Why Are You Crying?

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

Pop, Society & Culture, Culture, Games, Gadgets, News, Internet, Comedy, Science

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

We can cry out of sadness, fear, frustration, anger, or even joy. But why do streams of liquid leave our eyes? The truth is no one really knows for sure. In a scientific sense, we’re the only organisms who tear up due to our emotions. Other creatures do so merely to remove irritants from their eyes. Another interesting find is that tears formed from different emotions actually contain different chemical makeups. Jeff and Anthony have a candid discussion about this phenomenon they have no first hand experience with.

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0:00.0	It's that time once again, Anthony, the time when the, when the children wake up and they're,
0:04.8	they're happy and they're smiling and they know the magic is about to happen. That's right.
0:08.8	It's our patron hangout for January because that's the month we're in right now.
0:13.6	Definitely the month we're in. Don't worry about it. We are not behind. No. You want to see how
0:18.3	on time we are. You can hang out with us on cam. Chat about whatever you like on Friday,
0:24.1	February 16th at 5pm Pacific time to find out how to do that and do patreon.com slash we have concerns.
0:46.7	All I'm doing is looking down at this button app that I have and I'm pushing it. I'm just looking
0:51.6	down and then when I look up, you've been ejected from your check. I don't understand. This is we have
0:58.4	concerns. Hi, Jeff Cannata. Hi, Anthony, Carboni. Hello, concerned citizens. Jeff, I'm a sensitive
1:07.1	soul. Yes. I had one adjective that I could spend on you. I'm a delicate flower. My problem is
1:14.2	maybe that I feel too much. You do feel a lot. I feel a lot of feelings. You're an empath. That's
1:20.2	what they call me. An empath. No, I'm sorry. Pathological. Yes. No, that's what I always get
1:26.7	those confused too. Same root word, I think. I think it means the same thing. Are you a big
1:33.1	cryer? I have to admit I am especially when it comes to movies. I cry. I cry. I know people who
1:40.8	listen to this last film cast know that I'm always talking about how a movie made me cry. I don't
1:45.8	cry necessarily because it's sad. I cry when I see things that are heroic or beautiful or
1:50.5	intensely because you've never done anything like that in your life. And it's just like one day.
1:54.6	One day. Maybe I'll be a hero. I'm going to get a chance to do something like that. Yeah.
1:59.9	I'm the same way. I get I definitely get very misty during movies. Definitely as I get older.
2:06.3	And I think this is true of everyone. You just you as you go through more, you tend to have a
2:12.5	database of more emotional reference. Yeah. And so you see things in your life or you see things
2:17.3	happening to other people and you tend to be able to just empathize. Ampethize. I know I do
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