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[-] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 21 points 1 month ago

No, they were trying to kill all the mammals but failed successfully because naked apes love mildly toxic substances for some reason and started mass reproducing them instead.

[-] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 19 points 1 month ago

Humans prefer pain to boredom, on average. I remember reading about a study where subjects were left alone in a room with a button that shocks themselves (they were warned what it does) and they would eventually shock themselves just because there's nothing else in the room.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

Maybe I should get a self-shocking device.

[-] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 month ago

Make sure it has a flared base. Just in case.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

I mean, I'm definitely curious what the shock feels like ...

[-] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 month ago

The fun part is the subjects repeatedly shocked themselves, more often as time went on.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Now I definitely want to try it!

[-] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

I wonder if there were two buttons, one for the shock, and another which gives them something more rewarding. I wonder how fast or slow they give up on the more rewarding response because that too becomes boring. I suppose like a song that sounds great at first but you hate it after x times

[-] redparadise@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't last 3 minutes

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