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well not surprising, I mean try explaining to any organisms studying humans as to why we(humans) take so many selfies....for no particular reason....

trentmb 10y ago
I use qtips in my ear canal (even though i shouldnt) because it feels awesome. Maybe the chimps get a similar feeling?
- jobigoud 10y ago
  > because it feels awesome OK. Is this a studied phenomenon? It just feels normal to me, but my girlfriend is having much stronger reactions to it, like she's pleasuring herself. It's weird. (She has playfully used the term "ear orgasm"). Maybe there's a bundle of nerve ending beneath there. On my side if I touch a specific spot in the left ear it makes me cough for some reason.
  - kiddico 10y ago
    I've got the same ear cough phenomenon. It's like my brain lost track of where it left all it's nerves, and when it gets a signal from one it lost track of it just does it's best. For some reason it's decided ear ~= throat.
    - zhte415 10y ago
      Go to a hospital and find an ENT ward. Ear, nose and throat, very interconnected. Otorhinolaryngology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otorhinolaryngology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otorhinolaryngology
  - lgas 10y ago
    The traditional term is "eargasm".
    - dazc 10y ago
      This an actual thing?
      - throwanem 10y ago
        It sure is. Back years ago, when 512Kbps DSL was fancy new, I had a roommate who'd go on at length about it, and that was the word he used.
    - tomjakubowski 10y ago
      I thought "eargasm" was meant for particularly pleasing sounds or music. Although certainly there could be more than one way to attain "eargasm" :-)
- internaut 10y ago
  This is my hypothesis. > (even though i shouldnt) It seems weirdly taboo. Using qtips for this purpose is supposed to be off label I've heard. Yet the trade goes on.
reustle 10y ago
The better the selfie, the better mate you can attract.
sp332 10y ago
Selfies are good at communicating emotion and context. It's a lot easier than trying to write down where you are, what's happening, and how you feel about it.

trentmb 10y ago

I use qtips in my ear canal (even though i shouldnt) because it feels awesome. Maybe the chimps get a similar feeling?

jobigoud 10y ago
> because it feels awesome OK. Is this a studied phenomenon? It just feels normal to me, but my girlfriend is having much stronger reactions to it, like she's pleasuring herself. It's weird. (She has playfully used the term "ear orgasm"). Maybe there's a bundle of nerve ending beneath there. On my side if I touch a specific spot in the left ear it makes me cough for some reason.
- kiddico 10y ago
  I've got the same ear cough phenomenon. It's like my brain lost track of where it left all it's nerves, and when it gets a signal from one it lost track of it just does it's best. For some reason it's decided ear ~= throat.
  - zhte415 10y ago
    Go to a hospital and find an ENT ward. Ear, nose and throat, very interconnected. Otorhinolaryngology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otorhinolaryngology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otorhinolaryngology
- lgas 10y ago
  The traditional term is "eargasm".
  - dazc 10y ago
    This an actual thing?
    - throwanem 10y ago
      It sure is. Back years ago, when 512Kbps DSL was fancy new, I had a roommate who'd go on at length about it, and that was the word he used.
  - tomjakubowski 10y ago
    I thought "eargasm" was meant for particularly pleasing sounds or music. Although certainly there could be more than one way to attain "eargasm" :-)
internaut 10y ago
This is my hypothesis. > (even though i shouldnt) It seems weirdly taboo. Using qtips for this purpose is supposed to be off label I've heard. Yet the trade goes on.

reustle 10y ago

The better the selfie, the better mate you can attract.

sp332 10y ago

Selfies are good at communicating emotion and context. It's a lot easier than trying to write down where you are, what's happening, and how you feel about it.