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It's weird that we enjoy stimulating our fear response (lemmy.ca)
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What would aliens think if they leaned we evolved fear as a survival mechanism, but we intentionally seek out situations that trigger our fear response, for fun?

Horror movies, extreme sports, thrill-seeking, it's all weird.

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Changed the title and added an extra line to make it clear I'm talking about the fear response, and not specifically about extreme sports

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[-] thenextguy@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I wonder what percentage of us don't.

I've never liked horror movies or roller coasters or anything like that.

[-] Aquila@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Adrenaline plus fear not a fan but fear and wonder I enjoy interestingly

Horror no go Psychological horror tho I’ll watch

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