• Science Confirms: Holding a Gun Really Does Make You Look Like a Tough Guy
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[quote] Scientists have discovered that people think men who are carrying a weapon are bigger than they actually are. Researchers from UCLA asked hundreds of people guess the size and muscularity of four men based solely on photographs of their hands holding a range of objects. It was found that brandishing a weapon makes men appear bigger and stronger, with boffins concluding an unconscious mental mechanism recognises a threat and makes us think it is worse. On average, participants judged pistol-packers to be 17 percent taller and stronger than those judged to be the smallest and weakest men. "There's nothing about the knowledge that gun powder makes lead bullets fly through the air at damage-causing speeds that should make you think that a gun-bearer is bigger or stronger, yet you do," said Daniel Fessler.[/quote] [url]http://newslite.tv/2012/04/16/men-look-17-percent-taller-whe.html[/url] Study: [url]http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/carrying-a-gun-makes-a-man-appear-231577.aspx[/url]
This just doesn't apply to guns, but all weapons in general. [editline]16th April 2012[/editline] would my penis look bigger if i strapped a gun to it?
I wonder if the same test holds true for any weapon, or if it is just guns. Fuck, ninja'd
[QUOTE=Vasili;35599587]This just doesn't apply to guns, but all weapons in general. [editline]16th April 2012[/editline] [B]would my penis look bigger if i strapped a gun to it?[/B][/QUOTE] Depends on the size of the gun.
Hold it gangsta style to show them you mean business.
[QUOTE=Vasili;35599587]This just doesn't apply to guns, but all weapons in general. [editline]16th April 2012[/editline] would my penis look bigger if i strapped a gun to it?[/QUOTE] Sorry but you'd probably need something like this: [IMG]http://lh3.google.com/abramsv/R_xSIfXRoUI/AAAAAAAANwc/mmYYjNT85fo/gun_tiny.jpg?imgmax=512[/IMG] :v:
I'd be interested in a similar study conducted, but with musical instruments. Specifically the electric guitar. Because we're all subconsciously aware of how rock stars look fucking cool, it'd just be cool to see it represented by data. I think we were all aware that people with weapons are intimidating.
of course it fucking does... have you ever seen a person not getting scared when being pointed at with a gun?
Your obviously compensating for something if you have a large gun. Stick wig the small guns.
[QUOTE=Sumaher4;35599754]of course it fucking does... have you ever seen a person not getting scared when being pointed at with a gun?[/QUOTE] I think this is just any person holding a gun in any manner of the means and not just pointed at you.
You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone - Leonard Nimoy ............
[QUOTE=valkery;35599636]I wonder if the same test holds true for any weapon, or if it is just guns. Fuck, ninja'd[/QUOTE] It says in the study that they did it with a knife too and got the same results.
[QUOTE=cardfan212;35599937]It says in the study that they did it with a knife too and got the same results.[/QUOTE] Thanks man. I just read the little blurb in the OP, and I wasn't quite sure...
[QUOTE=Vasili;35599587]This just doesn't apply to guns, but all weapons in general. [editline]16th April 2012[/editline] would my penis look bigger if i strapped a gun to it?[/QUOTE] That .gif where a police man is shooting at bad guys, throws the gun up in the air, he opens his pants, the gun lands into this balls, he zips up his pants, and fires the pistol, through air humping.
[QUOTE=wutanggrenad;35599906]You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone - Leonard Nimoy ............[/QUOTE] Civ 4, researching Gunpowder, "You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a gun, than you can with just a kind word. - Al Capone" :nerd:
[QUOTE=_jesterk;35600807]Civ 4, researching Gunpowder, "You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a gun, than you can with just a kind word. - Al Capone" :nerd:[/QUOTE] "Speak softly and carry a big stick." US President Theodore Roosevelt
[QUOTE=J Paul;35599745]I'd be interested in a similar study conducted, but with musical instruments. Specifically the electric guitar. Because we're all subconsciously aware of how rock stars look fucking cool, it'd just be cool to see it represented by data. I think we were all aware that people with weapons are intimidating.[/QUOTE] I would like to see more studies on how image presentation affects our perception in general, mainly because I have a theory about certain pop stars and how they sell their image. Take pitbull for example. He's actually a very average looking guy, not really talented, but made himself rich and convinced girls he is sexy by selling the image that he is a playboy who travels the world in fancy cars, private jets and has supermodels hanging off him 24/7.
Is it weird that I honestly expected to be seeing an Onion article or video?
It's not who's holding the gun.. It's how they're holding it.
[QUOTE=J Paul;35599745]I'd be interested in a similar study conducted, but with musical instruments. Specifically the electric guitar. Because we're all subconsciously aware of how rock stars look fucking cool, it'd just be cool to see it represented by data. I think we were all aware that people with weapons are intimidating.[/QUOTE] I recently read a book on this so I can comment. :v: Evolutionarily, creativity and musical skill (including dancing) is/was a sign of sexual fitness. A person with an instrument in a pic might be rated more attractive than one without.
I do not know if this has been posted already; albeit the fact that a man carrying a gun which can easily take down any threat posed to us in this world, obviously makes him a better mate, i.e. a man who can defend a person from injury is obviously percieved as more attractive due to the fact that the person in question is less posed to become injured while with the person carrying, for example, a weapon, than someone without one. If that makes any sense.
[QUOTE=gooldude;35599806]Your obviously compensating for something if you have a large gun. Stick wig the small guns.[/QUOTE] [Img]http://i.imgur.com/BXpo7l.jpg[/Img] You just wish you were as tough as me.
[QUOTE=SilentOpp;35599702]Sorry but you'd probably need something like this: [IMG]http://lh3.google.com/abramsv/R_xSIfXRoUI/AAAAAAAANwc/mmYYjNT85fo/gun_tiny.jpg?imgmax=512[/IMG] :v:[/QUOTE] now just what was that giant thinking when he bought a gun?
[QUOTE=Vasili;35599587]This just doesn't apply to guns, but all weapons in general. [editline]16th April 2012[/editline] would my penis look bigger if i strapped a gun to it?[/QUOTE] What would people think If I had a gun like this? [t]http://www.geekalerts.com/u/James-Bond-Golden-Gun-Limited-Edition-Prop-Replica.jpg[/t] Would they think I had a shiny golden penis?
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;35601674][Img]http://i.imgur.com/BXpo7l.jpg[/Img] You just wish you were as tough as me.[/QUOTE] The size of the fence behind you combined with the size of that matchlock make you look like a dwarf :v:
Wow, this is crap. [URL="http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0032751.g002&representation=PNG_M"]Let's look at the objects used:[/URL] Problem 1) The weapon in each test was either the heaviest object in its selection or something a person could easily perceive as heaviest without having held one before. Perceived weight was never considered a possible factor. Problem 2) The weapon in each test was the densest object in its selection. Perceived density was never considered a possible factor. Problem 3) The weapon in each test was the most visibly metallic object in its selection, and use of plastic and wood in non-weapon objects is sporadic. Perceived object composition was never considered a possible factor. What's more, it is concluded the results "are not explicable in terms of cultural schemas linking bodily properties to the objects at issue", yet they ignored the fact that very few heavy or lethal objects have pistol-like grips other than [I]pistols,[/I] neglecting to repeat the firearm test with something like a hammer or equivalent dense metal object using a different grip. Similarly, regarding knives, they asked a simple question of association with men or women, ignoring the fact that context defines perception of an object, and if one is willing to look at how men with kitchen knives are portrayed by the media, one finds plenty of examples of potential cultural links between bodily properties and the object when held by men (see: their use in the "crazed killer" stereotype ala Psycho and frequent usage in IRL violent crime). Too many variables, results can be easily explained as related to simple perception of object weight/density/material composition, if not cultural factors. Somebody stop letting the anthropologists pretend they understand science.
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;35601674][Img]http://i.imgur.com/BXpo7l.jpg[/Img] You just wish you were as tough as me.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/29v1o29.jpg[/IMG] Come at me fucker and see what happens.
Also confirmed: walking away from explosions without looking at them doubles your dick size [img]http://torwars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cool_guys_dont_look_at_explosions_1.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;35602140][IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/29v1o29.jpg[/IMG] Come at me fucker and see what happens.[/QUOTE] [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/caine.png[/img] yea you have a lot to say from hundreds of miles away but i bet if my fists were in reach of your face you would be like a tv on mute with no volume button
[QUOTE=gooldude;35599806]Your obviously compensating for something if you have a large gun. Stick wig the small guns.[/QUOTE] Big guns protect people from people with smaller guns. [editline]16th April 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Snake7;35601890]What would people think If I had a gun like this? [t]http://www.geekalerts.com/u/James-Bond-Golden-Gun-Limited-Edition-Prop-Replica.jpg[/t] Would they think I had a shiny golden penis?[/QUOTE] You paint women to death. With your dick.
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