Althouse: "Being exposed to sweat produced under happiness induces a simulacrum of happiness in receivers, and induces a contagion of the emotional state."

April 18, 2015

Laslo Spatula said...: The Sweet sweat of happiness.

This is why total strangers will come up and lick me on the street.

I am Laslo.; 4/18/15, 8:27 AM
rehajm said...: Under animal kingdom rules these women just got married.

Maybe that's why they're happy; 4/18/15, 8:31 AM
traditionalguy said...: There is no happy smell like the smell of a happy cheerleader that you are dancing with after the game.; 4/18/15, 8:59 AM
MadisonMan said...: Sounds like a business opportunities. Who wouldn't want to buy the sweat of happy people!; 4/18/15, 9:08 AM
chickelit said...: The verbs "to sweat" and "to weld" are the same in German: schweißen. But the nouns have gender: Die Schweiß (weld, bond) is feminine but der Schweiß (sweat) is masculine.

Makes sense, huh?; 4/18/15, 9:30 AM
rhhardin said...: Eeyore sweats too.; 4/18/15, 9:43 AM
Gahrie said...: Phernomes.; 4/18/15, 9:46 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Fur gnomes.; 4/18/15, 10:52 AM
Etienne said...: "Sometimes sweat is just sweat"; 4/18/15, 11:02 AM
chickelit said...: Furry mons retain pheromones; 4/18/15, 11:05 AM
Unknown said...: Thanks to thread, I watched Shiny Happy People.

I now know that the shiny was perspiration.; 4/18/15, 10:16 PM