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azurelunatic) wrote2006-01-20 04:39 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2006-01-20 04:39 pm
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Freudian Nasal Stage
Have introduced the "nasal stage" as a level of Freudian psychology that Freud missed to Management (and everyone else left in the cube farm).
The Nasal stage of childhood is that period of toddler curiousity that leads to attempting to stick everything up the nose. Freud might have lumped it in with Oral, because some of it winds up in the mouth as well, but I think that the Nasal stage is something completely different.
It's not about deriving comfort from mouthing something, it's about finding out about the world via that immensely sensitive instrument, the nose.
Children smacked down in the nasal stage are uncurious and neophobic later in life, and don't care to learn things. They may have a horror of snot and other bodily substances. They may be utterly indifferent to smell, which could lead to a certain level of Personal Stank through inappropriate personal scents of either an artificial or bodily nature.
Children not given enough guidance in the nasal stage are inappropriately curious, and will either wear too much perfume on the grounds that it smells good to them, not do anything to curb a rampant body odor on the grounds that they want to smell like themselves and they don't mind it, put weird stuff up their nose in adulthood (snorting drugs, Homer Simpson and his crayon) or be obsessed with gathering knowledge to an unhealthy extent (malicious or overly familiar gossip, prying into things they know are none of their concern, or, in extreme cases, Mad Scientist Syndrome). Snot jokes are funny to these people. Computer security crackers did not get enough ethical structure during their Nasal stage.
Children who have healthily exited the Nasal Stage remain curious about the world as adults, but know when to stop in the search for information.
I was talking this over with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
trystan_laryssa last night, see. And hcolleen during the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster thing, and hcolleen, kilarneyblarney, azwriter, M, and V at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
freshstartwrite on Wednesday night.
Great fun was had by all.
Then Management noticed what I think was actually my lotion, and remarked that I smelled particularly nice today. I wasn't sure whether it was the lotion, another of a wide range of toiletries, or my un-brewed tea bag in my cup. She urged Blood Pressure Cuff Manager (who wears a combination elbow brace/blood pressure cuff/something-or-other monitor) to sniff me. There was much hilarity involved in the subsequent discussion of "any plan that involves sniffing an employee is probably a bad one," whereupon I broke out the Freud.
The Nasal stage of childhood is that period of toddler curiousity that leads to attempting to stick everything up the nose. Freud might have lumped it in with Oral, because some of it winds up in the mouth as well, but I think that the Nasal stage is something completely different.
It's not about deriving comfort from mouthing something, it's about finding out about the world via that immensely sensitive instrument, the nose.
Children smacked down in the nasal stage are uncurious and neophobic later in life, and don't care to learn things. They may have a horror of snot and other bodily substances. They may be utterly indifferent to smell, which could lead to a certain level of Personal Stank through inappropriate personal scents of either an artificial or bodily nature.
Children not given enough guidance in the nasal stage are inappropriately curious, and will either wear too much perfume on the grounds that it smells good to them, not do anything to curb a rampant body odor on the grounds that they want to smell like themselves and they don't mind it, put weird stuff up their nose in adulthood (snorting drugs, Homer Simpson and his crayon) or be obsessed with gathering knowledge to an unhealthy extent (malicious or overly familiar gossip, prying into things they know are none of their concern, or, in extreme cases, Mad Scientist Syndrome). Snot jokes are funny to these people. Computer security crackers did not get enough ethical structure during their Nasal stage.
Children who have healthily exited the Nasal Stage remain curious about the world as adults, but know when to stop in the search for information.
I was talking this over with
trystan_laryssa last night, see. And hcolleen during the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster thing, and hcolleen, kilarneyblarney, azwriter, M, and V at freshstartwrite on Wednesday night.Great fun was had by all.
Then Management noticed what I think was actually my lotion, and remarked that I smelled particularly nice today. I wasn't sure whether it was the lotion, another of a wide range of toiletries, or my un-brewed tea bag in my cup. She urged Blood Pressure Cuff Manager (who wears a combination elbow brace/blood pressure cuff/something-or-other monitor) to sniff me. There was much hilarity involved in the subsequent discussion of "any plan that involves sniffing an employee is probably a bad one," whereupon I broke out the Freud.
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Seriously, though, I do wonder what would fall out of my head given a Gargle Blaster and a keyboard...it'd be scary, I'm sure.
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And I'm sure I'm not alone.
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[21:42] Azz|hoUsework: Telling X to FOAD is one thing, and banning is the thing you use to back up that.
[21:43] Azz|hoUsework: If you don't back it up when you say "Look, you stop this or I Ban j00", then they don't stop this.
[21:45] Azz|hoUsework: Trolls are like five-year-olds, and they weren't put in the corner for being inappropriate enough when they were in the Nasal Stage.
[21:47] Azz|hoUsework: It's a Freudian developmental stage that Freud missed.
[21:47] Azz|hoUsework: It's the age of discovering things about the world by either sticking your nose in them, or sticking them up your nose.
[21:47] Azz|hoUsework: Like crayons.
[21:48] Azz|hoUsework: Careful nurturing in the nasal stage will make for a great scientist, someone who knows how to safely investigate the universe around them without brain damage or need for surgery, but who is not afraid to explore things a little to the edge.
[21:49] Azz|hoUsework: Repression in the nasal stage will lead to someone very uptight and incurious, and probably totally grossed out by snot.
[21:51] Azz|hoUsework: Lack of proper moral guidance in the nasal stage will lead to inappropriate investigation beyond all normal cultural norms, and possibly a fondness for snot-related humor, humor related to unacceptable scents, and perhaps (in some extreme cases) the ability to ignore personal hygiene at the expense of the noses of others.
[21:53] Azz|hoUsework: I believe that there's a difference between "lack of grossing out" and "inordinate fascination with".