Face-touching may reflect unconscious hand-smelling [pdf]

Maybe this behavior is bit more sophisticated version of what dogs to when meet. Dogs like push their nose comfortably in areas we generally prefer to hide from strangers, when they like the smell a good chance this is rewarded with a doggy style session.

I sometimes think we have made the persuasion game so complicated and we could be a lot happier if everybody starts having 10x more sex tomorrow.

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 3:31 PM UTC

lowdose wrote: post #4

Maybe this behavior is bit more sophisticated version of what dogs to when meet. Dogs like push their nose comfortably in areas we generally prefer to hide from strangers, when they like the smell a good chance this is rewarded with a doggy style session. I sometimes think we have made the persuasion game so complicated and we could be a lot happier if everybody starts having 10x more sex tomorrow.

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 3:39 PM UTC

lowdose wrote: post #4

Maybe this behavior is bit more sophisticated version of what dogs to when meet. Dogs like push their nose comfortably in areas we generally prefer to hide from strangers, when they like the smell a good chance this is rewarded with a doggy style session. I sometimes think we have made the persuasion game so complicated and we could be a lot happier if everybody starts having 10x more sex tomorrow.

> we could be a lot happier if everybody starts having 10x more sex tomorrow.

If we ignore all the caveats (most obviously disease, emotional issues, and pregnancy), surely that's a foregone conclusion?

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Post by f0ok » Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 3:42 PM UTC

Knock, knock. Who’s there?

Smell mop.

Smell mop who...

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Post by MauranKilom » Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 3:46 PM UTC

lowdose wrote: post #4

Maybe this behavior is bit more sophisticated version of what dogs to when meet. Dogs like push their nose comfortably in areas we generally prefer to hide from strangers, when they like the smell a good chance this is rewarded with a doggy style session. I sometimes think we have made the persuasion game so complicated and we could be a lot happier if everybody starts having 10x more sex tomorrow.

https://xkcd.com/592/

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Post by dopylitty » Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 4:21 PM UTC

I've been wondering what counts as touching your face for purposes of virus transmission.

In the paper they highlight people whose fingers are under or in their noses but I wonder if something like grazing your cheek or forehead would count. Is there some mechanism the virus would use to migrate from the forehead/cheek into the eyes/nose or is the "don't touch your face" advice really shorthand for "don't pick your nose or rub your eyes"?

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Post by qubex » Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

lowdose wrote: post #4

Maybe this behavior is bit more sophisticated version of what dogs to when meet. Dogs like push their nose comfortably in areas we generally prefer to hide from strangers, when they like the smell a good chance this is rewarded with a doggy style session. I sometimes think we have made the persuasion game so complicated and we could be a lot happier if everybody starts having 10x more sex tomorrow.

Fallacy of Chesterton's Fence: Don”t demolish things (including social norms) until you understand why they arose in the first place. Most likely somebody solved a problem you no longer perceive because the solution is currently in place and blocking its manifestation. Sure, the problems might be antiquated cruft that is no longer relevant and no longer serves a purpose... but it might not.