Diana is so crazy for the moon

Bottom Laner··62 votes·2,279 views

You could say she's a lunatic

23 Comments

heterosexual DIE20 votes

Diana "A new pun is rising..."

SoMNia11 votes

You do realize that "lunatic" literally means "moonstruck", right? That's not even a pun. XD

Leetri4 votes

I'd wager the word is a result from back when people thought the light from a full moons could make people insane.

kile1473 votes

Full moons do make people insane, that's not actually a myth. Overall people become more erratic and violent near the full moon. Ask your local nurses/doctors, they are the ones who notice because they are the ones who end up treating the gunshot and knife wounds.

Zedex4 votes

Its subjective lol. Crazy people see the full moon and it gives them another excuse to forgo help and treatment, and instead act out, whether it be in a safe manner or in a violent one. Its society that does that, not the moon.

billxx1 votes

Yea true

Spaceman5pff1 votes

Full moons disrupt established circadian rhythms by confusing light dark cycles, which can create effects similar to jet lag (foggy head, drowsiness). The effects would be more prevalent in those people that are already less mentally stable. It isn't only humans susceptible to this, Cats, dogs and many other animals also experience similar effects.

EDIT: Humans, and animals in general, are more prone to rash decisions when their circadian rhythms are disrupted. Many large companies have policies in place to prevent businessman / businesswomen from making deals / signing contracts within 24 - 48 hours of traveling across a certain number of time zones because of this. On a more primitive note, the full moon was both the best chance for nighttime hunting, as well as the best night to be hunted at nighttime. It is programmed into humans and many other animals to be on higher alert for prey /predators come a full moon.

Back to your post, no, that is not how subjectivity works. The fact that there is an increase in violent crime on a full moon is a purely objective data point. Your comment is a point of subjectivity, as well as density and naivety. Sure 1/1000 violent crimes might be explained by asinine motives like this, but those people are not likely to be truly crazy, rather just jerks pushing semantics too far.

Leetri2 votes

The studies show no correlation and I'd trust a carefully monitored test over anecdotal tellings. There is an effect however, but it's not because of the moon itself. It's simple statistics. People are more active during a full moon since it's not as dark, and more people moving around at night means more accidents and crimes.

Spaceman5pff1 votes

Ok so both of us are saying true things. Also, not sure what anecdotal tellings you are referring to.

Leetri1 votes

As far as I can find there's actually no correlation, unless you're an extremely photosensitive epileptic. It can make you lose sleep if you don't have blinds or something to keep light out, but you'd get the same effect by just leaving the ceiling lamp on. And I can't ask any local nurses because there are no shootings or stabbings here in the first place. :P

Spaceman5pff1 votes

There truly is a correlation, but in highly developed / safe areas, where people live every day with a higher sense of security, the impact is naturally less.

Morsigil2 votes

As someone who works with many nurses and doctors at a large hospital, yes, if you ask the nurses at least they'll say that when a full moon comes around the ED fills up and everyone who comes in is doing batshit insane things. That being said, the person who believes this the most honest to god believes she is psychic and thinks faeries and ghosts are real beyond a doubt.

Overall I've noticed a very strong vein of superstition at least among the nurses (male and female). Like to the point where if I say "Gee it sure has been a quiet day" they will get legitimately angry with me for angering the hospital gods who will now smite us with crazy cases.

For the record, I haven't noticed anything of the sort. The thing is, a full moon just means you can see more of the moon. It's not like it's closer necessarily, that varies, and it's not like it engages it's "magic core" and begins releasing magic rays. Basically, if there IS a correlation it's because people choose to act that way, not because of any supernatural force.

kile1472 votes

I have seen many people who I would not consider superstitious to swear by it so I tend to believe it. Obviously it's not a supernatural effect, if lunacy is a thing it is probably due to some encoded behavior deep in the human genome, perhaps more visibility at night creating a psychological trigger to be wary of predators thus putting people more on edge leading to more cases of violence.

Spaceman5pff1 votes

This is exactly right, and in combination with high light levels disrupting day / night concept (circadian rhythms) can set people very much on edge.

The effect would be much more noticeable in the mentally unstable, or in already high-crime areas, as these people are often less 'secure'.

SoMNia1 votes

That's right! Latin, from the latter half of the 13th century.

ZombieHugs1 votes

@Grashnim It must be a bug

Know Your Folly1 votes

Me: This punnage is madness. Diana Would you say that it is lunacy? Me: This is why we can't go nice places.

Krinu1 votes

Eugh. Take my upvote.

Only Play Darius1 votes

That was actually a good joke so you know she didn't come up with it

Stiv12341 votes

It's almost like if she was a lunazi.

Joe Mana1 votes

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Neamean1 votes

I thought the reasoning was because crazy people comes out at night.

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