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This was an interesting read however it's clear the author is very far removed from conducting this "experiment" neutrally. For starters, it's not about "respon

This was an interesting read however it's clear the author is very far removed from conducting this "experiment" neutrally. For starters, it's not about "response to a sudden, unexpected exposure to a new phenomenon—unicycling" as the author suggest, but rather about exposure to the author on a unicycle. Can you imagine the responses were the same if we replaced the rider with a stunning female model? Would the men and boys still have challenging reactions? I bet not.

phyzome 3y ago
Yes, but I have this nagging feeling that it has more to do with the unicycle than the rider... not sure where I'm getting that feeling...
layer8 3y ago
The author did note this limitation in the paper.
082349872349872 3y ago
fwiw, my wife (who I at least think is hot) gets similar reactions (fake whinnying, "I don't play with my food", etc.) from younger men and boys when out riding her horses. Edit: we talking about this article a bit; she reports older men (40+! we do eventually learn) have a clue about how to start a conversation with an attractive woman ("that looks elegant", "how old is your horse?", etc.) so I told her how my grandmother told me inappropriate male attention at school came in the form of dipping her pigtails in inkwells.
- lupire 3y ago
  Where do you ride a horse in general public? That seems dangerous.
  - 082349872349872 3y ago
    On leisure-use paths and mostly-ag-use side roads (the young men are generally found in close proximity to the local football pitches). Because of late sunrise/early sundown in winter, we have enough reflective/EL material to make the horses look like they've headed to a rave without their pacifiers.
- jhbadger 3y ago
  > "I don't play with my food" I don't get that quip. Is the joker implying that they see horses as food animals? (Yes, I know that some places like France do sometimes eat horse, but it isn't common in English-speaking countries at least).
  - 082349872349872 3y ago
    Sorry: we're on the continent; I translated all the above into english for HN. (fwiw, restaurants here must label the origin of their meat products, and more often than not horse meat comes from North America!)

phyzome 3y ago

Yes, but I have this nagging feeling that it has more to do with the unicycle than the rider... not sure where I'm getting that feeling...

layer8 3y ago

The author did note this limitation in the paper.

082349872349872 3y ago

fwiw, my wife (who I at least think is hot) gets similar reactions (fake whinnying, "I don't play with my food", etc.) from younger men and boys when out riding her horses. Edit: we talking about this article a bit; she reports older men (40+! we do eventually learn) have a clue about how to start a conversation with an attractive woman ("that looks elegant", "how old is your horse?", etc.) so I told her how my grandmother told me inappropriate male attention at school came in the form of dipping her pigtails in inkwells.

lupire 3y ago
Where do you ride a horse in general public? That seems dangerous.
- 082349872349872 3y ago
  On leisure-use paths and mostly-ag-use side roads (the young men are generally found in close proximity to the local football pitches). Because of late sunrise/early sundown in winter, we have enough reflective/EL material to make the horses look like they've headed to a rave without their pacifiers.
jhbadger 3y ago
> "I don't play with my food" I don't get that quip. Is the joker implying that they see horses as food animals? (Yes, I know that some places like France do sometimes eat horse, but it isn't common in English-speaking countries at least).
- 082349872349872 3y ago
  Sorry: we're on the continent; I translated all the above into english for HN. (fwiw, restaurants here must label the origin of their meat products, and more often than not horse meat comes from North America!)