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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Old_Jimmy_Twodicks@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You had me at “injecting a cock-”

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    • BarticusR@feddit.uk ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Username checks out.

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  • brokenlcd@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Small remider than when injected, serotonin basically overdrives pain receptors. That’s why it’s in there. It won’t make you happy. It will make you feel even more in hell. (I know it’s a joke. But come on i couldn’t resist)

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    • dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Can’t have science_memes without science. 🫡

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    • xylol@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It will make you feel

      At least its something

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        🎵 I hurt myself today to see if I still feel 🎵

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    • Setarkus@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s the neat part about this community, getting to see memes and seeing additional information in the comments :D

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    • BennyInc@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Would it be possible to genetically engineer nettles which inject helpful or recreational drugs in small doses instead of itchy stuff?

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Possible? Maybe. 🤷

        Ethical? Possibly. 🤷

        Legal? Not in a million years 😔

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  • Saleh@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Serotonin can’t past the blood-brain barrier.

    You have two serotonin households and it serves different regulation purposes in your body and brain.

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      so jump head first

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      • hanke@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        brain first

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  • whatyoube@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Actually, people use nettle bouquets to beat themselves with in sauna. It has a pain relieving effect for rheumatic and nerve pain. Only younger nettles are used which are gathered in may-june. You first dip them in hot water for 1 minute, then 3 minutes cold water, then 1 minute hot again and 3 minutes cold. Then it is ready to be used for spanking in the sauna. It feels like all of your skin has an orgasm, pretty wild.

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I have a nerve injury and damn, I need more sauna. This sounds fantastic lol.

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  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    A botany teacher I once had would rub her hands with nettles every morning to help with her arthritis. She said the increased blood flow from the inflammation helped somehow. Reminds me of the people who get stung by bees to help with MS.

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    • cokeslutgarbage@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s called urtification (after the latin for nettles, Urtica dioica) , and humans have been doing it forever for exactly the reasons she mentioned.

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    • Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      formic acid is also a rapid fixitive and decalcifier. We use it to treat bones to make them softer for histology so we can slice them into 4um cross sections (thats how microscope slides are made, then we stain them with pretty colours)

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    • Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You body will acclimate to the feeling after repeated exposure.

      My partner spent so many years removing nettle from wetland restoration sites that she doesn’t even feel it anymore.

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      So she was literally fighting inflammation with inflammation? That’s either badass, stupid, or both 😄

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  • EldenLord@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    injecting a cock

    Freaky

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  • Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Not a good idea to confuse Nettles with a fucking Cactus

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    • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Not a safe idea. Which makes it great entertainment.

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    • Chakravanti@monero.town ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Depends who you’re talking to.

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  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The serotonin keeps you from acclimating to the pain.

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  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I heard it can be made into a pesto-like dip

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    • Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      And cooked like spinach. And made into a tea.

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    • Aquila@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Spicy pesto

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That’s my stripper name

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      • dumples@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Any processing removed the stinging. They are a real super super food high in pretty much every vitamin and mineral. I drink nettle tea often in the winter

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I sat on a nettle accidentally once in my 20’s and now I never sit down on the ground outside.

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    • xylol@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Do you normally just back it up until you feel something to sit on?

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      • slothrop@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Are you needling them?

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    • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s because of things like this I don’t go outside. Outside is scary. Cave. Safe.

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      • fireweed@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        inb4 this user reads up on indoor air pollutants

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Wait till you hear about Gympie gympie plant, which is related to stinging nettle but on steroids, and is more potent

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  • digger@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The nettles make me think happy times.

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  • Goodman@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oldy goldy for those who don’t know the video m.youtube.com/watch?v=PHSJCMkUa9Y

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  • Bonus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Nettles Cholla or something else more hardcore.

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