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the only fear you pay money to feel on purpose

means A sudden wave of intense excitement or pleasurable emotion that seems to ripple right through your body.

from From Old English 'thyrlian,' meaning to pierce or bore a holethe same root that gives us 'nostril' (literally a 'nose-hole'). A thrill was once something that physically pierced you; over time the piercing became emotional, the sensation of being run through by sudden feeling.

word originfrom Old English 'thirlian,' meaning to pierce
chemical fueldopamine spikes before reward, not after
sensation seekerssome brains run lower on baseline dopamine
the chillsmusical thrills can raise goosebumps measurably
fear flipcontext turns terror into delight, same physiology
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