The Science Behind Our Niche Interests | Compilation

People can be enthusiastic about their interests, but where does that enthusiasm come from? This compilation explores the psychology behind why humans love the things we love.
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Why We Love Movie Villains
• Why We Love Movie Vill...
Why Are Celebrity Crushes So Intense?
• Why Are Celebrity Crus...
Why You Really Love That Wobbly Table
• Why You Really Love Th...
Why Do Some People Love Horror Movies?
• Why Do Some People Lov...
The Science Behind the Pimple Popping Phenomenon
• The Science Behind the...

[@emilyplunkett6034]

The IKEA effect: *Looks at computer she built all by herself under the guise she would save money but totally overspent on mismatched parts with all the love of a mother looking at her child. *

[@almaclarawork9621]

But hey! Bet the overall capacity is top notch! , compared for what you could've bought for the same price if it were pre-built

[@yoursubconscious]

@@almaclarawork9621 did you miss the word "overspent?"

[@bumblenbee4013]

@@yoursubconscious they're looking on the bright side

[@Jagzeplin]

same. my pc is best pc. all other pcs bow before it

[@pvtpain66k]

It's not mismatched, it's Picasso themed. >_>

[@jamesd5366]

Hank is my best friend that doesn't know it

[@jamesmerkel1932]

He's also a surprisingly remarkable singer!

[@curmudgeon7217]

He’s mine! You can’t have him!

[@whiqeddik7615]

@@curmudgeon7217 we can share,

[@mimoooo]

parasocial relationships

[@justraven7526]

parasoviet relationship !

[@MikeSheehan727]

0:45 Why We Love Movie Villains 6:35 Why Are Celebrity Crushes So Intense? 11:30 Why You Really Love That Wobbly Table 17:01 Why Do Some People Love Horror Movies? 22:22 The Science Behind The Pimple Popping Phenomenon

[@colorswordsandlearning]

Thank you..

[@ryza7713]

On the topic of parasocial relationships. I wasn't to thank you guys for helping me through some dark points in the last few years. I only realised while watching this video how much i had attached to you guys during those points. Thank you

[@harrisonlichtenberg3162]

I like sharpening metal tools. It is uniquely relaxing for me.

[@bisexualskywalker]

I know when I was young and very much dysphoric, watching horror was part of me wanting to assimilate and be perceived as 'brave' or any ofthe other things people associate with masculinity. That and it being something I'm not 'supposed to' enjoy made it better. but now, I am very much disinterested with horror. unless it has a psychological element to it. I feel things A Lot. But for some reason, movies and writing (including roleplay) is something that feels somewhat safe? like a way to explore things and deal with trauma. Feel things my dissociative ptsd makes me wanna avoid.

[@iprobablyforgotsomething]

Imo, this is why a lot of people write fanfic (especially Alternate Universe stuff). The characters we're already attached to act as an emotional buffer between us and the strongly felt emotions. Since it's not 'our' trauma, we don't have to be so afraid or angry or sad that we shut down out of self-preservation (unless very triggered, ofc) when we read / see the character experience something. . It gives us the sense of being 'not alone' (because if someone else made this media, or reads and/or watches and comments, then they probably are one or know someone who has also endured Serious Sh*t). Yet we can also gain alternate perspectives, advice or comfort in a way we feel safe and comfortable with receiving through the mc's narrative or conversations with others. . Stories in any format (even video games or paintings) can be very cathartic and even help with processing and healing.

[@anyawillowfan]

The IKEA effect makes sense but creative sellers often under price their work because of imposter syndrome so interesting to find out where that line is.

[@isabel.bolivia]

Because I had crushes on celebrities while I was underage I saved myself from teen relationships and I don't regret that

[@abobo42]

Thank you SciShow... For helping me feel slightly more "normal" about my dermatillomania... 💜

[@jwolfsilver5397]

The ikea effect: i just wanted to note that I am the go to to family member for putting things together and taking them apart and have been since i was 14 and ended up going in after my step dad 'fixed' something so i got good at knowing how things worked and fir together. HOWEVER, there are a few things i have to dismantle and rebuild just to move it and my mom LOVES to rearrange the house. Those things that i do constantly just gives me an air of disdain every time i see it. I actually convinced my mom to get a new desk cause i came to despise her her old one....using it as kindling was the most satisfying thing ive ever experienced

[@tobiasg3673]

You guys are awesome! love you ❤️

[@brittanykaufman9394]

So, Frolo from The Hunchback of Notradome has always been my favorite villian. He was just so extreme in whatever he did and he thought that he was justified! So crazy

[@madnecessity]

Just came here from the Daily Show Trevor does feel like one of my buddies from campus

[@anamariamunteanu8413]

The shirt with the dinosaurs that Brit is wearing... I want one too!

[@sabercat5490]

Yes we have so much in common which makes us human and yet people do and say so many hateful and disgusting things towards one another both online and irl. The part of the human psyche i don't beileve anyone can understand no matter how much we try to. Not to mention the Violence that occurs because of our differences.

[@TheKrispyfort]

It's more than the pop. For me, popping is a PTSD thing - zits or cysts on my skin as a child resulted in being punished. The healing part of skin care, the cleaning and soothing done to the skin after the cyst removal to ensure that the cyst doesn't reoccur, is the satisfying part. Not the pop. The pop is just a temporary fix. The cleaning and healing measures taken for long term repair and restoration is my 👍

[@TinkersTales]

Movie villains come and go, the turn-off and on. Villains we work with are there 5 days a week and disrupt us in many ways just making out life harder. I worked with one guy who wouldn't make eye contact or talk to me directly. He designated where I should work and the lower grade equipment I used, and this intensified over time.

[@thechocobotamer6938]

About horror movies: another thing to consider is the way genders are portrayed in there. Sure men seem to like horror more, but when the horror features a woman doing the scary things they suddenly don't like it as much. This includes horror art that features a woman being scary (often times featuring her devouring a man or just not hot while being scary) and not sexy scared. Of course take that with a grain of salt cause that's just my personal experience in the art world. I'm sure there's studies about that tho

[@gabor6259]

ASMR deserves its own video.

[@publicano777]

The celebrity parasocial thing reminds me of how I felt superspecial being followed by Lady Gaga in twitter -- even tho it was probably a random follow made by some assistant

[@ether.x6764]

12:24 my self-esteem issues could never

[@eldritchabomination0]

13:27 I like my diy stuff cuz I know what went into it. And that if I settled for a part, I made the best effort to still get a good thing that I could. My comparison is mass-produced stuff. 99.999% of corporations are only concerned with what's cheapest to make and will get them in the least trouble.

[@sairuhtonin]

Hank Green wrote My Immortal.

[@BliffleSplick]

Re: horror movies. One of the things they probably forgot to check is whether the people watching were mentally on the victim or perpetrator's team. It's very different if they're watching it and cheering on the bad guys (like in the "why do we like bad guys" segment), though it also shows how poorly written a lot of movies are when you get mad that the "hero" just pulled something out of their butt in a way that makes no sense at all and the "bad" guy is beaten because the movie had a time limit instead of good writing.

[@rimibchatterjee]

Creative writing 101: To make a villain relatable, give them a sympathetic backstory. Reality tv and documentaries also do this: delve into the reasons why. With real people, it’s much harder to figure out why they do what they do, so they’re correspondingly less sympathetic.

[@jameshenderson832]

Can we all just appreciate ghost hank at 17:12

[@jface3806]

My 3D printer can really compound the Ikea effect.....but also handy for when things break or I get weird ideas for solutions. Engineering!

[@waiko78]

According to the study I did just right now in Utub University, says that the ikea effect idea came from Haters. That's the Haters Effect. Lol

[@GnosticLucifer]

My fantasies are mostly impressing my 'villain' crushes with my skills and defeating terrifying heroes with plot armors, no pimples here, nope. The skills I mentioned too are earned rather than just mastering world magic after touching some grimoire... So I'm often an immortal with some means of dimension travel so I can learn magic and piloting giant robots... Example helping tanya conquer the world and kill being X, even though the monster named Mary Sioux won't make it easy.

[@allninelivez7631]

I pulled off my own scabs and cuts when I was a kid and ate them. Free Jerky. But, does that count as cannibalism? Lol

[@markmartin7653]

Those that hang the toilet paper in the under position are agents of chaos? That's right. We have cats.

[@B_COOPER]

Typically the real life villains are subject to greed. Heath Ledger’s joker showed us that money is nothing more than a playground slide.

[@donnjb83]

Who else is getting a shitload of liquor ads with this video? Someone give the KZbin algorithms a raise

[@therabbithat]

I've always thought it was weird that people have similar interests. Why is that? Is it so they can share them?

[@nerissacrawford8017]

I don't like Horror films much, but brutal Heavy Metal songs thrill me like some sort of adrenaline sport.

[@kellydalstok8900]

If I can’t relate to these psychological phenomena, does that mean I’m not human?

[@spiralpython1989]

Nahhh, just maybe not neurotypical...

[@majacovic5141]

I mean you're a cat, so...

[@schopenhauer5427]

I want that hoodie!

[@sphinxtheeminx]

I like assembling IKEA furniture so much my work colleagues ask me to do theirs. It's so satisfying to 'make' something from base materials even if these are engineered for the average idiot.

[@ems7623]

I must be immune to this "Ikea effect."

[@MindWalker123]

love the new presenter!

[@OSuzieQBabyILuvU]

Ikea effect: I find that I am more likely to like my oqn creation when I've used a tutorial of some kind than if I created from scratch. I wonder what that is about. Even when I do think it's good, it is highly subject to opinion. It always needs an affirmation or I think it's crap. If the extension is of you and you don't think much of yourself you're not going to like it

[@millenniumf1138]

"I'm talking about one of the most *polarizing* things on the internet... one people are so deeply passionate about, it is sometimes a little scary. And yes, I'm talking about-" "Picard vs. Kirk? ...Furries? ...Bronies?" "-pimple-popping." "Oh. Okay. Proceed."

[@TinkersTales]

People empathise with villains and exonerate them if they have an abusive back-story. No back story and more accountability.

[@StxpTheGenxcide]

Whenever I'm stressed out, depressed, frustrated, angry and all kind of other unpleasant emotions, I have the urge to pop a pimple, to pluck my hairs. I try to pop even pimples that don't really exist. I doesn't really make me feel a lot better, but I think that my appearance shows in what kind of condition I am and that's enough for me.

[@AA-eq2zq]

I'm wondering if artists in certain western circles today tend to relate to their creations mainly critically because of a broken/lacking sense of their creations being extensions of themselves. Like they so see them as rightful offerings and subjects to dominant cultural values and others' perceptions that mentally the ownership/identity is no longer with the artists. That art is so often painful and art block so common in these circles because this legitimized outside-appeasing approach contradicts much of what art is and needs to be for our brains - it's no longer exercising the brain's need for play and expression, but instead it's mixed with and dominated by musts, perceived objectivity and dangers.

[@jessejorgensen3931]

Lol.i build as much stuff as i can. And it really does make me feel good. But i do it because im cheap, and i need to know how it works. I just need to tinker. I know my handmade stuff isn't as well made, but it's of me, and i just like it more.

[@cristinaw2541]

1:42 wait... WHYS THERE BEEF FOR THAT!? 😂🤣😂🤣 Is there facts that taking it from front is better? I NEED TO KNOW!

[@TheRealPrinceClub]

Horror movies give me night terrors

[@mayaroseakennasferu5814]

I would like to point out though the ikea effect shouldn't be confused with artists. We put time and money into the things we make.

[@kyleinnes4963]

I mean maybe.. or the fact that a parent would name their child a state name usually means thant they have lived in that state making it more likely to be born in or have family that state

[@brandycolmer7052]

Ha! Me: horror movies, no. Pimple popping, yes. Loving the things I’ve made, sadly, no. I am so self critical. I have to consciously work hard to make more things and let myself make a bad one - hundreds of bad ones, I’m learning, until my abilities catch up with my taste. I know that is a thing...there is a famous quote about it. Have you all explored that?

[@AskWhyMoreOften]

I enjoy pimple popping videos - but only the ones performed by licensed professionals who are following standard guidelines. Yes, it's relaxing but only when I know that the person going through the experience is under the care of someone who does it for a living. Often there are series of videos where you can see the progress their skin goes through - and we know from the outset that a lot of those extractions are from comedones that are quite painful. Knowing that the person is getting safe care for their skin is a good feeling. I'm not in it for the sensationalism - I stopped watching those videos. Then again, I watch other medical procedures as well. It's calming and nice to know I'm getting a dopamine boost because I try to stay away from my own skin as much as possible. If we weren't in covid - typically if I had a bad comedone that hadn't responded to skin care treatments (those recommended by professionals and explained their purpose) then getting it taken care of by someone who can do it safely and causing less dermal damage than I would left to my own devices is my preference.

[@SarathChay-jl1sz]

Love that wonky,life or job . It's your s authentically

[@quintinwaterhouse5804]

What are they talking about with the first one about states, do they have time data? Cause if not then it’s just because they live there. Like how a fast food employee might eat more fast food on average. I wonder why that is… Because they work there!

[@samanthastone5159]

I wondered whether y'all would talk about pimple popping as a primal grooming behavior - I've always thought about how it seems similar to the way primates pick parasites out of each other's fur...maybe the dopamine release is related to that behavior evolutionarily - because general grooming is positive for our health, even if that's not the case for pimple popping specifically.

[@Dollightful]

They actually named it the Ikea Effect? I love it haha

[@hbanana7]

Happy to see you here!,

[@SquirmieWormington]

Dollightful? In scishow comments? Now this is the most ambitious crossover in cinematic history

[@L0rdOfThePies]

@@francisyehuda6120 yeah you're right noone gives a damn

[@jackadevil9746]

scientists are really uncreative when it comes to names

[@sydneydaum9204]

woah never expected to see dollightful here! I love your vids!

[@Tinkerelly]

When Hank talked about parasocial relationships I could only think of the fact that I feel like we’re friends

[@jcespinoza]

I don't want to brag or anything but he once liked one of my comments on Facebook

[@Tinkerelly]

@@jcespinoza I am jealous

[@davidottley2739]

@@jcespinoza Are you kidding? Brag away! In fact, you might want to include that info on your hopefully distant headstone.

[@joturner2125]

But they ARE our friends! Aren’t they? 😧

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

That's toxic and controlling to decide for others that you guys are friends when they didn't consent. Nor did people ever talk with them or much.

[@spencerlukay5809]

Depression: let me just take those away for you.

[@TinkersTales]

Villains are confident, well dressed, and stand up for a cause they believe in

[@matthewparsons9407]

They can be. But also, being a villain or a hero is often a matter of perspective

[@lampyrisnoctiluca9904]

yeah. fictional heroes are usually reactive while the villains are proactive. in real life being proactive is a heroic quality that is in fiction almost always given to the villains. When I finish the book I have been working on for some time, I will start one that is to have proactive characters doing their thing, just to meet villains who are reacting on the heroes action... like the heroes in other stories. usually 3

[@StealURFace]

Like Roger Stone

[@normalhuman9878]

They’re also often given traits of marginalized groups that aren’t represented by heroes. Ie queer coded and disabled villains

[@gummybears4lunch]

As a kid a friend teased me a lot about my anime crush, because he "wasn't real." But she crushed hard on a famous singer. I argued both were equally one-sided, unrealistic, and perfectly normal. Now 20 years later I gotta call her and tell her I was right. Lol!

[@marnenotmarnie259]

imo crushing on a fictional character makes more sense, because with celebrities they're always putting on a show/playing a character. you can't see the real them. but with fictional characters you can get to know them as you keep watching/reading. idk, it makes more sense to me

[@territhetankedupterrapin6592]

​@@marnenotmarnie259 my love for Lara Croft makes more sense than a love of Angelina Jolie.

[@puddingvalkyrie9657]

Same. As a kid I was shamed any time I even hinted at a fictional crush, but it was totally normal to crush on boy bands and other celebrities, which bugged me. Fictional crushes seem to have been normalised nowadays too, which I'm happy about for today's kids (and adults too, of course).

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Crushes on celebs are vapid too, but someone can argue that the celeb is a real person over a fictional character. But someone can also argue that using a real person like a celeb is terrible. Especially if people post inappropriate fanart of real people. Idk why people would crush on characters or celebs when it only ends in disappointment. The only thing is that maybe people can use characters to think about what kind of people they want to hang around with. Also, some people who crush on characters, or celebs, bully and demand everyone has to agree with their way, and can criticize them or say they're uninterested in that kind of stuff. The problem with crushing on someone not real or a celeb, or depicting fanart of being together with them, is that they didn't consent. So it's controlling, toxic, and violating, and being ok with. I wouldn't want someone or some fan doing that to me. So the criticism is fair.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

@@marnenotmarnie259 Not every celeb is the same or fake. Acting fake is exhausting. Jake Lloyd, who played kid Anakin, quit acting because of harassment from the press and bullying. Jon Bellion said he didn't want to be famous, but just to sing. Some celebs are introverts or asocial. Just because someone criticized crushing on characters doesn't mean you have to insult all celebs. People are allowed to criticize crushing on characters or celebs. Also, some people pressure celebs have to act friendly, perfect, or a certain way to people all the time. It sounded like you contradicted yourself because you thought it was ridiculous to crush on celebs cause you assumed they're all fake, but characters are fake and made up. You degrade all celebs to characters while you tried to make fictional characters more real than they are? When some celebs killed themselves, like Jonathan Brandis, Cheslie Kryst, Robin Williams, and Hana Kimura. They're not just characters. The only thing is that people can using characters to think about what kinds of people they want to hang around with. The problem with crushing on someone not real or a celeb, or depicting fanart of being together with them, is that they didn't consent. So it's controlling, toxic, and violating, and being ok with. I wouldn't want someone or some fan doing that to me. So the criticism is fair.

[@MyRamblingRose86]

I've been obsessed with plagues since I was a little kid. Living through one (and catching it) has not diminished my fascination.

[@louisfalcone5494]

Scientists give animals plague and watch them suffer. Thats what biology research is about and medical. Chemistry is about giving animals toxic chemicals.

[@coralecho2485]

@@louisfalcone5494 No, it is about discovery. You make it seem like those things are the end goal of science, what are you even doing here?

[@louisfalcone5494]

@@coralecho2485 the means matter more than the ends. Ends justify means is proven to be a psychopathic mentality. It matters far more what you do now than the results coming from it. Im here to insult scientists theres lots on pages like this.

[@KingFluffs]

@Wemple Imagine simping for scientists... an old man in a lab coat isn't gonna shake your hand and say "Well done my son!" for defending them online.

[@GoblinMode3004]

@@louisfalcone5494 Imagine going specifically into someone's comment sharing their personal fascination with an aspect of our world and then literally admit the only reason you're here is to insult 'scientists'. Do you even hear yourself? I understand your point and even agree with you, about the ends not justifying the means in terms of science, but you seriously chose to go out of your way to seek out intelligent people to insult? You're the kind of person who gives ignorant people a bad name.

[@silverystormwing2051]

Ah yes the Ikea effect - except with artists, where most people can only see the flaws in anything they make, no matter how much time they spend on it lmao

[@majacovic5141]

Omg yes 🤣

[@Crustee0]

And then theres engineer, who is conditioned to accept "good enough" result from their work 😁

[@BlackReshiram]

for me its both at the same time: i think my creations are crappy and suck but gods forbid someone else insults my creation and itll be on sight

[@suzannax]

This is exactly what I was thinking 🤣

[@SuperManning11]

Absolutely correct! The worst is when someone admires something you‘ve done awhile ago, and you are horrified, wanting to show them your latest work instead because it is so much ‘better’ -when it’s basically the same quality.

[@oldcowbb]

the link between effort justification and burnout would be interesting. Basically when you realize the effort wasn't really worth it

[@chihiroogino7464]

It’s a little similar to Utility I imagine. The more you have of something, the lower your satisfaction with it as that variable increases.

[@ligh7foo7]

Must have been quite an effort if you swooned over your table.

[@Kas_Styles]

Aka the ROI

[@nessie968]

Beautiful profile pic💜

[@ligh7foo7]

@@nessie968 thanks, it took some effort :) :p

[@SkyDream93]

Parasocial relationships are all fun and games until they turn into maladaptive daydreaming lol

[@AramatiPaz]

Truuuue

[@iprobablyforgotsomething]

Yeeeeep. . Ofc, once you hit the Mal-D stage, then the fun & games of a one-actor-two-characters relationship becomes nicely portable in your head, and available 24/7. And you always have great conversations, since they're always only ever about what interests you!

[@orihsenak]

Thanks. I was feeling weird about my grief over Grant Imahara's passing. It's a relief it is a normal thing.

[@alexandramaclachlan7597]

I'd let myself forget, because it hurts. That man was so important to my childhood and love of science and experimentation.

[@adamantris2]

23:22 big error in the graphic. It shows serotonin while talking about dopamine.

[@ArealMrsSmith]

“Big error in graphic”... for the 13 chemistry nerds I guess. 😂

[@cassieoz1702]

@@ArealMrsSmith arent the creators meant to be science nerds?

[@joyl7842]

@@cassieoz1702 fairly sure they are youtubers, animators and presenters. The research is done by researchers.

[@applegal3058]

Nothing wrong with a little correction when it's wrong. Gotta lovevus needs...no matter what we are into...!

[@unicorn.mushroom]

Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!

[@rogerhinman5427]

I just finished re-finishing my bathroom. Now I question my satisfaction.

[@yulebones]

Pff, don't be silly. Enjoy that beautiful bathroom you did

[@rogerhinman5427]

@@yulebones I am!

[@emilycooper1121]

Whoa, I'd never heard parasocial relationships talked about like that. Makes me feel so much better about the state of the world haha!! Like humans are SO social we can't help it lmao

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Not everyone agrees with parasocial relationships. The problem with crushing on someone not real or a celeb, or depicting fanart of being together with them, is that they didn't consent. So it's controlling, toxic, and violating, and being ok with. I wouldn't want someone or some fan doing that to me. So the criticism is fair. The only thing is that people can using characters to think about what kinds of people they want to hang around with. Some people are asocial.

[@LuinTathren]

So my body pillow with an anime character (Hatake Kakashi) is completely normal? Awesome. I'll tell Kakashi. He'll be really happy.

[@madnecessity]

Hello fellow Hatake connoisseur

[@failedsocialexperiment2382]

Do they make body pillows of loli or shota characters? I asked this because I would turn the 8 year old version of Nick Wilde into such a pillow.

[@terryenby2304]

Kakashi is definitely a normal attraction!!! Happily married, and my husband thinks my Kakashi crush is adorable! 😅

[@DrLongWang]

Do you know where I can get a hank green body pillow?

[@kenzielynn6648]

@@DrLongWang I think you need therapy man

[@scofah]

I love how this video doesn't have a music soundtrack. Thank you!!!

[@FinderofStar]

I have a question I would like to see the answer to. Why do you suddenly remember things when lying down for bed??

[@92RKID]

FinderofStar, that's a great question! It happens to me a lot.

[@iprobablyforgotsomething]

Please, SciShow, if this vid topic is not already in the works or the queue, add it!!!

[@music-by-storm]

This isn't a scientific answer, but I would suspect that it has something to do with the fact that once you are lying down in bed, your mind is free from other distractions that you would normally encounter throughout the day. If you're up and doing stuff, or even if you're just watching a show or doing something "mindless", you're usually at least somewhat engaged in that activity, but when you're lying down to go to sleep you aren't doing anything else that may distract you from those random things your brain remembers. I'd be curious to find out if there's any research behind this though.

[@TripleTSingt]

The logical extension of the Ikea-effect: Guitarists always start to customize their instruments at some point. They feel more like "your" guitar when you put stickers on it, I guess ^^

[@jaskierdraven9191]

I skinned mine in black carbon fiber and painted what I didn't skin black... I do now feel like it's more mine. Although the paint is chipping and I need to redo it haha

[@Drakeblood97]

I would never put stickers on my guitars, especially when they have beautiful wood grain.

[@FlesHBoX]

The more SciShow Psych I watch, the more alone I feel on this planet. So many "everyone does this" that I just don't, and am legitimately confused that so many people do.

[@fromulaon]

I think psychology is a particularly difficult area for us to learn, experiment, explore and infer conclusions from. We should always hear psych news as "this is the best idea we have so far". It may not be concrete. And also sample sizes and statistical tolerances for psychology studies I think should be orders of magnitude more stricter than biological studies. There is also culture bias too. So take this with a giant boulder of salt.

[@applegal3058]

Same sometimes.

[@jeffreym68]

@@fromulaon How is this science less concrete than other science? There being more variables and interactions doesn't degrade the accuracy. As to culture, there's not a bias, as the research is not assumed to apply outside the population of interest. (It's why research is cross-validated before being used in different settings).

[@Crucisphinx]

@@jeffreym68 because psychology research depends largely on people’s feelings and their access to said feelings. With biological research you can ask someone what physical symptoms they have and it’s pretty easy to answer. After, say, a parent’s death if someone’s in a study they could have a dozen different feelings about it they can’t name. They may only say “sad” when they also feel angry about their parent drinking themselves to death or neglected by them and heartbroken they couldn’t make up. It’s a lot easier to name every sensation in your body than it is to name all the feelings you have associated with life events, major or minor, even if you have a pretty good grasp on your feelings.

[@jeffreym68]

@@Crucisphinx That's not a reflection of psychology research as I know it.

[@dannahbanana11235]

I had a surprising amount of parasocial grief when Alan Rickman died. It does feel silly at first, but it's part of what makes us human.

[@louisfalcone5494]

Im grieving 24/7 for years cause of psychologists torturing animals in mad science experiments which their whole field is based on and depends on to advance. Psychology is evil and biology chemistry medical its all mad science experiments on weak defenceless animals. Banning animal torture would shred those fields like cheese in a cheese grater. So those fields are evil. Yes im aware most research doesnt involve torture but the part that does is vital for the whole field. So the whole field is evil and everyone it should be punishe.

[@dannahbanana11235]

@@louisfalcone5494 Are you okay?

[@louisfalcone5494]

@@dannahbanana11235 no not really im pissed off at scientists and doctors every minute of everyday and find them online to insult them everyday and i remember everything they all said, each person in thousands i replay what they each said all day everyday even years later cause im autistic. And i remember what they looked like and they all look innocent and normal. Which pisses me off extra.

[@dannahbanana11235]

@@louisfalcone5494 I just don't understand why you replied to my comment is all I guess. Didn't really seem relevant.

[@louisfalcone5494]

@@dannahbanana11235 i say it to random people to get my message out.

[@kimberlydrennon4982]

Here's a hypothesis about why benign masochism might be beneficial to us: to learn things we have to try and fail a lot, which might cause a negative feeling. But ultimately the negative feeling ends up in something positive long-term, since we maybe learned something from it. I could see a species that goes for that (knowing that the consequences will not be too bad) lasting longer than one that avoids all negative feelings.

[@delicateghoul]

*sees thumbnail* ah yes, I do have a niche interest in a room full of vampires

[@Kaemmer23]

I’ve never felt myself cheering on villains, but apparently that’s a thing that most people do? Weird

[@ponponpatapon9670]

same; most villains i just feel a burning hatred for. only villains who have genuine reason to be the way they are i feel empathy for and want to see redeemed

[@MolecularMachine]

I don't necessarily cheer them on. I just like watching them do their thing because they just do more interesting or unusual things than the heroes. Like, wow, you want to make a coat out of innocent baby puppies? That's horrible. Please continue.

[@Jinnai89]

well written villain's are just heroes with a flaw that they are either oblivious to or too jaded to fix, if you have written a good villain then most of the time it is the "end justifies the means" approach that makes them a villain not their goals or the person itself, people rarely relate to mustache twirling villain's but a villain that has a goal but is too jaded to do it within the confines of "being a good guy" is something people can relate and even cheer on on the big screen, it is especially effective if within the universe the setting is in his/her point of view is almost or entirely justified, if lets say in fantasy setting there is a incompetent king who is a tyrant and everyone just follows them because their oaths then a villain who seeks to overthrow that king for the good of the people can be justifiable to a degree, his methods will then be what defines them as a villain and these kind of villains are the ones that most people cheer for, if you haven't seen any well written villains that you cheered for then you've either been reading bad fiction or are bland in my estimate, or could be that you just don't see the chaos element of change that hero and villain both embody as a positive thing

[@Kaemmer23]

@@Jinnai89 in the scenario you described about overthrowing a shitty King, I wouldn’t consider that to be a villain. If they’re overthrowing a tyrant king then that’d make them a hero.

[@marmadukescarlet7791]

@Jinnai89 understanding what led the villain to violate societal norms is also interesting.

[@sighthoundstars]

Pelicans... Hank this is an intervention

[@finickityreader5274]

I've always wondered if parasocial relationships are the same as the love that you feel for a plant? Like, how is 'my friend Totoro' different from 'this is my spider plant; he's called Steve.'

[@RingoBuns]

That pimple popping one was interesting because I’m a person who has dermatillomania, or skin-picking disorder. It’s true that I often compulsively pick at my skin when I’m feeling anxious, stressed, or bored. I also for some reason find any protrusion on my skin to feel like a gigantic thing that I must get rid of, smooth out or peel off. From a crusting scrape to a barely there sunburn or cat scratch. It’s something I have a hard time controlling and the dopamine effect and reward and relief feeling I get during a session of picking is intense, often followed by shame and guilt afterwards for damaging my skin. Here’s the thing: I absolutely HATE seeing pimple popping videos. I hate seeing people pick at their skin casually in front of me. It doesn’t trigger me to start picking, it makes me conscious of the places I would pick but I have a large influx of that “don’t do that” emotion while either watching a video alone or being in front of people. I see those pleasure seeking pimple videos as disgusting, dirty, they make me want to vomit. Even if I might do the same things to myself. I don’t get any positive reaction out of watching others like what was mentioned in the last segment. Isn’t that interesting? You’d think those videos would give me relief or have the opposite effect and make me want to scratch my own skin but it actually triggers a strong negative reaction and deters me from doing the same to myself. Neat, huh?

[@iprobablyforgotsomething]

Same! I was so surprised when such vids became a thing, and people said they really liked them or felt compelled to watch. It just reminds me of how gross our bodies are when you really think about it. Like "see that nasty stuff coming outta vid-person's face? yeah, that's in yours! all up in your skin, which is all over you. you're welcome good day!" and ugh just please no.

[@NewMessage]

Meh.. Niches never interested me much. Too broad a subject, y'know?

[@RosheenQuynh]

WUT

[@mal2ksc]

Nobody goes there any more, it's too crowded.

[@utisti4976]

That's a pun, right? HAHAHAHA!

[@JBond-zf4dj]

😂😂😂

[@AddilynneLastname]

11:30 as an artist i also have to note that this part of the video completely and totally forgot to take into account that when you make something competently it perfectly meets everything you want out of that item (to your preferences / taste / interests / vibes / fit / application), for example im an interdisciplinary artist and one of the things i make is dresses (crocheted) and the dresses i've made perfectly fit my personal style and vibe and body more than literally anything i could ever buy, because they were made custom stitch by stitch by me for me, to just completely ignore this part of that effect is like ignoring two thirds of the entire reason why this effect happens, maybe not with the ikea and lego stuff but definitely at the deeper levels of this effect

[@annmeacham5643]

Absolutely! I make Victorian ball gowns that are fabulous because I care about the details that are too time consuming for mass production. If you enjoy the process, then your handmade item is often excellent!

[@iprobablyforgotsomething]

Similarly, writing the stories (original or fanfic) that you want to read yourself may cater to a small niche audience, but they're always precisely what you like. Now if only we could have someone take the story and crafting project ideas out of our heads and make them all for us (preferably for free)... Hmm, are reasonably priced personal assistant 'droids hitting the market any time soon??

[@amberlon]

I never think my hand-made things are as good as the store versions. Like yes, I'm very happy and proud when I make something myself, but no way are they better! I value it more sentimentally but it obviously isn't better than a professional's work.

[@yoursubconscious]

Now we know why the world is controlled by villains, we encourage them

[@linachan4912]

Personally, I like heroes and villains equally. Heroes vibe with the altruistic, hopeful side of myself. Whereas villains tend to relate to the part of myself that feels like a social outcast. There’s a sort of freedom to villains, that they live their lives without worrying over peoples approval. I’ve always liked that about them.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

I get you, but I think villains and acting terrible has limits too. Such as mistreating others chases them away. Also, any other destruction villains do. Like maybe to the environment around them or their own homes. Being nice also open doors. Such as attracting people to help you back. If villains are too terrible, that's not very relatable either.

[@-topic9506]

the ikea effect is super interesting! strange that it doesn't seem to apply to art, like, at all. any explanation for that?

[@ce4072]

I was never able to sell my art even when people offered to buy it and display it publicly because I spent soooo much time and effort on each painting or drawing that I was emotionally attached to it. I could not let go of anything I worked so hard on. Or are you talking about artists not asking enough money for their art?

[@rocketpsyence]

I feel like with that first part it's worth noting that sometimes people identify with villains because they're part of marginalized groups that are scapegoated and more frequently depicted as villains and that doesn't have anything to do with them looking at a bad trait and painting it as good, but with the mainstream looking at more or less neutral traits and painting them as bad. Would love to see a video on that.

[@God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd]

I can be your angle 📐 And your demen 😈

[@Sweetie.21]

Thank you for saying this because it’s 100% the reason I like villains the most (especially queer codes ones, like my recent obsession with Dr. Neo Cortex and (the might be villain) Wally Darling. Aside from that, villains are also good at teasing you and convincing people to join their cause. And like, who doesn’t want to be bad in fiction every once in a while? Doesn’t mean you’re a bad person IRL, fictional and real life is very separate after all.

[@normalhuman9878]

Gotta love how most capable disabled people in films end up as villains

[@sudjen]

Boo hoo

[@texanarchy666]

@@sudjen???

[@RosheenQuynh]

My celebrity crush wished me happy birthday last year 😭 I am still over the moon

[@marciabentley9557]

"Effort justification" should more accurately be termed "creation justification." Affinity for one's own creations also comes from the knowledge that something now exists that would not have existed at all, had it not been for oneself. The existence of my own creation - good or bad - both proves and justifies my own existence. I create, therefore I am. (And for me personally - I am, therefore I create. 😁)

[@DoodleDan]

This.

[@cralixthegameking4408]

7:00 the celebrity talking to his fans about parasocial relationships is meta as heck

[@ollie2111]

17:09 the murderous ghost in question is looking so non-threatening 😂 No sir let's talk about science through a oujia board.

[@julialee179]

Jokes on you, I immediately believe everything I make must be crap

[@FreakyFeline88]

I feel you buddy

[@darcycoderre3236]

Cats are helpless against the underhanded tp. It's the only way to hang toilet paper

[@cassieoz1702]

Well, there's another reason for not having a cat

[@dutchik5107]

@@cassieoz1702 i have never had a cat do that. Mine just steals hair elastics. But that's because it glides so nice over the floor and under the door. I just have a lot.. My dog on the other hand takes plastic trash form the kitchen and has also broken 2 car keys. Because plastic fixation

[@RosheenQuynh]

Our cats have never tried to do this so we don't need to hang it undersided lol

[@lisaoldham974]

Didn't stop my cat lol

[@Calibizaro]

I'm strongly in the "Empathy Camp"... I struggle to get through horror movies because I can't help but wonder about their feelings and pain.

[@hepthegreat4005]

I don't have issues with that at all. What I tend to have problems with is embarrassment. When the person is being embarrassed, I almost have to leave the room. Same with medical issues or real pain. Horror is so fantasical that I kind of know it's not real. But this also leads me to be bored by them. I don't feel fear in horror films, I do like comedy horror though.

[@ketchup016]

See, mine's not about wondering, I mentally "feel" everything because I so strongly imagine it happening to me. No thank you.

[@surelock3221]

Just empathize with the killers instead of the victims then

[@irisachternaam]

Unless they act like unrealistically stupid not quite humans (bad screenplay), then I couldn't care less.

[@irisachternaam]

@@surelock3221 It's extremely difficult with the feeling of homicidal misantropy, though, if you haven never experienced that feeling. That becomes more of an intellectual exercise for me.

[@TG-nd9rj]

I completely understand the Ikea Effect. As someone with Generalized Depression and Executive Dysfunction, finding the energy to "Do The Thing" can sometimes be VERY hard. So being able to look at something I've built/done/accomplished (even if it's just flatpack furniture), really does make me feel proud of myself that I was able to fully "Do The Thing" and enjoy it afterward. I know it's just an item and holds little value, but the experience is far more valuable. I get the same feeling from the crochet Dice Bags I make for TTRPG.

[@iprobablyforgotsomething]

It's a very solid proveable accomplishment that our self-doubts can't say didn't really happen the way they can about intangible accomplishments.

[@KhanaHatake]

Who tf feels that way about IKEA furniture?? ....And why are people do bad at putting it together?

[@SabbyCat52]

Feeling much better about accidentally calling Mykie and Lex "my friend" in actual conversations more than once after this!! Thanks Hank!

[@AtarahDerek]

From the perspective of a writer, I can tell you that we have many reasons to love villains. But our favorites are fleshed out, well written villains. We like villains whose backstories we can learn or speculate on. We like villains who have a little bit of gray and grey in their morality. We like villains who struggle just as much as heroes, and end up choosing the opposite path to the heroes. They stand as both cautionary tales and hope spots. They help us believe that a) we have the power to prevent villains, and b) villains can be redeemed, thus giving us hope for redemption when we become our own villains, so to speak. It's why Negaduck is so popular among the Darkwing Duck fandom. People aren't huge fans of twist villains mainly because they're given very little reason to suddenly turn evil. They have a Freudian excuse and that's it. And they can often become one-dimensional once their villain status is revealed. Also, they've been done to death. Literally in the case of Ernesto de la Cruz (Coco, 2017). Though he wasn't a twist villain as far as I was concerned, because even before the reveal, he was shown to be extremely vain and fame-obsessed. Re: TP roll position: I guess I'm a chaotic neutral, then, because I do not care. Californians, please stop naming your children Montana. Thank you. Me, a learned INFP: * psychoanalyzing the ESTP sitting across from me, banging pots and pans * My, what strong Se you have. On that note, I do like Zaheer, a villainous INFP, but the Avatar fandom agrees that he is easily the best written villain in LoK, and one of the best in the entire franchise.

[@TheRogueRockhound]

What about our love for gems and minerals? Lizard part of our brains?

[@tumblingrosesstudio]

Gollum part!!

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

Now I want to know the implications of NOT having some of these tendencies.