Posted by Mr B on 9/11/2009, 9:26 pm, in reply to "Re: Take-away tonight."
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I mean, finding poop funny and interesting and being revolved by other people's poop is so fundamental that I struggle to think of other psychological...things...that are more ingrained and universal.
Maybe something like self-preservation. People tend to have an interest in staying alive. Its a fundamental, base...thing. I dont know the psychological terms.
But I guess something like the old "fight or flight" response is another example.
Actually, I think that this poop thing might be more advanced than "fight or flight". Because surely most every animal has this "fight or flight" response. Well, I dont know about ants and whatever. No, wait. I bet ants too.
But lets not look at animals who wear their skeletons on the outside. Lets focus on some of the bigger animals. Dogs, for example. They bark, growl, size up perceived threats and attack or run away depending on a number of factors. Not unlike humans.
But poop? Dogs dont care about poop. They shit, smell it, and walk away. Actually, sometimes they eat it. One of the few animals on earth who do this. This may go back to their days as wolves in southern China living off the refuse of early hunter-gatherers. This dependancy on humans (so theory goes) was the catalyst for their domestication. It wasnt that man chose to domesticate wolves. It just came about because the wolves scavanged from human's waste (which surely contained poop) and eventually became dependant on man.
But yeah, outside of a possible food source, dogs show zero interest in poop. Indeed, when theyre not eating the stuff they appear repulsed by it. They'll sniff it and then immediately walk away (or eat it).
This is unlike humans or the other great apes. We love the smell of our own poop. Even Peter Large smells his own poop and likes it.
We could also look at fish. My sister had an aquarium. I'd see a fish taking a crap. Comes out in a long stream and slowly float to the bottom. As it's floating, the fish would turn around, think that it's food, and put it in it's mouth. Then it would immediately spit it out.
Fish dont like the taste of poop. This is almost universal throughout the animal kingdom. I can only think of dogs and flies who eat the stuff.
Anyway, I know I've been writing a lot about poop. But this also goes to what Im saying. I LIKE POOP. I find it interesting. It can also be funny. And other people's poop is disgusting. But my poop is appealing. This is just the way that human beings view the world (of poop). Its a fact. A defy anybody to dispute this.
Ok, theres a time and a place to discuss poop. Not at the dinner table, for example. And not while making sweet love to your girlfriend. But on an internet message board? Its a great place to discuss feces. If you dont want to read it, thats your business, but dont say that youre not interested because EVERYBODY is interested in poop.
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