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• rockerface@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Humans prefer pain to boredom, on average. I remember reading about a study where subjects were left alone in a room with a button that shocks themselves (they were warned what it does) and they would eventually shock themselves just because there’s nothing else in the room.

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  • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Maybe I should get a self-shocking device.

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    • rockerface@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Make sure it has a flared base. Just in case.

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  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean, I’m definitely curious what the shock feels like …

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    • rockerface@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The fun part is the subjects repeatedly shocked themselves, more often as time went on.

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      • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Now I definitely want to try it!

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  • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I wonder if there were two buttons, one for the shock, and another which gives them something more rewarding. I wonder how fast or slow they give up on the more rewarding response because that too becomes boring. I suppose like a song that sounds great at first but you hate it after x times

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  • redparadise@lemmygrad.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I wouldn’t last 3 minutes

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