Mutual Affective Consolidation (MAC for short) is when your feelings and emotions are consolidated with a mutual individual, preferably a very close and/or intimate one.
Expressing and reflecting on your feelings alone might make yourself feel better, but they lack consolidation. Having someone by your side consolidates those feelings and makes you feel complete. This is not proven, but I think it probably has something to do with the hormone oxytocin. This hormone gets released during very intimate social interactions such as hugging, bonding, and sex. When you deeply express your emotions and feelings, your body is actively waiting to release a full rush of oxytocin but does not because it doesn't detect any social input. In a way, having someone by your side allows you to imprint your emotions onto them, thereby triggering a release of oxytocin. This rush of oxytocin is what makes you feel complete and fulfilled. Again this is all just speculation.
Expressing and reflecting on your feelings alone might make yourself feel better, but they lack consolidation. Having someone by your side consolidates those feelings and makes you feel complete. This is not proven, but I think it probably has something to do with the hormone oxytocin. This hormone gets released during very intimate social interactions such as hugging, bonding, and sex. When you deeply express your emotions and feelings, your body is actively waiting to release a full rush of oxytocin but does not because it doesn't detect any social input. In a way, having someone by your side allows you to imprint your emotions onto them, thereby triggering a release of oxytocin. This rush of oxytocin is what makes you feel complete and fulfilled. Again this is all just speculation.
After a brutal day, Sarah was very depressed. She could've cried herself to sleep but instead she called her friend over and she cried her feelings out with her, which made her feel a lot better. Sarah just experienced Mutual Affective Consolidation.
Derek was just not getting the satisfaction he desired when pleasuring himself. After getting a new girlfriend, Derek didn't ask for any sexual favors initially, he just asked her to be by his side when pleasuring himself. He found that pleasuring himself (and climax) with his girlfriend beside him felt much better than when doing it alone. He suspects that Mutual Affective Consolidation is the reason for that.
Derek was just not getting the satisfaction he desired when pleasuring himself. After getting a new girlfriend, Derek didn't ask for any sexual favors initially, he just asked her to be by his side when pleasuring himself. He found that pleasuring himself (and climax) with his girlfriend beside him felt much better than when doing it alone. He suspects that Mutual Affective Consolidation is the reason for that.
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian January 20, 2022
1) Someone who uses the video conference app "Zoom"
2) A portmanteau of "Gen Z" and "boomer". An equivalent derogatory term applied to Gen Z adolescents.
2) A portmanteau of "Gen Z" and "boomer". An equivalent derogatory term applied to Gen Z adolescents.
1) Everyone is a zoomer in the COVID pandemic era
2) Look at that zoomer over there filming themselves for tiktok. Disgusting.
2) Look at that zoomer over there filming themselves for tiktok. Disgusting.
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian April 08, 2021
The phrase that pimps like to say to establish their territory in the pimp world. Cows referring to the hooker and meat referring to their clients.
*in a bar*
Pablo: So I see you also like to pimp as a side hustle
Diego: Yeah, whatsittoya
Pablo: I'm a pimp too. I'll tell you what, I'll pay you some thicc moolah if you let some of your hookers work for me
Diego: Hey look man, My Cows My Meat
Pablo: no u
Diego: NO U!
Pablo: So I see you also like to pimp as a side hustle
Diego: Yeah, whatsittoya
Pablo: I'm a pimp too. I'll tell you what, I'll pay you some thicc moolah if you let some of your hookers work for me
Diego: Hey look man, My Cows My Meat
Pablo: no u
Diego: NO U!
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian December 12, 2021
Straight guy from 1919: Wanna join me in a dance, my lady?
Gay (or straight) guy from 2019: Wanna join me in a dance, my dude?
Gay (or straight) guy from 2019: Wanna join me in a dance, my dude?
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian October 23, 2019
The name for the bone found in most mammalian penises. Ironically, humans do not possess a baculum yet we refer to an erect penis as a boner.
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian August 07, 2021
Before COVID was a thing, Wuhan was actually quite a nice city. Located in the central region of China, Wuhan is the capital city of the Hubei province and has a population of over 11 million.
This city has a rich history left by ancient Chinese dynasties so you will find many historical structures such as the Yellow Crane Tower.
The city is also situated right beside Yangtze River, the 3rd longest river in the world. The Yangtze River Bridge is also located here, and is the world's 2nd longest suspension bridge.
As for cuisine, Wuhan is mostly known for its soups and noodle dishes.
Though, Wuhan may be the last place you'd want to be during the summer, as temperatures get scorching hot.
This city has a rich history left by ancient Chinese dynasties so you will find many historical structures such as the Yellow Crane Tower.
The city is also situated right beside Yangtze River, the 3rd longest river in the world. The Yangtze River Bridge is also located here, and is the world's 2nd longest suspension bridge.
As for cuisine, Wuhan is mostly known for its soups and noodle dishes.
Though, Wuhan may be the last place you'd want to be during the summer, as temperatures get scorching hot.
Pre-COVID Wuhan: *lively busy atmosphere with many street attractions to see*
Post-COVID Wuhan: *cricket noises*
Post-COVID Wuhan: *cricket noises*
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian August 07, 2020
In retrospect, one of the greatest operating systems ever created. It was simple, it was modern, and it performed flawlessly (unlike Win 10 which is constantly riddled with bugs). It is ironic how Windows 10 adopted a more minimal user interface design, yet it is twice as more convoluted to use than Windows 7.
Using Windows 7 feels like freedom. Using Windows 10 feels like oppression.
Using Windows 7 feels like freedom. Using Windows 10 feels like oppression.
Man I miss Windows 7. Although I like the design and function of Windows 10 (and 11), I really do miss the old Aero UI with the glass-paneled taskbar and such. I also miss those Win 7 themes that had those UI sound effects that change with it.
And overall everything in Win 7 just felt so much simpler and way less intrusive. It felt like it was your home.
(P.S. are their seriously no GIFs of Windows 7??)
And overall everything in Win 7 just felt so much simpler and way less intrusive. It felt like it was your home.
(P.S. are their seriously no GIFs of Windows 7??)
by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian July 27, 2021