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FROM THE US SUN

GIVE PAIN THE FINGER

Giving the ‘middle finger’ helps to reduce pain, study shows

GIVING a one-fingered salute helps to reduce pain, a study shows.

The gesture, also known as flipping the bird, cuts discomfort by around a tenth. Flicking the Vs may also help, experts believe, and swearing has a similar effect, they confirmed.

In the study, participants put one hand into icy water and repeatedly gave a one-fingered salute, or made another offensive gesture, with the other. In other tests they shouted f**k or said “flat” after submerging a hand.

The rude gesture group withstood pain for 125 seconds on average, 12 more than those not being rude. They also lasted longer than the swearers who outdid the “flat” group. The researchers said flipping the bird may help beat pain as we unconsciously think “f**k” while doing it. It may make people more confident or distracted, helping them ignore discomfort.

Professor Autumn Hostetter, who led the study at Kalamazoo University in Michigan, US, said: “This is the first research to show a taboo gesture has a pain-lowering effect similar to that produced by a taboo word.”

REF : https://www.the-sun.com/health/6342897/middle-finger-reduce-pain-study/

BBC Host Maryam Moshiri Apologises For Flashing Middle Finger Live On Air

Dec 7th, 2023,

The clip showed a countdown to Wednesday’s lunchtime news bulletin broadcast only for Moshiri to be seen pulling the middle finger at the camera. The journalist quickly adjusted herself and began reading the news as normal.
By the next morning, Moshiri was issuing her apology in a statement made via X. On Thursday, Moshiri explained that the incident had been a “silly joke” between members of the team in the studio, flipping the finger as her producer counted her in using their fingers to live broadcast. She apologized if the joke had offended viewers and reassured them that the gesture was not for them.

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