Comments on: Pibloktoq: Psychology in the Arctic http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 02:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: noen http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1112598 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112598 The link in red with the title "overdose of vitamin A" is malformed. How do long arctic nights cause hypervitaminosis A and pibloktoq? Maybe during long arctic nights with little food the Inuit eventually eat polar bear livers rather than starve? The link in red with the title “overdose of vitamin A” is malformed.

How do long arctic nights cause hypervitaminosis A and pibloktoq? Maybe during long arctic nights with little food the Inuit eventually eat polar bear livers rather than starve?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1113404 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113404 If I didn't hate the cold so much, I would love to move from pole to pole to completely avoid the yellow face. I ♥ the inky blackness of mother night. If I didn’t hate the cold so much, I would love to move from pole to pole to completely avoid the yellow face. I ♥ the inky blackness of mother night.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1113158 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113158 This phenomenon has been observed during the witch hunts, catholic exorcisms, tribal cultures, and church services. A little cabin fever, a fair amount of encouragement and a lot of superstition makes people a little 'spontaneous' sometimes. -Throw a Stone for Jesus- This phenomenon has been observed during the witch hunts, catholic exorcisms, tribal cultures, and church services.
A little cabin fever, a fair amount of encouragement and a lot of superstition makes people a little ‘spontaneous’ sometimes.

-Throw a Stone for Jesus-

]]> By: millrick http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1112906 millrick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112906 "a culture-bound psychosis" like the birthers? “a culture-bound psychosis”
like the birthers?

]]> By: Boldt http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1113177 Boldt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113177 Things May Come and Things May Go, But the Art School Dance Goes on Forever Things May Come and Things May Go, But the Art School Dance Goes on Forever

]]> By: ChristinaWard http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1112953 ChristinaWard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112953 I would suggest reading/seeing Michael Lesy's Wisconsin Death Trips for more observations of this phenomenon. Or hang around my house when the weather service put out a frost advisory last night...on May 16th! I would suggest reading/seeing Michael Lesy’s Wisconsin Death Trips for more observations of this phenomenon. Or hang around my house when the weather service put out a frost advisory last night…on May 16th!

]]> By: glaborous immolate http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1112707 glaborous immolate Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112707 so it was used in racist, sexist, and also superstitious narratives in the past as well! Actually, rereading Vitelli I don't see where he talks about how it was used as part of a racist or sexist narrative. Does saying "primitive" and "hysteria" count for that now? so it was used in racist, sexist, and also superstitious narratives in the past as well!

Actually, rereading Vitelli I don’t see where he talks about how it was used as part of a racist or sexist narrative. Does saying “primitive” and “hysteria” count for that now?

]]> By: proginoskes http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1115536 proginoskes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115536 Sounds like this may be a contributing factor to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_Club phenomenon. Sounds like this may be a contributing factor to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_Club phenomenon.

]]> By: Kosmoid http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1112763 Kosmoid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112763 Gibson mentions this in his "Zero History." He spells it differently. "She took off her coat, hung it on a stuffed, satin-covered hanger in the wardrobe, and sat on the edge of the bed to remove her shoes. The Piblokto Madness Bed, Inchmale called it. “Intense hysteria," she recited now, from memory, “depression, coprophagia, insensitivy to cold, echolalia.” She kicked her shoes in the direction of the wardrobe’s open door. “Hold the coprophagia,’ she added." From his blog post: http://williamgibsonblog.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#1474390490063169434 Gibson mentions this in his “Zero History.” He spells it differently.

“She took off her coat, hung it on a stuffed, satin-covered hanger in the wardrobe, and sat on the edge of the bed to remove her shoes. The Piblokto Madness Bed, Inchmale called it. “Intense hysteria,” she recited now, from memory, “depression, coprophagia, insensitivy to cold, echolalia.” She kicked her shoes in the direction of the wardrobe’s open door. “Hold the coprophagia,’ she added.”

From his blog post: http://williamgibsonblog.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html#1474390490063169434

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1112767 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112767 I seriously doubt this has anything to do with hypothermic paradoxical undressing. I think it is purely a superficial resemblence. Hypothermic undressing doesn't always happen but when it does it is caused by the last stages of hypothermia. You wouldn't be running or doing much of anything by that point. It is a feeling of becoming hot as the body loses the ability to maintain body temperature by shunting blood away from the limbs and body surface. The dying person's body lets the blood flow back into the limbs and skin causing a sensation of being suddenly hot. I seriously doubt this has anything to do with hypothermic paradoxical undressing. I think it is purely a superficial resemblence. Hypothermic undressing doesn’t always happen but when it does it is caused by the last stages of hypothermia. You wouldn’t be running or doing much of anything by that point.

It is a feeling of becoming hot as the body loses the ability to maintain body temperature by shunting blood away from the limbs and body surface. The dying person’s body lets the blood flow back into the limbs and skin causing a sensation of being suddenly hot.

]]> By: Sterno Dare http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1112803 Sterno Dare Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112803 Ever had cabin fever? Ever had cabin fever?

]]> By: Michelle http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1113336 Michelle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113336 I'm wintering in Antarctica right now, and we're experiencing 24/7 darkness... but I've never heard of this happening anywhere in Antarctica! We definitely have people go a bit crazy every so often, but no women ever run around screaming hysterically. Still, a really interesting article, I'll keep this in mind in case I suddenly have the urge to strip off my clothing and start flailing! I’m wintering in Antarctica right now, and we’re experiencing 24/7 darkness… but I’ve never heard of this happening anywhere in Antarctica! We definitely have people go a bit crazy every so often, but no women ever run around screaming hysterically. Still, a really interesting article, I’ll keep this in mind in case I suddenly have the urge to strip off my clothing and start flailing!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/17/pibloktoq-psychology.html#comment-1113594 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113594 "Carpe Noctem" and all that “Carpe Noctem” and all that

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