From what I understand it’s a typical reaction to near brushes with death, or the death of someone you know, though not as dramatic as they make it seem in movies or on tv…
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This. This is so important
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I always assumed that in the immediate aftermath, the adrenaline come-down would have a libido-killing effect. But apparently not.
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Jack, “I have to warn you, I’ve heard relationships based on intense experiences never work.”
Annie, “OK. We’ll have to base it on sex then.”
Jack, “Whatever you say, ma’am.”
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I find myself strangely aroused . . .
And I’ve posted that same comment on three different stories today.
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I was tempted to make a joke about the influx of pre-internet-porn babies during the “boomer generation” directly after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but then remembered a book of essays I read from survivors of the two blasts and realized that no joke should ever be made about it.
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I’m sad to report that serious attempts to link birth rates to minor disasters like power failures have failed. It makes a great story though, it’s a myth that will probably never fade.
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wow this made my day - there is something so precious, comedic and just so human about this graph. I wonder what else we could make into a graph with such surprising info, startling and precious elucidation…
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yeah but can’t control for birth control. so charmingly funny I think. people are just simple creatures in the grand scheme of things.
Well, this is really just looking at internet browsing. Who knows what they got up to in their secure locations!
Maybe the alert was issued not just by one person, but… single handedly?
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“Let’s celebrate life”
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Like regardless of veracity
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The theological implications alone are staggering.
Linus van Pelt
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It’s certainly been part of our coping mechanism when we heard of the November 2015 Paris Attacks, my Precious and I. So even more distant, larger scale tragedy works too.
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That’s why we should be more interested in the birth rates in nine months time than in quick internet … spikes…
[GIF chosen for gender equality.]
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Hey, some of us are at work!
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