r/shittyaskscience • u/Latter_Present1900 • 4d ago
What's the difference between excited and super-excited?
I notice that all the podcast hosts are super-excited by their guests and/or visa versa - no matter how obscure. Eg Max Lugavere. And the guy on Bloomberg just said he was super-excited about the Fed's decision to keep interest rates on hold. What is the science? How can I get my wife super-excited?
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u/KeaboUltra I have approximate knowledge of many things 4d ago
One is where you're just really happy, the other is when you are really happy but have golden spiky hair with bulging muscles
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u/aaeme Apathetic Amateur Excrementumologist 4d ago
A youtuber is excited from their ground state to a higher state by absorbing a donation with exactly the right amount of money. If the donation is "off-resonant" (meaning its money does not perfectly match the money gap of the channel), excitation usually fails.The SUPER scheme breaks this rule by using superchats.
The Process: The algorithm interacts with the viewer in a specific sequence. First, other fake donations gently shift the money levels via the Stark effect. Then the following superchat completes the transition to the excited state.
This is known as super-excitation.