WEBVTT - How Tickling Works

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<v Speaker 1>Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve camera.

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<v Speaker 1>It's ready. Are you welcome to Stuff you Should Know

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<v Speaker 1>from House Stuff Works dot Com? Hey, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast. I'm Josh Clark with me as always as

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<v Speaker 1>Charles W. Chuck Bryant, which makes this stuff you should know.

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<v Speaker 1>How's it going, Chuck? It is great? How are you, sir?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm fine. I'm I can feel spring right around the corner,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm really getting a little excited. Yea, you know

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<v Speaker 1>the groundhog Roscoe Pete, Colecrane, Coltrane. But yeah, is that

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<v Speaker 1>the Georgia guy? No, that's um general generally, right? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Where is Roscoe? The one in Pennsylvania? Now that's Paul,

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<v Speaker 1>that's right, Pucks and Tawny, Phil Puny Phil, Paul Tucket.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's that's just some that's just some crazy guy.

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<v Speaker 1>And Paul Tucket. That's Paul Tucket, Pete. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>best start ever. Yeah, it is because none of this

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<v Speaker 1>has anything to do with what we're fixing to talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>Springs around the corner. That just tickles me to death.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not no. Have you heard Chuck of a guy

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<v Speaker 1>named and I'm sorry that I just shamed you on

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<v Speaker 1>our podcast. It wasn't that bad. I've heard way worse.

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<v Speaker 1>We've listened to tech stuff. That's right. Have you heard

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<v Speaker 1>of a guy named Robert Waller? Uh? It sounds familiar,

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<v Speaker 1>but I always say no and end up saying it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't know you have not heard of this guy. I

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<v Speaker 1>would be very surprised if you had. Robert Waller in

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<v Speaker 1>n was a Walmart employee, uh stalker apparently at the

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<v Speaker 1>UM Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada store. Okay, okay. December was

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<v Speaker 1>a big month for a new toy that had just

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<v Speaker 1>debut called Tickle Me Elmo, and uh, Robert Waller was

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<v Speaker 1>about to find out the links that people would go

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<v Speaker 1>to to get their hands on one of these um

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<v Speaker 1>on December fourteenth during a midnight madness sale. Apparently Walmart

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<v Speaker 1>had sold out of these things, but that hadn't dissuaded

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<v Speaker 1>customers from basically roving the Walmart impacts looking for him.

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<v Speaker 1>Exactly behind stuff is knocking stuff over and they see

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<v Speaker 1>Waller accepting a box of these from another employee, and

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<v Speaker 1>they went after him. But really he suffered. Uh. He

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<v Speaker 1>was pulled under, trampled the crotch was yanked out of

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<v Speaker 1>his brand new jeans. Uh, he suffered a pulled hamstring.

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<v Speaker 1>Back up a second. They physically tore the crotch from

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<v Speaker 1>his jeans trying to get to this trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>their hands on a tickle me a like exactly. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but if there's like three people pulling in the same spot,

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<v Speaker 1>it's pretty easy their strengthened numbers. Um. But so he

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<v Speaker 1>was just swallowed by this pack of three people who

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<v Speaker 1>who were trying to get to these tickle me almost.

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<v Speaker 1>He suffered injuries to his back, his jaw, and his

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<v Speaker 1>knee and uh, he suffered a broken rib and a concussion.

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<v Speaker 1>Not funny, No, it wasn't funny. And we can assume

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<v Speaker 1>that Mr Waller, ironically, in the course of giving over

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<v Speaker 1>these tickle me almost was in no way, shape or

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<v Speaker 1>form tickled. No, and that he probably didn't laugh because,

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<v Speaker 1>as we know, tickling is related to laughter, as anybody

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<v Speaker 1>who has seen it tickled me elmo. Yeah, yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>have you stopped and wondered why we laugh when we tickle?

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<v Speaker 1>I know you have, because you've asked me before you

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<v Speaker 1>said we should do this, you know. As a side note,

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<v Speaker 1>I read this awesome article in The New Yorker last

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<v Speaker 1>week about crowd trampling and crushes and crowd waves and stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>We should do a podcast on that. We talked about

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<v Speaker 1>it in UM Riot Control Them. I yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really interesting stuff. And sad I agree, and that

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<v Speaker 1>they wrote this one because of the Walmart incident last

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<v Speaker 1>year at Black Friday. Somebody died at that one. There's

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<v Speaker 1>no tickle me almost, so I couldn't use it, but

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<v Speaker 1>I saw that in my right screen TVs. I think

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<v Speaker 1>we're the culp for that. That is so messed up.

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<v Speaker 1>What is wrong with people? I don't know? And Black

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<v Speaker 1>Friday deals everybody and he knows they've gotten increasingly suck

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<v Speaker 1>here in this economy. Oh man, all right, so that

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<v Speaker 1>was a little sidetrack. Sorry about that, Josh, No, that

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<v Speaker 1>was the intro. Let's no, I mean, my little New

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<v Speaker 1>Yorker thing. Let's get back to happier. Well, we we

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<v Speaker 1>have a question before us. Why do people laugh when

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<v Speaker 1>we're tickled? This has been around for a very very

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<v Speaker 1>long time. People have pondered this kind of thing, right, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>Sir Francis Bacon said that, Um, you don't necessarily have

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<v Speaker 1>to be in a good mood in the seventeenth century,

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin Bacon. Kevin Bacon was like, I'm I'm neutral on

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<v Speaker 1>this subject um and then uh, Darwin was huge about tickling.

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<v Speaker 1>He did a lot of studying of tickling. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know that until I read this. He concluded that you

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<v Speaker 1>have to be in a pretty good mood to be tickled,

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<v Speaker 1>that you have to be in the right frame of mind,

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<v Speaker 1>because both both um, tickling and laughter require a good mood.

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<v Speaker 1>He was wrong, and tickling and laughter are linked. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>get into that. But it's a question that very smart

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<v Speaker 1>people have explored and failed to explain, and we're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to explain it in this podcast Chalk. We're just

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<v Speaker 1>not this was I wrote this. By the way, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to apologize to you. I wrote this in like

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<v Speaker 1>within a couple of months of getting here, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was just out to prove myself and this is not

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<v Speaker 1>my finest article. I confused myself when I went back

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<v Speaker 1>and read parts of this. Can I can I read

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<v Speaker 1>a sentence allowed written by your hand? Yeah, A gentle

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<v Speaker 1>kiss can create physical arousal. So let's talk about what's

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<v Speaker 1>the what's the physiology of tickling? Is that what you

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to do. Yeah, let's talk about touch. You have millions,

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<v Speaker 1>we all have millions of nerve endings, little tiny ones

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<v Speaker 1>um under our skin that tell our brain when touch

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<v Speaker 1>is coming or you know, something or something cold. That's

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<v Speaker 1>how like it sends alerts like get your hand off

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff, that kind of thing, right, that's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the waves we survive exactly when they are stimulated, um

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<v Speaker 1>by something like a light touch, which is called what

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<v Speaker 1>it's called nismesas K N I M E S I

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<v Speaker 1>S And that's um G. Stanley Hall and Arthur Allen

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<v Speaker 1>who decided that there's really just two categories of tickles.

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<v Speaker 1>Light tickling, right like say by a feather, very light touch,

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<v Speaker 1>and then um heavy tickling, which by the way, is

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<v Speaker 1>the only one that can induce laughter, which is called

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<v Speaker 1>called gargolesis is not very good name for it. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>So a light touch, let's say it sends a message

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<v Speaker 1>through the nervous system. It goes to a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>regions in the brain. Josh to help us along, called

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<v Speaker 1>this so mattisensory cortex is right, and that analyzes touch

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<v Speaker 1>and pressure, and then the interior singulated cortex governs pleasant feelings.

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<v Speaker 1>So you put touch pleasant feelings together and your brain

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<v Speaker 1>is going to calculate tickle and laughter maybe. So there

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<v Speaker 1>you go. Well, that's that's the physiology of tickling as

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<v Speaker 1>far as we know, and and anybody who's actually saying

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<v Speaker 1>attention to that little spiel, your ears should have perked up,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's fairly incomplete. We we gathered this information from

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<v Speaker 1>the Wonder Machine f m r I. You and I

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<v Speaker 1>both loved the Wonder Machine, but we both know that

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<v Speaker 1>humans aren't fully capable of using it to its full

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<v Speaker 1>potential yet, and therefore it doesn't fully prove anything. It

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<v Speaker 1>just suggests everything. Let's just give a brief primer in

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<v Speaker 1>the m r I. Okay, a d chuck, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>fancy machine lights up and basically shows you what regions

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<v Speaker 1>of the brain are activated when you're doing introducing certain

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<v Speaker 1>stimula right, and by activated we mean like that they're

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly getting more oxygen supply via blood than they had before.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's a correlation. But the m r I doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>show causation. Although it's a lot of people say, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>the m r I shows this, so that's it's not

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<v Speaker 1>it shows causation or correlation, not causation. Well, it also

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<v Speaker 1>correlated in this case why we can't self tickle because

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<v Speaker 1>the cerebellum says, hey, body, your fingers approaching your arm

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<v Speaker 1>it and you know it's coming. And supposedly, if you

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<v Speaker 1>know it's coming, you're not gonna be tickled. And people

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<v Speaker 1>as far back as Aristotle have wondered why, and he

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<v Speaker 1>supposed that, yeah, that's probably it, like you know it's coming.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing is it doesn't. That doesn't fully explain it,

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<v Speaker 1>because think about it, like when somebody comes to you

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<v Speaker 1>like bor it totally does what what? But that doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>mean that this is incorrect. The cerebellum is responsible for

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<v Speaker 1>recognizing motion, not just in yourself but in others. So

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<v Speaker 1>what they found is, for some reason, just based on

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<v Speaker 1>m R S, when you're doing it to yourself, the

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<v Speaker 1>cerebellum is less active. Basically, what they surmise is that

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<v Speaker 1>your brain is judged that something totally insignificant is about

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<v Speaker 1>to happen, so don't pay any attention to it. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>just keep looking out for you know, antelopes to jump

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<v Speaker 1>on our tigers that are coming at us. You know

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<v Speaker 1>what that's called what sensory attenuation. Yes, and that's when

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<v Speaker 1>the brain filters out. Like you said, anything unnecessary true

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<v Speaker 1>to I wonder, though I read this, I wonder if

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<v Speaker 1>someone with alien hands syndrome could tickle themselves. I would

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<v Speaker 1>think wholeheartedly because your brain doesn't know what's going on

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<v Speaker 1>and why because of an accident. Generally with alien hand syndrome,

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<v Speaker 1>your brain isn't receiving the message that your arm is moving. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>That's true. So I guess, yeah, I don't see why

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<v Speaker 1>you wouldn't be able to tickle yourself. So I guess

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<v Speaker 1>one thing, one idea for um that explains ticklishness, or

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that we are ticklish, Um is supported or

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<v Speaker 1>supports the idea or the reason why we can't tickle

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<v Speaker 1>ourselves because it's insignificant, right um. And one idea why

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<v Speaker 1>we are ar ticklish and why we tickle others is

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<v Speaker 1>because it's a product of socialization and a tool of

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<v Speaker 1>it too. Right, Well, you're talking about Darwin Hecker. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>uh e wall Hecker with Darwin Um. Like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>they they hooked up together and said you have to

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<v Speaker 1>be in a good mood. But that's sort of been disproven.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure how they did these studies, though, they

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<v Speaker 1>said that they would get people to watch like stand

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<v Speaker 1>up comedy and get them laughing, and they found that

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<v Speaker 1>they were no more likely to laugh when being tickled.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about that, because if you're in a

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<v Speaker 1>really bad mood and someone tries to tickle you, that's

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<v Speaker 1>not working. No, that's not necessarily true. If you get

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<v Speaker 1>a UM, if you're tickled by means of gargo Lisa's tickle,

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<v Speaker 1>like tickling or laughter is involuntary. If you're ticklish and

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<v Speaker 1>somebody gets you in the right spot, you can not

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<v Speaker 1>be in the right frame of mine and you'll still

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<v Speaker 1>like laugh and be ticklish. Yeah, no, no, no, and

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<v Speaker 1>then we'll think about it. If you were ticklish, Chuck,

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<v Speaker 1>I can suppose that. Okay, I'm sure you've seen people

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<v Speaker 1>being tickled before. Like if your next being tickled, your

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<v Speaker 1>shoulders draw up and like your hands go up and

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<v Speaker 1>you're you're trying to push the person off of you, right, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Or someone goes at your armpit, you you know, swat

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<v Speaker 1>them away with a wax off exactly. Um. Well, one

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<v Speaker 1>thing he goes that we um are basically taught that

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<v Speaker 1>these are very vulnerable places in our bodies and that

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<v Speaker 1>we need to protect them. Yeah, that makes sense to me,

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<v Speaker 1>Like the neck especially, Yeah, there's a lot of important

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<v Speaker 1>chunk in there. Yeah, and it's not even tickling with

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<v Speaker 1>the neck. If someone comes at your neck, you're just

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<v Speaker 1>natural responses hunch up your shoulders and like grab their

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<v Speaker 1>hand or something. Somebody comes at you with the judo chop.

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<v Speaker 1>So this goes back to when we were cave people, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and vulnerable spots on your body where you could bleed

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<v Speaker 1>out you want to protect. Now this, uh, this doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily go toward that explanation, but what you're talking about

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<v Speaker 1>being in caves. Yes, this is extremely ancient, and that

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's proven. We're suggested by the fact that all

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<v Speaker 1>great apes um laugh when they tickle when they're tickled, right,

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<v Speaker 1>little bona bows, and that's just that orangutange pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>all of like the smarty pants primates, right, have the

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<v Speaker 1>ability to laugh, and they laugh in different ways, but

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<v Speaker 1>basically what it is it's a panting sound, right, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So that goes to show us that you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>diverged from apes ten to sixteen million years ago. If

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<v Speaker 1>apes can laugh and we can laugh, that means we

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<v Speaker 1>both came. We both laughing is older than that divergence,

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<v Speaker 1>see what I'm saying, unless we evolved it naturally afterward,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's less likely I think then it occurring in

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<v Speaker 1>such an ancient way. It's that Also the idea that

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<v Speaker 1>is even older than that divergence, um shows up in

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that we're ats laugh when they're tickled. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's so cute. Did you sell the video to

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<v Speaker 1>see the video they studied? Uh, sure, more than one

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<v Speaker 1>person has done this, but Jake pant Skep of Bowling

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<v Speaker 1>Green State University, that's my brother Falcons. They tickled rats

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<v Speaker 1>and they found out they have a little chirp that

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<v Speaker 1>um it's ultrasonic. Humans can't even hear it, but they,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, were able to record this. And not only

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<v Speaker 1>do they chirp when tickled, but they have a similar

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<v Speaker 1>reaction that you were talking about earlier, like a little kid.

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<v Speaker 1>Once they got used to the tickling, if you started

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<v Speaker 1>coming at the little rap with your little fingers, they

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<v Speaker 1>started chirping and wiggling around and throw themselves on their

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<v Speaker 1>back and in anticipation. But it's also that same study

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<v Speaker 1>and video suggests that it's it's play as well, because

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<v Speaker 1>when the person stopped um tickling, he just put his

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<v Speaker 1>hand in the cage and the rats would run after

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<v Speaker 1>it in circles. Wherever he moved his hand, they'd go

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<v Speaker 1>after it like they wanted to play tickle. See that's

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<v Speaker 1>a rat study. I can get behind tickling rats. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>do that all day long. Yes, So let's talk about

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<v Speaker 1>some of the parts of the body though, because like

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<v Speaker 1>the soles of the feet. Let's say, Uh, you walk

0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:56.720
<v Speaker 1>on these not exactly vulnerable, No, not vulnerable. You walk

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<v Speaker 1>on these heavy plotting every day. Uh. You would think

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<v Speaker 1>that a light tickle would tickle the feet, and they do.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you press a palm, like really hard against

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<v Speaker 1>the sol your foot, it would not tickle. That's all

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<v Speaker 1>true because of the Meisner's corpuscles. Corpuscles, corpuscles, they're very,

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<v Speaker 1>very sensitive, and I get the indication that they're more

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<v Speaker 1>sensitive than other areas of the body. Right, And the

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<v Speaker 1>soles of the feet are loaded with these things. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>no one has any idea why. And the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>the soles of your feet, which aren't very vulnerable, especially

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<v Speaker 1>pre shoe you know, pretty tough feet, when when there

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<v Speaker 1>was such a thing as shoes, right, yet the feet

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<v Speaker 1>were still understandably ticklish. Probably um. It kind of undermines

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<v Speaker 1>that idea that it's it's um socialization of the vulnerable

0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:50.840
<v Speaker 1>parts of your body. It doesn't make any sense, right,

0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:54.200
<v Speaker 1>but that is why your feet while you don't tickle,

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<v Speaker 1>While your feet aren't tickled whenever you walk, that pressure

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<v Speaker 1>is different. Whatever. It could be a much different world

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<v Speaker 1>everyone would have like balloons and stuff. What um. What

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't figure out though, is how it's tied to laughter.

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<v Speaker 1>You want to know why you couldn't figure it out

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<v Speaker 1>because it's not proven. No one has any idea. We

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<v Speaker 1>just know that there it's involuntary. We know that it's

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<v Speaker 1>not related to mood. We know that um not a

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<v Speaker 1>light touch. That light touch, the nismesis can actually it

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<v Speaker 1>can be arousing or it can be annoying, like a

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<v Speaker 1>fly buzzing on you. That doesn't that doesn't cause laughter.

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<v Speaker 1>You see a horse or a cow like whacking flies

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<v Speaker 1>off of their hind d right, So that's why we

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<v Speaker 1>have that touch. But it can also be arousing, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's consider a type of tickle. It's the gargo Lisa's

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<v Speaker 1>tickle that's laughter inducing. But we don't understand why. Another

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<v Speaker 1>evolutionary biology theory is that um, it's a benign form

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<v Speaker 1>of human conflict, so we can get our aggressions out

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<v Speaker 1>without actually causing any hurt feelings and the laughter UM

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<v Speaker 1>shows that it's all fine and dandy and nobody's really upset.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's that's undermined by the idea that you can

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<v Speaker 1>really upset a person by tickling them for a prolonged

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<v Speaker 1>period past the point where they don't want to be

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<v Speaker 1>tickled any longer. They can be kind of upset. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>as a as a younger brother, you know this. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Well my sister actually her husband who was the boyfriend

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<v Speaker 1>you know, years ago, used to tickle her like crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, I got out of hand, she get angry.

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<v Speaker 1>Tickle torture, Yeah, that's exactly what I didn't. That is

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<v Speaker 1>that a thing. It's the thing I looked at, tickle torture,

0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:42.000
<v Speaker 1>which I always thought was like medieval Apparently it's either

0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:46.400
<v Speaker 1>Chinese tickle torture, Indian tickle torture, some exotic land tacked

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<v Speaker 1>onto the front um. Apparently it may have been used

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<v Speaker 1>in medieval Europe as a form of torture. UM bring

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<v Speaker 1>up right. Nowadays it's used as a form of um

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<v Speaker 1>torture in a very sexual way. Um, at least as

0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:07.399
<v Speaker 1>far as Daily Motion is concerned. Um. But that that

0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.159
<v Speaker 1>kind of brings up something or brings us back to Darwin.

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<v Speaker 1>Darwin suggested that we tickle, and he probably has the

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<v Speaker 1>most elegantly simple explanation. We tickle because we form social bonds. Yeah,

0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.800
<v Speaker 1>if somebody you don't know it tickles you, that's an attack.

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<v Speaker 1>If somebody you do know and you feel comfortable with

0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:31.399
<v Speaker 1>tickles you, it's intimacy. Whether it's parental or sibling or

0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:35.400
<v Speaker 1>you know, the creation of or the strengthening of bonds

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<v Speaker 1>between like sexual partners. It's like you said, it's intimate. Interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder if the fact that it's uh, we retreat

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<v Speaker 1>or react because we're afraid of an attack, and if

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<v Speaker 1>if if it's the same with apes and rats, if

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<v Speaker 1>that holds true for them as well, Like it's in

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<v Speaker 1>a benign attack for them. Yeah. Well yeah, because they

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<v Speaker 1>were talking about the apes like playing like they do

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<v Speaker 1>it during play, and the rats seem to take it

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<v Speaker 1>as play as well. Interesting, But what that is useful

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<v Speaker 1>for we don't really know, or maybe we do know

0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:12.479
<v Speaker 1>we're looking too deeply into it. We should do one

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<v Speaker 1>on laughter period. Yes, I agreed, All right, let's do one.

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<v Speaker 1>Be a good one. Um. I guess the answer to

0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:22.320
<v Speaker 1>the question, then, Chuck, is we don't know why people

0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.720
<v Speaker 1>laugh when tickled. That's disappointing. It's a little disappointing. But

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<v Speaker 1>we'll come back to it when we be figured out.

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<v Speaker 1>Well maybe we will one day. Okay, So if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to learn more about how we don't have any

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<v Speaker 1>idea why we laugh when we tickle, you can read

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<v Speaker 1>this really kind of bad article I wrote um years back,

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<v Speaker 1>and you can read it by a writing in laugh

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<v Speaker 1>and tickle in the search bar at how stuff works

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<v Speaker 1>dot com, which will bring up that article, and which

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<v Speaker 1>brings up listener mail Josh. I'm gonna call this, uh

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a mean thing to do, but we're the

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<v Speaker 1>funny as well a munch Housen's um email. Uh. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>how to Control a riot? This is from Eric with

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<v Speaker 1>the k Hey guys, hello stuff. You should know staff

0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:14.920
<v Speaker 1>like we have a staff. It's me, you and Jerry,

0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:18.720
<v Speaker 1>that's staff. I listened to how to Control a Riot

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<v Speaker 1>and you spoke of mob mentality. It brought to mind

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<v Speaker 1>a game that my friends and I used to play

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<v Speaker 1>when I was in the Disney College program. So that

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<v Speaker 1>was pretty good. If we were sitting around the apartment

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<v Speaker 1>with nothing to do for the day, um, a group

0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:34.680
<v Speaker 1>of friends would go into a Disney park until it

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<v Speaker 1>was time to drink, so I guess you had pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much free access to the Disney Park if you win

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<v Speaker 1>this college program. We would get ten or more people

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<v Speaker 1>together and stand in a line. The line would be

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<v Speaker 1>in front of a wall or a fence, away from

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<v Speaker 1>any entrance or exit. It is really funny to see

0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:52.440
<v Speaker 1>more and more people get in line behind the group

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<v Speaker 1>of friends. The best part is when at the same

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<v Speaker 1>time the group just disperses at the same time, like

0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:02.080
<v Speaker 1>the original people would just leave, and all of a sudden,

0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:04.080
<v Speaker 1>there's people standing in line. We're like, why are we

0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:06.800
<v Speaker 1>standing by a wall? What was this here? Form? The

0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:09.040
<v Speaker 1>buffudded look on their faces would really crack us up.

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<v Speaker 1>I admit this is not the nicest thing in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>wasting part of people's day at Disney, and I still

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<v Speaker 1>get a chuckle though when I think of it. It's

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<v Speaker 1>funny to me. Now you just go with the flow.

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<v Speaker 1>I grouped this in with face the wrong way and

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<v Speaker 1>an elevators something he does. It's very off putting. I

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<v Speaker 1>just oh yeah, I do it all the time, but

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<v Speaker 1>I don't do it to annoy people. I do because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like talking to people. Oh well yeah sure, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I know. I don't just stand there with strangers usually,

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<v Speaker 1>I knee can't people who do that. You guys are

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest. Is Eric with a k? All right, well

0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:44.119
<v Speaker 1>thanks a lot, Eric for with the k. Look for

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<v Speaker 1>your kneecapping if we're ever in an elevator together, or

0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:49.879
<v Speaker 1>if you're standing by a wall from coming after you, buddy. Yes. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have any stories about Disney, we want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear about them, especially the gnarly uh seedy underbelly Disney,

0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:03.960
<v Speaker 1>like it's Disney jail. Yeah and I heard it. There's

0:21:04.000 --> 0:21:07.800
<v Speaker 1>just a whole underground under the entire park. That's the

0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:11.359
<v Speaker 1>rumored with mutants. Yeah. Uh, Well, we want to hear

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