Submitted by Mantis42 t3_10pwnwq in Showerthoughts
wonder what it was
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Brilliant_Play4255 t1_j6mj6f5 wrote
Yeah burning is memorable.
Yet somehow the OP forgot it lol.
Praise your ancestors and please don't play with matches.
macrohard_onfire2 t1_j6mlxau wrote
"It's all just a burning memory"
AxialGem t1_j6mjki2 wrote
That other post was silly, yea
I see what you did here and I appreciate it lol
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ShadyRedditInvestor t1_j6ox3w8 wrote
By that logic, every kid born before 2000 wouldn't have touched the cigarette lighter in their parents car.
...we all did.
Mantis42 OP t1_j6oxej3 wrote
Hmm, I'll need to take another shower and consider this.
Mental_Painting_ t1_j6miatw wrote
Wow, that's an interesting theory! Maybe it's just a natural instinct that we all have to protect ourselves from harm. Whatever the case may be, we're certainly glad that our ancestors passed on this knowledge to us!
Dumbass1312 t1_j6mk1y5 wrote
Your parents, not ancestors. It isn't a natural instinct, it is a learned behaviour. At some point, the first get burned from something, he signaled/told the others not to do the same, and that behavior get educated to the next generation. When it would be an instinct, no toddler would touch it. But when you don't be cautious, these little fuckers would burn themselves at multiple opportunities. So no instinct
Yugoogli t1_j6miue5 wrote
If that was the case, then little kids would instinctively know not to touch it. Yet they do. The pain receptors we all have tell us what not to touch, however it is born of experience to the individual, not genetic inherited memory