I’m talking about the fight/fuck/dominate hormones. Testosterone, estrogen. The reason why putting a pretty girl in an advertisement works so well. And it might explain a lot of aggression too.

Take them out of the equation and that’s 99% of politics, advertising and popular music gone.

I guess that needed to be clearer.

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    Bzzzt. We’d find a way to breed without hormones pushing us around. Look at science, engineering, flower gardening. Plenty of ambition there without chemical influence.

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      You… You know that hormones naturally occur in the body right? You know that without hormones, no one would grow ever? Hormones regulate eating, sleep, and more. You know this, right?

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        I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume OP is only referring to sex hormones, though this could have been made clearer in the question…

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        You know that hormones naturally occur in the body…

        These are the hormones to which I referred in the op. I thought that was clear.

        Ok, maybe “taking” wasn’t the right term but I couldn’t think of better.

        I specifically refer to the big famous mind-altering ones. Testosterone. Estrogen.

        The fight-fuck hormones.

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        9 months ago

        Skinny kids who couldn’t make it on the football field trying to eke out supremacy in a different arena? Ok, that’s a fair argument.