General What are Goosebumps all about?

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Masato Toys

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seriously

have you ever had them come really strong sometimes? How does it feel?

what are they?
what triggers them?
is it some kind of spider sense?

Sometimes cold and chilling
Sometimes warm/spiritually uplifting
Sometimes intellectually connecting
etc

are they a 'truth detector'? (as in, do they appear we are faced with some deep Truth or revelation?)
can goosebumps come from falsities/lies?

does it have anything to do with non-physical phenomenon?

if all this is bullshit what is your experience and what is it all about?

 
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kaladin stormblessed

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Goose bumps are created when tiny muscles at the base of each hair, known as arrector pili muscles, contract and pull the hair erect. The reflex is started by the sympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for many fight-or-flight responses. The muscle cells connected to the hair follicle have been visualized by actin immunofluorescence.[9]

As a response to coldEdit
In animals covered with fur or hair, the erect hairs trap air to create a layer of insulation. Goose bumps can also be a response to anger or fear: the erect hairs make the animal appear larger, in order to intimidate enemies. This can be observed in the intimidation displays of chimpanzees,[10] some New World monkeys like the cotton-top tamarin,[11] in stressed mice[12] and rats, and in frightened cats.

In humansEdit
In humans, goose bumps can even extend to piloerection as a reaction to hearing nails scratch on a chalkboard, listening to awe-inspiring music,[13] or feeling or remembering strong and positive emotions (e.g., after winning a sports event), or while watching a horror film.[14]

Some can deliberately evoke goose bumps in themselves without any external trigger. Such people tend to have the ability to increase their heart rate and describe the event as a chill from the base of their skull down the body, that causes the increase in heart rate and concurrent goosebumps on the skin especially the forearms which varies in duration. Further research is needed to discover more on such people.[15]

Goose bumps are accompanied by a specific physiological response pattern that is thought to indicate the emotional state of being moved.[16]

In humans, goose bumps are strongest on the forearms,[citation needed] but also occur on the legs, neck, and other areas of the skin that have hair. In some people, they even occur in the face or on the head.

Piloerection is also a classic symptom of some diseases, such as temporal lobe epilepsy, some brain tumors, and autonomic hyperreflexia. Goose bumps can also be caused by withdrawal from opiates such as heroin. A skin condition that mimics goose bumps in appearance is keratosis pilaris.
 
Leigh

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It's a trait that we retained from our hairier ancestors.
 
Masato Toys

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I'm talkin the goosebumps we get during an honest musical performance, or the telling of a good myth, or when someone is speaking real truths about life. We perk up, that shiver that lets us know something real and important is vibrating here
 
silentsinger

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Masato Toys said:
I'm talkin the goosebumps we get during an honest musical performance, or the telling of a good myth, or when someone is speaking real truths about life. We perk up, that shiver that lets us know something real and important is vibrating here
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Look up ASMR!!!!!!!
 
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kaladin stormblessed

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conor mcgregor nut hugger said:
How do magnets work?
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Did you know that microwaves work through magnetism. (Cause h2O molecules are structuredd with two Hs hanging onto sort of one side of O, and it causes an imbalance in the electric charge

So microwaves basically just flip the charge back and forth from one wall to the other and it causes the water molecules within the food or liquid to shift back and forth. Increasing energy, heat

I may have made that all up
 
Sheepdog

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Goosebumps were natures way of telling us 'hey neanderthal cunt, there's a fucking 1200-pound sabre tooth Tiger behind you.'
 
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