In a studyofpeopleaskedabouttheirNewYear's Eve, 83% indicatedtheyfeltletdown, notbecauseoftheiractualplans, butbecausetheyendeduphavinglessfunthantheyexpected.
Forinstance, imaginingbringinghomedeliciousfoodforthefamilymayhaveservedas a driverforourancestorstogetoutthereandtryharder.
例如,想像帶美味食物回家給家人,可能是讓我們的祖先出去闖蕩打獵的動機。
Numbertwoistryingtoohard.
第二個是「過度嘗試」。
In a studywherepeoplewereinstructedtolistentomusicandfeelashappyaspossiblewhilelistening, peopleactuallyfeltlesshappythanthosewhoweresimplytoldtolistenbutnothowtofeel.
Peoplearealsomorelikelytoorder a rideat 2.1 timesurgethan 2.0.
人們在收費是原收費的 2.1 倍時也比 2.0 倍時更願意買單。
Itturnsoutwe'remoreannoyedbywholenumbers.
原來我們只是更不喜歡整數罷了。
Andfinally, numberseven, thekiss.
最後,第七個是「吻」。
Ifyou'vegotsomeoneparticularonthisalreadyangst-riddenevening, a midnightkissmaynotbesobad, butfinding a strangermightnotbeworththe 80 millionbacteriathatareswappedin a ten-secondkiss.