Why Do We Kiss?

Seil · 02-10-2010, 01:03 PM

I was listening to a Ricky Gervais radio show, and they started talking about kissing - and I was wondering, the same as them, why we kiss? With Valentine's Day just 'round the corner, I think it a prudent question.

Token · 02-10-2010, 01:07 PM

Because lips are sensitive? The same reasons we put any erogenous zones into contact.

krogothwolf · 02-10-2010, 01:11 PM

Because it makes us all hot and bothered!

Funka Genocide · 02-10-2010, 01:25 PM

You've got to warm the engine before you cruise down the highway.

DFM · 02-10-2010, 01:51 PM

For Science.

Marc v4.0 · 02-10-2010, 01:53 PM

Feels Good, Man

Professor Smarmiarty · 02-10-2010, 01:57 PM

It's ver much a cultural thing. Fair chunks of the world just don't kiss (until got westernised anway). It was ver much a greek (and to some extent Roman) thin though romantic kissing is not reall mentioned in their works- more respect kiss used in both greetings and religious ceremonies- still seen in places like Ital and Greece today.
When it developed into the personal romantic gesture we have today is unclear, it was fairly late- in last few hundred years or so.

Marc v4.0 · 02-10-2010, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

It's ver much a cultural thing. Fair chunks of the world just don't kiss (until got westernised anway). It was ver much a greek (and to some extent Roman) thin though romantic kissing is not reall mentioned in their works- more respect kiss used in both greetings and religious ceremonies- still seen in places like Ital and Greece today.
When it developed into the personal romantic gesture we have today is unclear, it was fairly late- in last few hundred years or so.

Like, source?

Cause I've never heard that

Amake · 02-10-2010, 02:47 PM

Good people taste good.

Professor Smarmiarty · 02-10-2010, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc v1.0

Like, source?

Cause I've never heard that

Which part? There's nothing particularly controversial in there.

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Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Why Do We Kiss? I was listening to a Ricky Gervais radio show, and they started talking about kissing - and I was wondering, the same as them, why we kiss? With Valentine's Day just 'round the corner, I think it a prudent question.

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DFM Om Nom Nom Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,850	For Science. __________________ [14:26] ManoftheRus: YOU GODDAMN SNEAKY DEE

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Marc v4.0 Fight Me, Nerds Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,470	Feels Good, Man __________________

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Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	Good people taste good. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

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Token Magikoopa Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,789	Because lips are sensitive? The same reasons we put any erogenous zones into contact.

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Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	You've got to warm the engine before you cruise down the highway.

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Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	It's ver much a cultural thing. Fair chunks of the world just don't kiss (until got westernised anway). It was ver much a greek (and to some extent Roman) thin though romantic kissing is not reall mentioned in their works- more respect kiss used in both greetings and religious ceremonies- still seen in places like Ital and Greece today. When it developed into the personal romantic gesture we have today is unclear, it was fairly late- in last few hundred years or so.