Giggly lovers is a good example of why I maybe should have just used the term “physiological arousal” throughout, instead of the word “danger”. I think it’s just generally exciting / stimulating / etc. to be newly in love! There’s a lot of Ingredient (A) floating around, even if there isn’t really any “danger” in the normal sense of that word. (It’s high-stakes in regards to one’s reproductive prospects, I guess.)
Not sure about marijuana. Maybe I’d guess that the chemical somehow sets Ingredients (B) + (C) anomalously high, so that almost any physiological arousal triggers laughter, even things that would normally just be scary or exciting. Like laughing through an entire episode of Oz (true story, if I recall correctly from a very long time ago).
Giggly lovers is a good example of why I maybe should have just used the term “physiological arousal” throughout, instead of the word “danger”. I think it’s just generally exciting / stimulating / etc. to be newly in love! There’s a lot of Ingredient (A) floating around, even if there isn’t really any “danger” in the normal sense of that word. (It’s high-stakes in regards to one’s reproductive prospects, I guess.)
Not sure about marijuana. Maybe I’d guess that the chemical somehow sets Ingredients (B) + (C) anomalously high, so that almost any physiological arousal triggers laughter, even things that would normally just be scary or exciting. Like laughing through an entire episode of Oz (true story, if I recall correctly from a very long time ago).