Time: The Science of Kissing (..And why it's important!)

[Exnocomment]

http://time.com/2800319/how-to-be-a-good-kisser-10-tips-from-scientific-research

Some interesting excerpts:

• Overall, the researchers showed that the amount a couple kissed was proportional to their stated level of relationship satisfaction.
• People remember their first kiss more vividly than the first time they had sex.
• Men who kiss their wives before work live 5 years longer, make 20-30% more money and are far less likely to get in a car accident.
• It matters a lot more to women than men.
• Women were very focused on men’s teeth and hygiene.
• Men were much more likely to see kissing as a mere step toward sex.
• Other studies reveal these differences held true across cultures.

 

[konbini guy]

that's Cosmopolitan chick stuff

 

[Exnocomment]

that's Cosmopolitan chick stuff

It's Time magazine dude..

And only wussy wimpy guys do ballet too, right?

 

[Wwanderer]

Just don't confuse correlation with causation in bullet point #3!

-Ww

 

[RightOn6975]

They told me that my superfly style of wearing black socks and sandals is not attractive to females? Psssh *Laughs in awesome*

 

[bananajoe]

They told me that my superfly style of wearing black socks and sandals is not attractive to females? Psssh *Laughs in awesome*

You know it has always been about white tennis socks when wearing sandals.

 

[RightOn6975]

You know it has always been about white tennis socks when wearing sandals.

That's what the fashion critics would want you to believe, but I am in a league all by myself. In other words what I am trying to say is,

 

[konbini guy]

It's Time magazine dude..

And only wussy wimpy guys do ballet too, right?

I saw upfront that it was from Time, what I meant is, that it's the kind of topic that should be on Cosmo and only chicks should read

 

[Exnocomment]

I saw upfront that it was from Time, what I meant is, that it's the kind of topic that should be on Cosmo and only chicks should read

Yeah, I got that, I was suggesting due to the publisher and the comment regarding masculinity, I disagree with you.

 

[konbini guy]

real men kiss for 30 seconds then on to blowjob

 

[scorpioni6ths]

i read a reprint of an article in the scientific american mind magazine earlier this year while i was in osaka waiting ...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/affairs-of-the-lips-2012-10-23/

- We might also have inherited the intimate kiss from our primate ancestors.
- kissing would boost levels of oxytocin
- kissing is presumably a stress reliever
- the researchers were surprised to find that oxytocin levels rose only in the males, whereas it decreased in the females, after either kissing or talking while holding hands.
- it conveys subconscious information about the genetic compatibility of a prospective mate.
- some 700 million members of the human race have not undertaken the art of osculation



“Kisses are a better fate/than wisdom.”