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[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Ever heard of those beetles that prefer beer bottles to actual females because their brains say " big + brown + shiny = sexy", and the bottles are bigger, browner, and shinier than any female beetle?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

" big + brown + shiny = sexy"

i can empathize

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

The technical term is supernormal stimulus. Read a neat article about it a while back http://readthis.wtf/writing/hyperplastic-supernormal/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago