Hey, smart people, Joe here.
We have covered a ton of weird bodily functions on this show, but there's one has always really bugged me because it's just confusing: Tickling.
It's one of the great contradictions of the universe, like jumbo shrimp, or saying "that's your only choice".
I mean, that doesn't make sense, because tickling makes us laugh but we hate it.
I mean, go ahead, try it for yourself.
Go try to tickle someone right now.
Ask them permission first, because that's just rude and maybe assault, but what do they do?
They ask you to stop because the almost universal reaction to tickling is to say, "No, stop it. Please stop it or I will... I swear I will... " What are you for, tickling?
What's the point of you?
Why do you exist?
