Men Like Their Revenge

Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:21 pm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10909116/?GT1=7538

Why does this not surprise me? I knew we men liked to get even, but this finally proves it scientifically.

My favorite quote:

“The women had a diminished empathic response,” said Dr. Klaas Enoo Stephan, a co-author of the report. “But it was still there, whereas in the men it was completely absent,” he added in an interview.

Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:33 pm

I have to admit that that is rather accurate, but only if men are recieving the pain. Only the truly evil enjoy seeing women and children suffering.

Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:34 pm

Tested wrote:I have to admit that that is rather accurate, but only if men are recieving the pain. Only the truly evil enjoy seeing women and children suffering.

Unless they were evil women, like Cruella... or Evil children, like some fat bully kid...

Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:57 am

Hey! I take joy in others' pain just as much as any man! I...oh, forget it. *goes back to being all nurturing and stuff*

Interesting study, though.

Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:10 am

There is a very good Boondocks comic along these lines. Its ending panel has the main character, Huey, saying, ' Who told you it was wrong to take joy in the suffering of others?' That is as true today as it was back in last June.

Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:21 pm

I guess I'm a bit manly, then.

Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:51 pm

True, men like to get revenge more than women, but when women so get revenge, it's about 10x worse than what a man would do. A man would punch you for revenge. A woman would rip your heart out, stand on it and make you eat her blood-stained shoes.

Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:27 pm

I'm confident that women take revenge to a whole new level that a man could never reach. Ever seen Audition?

Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:52 pm

halfbakedbliss wrote:I'm confident that women take revenge to a whole new level that a man could never reach. Ever seen Audition?

Excuse me whilst I scatter puke.

Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:56 pm

Fiddelysquat wrote:
halfbakedbliss wrote:I'm confident that women take revenge to a whole new level that a man could never reach. Ever seen Audition?

Excuse me whilst I scatter puke.

I'll take that for a yes

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Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:42 pm

HBB, would you mind explainig to me what audition is?

and about enjoying other peoples misfortunes, while it is true than men seem to more, I think everybody has enjoyed someone elses misfortune at some time in their life.

Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:44 pm

DracolordII wrote:HBB, would you mind explainig to me what audition is?

and about enjoying other peoples misfortunes, while it is true than men seem to more, I think everybody has enjoyed someone elses misfortune at some time in their life.

Well sure, that was the entire point of America's Funniest Home Videos!

...Or really any reality show today, come to think of it....

Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:44 pm

Ixistant wrote:True, men like to get revenge more than women, but when women so get revenge, it's about 10x worse than what a man would do. A man would punch you for revenge. A woman would rip your heart out, stand on it and make you eat her blood-stained shoes.

That just proves that men have simpler minds if we can get more pleasure from simple things such as slugging their best friend. Women just think more complexly if they need more complex stimuli for lower amounts of endorphin release. If they showed men and women extreme cases of complex revenge, the men would be bored while women would be the ones enjoying it more. Upon introspection on these ideas, it makes me content that men, like I, can appreciate the simpler things in life. More nirvana for us so

Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:17 pm

DracolordII wrote:HBB, would you mind explainig to me what audition is?

and about enjoying other peoples misfortunes, while it is true than men seem to more, I think everybody has enjoyed someone elses misfortune at some time in their life.

A Japanese film about a widowed film producer who holds an audition for a fake movie so he can find a new wife, and let's just say his favorite isn't exactly what he expected. :roll:

Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:39 pm

Skynetmain wrote:
Ixistant wrote:True, men like to get revenge more than women, but when women so get revenge, it's about 10x worse than what a man would do. A man would punch you for revenge. A woman would rip your heart out, stand on it and make you eat her -stained shoes.

That just proves that men have simpler minds if we can get more pleasure from simple things such as slugging their best friend. Women just think more complexly if they need more complex stimuli for lower amounts of endorphin release. If they showed men and women extreme cases of complex revenge, the men would be bored while women would be the ones enjoying it more. Upon introspection on these ideas, it makes me content that men, like I, can appreciate the simpler things in life. More nirvana for us so

women have more time to plan they're attacks because they have nothing better to do, a man has lots more better stuff to do.. like football and tv.. and stuff...