Crying

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Post by sinak » Fri, May 27, 2016, 4:29 PM UTC

Crying
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Re: Crying

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Post by SandersAK » Fri, May 27, 2016, 4:58 PM UTC

This is awesome. I think so much study goes into anger management and trying to understand why we get angry, but it seems that other emotional outburts are often shunned in discussion.

As someone who comes from a family of people (read: Chinese and Southern) who house an intense stigma around crying, it's been a struggle for me to better empathize and understand crying for other people.

I think the author nailed the use of personal logging here - it's not about extrapolating onto others, it's just another form of self-reflection.

Re: Crying

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Post by Smaug123 » Fri, May 27, 2016, 4:59 PM UTC

For anyone else who was surprised, like me, that there was so much crying recorded in this article, you might find [a certain Reddit thread][1] interesting. I had been under the impression that basically no-one cried ever, but it turns out that some hormones just seem to make it happen.

[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4g1pgu/serious_t...

Re: Crying

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Post by ohitsdom » Fri, May 27, 2016, 5:10 PM UTC

Incredibly interesting, and waaaay more data than I expected. The fancy d3 weighted tree/forking chart was fascinating.

> I tried to categorize cries as they were happening (because I wanted to create a real-time crying dashboard)

Sure, who hasn't wanted to create a real-time crying dashboard?

Re: Crying

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Post by dfar1 » Fri, May 27, 2016, 5:11 PM UTC

The crying post is good, but also the rest of the website. Amazing amount of data.

Re: Crying

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Post by aantix » Fri, May 27, 2016, 5:12 PM UTC

I'm really glad someone had the courage to share this data.. Growing up I was always under the impression that it was wrong to cry, and it probably exasperated some of my depressive episodes.

Strangely, after becoming a father, I feel like I'm even more sensitive and can cry at the drop of a seemingly innocent comment. I bet I cry almost daily.. But after it occurs, it's refreshing. I feel stronger.

Re: Crying

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Post by tobyjsullivan » Fri, May 27, 2016, 5:12 PM UTC

ohitsdom wrote: post #4

Incredibly interesting, and waaaay more data than I expected. The fancy d3 weighted tree/forking chart was fascinating. > I tried to categorize cries as they were happening (because I wanted to create a real-time crying dashboard) Sure, who hasn't wanted to create a real-time crying dashboard?

It's called a sankey diagram if that helps. And, yes, they are the coolest.

Re: Crying

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Post by imaginenore » Fri, May 27, 2016, 5:13 PM UTC

> I've always considered myself to be a bit of a crybaby

No, that's some ridiculous amount of crying. I wonder if it's severe depression or Pseudobulbar affect or some hormonal disorder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudobulbar_affect

Re: Crying

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Post by howlingfantods » Fri, May 27, 2016, 5:13 PM UTC

Fascinating dataset. I think ending a long term, long distance relationship (and then finding out he was married all along), probabaly skewed this dataset upwards.

Last time I cried was watching the most recent episode of Game of Thrones. And then watching YouTube reaction videos of that episode, a little less crying with each video. Hodor...

Re: Crying

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Post by ohitsdom » Fri, May 27, 2016, 5:14 PM UTC

tobyjsullivan wrote: post #7

ohitsdom wrote: post #4

Incredibly interesting, and waaaay more data than I expected. The fancy d3 weighted tree/forking chart was fascinating. > I tried to categorize cries as they were happening (because I wanted to create a real-time crying dashboard) Sure, who hasn't wanted to create a real-time crying dashboard?

It's called a sankey diagram if that helps. And, yes, they are the coolest.

That helps a lot, thanks! I've mostly used Highcharts but now am going to have to dive into d3 to play around with some of this...