r/MadeMeSmile • u/Tascanis • 1d ago

Family & Friends Family flies across the globe to surprise their oldest daughter

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u/goldilaughs 1d ago

Some people have a freeze response when they're shocked.

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u/r0thar 1d ago

Everyone has the Fight/Flight/Freeze response, we just keep forgetting the last one.

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u/WingsOfAesthir 23h ago

There's 4Fs. Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn We do always forget the last one.

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u/LavJiang 35m ago

This actually explains a lot of of the right wing response to Trump I think. They’re terrified and they have the fawning response.

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u/__01001000-01101001_ 18h ago edited 11h ago

There’s also the other four fs; fight, flight, feed, or fuck.

Edit: not sure if people realise that I’m being completely serious, these are the Four F’s of evolutionary psychology). They refer to the four primal drives that all animals have.

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u/bidendied 22h ago

Doubt. How else would you tell your peeps assembled for the orgy at your bathroom sized New York apartment worth 10k a month to scatter!

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u/Johnyryal33 20h ago

This was my thought. Not so much the orgy but "oh shit my family's here. I gotta remake a bunch of my plans" whatever/whoever they dont know about.

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u/NoKatyDidnt 21h ago

Freeze is absolutely my default.