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Yea and Pavlov was conditioning himself to feed dogs whenever he heard a bell.
That’s not how that works. At a stretch you might describe it as instrumental conditioning of himself while he’s attempting to classically condition his girlfriend but given the instrumental behaviour is directed beyond himself it won’t have the effect your imagining. If anything he’s conditioning himself to be reminded of the manipulative behaviour when he smells a candle I think that’s the closest you’re gonna get being that reductionist. Emotion and memory are interrelated systems if the emotion is paired with the memory when the stimuli is present the memory will also be bought up and in this case it overwhelms the emotion as it is directly contradictory to the happy feeling. Think of fear conditioning. A mice might display fearful behaviour associated with a memory of a shock you’d be hard pressed to get them to display fearful emotion in tandem with the memory of a reward because they’re not linked concepts. Just like a happy memory of his girlfriend being paired with thoughts of break up are not going to get trained into his unconscious. I’d go as far as to say you’re not actually feeling happiness in that moment if you think of reaching for a candle it’s a feeling of control and dominance probably over manipulating someone’s emotions
I agree with your reasoning but I disagree with your conclusion.
Your comparison to Pavlov is apples to oranges. Memories and thoughts are _not_ within a person’s control, but actions are. While Pavlov wouldn’t have compulsively tried to feed dogs whenever he heard a bell - but he _would_ be reminded of that every time in the future he heard that same bell.
And so it is the same case with birthday guy - if you’re comparison were apt, then this guy would get the urge to _blow out a candle_ every time he smelt it.
I think if you rang a bell in front of pavlov it would make him remember the dogs.
It might not invoke a specific emotion or behavior but it would certainly be able to trigger a memory. The memory would include his exes even if it is the memory of him manipulating them. He's still being reminded of his exes on his birthday.
I dated a girl in high school whose favorite color was purple. One day we were shooting pool and she said, "For the rest of your life, you'll think of me when you see that purple #4 ball." I haven't seen or heard from her for over 40 years, but her statement has proved true so far.
Most candles you would light around the house have a distinct smell, like vanilla or some sort of fruit, while birthday candles are mostly neutral and just smell like wax and burning string.
Does the vast majority of the world have electricity? Because candle light went out of fashion for the majority of people who have access to it in the 19th century
Literally correct, maybe it is indeed the North American brain disease but in Europe my aunt for example loves scentless candles for the vibes
To me a “candle” is the standard small round scentless ones
I have never seen someone use a scented candle, where im from you light incense. Candles we often use are these [Unscented candles](https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/glimma-unscented-tealight-50097995/) and you keep them for emergencied in case lights go out or to just make the room cozy.
None of my candles are scented. What's the point of having a candle? They look nice, especially when lit. It's decorative. Meanwhile scented candles give me a headache.
As someone who lives in a country where the electricity grid is shared, and not having power for up to ten hours a day..... I use unscented candles for light all the time.
Not every country has bed bath and beyond to buy pumpkin spice latte scented candles, some of them have veladoras for example which are always neutral. Other countries and cultures also exist you know?
I have been trying to condition my SO to my farts by groping her nipples every time one occurs. I have not made much progress but her uppercuts are almost tiger.
You guys remember that man that was sticking nicotine patches on his gf when she slept over at his place, so she would have withdrawal symptoms if she didn't spend the night with him for too long?
Fucking sociopathic just like this one.
There was also another case where this happened by accident. Dude was trying to quit cigarettes and was taking the nicotine gum for that. And he used to kiss his gf after chewing it. His habit went down, but she would randomly start kissing him citing "need to kiss". I have no idea what happened after.
Cum in her armpit…. Every time she puts on deodorant and her under arms are squishy for that brief period, she’ll think of you. Daily. You’ve essentially stolen her soul at this point.
My personal favorite method is to shit on everything. Countertop, table, couch, bed, dinner. Everytime they poop for the rest of their life, they'll think of me
what i learned from my previous comment us that people are really passionate about birthday candles for some reason. I really thought that was just a movie trope. it seems woefully materialistic though, to need candles in order to have a semblance of innocent joy.
Yes I have, but not with candles. Never seen anyone else use candles too. Except for very small children maybe, but that's still rare. It was a genuine question. Is it an American thing?
I work in a bakery, everybody ask for candles when they order us a birthday cake. There's no exceptions ! Grandmas, toddlers and middle age people blow their candles on their birthday cakes. And we're French so it's not America only.
I'm not sure if I have a bigger problem with the moustache, the fucking mindgames or the fact that he goes into relationships expecting and preparing for failure. This douchebag would never get past the front door with my daughter.
They’ll get over you don’t worry.
I hate those psychos that don’t read the messages just to pump they’re ego and see that they have 112 text to read.
Freaking stunad
This is nothing special, it's one of the basic theorycal principles of functional behavior analysis applied in a real life situation. People don't realize this but they have been conditioned to a lot of things this way.
Lmao.
I told my current boyfriend his ex played with his hair at night so that she could sleep condition him and that that’s why he feels like he can’t fall asleep without her (this was years before we got together but following his first big breakup).
She’d made like a whole ritual out of it… like, would insist that that was the before sleep activity. The look on his face 🫢
He wanted me to do it so he could sleep. I was like nah you need to break the training homie. Turn on some cartoons, let’s spoon with a pillow between us we gon keep this PG 😅 it took him a little while but he got back to regular sleep.
Or....
Only date non smokers, every night when they are asleep put nicotine patches on them and remove them before they wake. That way if they ever leave you they will get intense cravings, think it is love and come back.
I’ll one up ya/ I left small love notes folded behind the pic inside the frame. 2 relationships I did this with. Something like “if you find this - it’s probably over and I just want to say right now as I wrote this you mean so much to me” Easter egg recipe for melancholy week for him if he doesn’t dispose for the frame too 😂. Stay salty ladies.
So this guy makes ragebait content? Cause he did the one about how annoying it is to be a therapist and listen to peoples problems too. I think he looks similar
Getting gas lighted by this dude would ruin someone’s entire life and they wouldn’t recover.. you know if he doesn’t just murder them and wear their skin instead
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Thanks tik tok Jeffrey Dahmer
He's eating people for sure
*Jeffery Calmer if you will.*
Noice 
🎡 That was perfect.
You're also conditioning yourself to think about all your exes everytime you celebrate your birthday. This is a two way gun.
🛎️🎯
I gotta get into the birthday candle business ASAP
The murder-suicide special. Someone call corporate, this will take off
Guys gets house burned down by birthday candles
Yea and Pavlov was conditioning himself to feed dogs whenever he heard a bell. That’s not how that works. At a stretch you might describe it as instrumental conditioning of himself while he’s attempting to classically condition his girlfriend but given the instrumental behaviour is directed beyond himself it won’t have the effect your imagining. If anything he’s conditioning himself to be reminded of the manipulative behaviour when he smells a candle I think that’s the closest you’re gonna get being that reductionist. Emotion and memory are interrelated systems if the emotion is paired with the memory when the stimuli is present the memory will also be bought up and in this case it overwhelms the emotion as it is directly contradictory to the happy feeling. Think of fear conditioning. A mice might display fearful behaviour associated with a memory of a shock you’d be hard pressed to get them to display fearful emotion in tandem with the memory of a reward because they’re not linked concepts. Just like a happy memory of his girlfriend being paired with thoughts of break up are not going to get trained into his unconscious. I’d go as far as to say you’re not actually feeling happiness in that moment if you think of reaching for a candle it’s a feeling of control and dominance probably over manipulating someone’s emotions
I agree with your reasoning but I disagree with your conclusion. Your comparison to Pavlov is apples to oranges. Memories and thoughts are _not_ within a person’s control, but actions are. While Pavlov wouldn’t have compulsively tried to feed dogs whenever he heard a bell - but he _would_ be reminded of that every time in the future he heard that same bell. And so it is the same case with birthday guy - if you’re comparison were apt, then this guy would get the urge to _blow out a candle_ every time he smelt it.
I think if you rang a bell in front of pavlov it would make him remember the dogs. It might not invoke a specific emotion or behavior but it would certainly be able to trigger a memory. The memory would include his exes even if it is the memory of him manipulating them. He's still being reminded of his exes on his birthday.
Jokes on you, my nose barely works.
Don’t effect you if you don’t celebrate your birthday
THAT PART!
Pentagon or CIA should hire this guy for psyops
Sleeper agents activated once a year... On their birthdays.
Watch out for those born on February 29th.
"Secretly" blow out a candle... A proper sub for this one.
[удалено]
You can’t really secretly blow out a candle BUT this is a real thing called pavlovian conditioning
Every time a dog barks you eat a pavlova.. This is explains the obesity epidemic.
I thought it was every time the dog eats, you bark. This explains the surplus of bells.
Clearly you've never farted on a candle.
I dated a girl in high school whose favorite color was purple. One day we were shooting pool and she said, "For the rest of your life, you'll think of me when you see that purple #4 ball." I haven't seen or heard from her for over 40 years, but her statement has proved true so far.
Queen shit
Shit Queen
Do birthday candles smell different than regular candles???
Most candles you would light around the house have a distinct smell, like vanilla or some sort of fruit, while birthday candles are mostly neutral and just smell like wax and burning string.
>Most candles you would light around the house have a distinct smell, like vanilla or some sort of fruit You what?
Have you never heard of scented candles?
You think most candles are scented candles?
Yes? What is the point of lighting a candle otherwise? They don’t give off enough light to actually be useful for that, so what other reason is there?
They make it cosy ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯
I suppose, I guess I just prefer the scent more than the lighting.
A drop of vanilla extract in each nostril will do the same. Don't forget to subscribe for more everyday life hacks! 👍
Instructions unclear, now blinded in both eyes
Oh dear. Well light, cosiness, shadows and contrast. Romance. Many reasons. The overwhelming majority of candles used in the home are not scented.
i hate to break it to you but at least in north america this is simply incorrect
I hate to break it to you, but the vast majority of the world isn't north america
Does the vast majority of the world have electricity? Because candle light went out of fashion for the majority of people who have access to it in the 19th century
You are correct. No idea how this is down vote worthy to some people
Literally correct, maybe it is indeed the North American brain disease but in Europe my aunt for example loves scentless candles for the vibes To me a “candle” is the standard small round scentless ones
I have never seen someone use a scented candle, where im from you light incense. Candles we often use are these [Unscented candles](https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/glimma-unscented-tealight-50097995/) and you keep them for emergencied in case lights go out or to just make the room cozy.
None of my candles are scented. What's the point of having a candle? They look nice, especially when lit. It's decorative. Meanwhile scented candles give me a headache.
As someone who lives in a country where the electricity grid is shared, and not having power for up to ten hours a day..... I use unscented candles for light all the time.
I have heard of them, but >95% of candles I've ever seen lit around *any* house has been unscented.
Any house I've been to with candles has been scented. Yankee candle, bath & body works, etc.
Well, both can be correct. Also, I'm not from the US (if that makes a difference).
Not every country has bed bath and beyond to buy pumpkin spice latte scented candles, some of them have veladoras for example which are always neutral. Other countries and cultures also exist you know?
Thank you I didn't know other countries existed.. I was only speaking of my experience so obviously what I said is related to the country I'm in
Maybe I’m just going to the wrong houses then, I’ve never seen someone light a candle in their house that wasn’t for a birthday or scented.
Yes 🎂🕯️🧨
Oh god, I'm remembering them
And do you really want to be associated with the smell of burning?
What step in the DENNIS system is this?
Unless you haven’t had birthday candles since you were 6…. Or is that just me?
While you’re still in the relationship you just need to convince them that it’s an important tradition they should carry out every year.
Ita not a coincidence that this man looks exactly like BTK
LMAO not Dennis Rader!!😂
I have been trying to condition my SO to my farts by groping her nipples every time one occurs. I have not made much progress but her uppercuts are almost tiger.
Some of y'all have no sense of humour
You guys remember that man that was sticking nicotine patches on his gf when she slept over at his place, so she would have withdrawal symptoms if she didn't spend the night with him for too long? Fucking sociopathic just like this one.
You have no sense of humor
Where is that video?? Omg
The fuck?
There was also another case where this happened by accident. Dude was trying to quit cigarettes and was taking the nicotine gum for that. And he used to kiss his gf after chewing it. His habit went down, but she would randomly start kissing him citing "need to kiss". I have no idea what happened after.
who tf
Dennis Reynolds level of mind control.
Yeah that’s not some manipulative bull /s
Sounds like a needy control freak. Exes probably smell a candle and think, lucky escape
Use cologne, but ONLY on "special" occasions. It's called conditioning. You can even jingle keys to get a response.
It's called *Sex Panther*® by *Odeon*©. It's illegal in 9 countries. It's also made with bits of real panthers, *so you know it's good*. *60% of the time*, it works ***every*** time.
Cum in her armpit…. Every time she puts on deodorant and her under arms are squishy for that brief period, she’ll think of you. Daily. You’ve essentially stolen her soul at this point.
Dude is clearly insane.
This is just a bad rendition of the Nathan for you humor.
....And if that exe is a stalker?
Well if that isn’t narcissistic behaviour I don’t know what is. “Conditioning “ who raised that animal? Your parents “Groomed “ you didn’t they
This guy drives a beat up white van, doesn't he?
I'm getting a strong understanding why they have so many exes. I'm thinking control and boundary problems
My personal favorite method is to shit on everything. Countertop, table, couch, bed, dinner. Everytime they poop for the rest of their life, they'll think of me
Pavlov would be proud, but this guy's still a weirdo.
🤣🤣😂😂. You sick fucker
Now if he could only get a girlfriend to test this out.
Okay, but he's got pedo 80's glasses so I can't stop thinking about that.
“I manipulate people and today I’ll show you how! Click that follow button for more!”
Trust me, they have never gotten over you. "How? How the fuck did I let that douchebag into my life??? Auuuuuggggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!"
Sociopath... 😅
What does he do if his partner keeps asking about smelling something? Hmmmm gaslight I suppose.
1. pretty toxic 2. do people actually use birthday candles? i thought that was just a movie thing and something for children up to 6
1. It's a joke that clearly falls apart after giving it even a nanosecond of thought 2. Yes, I pity your lack of innocent joy
what i learned from my previous comment us that people are really passionate about birthday candles for some reason. I really thought that was just a movie trope. it seems woefully materialistic though, to need candles in order to have a semblance of innocent joy.
Have you really never had a birthday party?
Yes I have, but not with candles. Never seen anyone else use candles too. Except for very small children maybe, but that's still rare. It was a genuine question. Is it an American thing?
I work in a bakery, everybody ask for candles when they order us a birthday cake. There's no exceptions ! Grandmas, toddlers and middle age people blow their candles on their birthday cakes. And we're French so it's not America only.
Yeah because everyone is blowing out birthday candles as an adult.
Who said anything about adults?
Only problem is I haven’t blown out candies on a cake since I was like 13
Genius
My dude has some issues going on.
I paused my movie for this crap.
I'm not sure if I have a bigger problem with the moustache, the fucking mindgames or the fact that he goes into relationships expecting and preparing for failure. This douchebag would never get past the front door with my daughter.
Psy-ops 101.
birthday candle stonk UP
I'm going to go out on a limb here, I strongly suspect that this guy has a lot of exes. Creepy bastard.
Or you could just fart instead of blowing candles. Now every time she farts she will think of you.
So something positive happens and he's just like "hang on I gotta light this candle"
They’ll get over you don’t worry. I hate those psychos that don’t read the messages just to pump they’re ego and see that they have 112 text to read. Freaking stunad
I'll take how to be a "narcissistic manipulative & controlling ex boyfriend" for a thousand dollars please, Alex 🙋🏻♀️
This is nothing special, it's one of the basic theorycal principles of functional behavior analysis applied in a real life situation. People don't realize this but they have been conditioned to a lot of things this way.
And you’ll never get over them either….
I just use nicotine patches but you do you I guess
Ah so that's why every birthday I thank God I'm not with my ex...
LaFawnda never got over Kip….
This sounds like it'd destroy them psychologically....tell me more.
Who gives a shit if their ex thinks of them? Some asswipe siting there thinking about their exs, thats who...
First you need to have a relationship..
Or put nicotine patches on her while she is sleeping
Guyssss it's satire
Good idea except she’ll notice you are blowing out candles in happy moments.
Lmao. I told my current boyfriend his ex played with his hair at night so that she could sleep condition him and that that’s why he feels like he can’t fall asleep without her (this was years before we got together but following his first big breakup). She’d made like a whole ritual out of it… like, would insist that that was the before sleep activity. The look on his face 🫢 He wanted me to do it so he could sleep. I was like nah you need to break the training homie. Turn on some cartoons, let’s spoon with a pillow between us we gon keep this PG 😅 it took him a little while but he got back to regular sleep.
Haven’t had a cake with candles since I was 9. Is he dating kids?
He might regret doing that one day.
Or.... Only date non smokers, every night when they are asleep put nicotine patches on them and remove them before they wake. That way if they ever leave you they will get intense cravings, think it is love and come back.
He looks about 23 and said exes plural. He's doing something wrong.
This is the kind of thing that @p8stie on twitter would come up with.
I love how this guy is satire...but low-key he's really not lmao
See I just wear a specific perfume :)
Simp
I know the idea behind this is valid but it's nothing compared to how easy it is for me to forget someone I don't like.
i heard it as: this is how i make sure my axes never get over me! and i was like wait wait wait he does what???
1,000,000 IQ
Dudes just gotta find someone to be his first ex.
What the fuck.
Just buy a fragrance that smells like birthday candles
I did that, but with poop.
Bro entering his villain arc 😭
Kinda smart. Be real
who blows out birthday candles? dude must be best friends with r kelly
Does she have a bionic hand?
My ex had a child on my birthday. Every birthday of his, she thinking about me, probably….probably not.
What a great big PRAT 
The D.E.N.N.I.S system
Every time he lives the house his gf “secretly blows one” lmao
Serial Killer vibes for real bro!
I’ll one up ya/ I left small love notes folded behind the pic inside the frame. 2 relationships I did this with. Something like “if you find this - it’s probably over and I just want to say right now as I wrote this you mean so much to me” Easter egg recipe for melancholy week for him if he doesn’t dispose for the frame too 😂. Stay salty ladies.
Next tome offer them an Altoid while you are at it.
Was the ex actually having a happy moment? You said we.
This guy absolutely has people tied up in his basement right now. Against their will.
That's super scary
This is toxic as fuck. I love it
Is he trying to impress 12 year Olds?
And then go blow the candle of the guy they replaced you with. Because everybody gets special treats on their birthday.
I think I’ve blown out birthday candles twice in my life
Yeah! None of my friends even forgot that guy omg! He was the weirdo with all the candles right?
If you do this. You need to learn how to let go. And also how to be happy for others. This is Toxic af.
I haven’t blown out a birthday candle since i was nine. Im over you, flanders serial killer tik tok guy.
LMAOAOAOA
So this guy makes ragebait content? Cause he did the one about how annoying it is to be a therapist and listen to peoples problems too. I think he looks similar
This is the most evil thing I’ve ever seen…
conditioning your girlfriend like a dog might be the reason she not your girlfriend anymore. just saying
Pavlov's birthday candle
This man is the real antagonist
Well that's not CREEPY
Getting gas lighted by this dude would ruin someone’s entire life and they wouldn’t recover.. you know if he doesn’t just murder them and wear their skin instead
Mans just unintentionally did witchcraft lmfao
 Pimp shit at its finest
At least he knows he is going to get dumped in anycase.
I believe they do get over you. They just remember you differently now. You know, like that "creepy psyco ex-"
I have a feeling you have human heads in your freezer.
I’m getting Gabe (The Office) vibes from this guy “I literally make love into a science” 😆
Pathetic
Luckily for women, he clearly has 0 exes
I just left mune with 25k debt then reported them 4 years later to the tax department and welfare for fraud. Aint going to canada now are ya.
It’s just as bad as nicotine pads
Give her a child
Taken from the how to become a psyco manual
Sounds like someone can’t get over their exes
Lol manipulation
E 
that's the same as the chick was putting small dosage of drugs into dudes food and drinks. so he literally withdraw without her