mas·och·ism [mas-uh-kiz-uhm, maz-] –noun
əˌkɪz| 1. | Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation. |
| 2. | gratification gained from pain, deprivation, degradation, etc., inflicted or imposed on oneself, either as a result of one's own actions or the actions of others, esp. the tendency to seek this form of gratification. |
| 3. | the act of turning one's destructive tendencies inward or upon oneself. |
| 4. | the tendency to find pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, etc. |
I believe that many of us are. No, no, not that kind. Not a psychology lecture on self-destructive tendency of humans either. It is just a mockery for my dear friends who like chilli and horror movies.
I believe what capsaicin molecules, substantially chilli, does is to bind to pain and 'hot' nerve receptors. And that horror flicks also causes some mental damage. The problem is that some certain people like to inflict these damages upon themselves.
Of course there are other self-inflicting activities like exercising. No, no, I'm not excusing my laziness to exercise. I agree that exercising is healthy. It is destructive because it accelerates oxidation rate. That means that more radicals are produced and the body ages faster. Well this is true, but the health resulted outweighs this price. Another one would be dangerous ventures like extreme sports. Again, the sense of adventure gained surpasses the dangers.
On the other hand, I don't see any outweighing results from chilli and horror flicks. Chilli first. Healthy? Nope. Sense of adventure? Where got? Makes your food more tasty? I'm sure... Horrors then. Thrill? Sure, but you got high blood pressure so you got more chance to get cardio-related diseases. That means higher chance dying from heart attack you know.
I won't venture too much and refer to my philosophy lecture about duality. If there is no 'bad', will there be good? If there is no hate there will be no love. If there are not two extremes but one, it won't be an extreme at all. Oops, I said it.
So you say there will be no pleasure without pain? Whatever. If there are no chilli-hating people, there won't be chilli loving people. Ha! Beat that!
I believe what capsaicin molecules, substantially chilli, does is to bind to pain and 'hot' nerve receptors. And that horror flicks also causes some mental damage. The problem is that some certain people like to inflict these damages upon themselves.
Of course there are other self-inflicting activities like exercising. No, no, I'm not excusing my laziness to exercise. I agree that exercising is healthy. It is destructive because it accelerates oxidation rate. That means that more radicals are produced and the body ages faster. Well this is true, but the health resulted outweighs this price. Another one would be dangerous ventures like extreme sports. Again, the sense of adventure gained surpasses the dangers.
On the other hand, I don't see any outweighing results from chilli and horror flicks. Chilli first. Healthy? Nope. Sense of adventure? Where got? Makes your food more tasty? I'm sure... Horrors then. Thrill? Sure, but you got high blood pressure so you got more chance to get cardio-related diseases. That means higher chance dying from heart attack you know.
I won't venture too much and refer to my philosophy lecture about duality. If there is no 'bad', will there be good? If there is no hate there will be no love. If there are not two extremes but one, it won't be an extreme at all. Oops, I said it.
So you say there will be no pleasure without pain? Whatever. If there are no chilli-hating people, there won't be chilli loving people. Ha! Beat that!
1 comment:
--rexy--
there are also people who are neutral. But hell ya I am so in love with chilli...life without chilli is pretty tasteless =p
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