The Iguana Principal

The Iguana Principal is a social phenomenon that explains many irrational behaviors.

Picture a cold-blooded reptile, such as an Iguana sitting on a 205 degree rock in the middle of Death Valley, California.

Now if you or I sat down on that rock we would say "F that was really hot that's miserable". The iguana is Content as can be. We ask mr Iguana "wouldn't you rather be surfing and sipping Coronas on a beach in Santa Barbara?" The iguana has a look of confusion, the iguana knows no else other than the smoldering hot rock. At the end of the day the Iguana remains in the shit situation.

Are you like mr. Iguana?

Point of the example is that people become acclimated and become tempered to their situations. Other examples of this is "Ignorance is bliss" or the "Lobster in the pot of an increasing temperature until it boils".