What I don't get...

[IFHTT]

Does anyone feel a "tinge" like feeling in their blood (in an isolated part of their body) when they feel a strong emotion occasionally?

It is to my understanding that the "tinge" feeling is caused by the increased blood flow and release of adrenaline as a result of emotionally stressful situations. I think the intensity of the feeling depends on how severe the situation is. For instance, occasionally I get a mild "rush" when watching or reading something that I become emotionally invested in. This feeling only lasts for a few seconds and usually feels, at least to me, like a cold chill running through my veins. For me, it usually occurs at points of high drama or actions sequences.

[XanBcoo]

This feeling only lasts for a few seconds and usually feels, at least to me, like a cold chill running through my veins. For me, it usually occurs at points of high drama or actions sequences.

Hell yeah, I get this all the time and love it.

Music, movies, manga, whatever. Though it happens more frequently when I re-watch/listen to/read something.

[Sapphire]

I don't get it when I'm reading something unless I'm instantly shocked, but I do get a sort of specified and momentary "heat in my veins that I can taste" feeling when I feel strong emotions such as sadness, love, jealousy, infactuation..

Like anywhere, from my hand to my neck/collar bone, to my stomach depending on the feeling.

[Kraco]

I only get such odd feelings when I suddenly for a moment believe I just did something catastrophically stupid or realise I am about to do something like that.

Like once back at the university there was the Japanese ambassador to Finland holding a Q&A session and I almost, for some reason, asked one Chinese lady if she isn't going to go to listen to their ambassador.

[XanBcoo]

I only get such odd feelings when I suddenly for a moment believe I just did something catastrophically stupid or realise I am about to do something like that.

I think you might be describing a different feeling. Like when you realize you've slept through a final or are 4 hours late for work. Kind of a sinking feeling where you think "I've done something irreparably wrong," and your stomach feels cold and empty? Or maybe a minor version of that.

Sapphire meant that other feeling when you're emotionally moved by something. I remember getting it during the first Naruto arc, for example. When Zabuza is crying over Haku's death, and Kakashi tosses him the knife to attack Gatou. The second that first guitar chord hits and you see the rage on Zabuza's face, all your hairs stand on end and a chill runs through you for a split second. Really great feeling,

[Ryllharu]

Sapphire meant that other feeling when you're emotionally moved by something. I remember getting it during the first Naruto arc, for example. When Zabuza is crying over Haku's death, and Kakashi tosses him the knife to attack Gatou. The second that first guitar chord hits and you see the rage on Zabuza's face, all your hairs stand on end and a chill runs through you for a split second. Really great feeling,

I get a punched-in-the-gut hollow feeling from certain emotionally moving scenes. It depends on the genre of media whether I get that rush of electricity or an empty hole in my sternum.

[IFHTT]

It depends on the genre of media whether I get that rush of electricity or an empty hole in my sternum.

I like the way you described the latter feeling. I only get that feeling through fictional mediums on rare occasions. I usually get it upon the realization that I'm in some sort of jeopardy.

I just think it's interesting how the brain can evaluate an event or situation, whether it be something that is happening in real life or in a story while we're physically in a safe, controlled setting, and return identical neurological responses for either stimulus.

[Sapphire]

Sometimes something screwed up in my dream and I think it's real. Like something that's even physically impossible like flying. And my emotional reaction is as if it's really happening.

Unrelated but awesome.

@Xan: I do get the "icy vein chill" feeling occasionally (like nervousness or intense suspence), but what I mean by tinge is usually a "spill?" feeling, like I can literally feel/taste some sort of substance released and running through a specified part of my body momentarily. It's very very similar to the icy feeling though. Maybe the same thing but feels more like.. a "flavor" than a temperature.

[shinta|hikari]

Why the fucking hell do so many villains in anime snap their fingers when ordering someone or some cpu to do something for them (like fire missiles, shoot hidden machine guns, show screen images of the evil plot, make evil BLT sandwiches)?

[Death BOO Z]

before I quit my job (two weeks ago, actually), we had an electric door there, so at the end of each day, we would set it to 'exit only'.
and everyday, on my way out, I'd snap my fingers when going through the detector.

you should try it, it's awesome.

[Assertn]

I don't get how being nice and not ignoring a girl implies leading said girl on. This has happened to me a few times and is always awkward. Just yesterday I was at a party and a girl pulled me aside and asked why I didn't call her after the first party, then tried to figure out why she wasn't my type. Sigh.

Guys have to deal with this all the time, and I think most of us can usually tell when a girl is just being nice vs being interested. Girls don't tell every guy that advances on them whether or not she likes them and why they feel that way, so why should I have to?

[Uchiha Barles]

Did you find her physically attractive? Or more importantly, do you think she thinks most guys find her physically attractive? Those are usually the cases where I've experienced that. If it's the former, you may have betrayed that to her subconsciously. If it's the latter, she may have been too overconfident to consider that you were being social, and nothing more. It's not just a girl thing though, I usually see guys falling prey to that.

It's just one of those things you're going to have to deal with. Her reaction to the rejection though was a little much...

[Assertn]

I don't think its either. If a girl thinks most guys find her attractive, she's less likely to be proactive about it. She has confidence, but she probably doesn't have guys lining up to date her.

Oh I just remembered, she also asked me if I only date asians. Haha...

[Animeniax]

What I don't get is, if I only have $300 to spend, should I get a PS3 that I might use occasionally (once or twice a week for 6 hours total) or springs and suspension parts for my car which I drive daily?

[XanBcoo]

I really don't get why commercials keep telling me to "log on" to a website.

I have never "logged on" to anything. I "log in" to certain websites where I'm a member. I "sign in" to my instant messengers. Is that what they mean? Usually these websites are ones that don't require you to "log" in, on, or around anything, so it's just a meaningless term.

Advertisements seem to just use it to mean "go to" or "visit" a website, so I don't know why they just don't say that. It's as if they're stuck in the mid-90s and are still clamoring about this "internet craze," using buzzwords that make no sense at all.

[Buffalobiian]

I really don't get why commercials keep telling me to "log on" to a website.

I have never "logged on" to anything. I "log in" to certain websites where I'm a member. I "sign in" to my instant messengers. Is that what they mean? Usually these websites are ones that don't require you to "log" in, on, or around anything, so it's just a meaningless term.

Advertisements seem to just use it to mean "go to" or "visit" a website, so I don't know why they just don't say that. It's as if they're stuck in the mid-90s and are still clamoring about this "internet craze," using buzzwords that make no sense at all.

At first I would have blamed the whole "buzzword" thing, as well as people trying to say simple things (visit, go to) in a different, often wrong (log on) way in an attempt to make it sound less "simple", more sophisticated and less boring.

One example my teacher used to point out was the use of "in this day and age", whereas "now" or "nowadays" would have sufficed.

However, the fact that you brought up "mid-90s" reminds me of something. Back when broadband was still a relatively privileged technology, people did quite literally have to log in to the web, only to be disconnected when the phone rang.

[enkoujin]

What I don't get now is why I can't get laid.

Any serious pointers?

[Assertn]

What I don't get now is why I can't get laid.

Any serious pointers?

Step 1: Clean the cat mess on your floor.

[samsonlonghair]

Any serious pointers?

Shower daily; smile often; exude confidence.

[Marik]

What I don't get is the amount of Church's Chicken advertising in Tekken 6. There's even a Church's coupon in the Instruction Manual. Seriously, how did Tekken and Church's Chicken come together? They couldn't find a better sponsor or something?