Handling Money Brings Pain Relief

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Handling Money Brings Pain Relief

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 12, 2010 @04:35AM from the nothing-wrong-that-$50-wouldn't-fix dept.

Psychologists at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management have found that handling money can alleviate both physical and emotional pain. In one experiment, test subjects were found to feel less pain when their hands were dipped into scalding water after counting money. Lead author Kathleen Vohs said, "When people are reminded of money in a subtle manner by counting out hard currency, they experience painful situations as being not very painful. You could think about being able to charge yourself up before you encounter pain. When I used to run marathons, I would've maybe wanted to be reminded of money first."

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Cocaine by Daxx22 · 2010-04-12 04:36 · Score: 5, Funny

Maybe it's all the cocaine the bills have absorbed over time!
applied theory by Atreide · 2010-04-12 04:41 · Score: 4, Funny

next time I cheat my girlfriend
I would pay a professional lady with hard currency
so that when I face my girlfriend
I will be relieved from emotional pain

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1. Re:applied theory by c++0xFF · 2010-04-12 05:21 · Score: 4, Funny
  
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WTF? by Itninja · 2010-04-12 04:41 · Score: 3, Funny

test subjects were found to feel less pain when their hands were dipped into scalding water after counting money
Who was running this experiment, Dr. Mengele?

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1. Re:WTF? by Jeng · 2010-04-12 04:44 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Don't feel too bad for the test subjects, they were just future PHB's going after their MBA.
  Most probably the person who devised the test was in IT.
  
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When you're told you can't keep the money ... by PolygamousRanchKid+ · 2010-04-12 05:03 · Score: 2, Funny

... the pain sets in.

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Spaceballs explains it: by Mr+Z · 2010-04-12 05:05 · Score: 3, Funny

Barf: I know we need the money, but...
Lone Starr: Listen! We're not just doing this for money!
Barf: [Barf looks at him, raises his ears]
Lone Starr: We're doing it for a S**T LOAD of money!

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Product Idea! by John+Hasler · 2010-04-12 05:11 · Score: 2, Funny

> Would the shredded money from from the federal reserve have the same effect?
Buy it, stuff matresses with it, and sell them via Sharper Image.

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Re:Social Conditioning by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-12 05:15 · Score: 1, Funny

They did try that, but they ran out of researchers. They never got past the control experiment. It seems that indigenous peoples know enough to kill folks who try to scald their hands.
Re:I think it's obvious by cgenman · 2010-04-12 05:15 · Score: 4, Funny

Summary: Being broke hurts.

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Pssht Rappers have know about this for years by djdavetrouble · 2010-04-12 05:42 · Score: 3, Funny

Observe the following Young Jeezy Lyrics:
I used to get bored, count 20's for practice
Paper therapy, we let the money relax us

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Re:I tried this experiment by stonewallred · 2010-04-12 06:44 · Score: 3, Funny

I am in a great deal of pain due to a screwed up disc. If all the /. readers will send me $20.00 US, cash only, small bills are fine, I will undertake verifying this experiment myself, and will report my findings.