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It's Valentine's Day and I thought what better way to spend our day of love than to find out what is going on with dudes in 2024.

From tear sniffing to reduce aggression all the way to poor flirting skills being the biggest factor preventing relationships, we're trying to delve deep into the mind of man. Then we get hopeful on our lord and saviour's Internet in 2024 with a little visit to Craigslist Missed Connections.

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Topics Covered: Women’s tears lowers aggression in men, Matthew Johnson, Getting comfortable being uncomfortable, Craig’s list missed connections, Getting hopeful online, The Wire brings us comfort, The number one thing stopping you from attracting a mate, Valentine’s Day, doing something fun for your friends and family, Army coming home videos, Pet reactions, Supanova Brisbane, Supanova Expo, Stinky nerds, The power of our chemicals.

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Weird But Wonderful is hosted by James (@mypixelpersona⁠)

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00:00 - It begins

01:35 - Women’s tears lowers aggression in males

03:33 - Getting comfy being uncomfy

06:54 - Females dominate males in many primate species

07:43 - Animals make you cry

09:06 - Humans communicate with body odour

10:28 - The odourless chemicals in tears impacting human behaviour

15:30 - The games used to gather data on male aggression

21:40 - Do something nice because it’s nice

22:42 - The #1 predictor of failure to attract mates

25:19 - The predictors of involuntary singlehood in men and women

28:11 - Getting hopeful on the internet with missed connections

39:11 - Outro

40:00 - No more self-imposed expectations