Saturday, May 6, 2017

Swearing is Fucking Good for You - Science

Swearing out loud is even better.  Sure you have heard that before but we've got the science this time, see.  (EurekaAlert:  Swearing aloud can make you stronger)

You can get hooty about it if you like but do keep in mind the paper was backed by the British Psychological Society and it's presented by AAAS, American Association for Advancement of Science.  You might want to fuckin' take it seriously.


In the research, Dr Stephens and his team conducted two experiments. In the first, 29 participants completed a test of anaerobic power -- a short, intense period on an exercise bike -- after both swearing and not swearing. In the second, 52 participants completed an isometric handgrip test, again after both swearing and not swearing.

The results showed that the participants produced more power if they had sworn in the first experiment and a stronger handgrip if they had sworn in the second. Dr Stephens said:

"We know from our earlier research that swearing makes people more able to tolerate pain. A possible reason for this is that it stimulates the body's sympathetic nervous system -- that's the system that makes your heart pound when you are in danger.

"If that is the reason, we would expect swearing to make people stronger too -- and that is just what we found in these experiments.

- EA

When you're getting ready for a sporting event, running particularly, we take from this research it appears you should not only swear but to do it as loudly as you possibly can build that lung strength.

We need to get our sprinters into the Puppy Kickin' Room just before they race since there are pictures covering every wall showing someone who looks like he is kicking a puppy.  OK, sprinters, tell that puppy-kickin' son of a bitch what you think of him.  Tell his whole family.  Louder, you fucking wimps, tell that miserable slime spawn from a stinking sewage pit what you fucking think of him.  That's it, lads.

Ed:  it's brilliant!  You will make millions!

Yah, yah, show me the fuckin' money.


It's not quite as hot as it seems, unfortunately.

"But when we measured heart rate and some other things you would expect to be affected if the sympathetic nervous system was responsible for this increase in strength, we did not find significant changes.

"So quite why it is that swearing has these effects on strength and pain tolerance remains to be discovered. We have yet to understand the power of swearing fully."

- EA

Ed:  fuckin' hell

It's not so bad, mate.  In the last sentence he says he knows swearing gives power and needs to understand more about why.

Ed:  fuckin' A, Bubba!

That's the spirit, lad.

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