Reading this pissed me off.
If you’re angry, for the benefit of your health, you need to let it all out, according to a new study that revealed that being hot-tempered and expressing your anger could be a key to enjoying a long and healthy life.
Researchers Marcus Mund and Kristin Mitte at the University of Jena in Germany claim that the latest findings may explain why the hotheaded Italians and Spanish live almost two years longer than the cool English who “keep calm and carry on”.
They found that exhibiting self-restraint and holding back negative emotions could have serious repercussions for a person’s physical and mental well-being.
Perhaps I should be more pissed. I try to control myself, and I use this blog as a control mechanism. It has always seemed to me that calming down is better than the alternative. But maybe I should lose my temper more often; it might be good for me.
Actually, I lose my temper in my private life a lot more than I do in this blog. I use the blog as a calming agent. Here, I try to be logical and analytical. Whether that means the blog is shortening my life, who knows? If it is bad to be logical and analytical, then perhaps I am asking for trouble and should just hurl insults and say “FUCK YOU!” But I’d feel like an asshole.
Hmm…
Do assholes live longer?
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6 responses to “Keep calm and die?”
“Do assholes live longer?”
They become politicians.
Only the good die young?
Do assholes live longer?
Let’s see. People want to live longer. They read about this study -> those that aren’t already, turn themselves into assholes.
Do I really want to live longer?
That which you exercise, grows stronger. I’d rather exercise self control than hatred and anger. I’m guessing they only counted deaths that were clearly age related and I suspect that many unbridled emotional junkies manage to die prematurely.
How well did they control for all other variables?
People keep coming up with research claiming some one-size-fits-all factor explains life expectancy. The classic is the one that goes:
Life expectancy in the U.S. is 78.49 years, it’s 80.17 years in England. England has national health. QED.
On the other hand, life expectancy in Monaco is 85.74 years; Monaco has no income tax. Obviously having no income tax is a much stronger correlation to life expectancy. QED.
Of course all this leaves out all other variables. As if racial composition, diet, climate, exercise and ghod knows what else have no measurable effect.
Was going to comment but dr kill got there first.