flatter wrote:

Wasn't it also the fact that you don't find the man attractive, that you couldn't enjoy his crying?

It would have factored into it although I don't think it was the main reason.  Because when I watch crying scenes on the internet, I don't find that the man needs to be attractive to me so much as I'm picky on his "crying style".  If he's a really awesome crier, he instantly can become more attractive to me...  

Bursting into loud, pitchy sobs is not usually a crying style I'm into.  Just did a random search and found some crying clips.  The man in my observation sounded a bit like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9sVvmyqVU

but I tend to prefer breathy gasps, soft whimpers, and I even prefer when they're still able to speak a bit (though with adorable difficulty).  If they are completely overcome with sobs, they can't even speak. 

In this counter-example, I generally like the way he cries before she dies (other than when he sounds a bit constipated), but after she dies and the scene moves on, it isn't all that long before I stop liking it.  Too intense for me! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHPCloN_w1A

I will preface this post by saying that I get very, very few male observations.  Probably averages one every few years and they are usually pretty lame when they do happen.  Like a father-of-the-groom briefly getting a little choked up at a wedding and he isn't even attractive.  That kind of thing. 

Well, I have a male friend (who I don't find attractive, but doesn't matter) who struggles with serious ongoing issues.  Whenever I would see this friend, he would never cry.  He would talk about his issues but there was never so much as a waver in his voice or a sad look in his eyes when he would talk about them -- nothing!  

Anyway, as this is a public forum, I won't go into detail, but we were alone somewhere talking on a particularly hard day for him.  Anyway, things were like normal for a while and we were talking and then BOOM, suddenly the right switch flipped... one minute he was fine and the next minute he crumbled!  His face fell, he looked to the floor, he said a few words in a high pitched, incoherent voice, and then started SOBBING heavily!  It seemed to come so fast!  There was no real build-up as I had always imagined there would be and the subject matter did not seem particularly awful to me of all the things he could have cried about that day (though I can see now why it triggered him).  

So at that point I was sort of shocked and totally silent and thought, OK, this is really happening.  I'm really getting a crying observation.  Wow, he is crying so HARD.  What do I do?  I can't just stand here and watch, it's too awkward not to do something!  So I put my arms around him and squeezed him and we hugged while he continued sobbing.  I'm talking loud, pitchy sobs and gaspy breaths.  Continuously.  It was a full meltdown.   

I think it probably only lasted about a minute from beginning to end, and just as quickly as it had started, it had ended!  He broke the hug, said a few more words in a high pitched voice that were hard to make

Netsoy wrote:

I bet this japanese show is a fake.  Nobody can produce 123 milliliters of tears in that short time!   XD 

Netsoy, the competition takes place over the course of 7 full days.  I think it's possible!

Yeah, the onions didn't seem like they belonged in the game.  Fortunately, all the other contestants were pumping out emotional tears...  

Yes to a show with some men trying to compete for most tears shed, whatever country it comes from... please, please, please???

 

Not sure if this has been posted before, but found this last night so figured I might as well share.  

Contestants on this show have to keep up a high volume of tears (collected and measured in vials) if they want to stay in the game.  Each night, the contestant with the lowest tear volume is eliminated, until only one contestant (the winner) remains.

Crying as a sport!  Awesome, haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_r8gvWbfFY