Re-LEEse
Ok Lee...
This is for you:
Not promising anything, but I'll start this up to give some insights into my life, my world and my mind...
My Thoughts:
From Last Night's Intense Conversation/Contemplations with Jon:
Q 1) Looking back on the current decade, what are we going to call these years?
The 2000s?
The zeros?
The Ohs?
The Naughts?
The Naught-ys?
Q 2) What about the next decade...Will it be the Teens or the Tens?
and from Tonight...
Q 3) (My own thoughts) How did the following expressions ironically become expressions of shock or confusion: holy fuck! (aren't they all?/isn't that pre-supposed and required?) and My god! (of course, it is- in your head...and mine too)
Q 4) Derived from my wonderful evening at Bitterzoet: what is the oposite of sweet: bitter? or salty?
answers/comments greatly appreciated!!!!!!
posted by the.gails at
8:55 AM
5 Comments:
because i'ma scientifically-minded person, the opposite of sweet has to be bitter...
when babies are born, if you put a drop of sugar-water on their tongue they will smile.
if you put a drop of bitter-water on their tongue they scowl...
pure and simple, question answered.
6:04 AM
when a baby is born, does it emerge with the preconceived notion that a smile means the feeling that we associate with happiness? Or is the smile a learned behavior that gains significance and meaning as attached to happiness, through its repeated use in social interractions?
6:36 AM
the "social smile" in normal babies happens first around 6-10 weeks...so it's not like it's something they're told means "happiness," but it is universally the sign of happiness. and in every culture, the social smile milestone is the same, independent of whether or not the parents/adults around them smile...
i think it's an evolutionary development that reinforces a baby's survival. when they receive sweet food, which indicates calories and nutrition, they smile, which makes the caretaker want to feed them again. in contrast, bitter tastes are not nutritious, and in the hunter-gatherer days, it was important to avoid bitter tastes (think cyanide, which has the taste or bitter almonds, or poisonous berries, which are notoriously bitter-tasting). so a baby that is born with the ability to detect nutrition vs. poison is a baby that will survive and reproduce to pass on its savvy taste genes.
2:39 AM
Why does a grimmace resemble a smile in so many cases and why do people cry when they're happy? I don't buy the scientific imperative when it comes to social conditionning, behavior, meanings attached to significance, etc. That is not to say all that you describe doesn't have a role, but he eplanations are extremely essentialist- i would even assert that socio-cultural connotations are more powerful than the guided by nature bullshit
6:13 AM
your big words are fluffy, but you're not making any actual counter-points to what i said.
and have you ever NOT been able to tell the difference between a grimace or a fake smile and a real one? or when someone is crying-happy vs. crying-sad. even if they are similar expressions, there's a huge difference
1:29 PM
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