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Not particularly appealing for someone dealing with the [Marikio Aoki phenomenon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon https://en.wikipedia.org/
by resbaloso 3y ago
Not particularly appealing for someone dealing with the [Marikio Aoki phenomenon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariko_Aoki_phenomenon).
Walking into a library and smelling old books triggers the urge to defecate for me.
- Tokumei-no-hito 3y agoThis is an incredible wtf article. It’s so absurd it has to be real, I don’t know how it could be made up.
- PaulBGD_ 3y agoOne data point, I’ve been affected by this for decades now. I had no idea before the article that others experienced it too.
- croisillon 3y agoWell that's interesting, i was in a paper shop this afternoon (i love paper shops), and i suddenly wanted to go to the bathroom and realized it happens often there!
- JohnBooty 3y agoWow, that's wild. Certain rooms do that to me. In the house where I grew up it was the upstairs room. (It wasn't the stairs themselves; no other stairs in the house did it) In our current home it's the basement. Sadly those rooms are not filled with books. I can't tell if it's a statistically real effect. I had always told myself it was not real, but having heard of "Marikio Aoki" phenomenon for the first time just now, I'm wondering...
- qup 3y agoI have a workshop that I credit with the same effect. Every trip to the workshop is at least two trips, because I'm interrupted. Also I associate this with gambling, no matter the stakes or the location, including locations that don't trigger any response in different contexts (like my living room).
- JohnBooty 3y agoGlad to know I'm not completely alone....
- fnord77 3y agoOMG. I have crohn's disease and walking into a library gives me the urge to go, consistently.
- jimhefferon 3y agoDitto. Libraries and bookstores can be an issue.