Poll of the Day > Why do humans cry?

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Jen0125 10/23/20 5:28:56 PM #1:	What is the biological purpose of tears and crying --- https://imgur.com/4ihiyS2 "I am not gay! Can't you get that through your head? I am very much aroused at the site of a naked woman!" - Dan0429 <cite>Jen0125 posted [p:946212507] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>What is the biological purpose of tears and crying </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YoukaiSlayer 10/23/20 5:31:50 PM #2:	Without looking it up, probably signalling distress to other humans and triggering a nurturing effect in those who see it to increase herd survival rate. Possibly could also work to mildly cleanse toxins and irritants from the eyes. --- I'm ninja (you can't see me) <cite>YoukaiSlayer posted [p:946212617] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>Without looking it up, probably signalling distress to other humans and triggering a nurturing effect in those who see it to increase herd survival rate. Possibly could also work to mildly cleanse toxins and irritants from the eyes. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JigsawTDC 10/23/20 5:32:29 PM #3:	all the sadness collects in the mucus membranes of your eyes, so the tears are there to flush the sad away <cite>JigsawTDC posted [p:946212647] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>all the sadness collects in the mucus membranes of your eyes, so the tears are there to flush the sad away </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jen0125 10/23/20 5:33:07 PM #4:	JigsawTDC posted... all the sadness collects in the mucus membranes of your eyes, so the tears are there to flush the sad away I can tell you that this is not factual --- https://imgur.com/4ihiyS2 "I am not gay! Can't you get that through your head? I am very much aroused at the site of a naked woman!" - Dan0429 <cite>Jen0125 posted [p:946212675] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>JigsawTDC posted... </cite> <quote>all the sadness collects in the mucus membranes of your eyes, so the tears are there to flush the sad away</quote> I can tell you that this is not factual </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JigsawTDC 10/23/20 5:33:55 PM #5:	Jen0125 posted... I can tell you that this is not factual idk i can't cry and i'm always sad so it makes sense to me <cite>JigsawTDC posted [p:946212698] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>Jen0125 posted... </cite> <quote>I can tell you that this is not factual</quote> idk i can't cry and i'm always sad so it makes sense to me </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jen0125 10/23/20 5:35:10 PM #6:	JigsawTDC posted... idk i can't cry and i'm always sad so it makes sense to me I cry a lot and I'm always sad --- https://imgur.com/4ihiyS2 "I am not gay! Can't you get that through your head? I am very much aroused at the site of a naked woman!" - Dan0429 <cite>Jen0125 posted [p:946212747] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>JigsawTDC posted... </cite> <quote>idk i can't cry and i'm always sad so it makes sense to me</quote> I cry a lot and I'm always sad </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IronBornCorps 10/23/20 5:35:27 PM #7:	Different tears have different chemical makeups as well, which I always thought was interesting. Tears brought on by emotion have more of a certain protein than tears brought on by a reflex. Why that is? I could not tell you without researching. --- "A kiss makes your day but anal makes your whole week!" <cite>IronBornCorps posted [p:946212759] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>Different tears have different chemical makeups as well, which I always thought was interesting. Tears brought on by emotion have more of a certain protein than tears brought on by a reflex. Why that is? I could not tell you without researching. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BADoglick 10/23/20 5:41:24 PM #8:	I know now why you cry, but it's something that I'll never do --- BADoglick to the Max! <cite>BADoglick posted [p:946212998] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>I know now why you cry, but it's something that I'll never do </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raddest_Chad 10/23/20 6:12:28 PM #9:	It's probably got something to do with emotional complexity of humans and needing to vent certain stuff off certain ways to keep going and not crack. Also, as was said, to signal distress to other people. We're a herd species. <cite>Raddest_Chad posted [p:946214251] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>It's probably got something to do with emotional complexity of humans and needing to vent certain stuff off certain ways to keep going and not crack. Also, as was said, to signal distress to other people. We're a herd species. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 10/23/20 6:50:56 PM #10:	https://i.redd.it/4pks7biqfvu51.jpg --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:946215817] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>https://i.redd.it/4pks7biqfvu51.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Blightzkrieg 10/23/20 7:42:45 PM #11:	I heard once that the smell of tears acts as a sexual turn off and can help prevent sexual assaults, though I don't know how that actually serves an evolutionary benefit --- https://imgur.com/PYqvmgk <cite>Blightzkrieg posted [p:946217828] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>I heard once that the smell of tears acts as a sexual turn off and can help prevent sexual assaults, though I don't know how that actually serves an evolutionary benefit </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 10/23/20 8:47:17 PM #12:	Blightzkrieg posted... I heard once that the smell of tears acts as a sexual turn off and can help prevent sexual assaults, though I don't know how that actually serves an evolutionary benefit I could see that being beneficial for the purposes of choosing a more suitable mate than the assaulty fellow. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:946220358] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>Blightzkrieg posted... </cite> <quote>I heard once that the smell of tears acts as a sexual turn off and can help prevent sexual assaults, though I don't know how that actually serves an evolutionary benefit</quote> I could see that being beneficial for the purposes of choosing a more suitable mate than the assaulty fellow. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Clench281 10/23/20 11:55:28 PM #13:	To solicit empathy --- Take me for what I am -- who I was meant to be. And if you give a damn, take me baby, or leave me. <cite>Clench281 posted [p:946227096] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>To solicit empathy </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SunWuKung420 10/24/20 12:04:33 AM #14:	Just like tearing up is to help clear physical particles in the eye, emotional tears are supposed to help clear emotional hurdles. --- Society is built on a mass hallucination. <cite>SunWuKung420 posted [p:946227398] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>Just like tearing up is to help clear physical particles in the eye, emotional tears are supposed to help clear emotional hurdles. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wwinterj25 10/24/20 12:09:45 AM #15:	I hear if you pull a hair from your anus it can make your eyes water so maybe that's a reason. --- One who knows nothing can understand nothing. http://psnprofiles.com/wwinterj - https://imgur.com/YvP6isz <cite>wwinterj25 posted [p:946227551] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>I hear if you pull a hair from your anus it can make your eyes water so maybe that's a reason. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antbregante 10/24/20 12:11:08 AM #16:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDKJ2uuUibk --- www.thebookofpdr.com. My friends site with bizarre web comics and a strange blog about the weird thoughts going on inside his head. <cite>Antbregante posted [p:946227585] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDKJ2uuUibk </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jen0125 10/24/20 12:12:01 AM #17:	wwinterj25 posted... I hear if you pull a hair from your anus it can make your eyes water so maybe that's a reason. That makes a lot of sense --- https://imgur.com/4ihiyS2 "I am not gay! Can't you get that through your head? I am very much aroused at the site of a naked woman!" - Dan0429 <cite>Jen0125 posted [p:946227613] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>wwinterj25 posted... </cite> <quote>I hear if you pull a hair from your anus it can make your eyes water so maybe that's a reason.</quote> That makes a lot of sense </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Metalsonic66 10/24/20 12:13:56 AM #18:	wwinterj25 posted... I hear if you pull a hair from your anus it can make your eyes water so maybe that's a reason. So if you cry it's because you're really ~~butthurt~~ --- PSN/Steam ID: Metalsonic_69 Big bombs go kabang. <cite>Metalsonic66 posted [p:946227659] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>wwinterj25 posted... </cite> <quote>I hear if you pull a hair from your anus it can make your eyes water so maybe that's a reason.</quote>So if you cry it's because you're really butthurt </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OhhhJa 10/24/20 12:14:21 AM #19:	Because they're fucking pussies! <cite>OhhhJa posted [p:946227675] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>Because they're fucking pussies! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shadowbird_RH 10/24/20 12:51:28 AM #20:	That's just the way it worked out. There's no special reason behind it, just like how opening your mouth wide and exhaling softly but audibly signals "bed time, pass it on". We know it's a signal, that much is clear, but as to why a given reflexive behavior became biologically linked to a given social signal is anybody's guess. --- Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X <cite>Shadowbird_RH posted [p:946228644] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>That's just the way it worked out. There's no special reason behind it, just like how opening your mouth wide and exhaling softly but audibly signals "bed time, pass it on". We know it's a signal, that much is clear, but as to why a given reflexive behavior became biologically linked to a given social signal is anybody's guess. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
zebatov 10/24/20 12:52:22 AM #21:	Jen0125 posted... What is the biological purpose of tears and crying Pretty sure a lot of animals do. It can definitely be Googled. --- C was right. <cite>zebatov posted [p:946228669] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>Jen0125 posted... </cite> <quote>What is the biological purpose of tears and crying</quote> Pretty sure a lot of animals do. It can definitely be Googled. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ParanoidObsessive 10/24/20 1:18:33 AM #22:	BADoglick posted... I know now why you cry, but it's something that I'll never do Came in to say this. ~thumbs up~ --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:946229256] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote><cite>BADoglick posted...</cite> <quote>I know now why you cry, but it's something that I'll never do</quote> Came in to say this. ~thumbs up~</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 10/24/20 1:21:20 AM #23:	Mankind cries that which it does not understand --- The Betrayer <cite>Mead posted [p:946229313] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>Mankind cries that which it does not understand </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wwinterj25 10/24/20 1:45:01 AM #24:	Metalsonic66 posted... So if you cry it's because you're really ~~butthurt~~ .. and have a shitty outlook on life. --- One who knows nothing can understand nothing. http://psnprofiles.com/wwinterj - https://imgur.com/YvP6isz <cite>wwinterj25 posted [p:946229760] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>Metalsonic66 posted... </cite> <quote>So if you cry it's because you're really butthurt</quote>.. and have a shitty outlook on life. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gaawa_chan 10/24/20 1:54:02 AM #25:	It's a sociologically-motivated adaptation of the original function of tears (clearing one's eyes), but how exactly it came about I'm not sure; if I had to take shots in the dark I would say that it's either something we evolved to add to our distress signals to parents when we're children, and/or it evolved to provoke others to show mercy, as humans do seem prone to killing each other a lot. --- Hi <cite>Gaawa_chan posted [p:946229921] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>It's a sociologically-motivated adaptation of the original function of tears (clearing one's eyes), but how exactly it came about I'm not sure; if I had to take shots in the dark I would say that it's either something we evolved to add to our distress signals to parents when we're children, and/or it evolved to provoke others to show mercy, as humans do seem prone to killing each other a lot. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YoukaiSlayer 10/24/20 2:08:50 AM #26:	Shadowbird_RH posted... That's just the way it worked out. There's no special reason behind it, just like how opening your mouth wide and exhaling softly but audibly signals "bed time, pass it on". We know it's a signal, that much is clear, but as to why a given reflexive behavior became biologically linked to a given social signal is anybody's guess. Yawning has a biological reason. It intakes oxygen quickly in order to cool the brain. Your brain naturally heats up the longer you stay awake. --- I'm ninja (you can't see me) <cite>YoukaiSlayer posted [p:946230207] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>Shadowbird_RH posted... </cite> <quote>That's just the way it worked out. There's no special reason behind it, just like how opening your mouth wide and exhaling softly but audibly signals "bed time, pass it on". We know it's a signal, that much is clear, but as to why a given reflexive behavior became biologically linked to a given social signal is anybody's guess.</quote>Yawning has a biological reason. It intakes oxygen quickly in order to cool the brain. Your brain naturally heats up the longer you stay awake. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 10/24/20 2:09:55 AM #27:	YoukaiSlayer posted... Yawning has a biological reason. It intakes oxygen quickly in order to cool the brain. Your brain naturally heats up the longer you stay awake. I have the hottest brain on the planet 'cuz I'm all yawns --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:946230236] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>YoukaiSlayer posted... </cite> <quote>Yawning has a biological reason. It intakes oxygen quickly in order to cool the brain. Your brain naturally heats up the longer you stay awake.</quote> I have the hottest brain on the planet 'cuz I'm all yawns </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheWitchMorgana 10/24/20 2:10:48 AM #28:	you ever think about how your brain is just a big hunk of unrefrigerated meat floating around in your head --- and love comes back around again, it's a carousel, my friend <cite>TheWitchMorgana posted [p:946230259] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>you ever think about how your brain is just a big hunk of unrefrigerated meat floating around in your head </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lokarin 10/24/20 2:22:27 AM #29:	TheWitchMorgana posted... you ever think about how your brain is just a big hunk of unrefrigerated meat floating around in your head we all float --- "Salt cures Everything!" My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nirakolov/videos <cite>Lokarin posted [p:946230509] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>TheWitchMorgana posted... </cite> <quote>you ever think about how your brain is just a big hunk of unrefrigerated meat floating around in your head</quote> we all float </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Wanded 10/24/20 3:22:39 AM #30:	TheWitchMorgana posted... you ever think about how your brain is just a big hunk of unrefrigerated meat floating around in your head right now, because of you, yes --- Puss in Boots was a good movie and it deserves more recognition <cite>Wanded posted [p:946231563] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>TheWitchMorgana posted... </cite> <quote>you ever think about how your brain is just a big hunk of unrefrigerated meat floating around in your head</quote>right now, because of you, yes </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
aHappySacka 10/24/20 3:30:46 AM #31:	So you have something to look at when you talk to them. --- You are now blinking and breathing manually. https://imgur.com/91NC0Cb <cite>aHappySacka posted [p:946231696] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>So you have something to look at when you talk to them. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DocDelicious 10/24/20 4:33:12 AM #32:	YoukaiSlayer posted... Signalling distress to other humans and triggering a nurturing effect in those who see it to increase herd survival rate. This is the correct answer. --- o7 Let strength be granted so the world might be mended. <cite>DocDelicious posted [p:946232587] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>YoukaiSlayer posted... </cite> <quote>Signalling distress to other humans and triggering a nurturing effect in those who see it to increase herd survival rate.</quote> This is the correct answer. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Noop_Noop 10/24/20 4:35:56 AM #33:	yall are some sad, bitter, mother fuckers --- I think there might be something wrong with you <cite>Noop_Noop posted [p:946232618] in Why do hum... [t:79058811]...</cite> <quote>yall are some sad, bitter, mother fuckers </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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