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[Michaelangelica]

Originally Posted by alexander

By the way i think the psychology behind us liking that is not dissimilar to that behind liking fireworks, rockets and other projectiles. We are generally fascinated by things that defy gravity or logic, we are fascinated with things we can not explain, our minds are tuned to detect motion, and because of that, moving things tend to fascinate us more then not moving things, things that make subtle sound arouse our predatory instinct, which gets further reinforced with the movement of an object, (this is not the case with fireworks and rockets, but is with coke). And exploding things, such as the volatile reaction that makes a bottle of diet coke spew a fountain of soda into the air, also give us a small sense of danger, all of which induces the release of endorphins and adrenalin, both of which, unless in a dangerous situation, we tend to enjoy...

Interesting--and possibly true-- speculations.
Some research on Why might be good.

• We are generally fascinated by things that defy gravity or logic
• we are fascinated with things we can not explain,
• our minds are tuned to detect motion, (Men--the hunter-- only??)
• things that make subtle sound arouse our predatory instinct,
• And exploding things, also give us a small sense of danger
• all of which induces the release of endorphins and adrenalin, both of which, unless in a dangerous situation, we tend to enjoy.