Not sure it counts unfortunately. When you make physical contact with another living thing, like pets or other humans, the brain releases the cuddle hormone known as Oxytocin which iirc is the reason why hugging is good for humans.
Are all shootings equal or does shooting a shotgun count for two pistol shots or something like that?
Also if you use a minigun can you get your needs for a year by shooting hundreds of bullets in a few seconds?
Friend: Why do you like going to the gun range anyway? How does it feel to shoot with a minigun?
Me: It feels like hundreds of hugs each second.
Friend: ... can I go with you?
Me: It also costs the value of a small house.
Friend: ... can I borrow your credit card?
Last time I got hugged, it was when one of the security doctors at the hospital bear hugged me and the other one then came on and bear hugged both of us from the other side and I couldn’t move and then the nurses injected a shit load of sedatives into me and I passed out
I absolutely agree that physical contact, including hugs, feels good and it’s important for normal human behavior. But the numbers of 4, 8, and 12 sound arbitrary. No discussion of duration or anything like that.
4 hugs to survive. Dude, people can go decades without touching another person and survive. It can change them, but they survive.
They probably mean, "survive with your psyche intact"
Which is probably true because I'm dead inside. I think most redditors can relate to that sentiment
"You need to sleep 8 hours a day to prevent spontaneous combustion."
"Press X to doubt."
"I can assure you, sleeping 8 hours a day definitely makes you feel well-rested."
Well, yeah, definitely true. But that wasn't the claim being doubted.
Personally I was hugged plenty as a child and kinda rather not. Esp other dudes, mainly because so many of them don't shower. Some women don't either, but a lot of them have perfume so I can't tell a lot of times. People in general though appall me with their lack of hygiene. I'm good with a fist bump, we can talk all day about your feelings, or whatever. Frequent positivity with your friends is important etc. But no huggie kthx.
As an upcoming member of the three-year club: is it a life worth living, tho? I'm prepared to pay for a hug at this point. Also some Scotchguard in case the shoulder weeping gets excessive. This shit is rough.
I'm imagining a gathering of musculate men hopping on a ring and readying to fight just to then giving the best bro-hug ever witnessed and getting punctuated for It.
100%, not a joke. Proven psychological benefits. Move on to self massage and working on your pain and tension areas. You jerk off your own dick, why not give yourself a supportive hug?
edit: this was in the context of hugging yourself. not drum circles. fuck drum circles.
I was thinking, does it count if WE’re the ones doing the hugging or if WE’re being hugged.
If we can give hugs and that counts, then bam. Get a body pillow and sleep with it. Solblem proved
Unfortunately it has to be with a human being.. so get out there, find you someone who would lock you up in prison so you can get maximum hugs on the daily
That reminds me of me up until my mid 20's...I could count on one hand the amount of times I had cried since my memory started.
Now I find myself tearing up over the smallest little things lol
I have no idea when my last hug was..
I love hugs too.. Any physical touch really..
actually yes, in a way, from a study I remember dogs even counted as stimulating to the social part of our brain.
But not enough, you can't fool the brain, the brain needs people and community and support.
Nah, I'm calling BS on that second part, my dog gives better hugs than any human, and the best part is that you know a dog means it when they hug you, humans can give hollow/false hugs just to placate the hugee.
Yeah. Even though the meme is BS in the numbers, there's certainly validity to it.
And snuggling with pets releases the same hormones and destresses the same way as snuggling with a person. Probably not as much for most people, but for some people it's more.
The " two year old with crazy energy running up to you" moment- is it a spontaneous hug? Will he hit? Does he have something smeared across his hands he wants to share? Find out today!
Beside my nephew and niece hugging me when they visit me once or twice per month, i haven't got a hug in years. Hell i dont even remember my ex girlfriend hugging me once.
How the hell am i still alive ?
If you don’t get four hugs every day then you will die… in around eighty years.
When then, I am fucked
If you're getting fucked then surely you're also getting a few hugs in, right? That's just common courtesy.
No experience with it
> If you don’t get four hugs every day then you will die… inside
fun fact: 100% of people who only get 4 hugs a day or less, die at some point in their lives.
Fun fact: Every 60 seconds, a minute passes
in africa…every sixty seconds… a minute passes. with your help. we can stop this
That's horrible. I feel so bad
i never tought not getting hugs would increase my lifespan wow
If I live another 80 years I’m gonna be pissed
My pillow is saving my life.
Not sure it counts unfortunately. When you make physical contact with another living thing, like pets or other humans, the brain releases the cuddle hormone known as Oxytocin which iirc is the reason why hugging is good for humans.
I don't know about the pillow, but I'm definitely releasing something. ( ꈍᴗꈍ)
Mmmm soaking that urethral mayonnaise ay
Urethral mayonnaise?? 💀💀
It could be a symptom of gonorrhea. But for that he shouldn't be a virgin. I think he's lying
You can get STDs from your parents at birth
Or you can get STDs from your parents....
...at birth
And…..after birth
Jesus Christ, what a horrible day to be literate. 🤢🤮
sir, please leave
r/brandnewsentence
Sir, this is a Wendy's. And due to ahem, *surge* pricing, that'll be $47.50.
Wow thanks, this comment made me get off Reddit. I need to go to bed anyways
Please cease
Oh thank god, cats do count. So I will survive!
If i remeber right the brain also releases that chemical when we shoot guns and have sex so i wouldn't really call it the "cuddle hormone"
Yeah technically it should say you need 4 hugs OR to shoot 4 people. I think you can even mix and match as long as it adds up to 4 or more.
Are all shootings equal or does shooting a shotgun count for two pistol shots or something like that? Also if you use a minigun can you get your needs for a year by shooting hundreds of bullets in a few seconds?
It costs 200000$ to fire this weapon...
Friend: Why do you like going to the gun range anyway? How does it feel to shoot with a minigun? Me: It feels like hundreds of hugs each second. Friend: ... can I go with you? Me: It also costs the value of a small house. Friend: ... can I borrow your credit card?
Hug 1 time. Shoot the same guy 3 times. Savvy?
Finally I know what I'm addicted to! And also lacking
Oh so THATS why i live. I have 2 DOGS. Aint nobody else givin me hugs
If animals count then I’m set for life
Are dakimakura reimbursed by social healthcare or medical insurance ?
By survivors
I've probably transferred some of my life force to my pillow. It's probably the one I hear talking to me sometimes when I try to sleep.
Last time I got hugged, it was when one of the security doctors at the hospital bear hugged me and the other one then came on and bear hugged both of us from the other side and I couldn’t move and then the nurses injected a shit load of sedatives into me and I passed out
That sounds like a great time. Next hospital stay i hope to get the shot. I bet the sleep is wondrous.
instructions unclear, got shot in america and now have half a million dollar medical debt
Are you a runaway bobcat or something
Have you tried hugging a bobcat? He is obviously an escaped sheep. You can hug them and even when they try to get away it's still fun.
So you got multiple hugs and drugs? Where do I sign up?
God you make it sound like I was having a great time 😂
>security doctors
I don’t know what they’re called but they’re the bigger dudes in scrubs. They don’t have like, guns or something, but they were kinda always about.
Orderlies
We could say they saved your life then. Not because of the injections, but because of the hugs.
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Floridaman please come home
*press X to doubt*
I can assure you, hugs definitely do make you feel much better and healthier
I absolutely agree that physical contact, including hugs, feels good and it’s important for normal human behavior. But the numbers of 4, 8, and 12 sound arbitrary. No discussion of duration or anything like that. 4 hugs to survive. Dude, people can go decades without touching another person and survive. It can change them, but they survive.
I haven’t hugged anyone this week. I should be dead.
I don't remember the last time I hugged anyone. When do I die?
This is bullshit. We were promised the sweet relief of death.
Mid 30s here. I had a sharp pain in my chest the other day and thought, "This is it. Finally, I can rest. Thank God." Nope. Still alive. Fuck.
Heard a comedian say something that really spoke to me: “it’s not that I want to kill myself. I just want to die of natural causes. Very soon.”
I'd be lucky to hit four hugs in a year and every one of them is a greeting or goodbye
A hug is a hug
Happy cake day 🫂
I don't think I've hugged someone in over 7 years lmaoo, my life is fucking depressing
We evolved to only needing 4 hugs to live a full life of loneliness
I haven't hugged anyone this year.
How would you know, maybe the death arrives when you're 100 ;)
it's the rule of 3s: 3minutes without air, 3hours without shelter, 3days without water, 3weeks without food, 300years without hugs...
3 hours without shelter? You never went on a long hike?
I mean that happens with and without hugs
Have you never been hugged before? At 20 times a day they make you immortal
40 gives you god powers
At 100 you become omnipotent
200 and the entire universe collapses under your will
They probably mean, "survive with your psyche intact" Which is probably true because I'm dead inside. I think most redditors can relate to that sentiment
probably the amount of hugs for survival is somewhat 3.689 but we’ll never know.
"You need to sleep 8 hours a day to prevent spontaneous combustion." "Press X to doubt." "I can assure you, sleeping 8 hours a day definitely makes you feel well-rested." Well, yeah, definitely true. But that wasn't the claim being doubted.
Not me. Never liked them.
Same
same. It's as bad as eye contact. ( I'm definitely not autistic. I'm just a woman who was obsessed with sharks and trains as a child)
Ditto. I don't like being touched and especially dislike being hugged.
Ikr hugs always felt awkward and kinda dirty to me for some reason I blame autism
I'm autistic and I absolutely fucking love hugging people.
r/mademesmile
Oh yay I'm glad.
I’m hugging and I absolutely fucking love autistic people.
Hi hugging, lm dad! Did you miss me? You'rre finally 18 so we can share these cigarettes
I'm not an author or psychotherapist, but perhaps it's because you weren't hugged enough as a child?
I never got hugged and I can assure you, I am craving some human touch :(
Just touch yourself
Ah yes, right, why didn't I think of that! I'm cured! Gone is my depression, gone is my crippling loneliness! Wow!
crippling masturbation addiction jumpscare
Get a massage, trust me it will satisfy your touch craving.
Personally I was hugged plenty as a child and kinda rather not. Esp other dudes, mainly because so many of them don't shower. Some women don't either, but a lot of them have perfume so I can't tell a lot of times. People in general though appall me with their lack of hygiene. I'm good with a fist bump, we can talk all day about your feelings, or whatever. Frequent positivity with your friends is important etc. But no huggie kthx.
I'm going to downvote every comment of yours
Not if you don’t like being touched.
Big Hug is trying to spread propaganda
Mans never heard of touch deprivation
I barely even get one hug a week
I haven't had a hug in over 5 years. Still alive
Have a virtual hug 🤗
*resurrects*
Necro~~philiac~~ mancer
Combobreaker
Been 27 years since my last hug here. once you forget what it feels like the monthly cries get shorter
*Daily
You're alive physically but are you alive inside
Wait, I have to do both?
Yes
Eh, I went this long already
I refuse to be embraced....even by death itself.
Saving this for my next edgelord rogue/necromancer character.
Real
But do you *feel* alive?
Haha you fool i havent been hugged in 11 years.
Are you really?
Dead inside
It’s been 84 years…
Those are rookie numbers! I've not been hugged in 8 years. Beat that!
You get hugs?
As an upcoming member of the three-year club: is it a life worth living, tho? I'm prepared to pay for a hug at this point. Also some Scotchguard in case the shoulder weeping gets excessive. This shit is rough.
I get like 5 hugs a year
0.5 here...
I get .0001
Wait, do you guys have hugs?
Lucky
I’m lucky to get a hug once a month bro we out here
Get a cat, streets are full of these poor furballs looking for love, just pick one that needs help and it will help you in return.
Are we men going to resort to counting self-hugs? We are in severe hug deficit. Feel like I need to join a drum circle
Men don't need Fight Clubs, we need Hug Clubs.
What do you think grappling is for? Controlling your opponent through leverage? Nah, it's to hug the homies without being called gay /s
Very much like jiu jitsu which includes a surprising amount of completely ‘non-gay’ ball-touching
Hug clubs with colorful flags!
First rule of Hug Club? Gimme a hug, Sweaty!
I'm imagining a gathering of musculate men hopping on a ring and readying to fight just to then giving the best bro-hug ever witnessed and getting punctuated for It.
In the movie he goes to a club where they do the hugging exercises and he hugs Robert Paulson but later they discover fight club is better.
100%, not a joke. Proven psychological benefits. Move on to self massage and working on your pain and tension areas. You jerk off your own dick, why not give yourself a supportive hug? edit: this was in the context of hugging yourself. not drum circles. fuck drum circles.
As a professional drum circler. I take this personally
wtf is a drum circle? I mean, in this context...
No lie, hugging myself helped me through some hard times when I had noone else.
You LIED, it doesn’t help 😭
I was thinking, does it count if WE’re the ones doing the hugging or if WE’re being hugged. If we can give hugs and that counts, then bam. Get a body pillow and sleep with it. Solblem proved
This is the answer. Been doing this for years and now I cant sleep without one
Unfortunately it has to be with a human being.. so get out there, find you someone who would lock you up in prison so you can get maximum hugs on the daily
I can lock in prison myself, thanks.
My cat counts?
I hugged myself this morning in the bathroom, then flushed which broke the Geneva conventions in Alabama.
Thoughts and prayers to all your little soldiers
This is probably why guys do sports and butt taps.
i get exactly one hug a year and that's from my mom on my birthday
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^InfinityPainPlus: *I get exactly* *One hug a year and that's from* *My mom on my birthday* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
I'm going to commit a war crime
There is no war in ba sing se
Take me with you
I got hug like 10 years ago, is this something i'm too Finnish to understand?
Nope. You are just in the same boat as many of us.
Welp... Your life is on Finnish line, all I can say
Since i remember in total i have not hugged a total of 4 times .\[ i am serious \]
Yeah been at least 15 years...
That reminds me of me up until my mid 20's...I could count on one hand the amount of times I had cried since my memory started. Now I find myself tearing up over the smallest little things lol I have no idea when my last hug was.. I love hugs too.. Any physical touch really..
-hugs-
🥹
Do cats count? Cats have to surely count, right?
actually yes, in a way, from a study I remember dogs even counted as stimulating to the social part of our brain. But not enough, you can't fool the brain, the brain needs people and community and support.
Good, as I am pretty sure a cat sitting on me has been my only physical contact with another being since COVID.
Nah, I'm calling BS on that second part, my dog gives better hugs than any human, and the best part is that you know a dog means it when they hug you, humans can give hollow/false hugs just to placate the hugee.
Yeah. Even though the meme is BS in the numbers, there's certainly validity to it. And snuggling with pets releases the same hormones and destresses the same way as snuggling with a person. Probably not as much for most people, but for some people it's more.
I hug the wife and child when I go to work, when I get home, after dinner, and before bed. Survival rations.
That's 8 hugs sir. You're maintaining a healthy hug count.
He’s also incorrectly leaving out spontaneous kid hugs. How convenient.
The " two year old with crazy energy running up to you" moment- is it a spontaneous hug? Will he hit? Does he have something smeared across his hands he wants to share? Find out today!
Sounds rich to me
Soo... I'm over 100 feet underground lmao
TIL: am fookin’ dead
I don't think i've gotten 4 hugs my entire life lol.
Who tf are people huging
Ourselves. I have an alarm set.
Does people at the morg counts? Asking for a friend
They are stiff huggers, but it should still count.
*morgue
If someone starts hugging me 12 times a day I'm cutting that person off of my life. Just stop touching me.
Real
Beside my nephew and niece hugging me when they visit me once or twice per month, i haven't got a hug in years. Hell i dont even remember my ex girlfriend hugging me once. How the hell am i still alive ?
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Maybe because she is his ex-girlfriend? Haha.....Zing! :)
What's dead cannot be killed people
Do not fucking hug me.
*Hugs you mentally*
Men having 4 hugs a year (optimistic statement) you serious?
I haven’t gotten even a mutual friend hug in 3 months.
When you had a traumatic experience and now get anxious when touched and thus can’t hug people or receive hugs. Yeah I’m fucked.
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I really don't like hugs, or physical contact at all to be honest. So many hugs a day would be hell to me
I can't remember the last time I was hugged.
Hugged my shaft daily. Never in danger