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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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[-] sxan@midwest.social 7 points 6 days ago

I'm afraid you've angered me, Sir!

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