughts?
Alchemy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I hope you are feeling better these days.
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Shitty paywall
ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sorry. Fixed.
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Sorry, that was a bit harsh, didn’t mean to be. I tried reader view and desktop, it didn’t work for me
danieljoeblack@kbin.social 1 year ago
I think Vsauce did an episode of Mindfield where Michael tests this. Basically have the person wait in a room with a button that shocks them (lightly) when pressed. Even when the person knows the button will shock them, they still press it in the majority of cases out of a combination of curiosity and boredom.
BloodSlut@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In the original study isnt there one outlier that shocked themselves like 200 times lmao
such_lettuce7970@kbin.social 1 year ago
Wtf? No.
exohuman@programming.dev 1 year ago
I spend most of my time alone with my thoughts and I would prefer it to electric shocks.
CuttingBoard@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
What about if you dream about shocking yourself all the time? I have jumper cables and battery chargers. I’m perfectly capable of licking things too.
DeadNinja@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The Atlantic being a dick paywalled this article.
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