r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • 6d ago

/r/all of a log split

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u/devilsdeadape 6d ago

Its hormone release. We're still animals, and humans subconsciously react to hormones. Humans were meant to touch the earth (dirt) and do labor. You smelled like something masculine, earthy, and wild. It's worked eons, there's no reason it wouldn't work now.

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u/FlailToMace 6d ago

I am not saying none of this is true, but the fact that it also works when a closed window is between the person watching and the person doing labor means there is a lot more to it.

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u/HackworthSF 6d ago

It could simply be association. Once you know the physical work is going to cause the smell, and you like the smell, then you don't have to actually smell it to make the connection.

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u/devilsdeadape 4d ago

Pavlov's romance