534: Christmas Cards, Cult of Busy-ness, & Women's Parade
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Today we find out why women in Ukraine's military wear heels. We learn why people are into dog years, but not cat years. We discuss the cult of busy-ness, and the cultural reasons why appearing busy is seen as a status symbol. Susie reveals the weird religious origins of this phenomenon, and Sarah explains why we should fight the impulse to busy ourselves. We learn about a study done on Christmas cards that shows when people started trying to seem busy. Susie wants to know if she really is "serious and quiet" as her husband alleged. We discuss the practice of "Franken-biting" on reality tv, and why it makes our skin crawl.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, what would my old timing name be? |
| 0:23.9 | Where's Ethel Merman? |
| 0:26.9 | Fran? |
| 0:29.9 | The only thing I could think of her dresser and leave it is quick give me another last name. |
| 0:33.9 | But Ethel Merman is a real person from that time. |
| 0:36.9 | I didn't even know that. |
| 0:38.9 | I didn't even know that. |
| 0:39.9 | Oh, that's even funnier. |
| 0:41.9 | It shows you how into like campy culture I am. |
| 0:44.9 | Well, we learned that whenever you visited that like it's like taking a time machine when you come to my house because I only like old stuff. |
| 0:51.9 | This is so true. |
| 0:53.9 | It is so fun to go to your house though because I get well for like a million billion reasons, but also the music. |
| 1:01.9 | Yeah, that's what I mean. |
| 1:03.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:04.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:05.9 | I'm like, I love it. |
| 1:06.9 | I absolutely love it. |
| 1:07.9 | And I was really funny because I talked to my mom about the Turn Down Day song. |
| 1:12.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.9 | It's one of my favorites. |
| 1:14.9 | And it's one that Susie always sings because I always sing it. |
| 1:18.9 | Question mark. |
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