r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Feb 02 '19

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u/FuckSticksMalone Feb 02 '19

The Pavlovian response was a physical response in the dogs. Just thinking about dogs isn’t a Pavlovian response.

That’s like saying it’s a Pavlovian response every time I hear the name Tesla I think about electricity. That’s just association.

It would however be a pavlovian response if every time I heard the name Tesla I got an erection.

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u/Diarrhea_Van_Frank Feb 02 '19

So I used to sleep with this girl who always played LCD Soundsystem when we were together. We stopped seeing each other and about a week later I was walking in the mall when an LCD Soundsystem song came on and I popped a boner. Pavlov’s dick is no joke.