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First >A current theory among social scientists suggests that pibloktoq [a temporary madness found in Inuhuit peoples] was not a congenital malady peculiar to

First >A current theory among social scientists suggests that pibloktoq [a temporary madness found in Inuhuit peoples] was not a congenital malady peculiar to the Inuhuit but rather a severe stress reaction arising from early contact with Western outsiders. Could someone explain this theory to me? secondly, I sincerely doubt that the early expeditions had anything remotely resembling adequate nutrition, besides enough vitamin C to prevent scurvy. I would imagine a very restricted diet combined with not seeing the sun for 6 months would fuck up a lot of people

naoru 5y ago
> a very restricted diet combined with not seeing the sun for 6 months That's not an expedition. That's Russia. Now you know why majority of Russians are terminally funny in the head.
- rm_-rf_slash 5y ago
  I was talking to a colleague who has spent the last few years living in southern Sweden (as in, hardly the most arctic conditions in the country), who described the winter months as a perpetual “jet lag” kind of feeling. I brought that up with my partner who is from Florida (we live in NY) and she said the feeling is mutual, even though the time difference is less extreme. There’s just something about long periods of cold and darkness that messes with peoples heads, especially if they didn’t grow up with it.
  - permo-w 5y ago
    I absolutely feel this in the UK. It’s probably worse for me because I tend to spend a lot of time indoors
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- dang 5y ago
  Nationalistic flamebait is not allowed on HN, regardless of what country you're talking about. No more of this, please. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
kevinmchugh 5y ago
In fact, scurvy was a major problem for early expeditions, as they didn't understand it's vitamin C deficiency. https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm

naoru 5y ago

> a very restricted diet combined with not seeing the sun for 6 months That's not an expedition. That's Russia. Now you know why majority of Russians are terminally funny in the head.

rm_-rf_slash 5y ago
I was talking to a colleague who has spent the last few years living in southern Sweden (as in, hardly the most arctic conditions in the country), who described the winter months as a perpetual “jet lag” kind of feeling. I brought that up with my partner who is from Florida (we live in NY) and she said the feeling is mutual, even though the time difference is less extreme. There’s just something about long periods of cold and darkness that messes with peoples heads, especially if they didn’t grow up with it.
- permo-w 5y ago
  I absolutely feel this in the UK. It’s probably worse for me because I tend to spend a lot of time indoors
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dang 5y ago
Nationalistic flamebait is not allowed on HN, regardless of what country you're talking about. No more of this, please. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

kevinmchugh 5y ago

In fact, scurvy was a major problem for early expeditions, as they didn't understand it's vitamin C deficiency. https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm