Comments on: Does anybody know… https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/29/does-anybody-know/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/29/does-anybody-know/#comment-16930 bowser Fri, 03 Aug 2012 03:57:32 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19085#comment-16930 After I attribute it to you 3 times it's mine. After I attribute it to you 3 times it’s mine.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/29/does-anybody-know/#comment-16869 ER Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:58:18 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19085#comment-16869 "He's the kind of guy who will piss down his leg so he won't have to make any noise." “He’s the kind of guy who will piss down his leg so he won’t have to make any noise.”

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/29/does-anybody-know/#comment-16867 bowser Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:40:27 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19085#comment-16867 People who work around streams or in kitchens don't seem to have a constant urge to pee. I think the sound of running water does two things. First, it reminds someone of peeing, and if they have to already it makes that urge conscious. Second, running water masks the sound of pee hitting the pot and consequently makes it safe to pee without disclosing exactly what is happening. Social pressures somehow work to make people ashamed of natural processes sometimes, like sex. People who work around streams or in kitchens don’t seem to have a constant urge to pee. I think the sound of running water does two things.
First, it reminds someone of peeing, and if they have to already it makes that urge conscious.
Second, running water masks the sound of pee hitting the pot and consequently makes it safe to pee without disclosing exactly what is happening. Social pressures somehow work to make people ashamed of natural processes sometimes, like sex.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/29/does-anybody-know/#comment-16831 FrankC Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:19:02 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19085#comment-16831 and there is a lot to read on it, suggests that it is a simple conditioned response, A LA Pavlov's dogs. The sound of a bell ringing caused the dogs to salivate because they associated the bell sound with eating The water running sounds like urinating, that sound becomes associated so, it makes you want to pee. and there is a lot to read on it, suggests that it is a simple conditioned response, A LA Pavlov’s dogs. The sound of a bell ringing caused the dogs to salivate because they associated the bell sound with eating

The water running sounds like urinating, that sound becomes associated so, it makes you want to pee.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/29/does-anybody-know/#comment-16830 ER Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:09:40 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19085#comment-16830 might have been training the girls into posing provacatively. 8) might have been training the girls into posing provacatively. 8)

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/29/does-anybody-know/#comment-16828 alcaray Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:01:57 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19085#comment-16828 Certainly, our means of elimination has running water close by. (If this is what Rob meant by perpetuation, then I apologize). It would be interesting to know if tribespeople from primitive areas have the same tendency. An interesting story: a college psychology class once trained their psych instructor to stand in the corner while giving a lecture. They used female students' more or less provocative poses as rewards. The instructor was completely unaware why he gradually began to teach from the side of the room. Certainly, our means of elimination has running water close by. (If this is what Rob meant by perpetuation, then I apologize). It would be interesting to know if tribespeople from primitive areas have the same tendency.

An interesting story: a college psychology class once trained their psych instructor to stand in the corner while giving a lecture. They used female students’ more or less provocative poses as rewards. The instructor was completely unaware why he gradually began to teach from the side of the room.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/29/does-anybody-know/#comment-16827 ER Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:00:22 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19085#comment-16827 Pretty soon everybody feels the need to do it. Pretty soon everybody feels the need to do it.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/29/does-anybody-know/#comment-16822 Jody Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:52:37 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19085#comment-16822 I can't say. I remember us kids in school pulling a prank on the teacher though. We would all take turns pulling and *itching* our earlobe. One right after another. Ah, impish solidarity! Prankish camaraderie!!! We watched to see how long it took our teacher to follow suit. She always did! I can’t say. I remember us kids in school pulling a prank on the teacher though. We would all take turns pulling and *itching* our earlobe. One right after another. Ah, impish solidarity! Prankish camaraderie!!! We watched to see how long it took our teacher to follow suit.

She always did!

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/07/29/does-anybody-know/#comment-16813 RobVG Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:30:27 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=19085#comment-16813 I know parents will turn on a faucet at a trickle when potty training their children. It's possible that it's a natural response reinforced with education. Just a guess. I know parents will turn on a faucet at a trickle when potty training their children. It’s possible that it’s a natural response reinforced with education.

Just a guess.

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