The science of opinion ...


Some may find this interesting (it is).

Some may find this threatening (it isn't, it is science).

Some may read it and use it to help them understand the dynamics of internet forums.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0078433
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et tu, Brute? By the way, if you think your standup is almost ready for Ha Ha’s you’re wrong.
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geoffkait,

I may be laughable, but I am not trying to be a comedian. 
Hi all...been a day.  Went to a 'mac 'n cheese' competition in the afternoon, local restaurants for a music school. A fun interlude that gave me a tad of heartburn for a good cause. *G*  I think the local lobster house tipped the scales by loading up the judge's plates. *L*

But anyway...anesthesia revisit....the only times I didn't 'go under' for a procedure was:
-Getting 'fixed', so I'd 'shoot blanks'.  Worth having done, but with a 'local' it felt very weird having the surgeon pull the plumbing about.  Not painful, just....Very difficult to describe a discomfort of that nature...
-My 1st colonoscopy.  Done with a cocaine variant, wide awake but more buzzed than anything done on a 'recreational' occasion.
You could have driven a bus up my backside and I would have been amused, watching the whole event on the screen nearby.
Seeing one's innards, this journey up this vaguely pink rippled tunnel later helped understand how the gerbil must have felt. :)
At the 'end' of the 'trip', we encountered the Lone Polyp.
"We'll take care of that", followed by the flash of the laser.
Then the whole journey in fast reverse....

I thanked them for the 'buzz', laughing.
"I can't remember when I've been that wasted, thanks!  See you this weekend! ;)"  I think they were somewhat amused that I enjoyed myself.

It's good I had a ride home...spouse noted that I was likely one of the few that would go back just for the high despite having a tube stuck in me 'sdrawkcab'....  Not so cheap thrills...

I've been disappointed by any of them since....*damn*L*
@geoffkait , I don't claim to be a comedian, but life in general either seems funny in its' nature, or one has to somehow find a laugh to get through things.

We get upset with each other over things, concepts, or reactions that on occasion my response is "Oh, c'mon.  This is like the 'angels on a pinhead' rant!  It goes Nowhere for Nothing worth the mental energy or anguish!  Calm down and Think."

One wants to toss anything humorous into the middle of it like tear gas. 
Break it up before someone breaks something.  Endless tail-chases over opinions vs. attitudes vs. things unmeasurable except by perception.

...and we should all know quite well by now how perception can effect what we say and think... ;)

MHO...repeat, MHO.