Social Experiment 1: AMMO Used On Wrists In A College-School Setting
This report below will describe my very true first real-life evidence-based
experiences with AMMO (strength 1x). I will first begin with background, then
method (where and how I used AMMO), then results where I will describe my
observations, and then finally discussion where I will discuss my results by
comparing scientific research and reports from other people to explain my results.
Introduction
Background
A few weeks ago I got my AMMO 1x and my Instant Shine 1x to my home. I
was very excited to start using AMMO since I have been reading about its
positive effects in some scientific studies (1-3), and peoples’ reports (4-6).
I then have to investigate this for myself to see how much pheromones will
facilitate, the natural process of meeting a woman, for me. I have an AMMO
1x and an Instant Shine 1x to my disposal that I will experiment a lot with.
Purpose of this study
In this very first experiment I’ll investigate the effects of AMMO 1x on
people (particularly women) in school setting (college for this matter).
Method
Definitions
Puff = Just one push on the nozzle of a
pheromone bottle to one part of my body.
Material
I used one bottle of AMMO 1x which I bought here (7). I used
none Instant Shine which I will save for upcoming experiments.
Procedure
Before I used any pheromones today I had taken a shower yesterday evening
to make sure I do not sweat too much or smell too much of other pheromones.
Five minutes before I went in to the classroom I first went to a public toilet
and I locked myself in. When I was in there, I used one puff of AMMO 1x on
each of my wrists. This equals two puffs totally with the AMMO 1x bottle.
I then went to the classroom and I was sitting pretty close to the stage
where two teachers were standing (one is ugly, one is kinda cute). There
were also about 40+ girls and women in ages between 19-35+. I didn’t wave
with my hands as to spreading the smell more from my wrists. I shook only
hand with three girls. I was walking around some and observing discretely.
Measurable Outcomes Variables
I looked for increased eye contact, more talking than usual, body orientation
towards me, more smiling, or flirting from others and any negative or positive
mood changes in myself through self-observation and introspection. These are
not easy to count if you do not use any notepad and I didn’t use any of that.
Results
I will now present my observations of using two puffs of AMMO 1x on my
wrists which equals two puffs. I begin with self-effects and then the effects
it had on other people which I will just plainly and simply call “other effects”.
Self-Effects
I observed no mood-enhancing effects in myself such as more happiness,
more smiling, more laughing, feeling more comfortable or anything in that
regard. I neither experienced any negative effects which I find important
to mention here since some people has reported negative effects (8-9).
Overall, I did not experience or observe any positive or enhancing already
something positive effects in myself, neither did I experience any negative.
Other effects
I did not observe any positive effects from other people such as more smiling,
initiating conversations, talking more than usual with me, prolonged usage of
eye contact, proximity, body orientation towards me. However, I neither saw
any negative effects here like avoiding eye contact, avoiding talking, talking
less than usual with me, ending conversations I initiated, or less compliance.
The other effects were as neutral as the self-effects were in the results I
observed. I was careful to not overestimate females’ natural usage of body
language where they might flip their hair, play with it since this may be due to
the fact that they are nervous since this was the first time of a new course.
Discussion
There are two interesting things to address in this very first study. The first
one is to explain why I did not observe effects that other people has been
reporting when they have been using AMMO just as I have (4-6). The other
thing that needs to be addressed is the limitations of this very first study.
Why no effects yet?
One very interesting fact when it comes to female smell sensitivity is that
it has been shown that females are most sensitive to smell during ovulation
(10) and that their mood changes throughout their menstruation cycle (11).
It is very important though, to ask if it is very likely that over 40+ people of
the female sex would have been all within the same range in their ovulation
at this particular time of the day. I find this very unlikely and these studies
above don’t give a full picture of the problem that I experienced (no effects).
One likely explanation is the environment where the mones were used (12)
since I used them in a classroom setting where people are not really open to
sex as they would be in clubs. Since everyone is thinking what everyone else
is thinking there would be a mass-psychosis of people worrying what everyone
else is thinking (although no one is thinking nothing about anyone ironically!).
Since girls are more concerned about their status in their peer-group and in
society in general and they are the ones, sadly, men call “sluts”, it is very
likely that some (or many) of them were trying to control how they felt and
they might have smelled and got affected by the mones but couldn’t show it.
This is very important when it comes to understand the results, this part of
the method, the location, is crucial to keep in mind when analyzing results.
Limitations in this first study
The first and biggest limitation of this study is the lack of studies with AMMO
1x when I am using it. Some people has reported positive effects (4-6) while
other people has reported negative effects (8-9). Since we are all different
and respond differently to mones we need to compare our results with our
previous results using same and/or different mones. This was my very first
study of applying AMMO 1x in a college setting so I need to apply it more
there and on different places on my body and in combination with Instant
Shine before I make any important conclusions about its effects in that kind
of environment with me as its user. Another limitation is the stimulus usage.
With this I mean where I sprayed my mones. I used one puff on my left wrist
and one puff on my right wrist. We people usually communicate through eye
contact and this means we will really not pay attention so much to the hands
or wrists for that matter. In other words, we will not be able to smell as good
as if it has been used on the neck, back of the neck or on the throat. This
needs to be considered when applying AMMO 1x again for the next experiment.
Conclusions
This is the very first study of me applying two puffs of AMMO 1x on each of
my wrists which equals a total use of 2 puffs of AMMO 1x. I experienced no
negative or positive effects, neither in myself or in other people. I need to
make more studies, and combine AMMO 1x with my Instant Shine 1x to see
if observable effects will occur. I cannot make any lasting conclusions here
about whether “mones work or don’t work” since people have been reporting
very mixed results (4-6,8-9). I have decided that I will try Instant Shine due
to the fact of the environment I have been using AMMO in and its nature (12).
Smell ya’ll later!
\\ AplAy ///
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