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Cuddly gerbils

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ickplant@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • This2ShallPass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What testosterone really does is when your status is being challenged, testosterone makes you do whatever you need to do to maintain status. You can have an economic game where people get status by making generous offers and give people testosterone and they become more generous in the game. In other words, if you shot up a whole bunch of Buddhist monks with testosterone, they would run amok doing random acts of kindness all over the place.

    Testosterone doesn’t make you aggressive

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    • redchert@lemmygrad.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      if you shot up a whole bunch of Buddhist monks with testosterone, they would run amok doing random acts of kindness all over the place.

      Thats a very mystical view of buddhism.

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  • FerretyFever0@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Testosterone makes the boys more cuddly? Explains a lot.

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    • 0x0@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Roid rage is mostly a myth when it comes to regular T

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      • QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        i have tried both testosterone and estrogen (trans). Testosterone rage is definitely real and so is estrogen mood swings. It’s not like the movies though, moreso you can’t solve a puzzle so you ragequit and just are really pissed off.

        estrogen will make you cry over a pidgin because it walks cute

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      • FerretyFever0@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I know, just didn't realize it could potentially be the opposite.

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The gym makes so much more sense now.

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  • ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Study in question: news.emory.edu/stories/2022/08/…/story.html

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    • Zkuld@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0453

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  • Godric@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I get it, I too am filled with immense rage and could use a hug, it checks out!

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  • SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Looks like a Rodentdendron.

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  • Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Welcome to Gerbil Orgy. We just begin cuddle puddle. You will join?

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Image

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  • Mobiuthuselah@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I can think of one male friend who prefers handshakes, but the rest, we all hug at each greeting and parting and regularly tell each other we love one another.

    We don’t really cuddle all that often though.

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sounds like maybe you’re too much of a pussy to cuddle your boys?

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  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I envy these creatures, they get to cuddle all the time, and not worry about someone overthinking it.

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  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Then why is there an odd number of gerbils?

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    • OfficeMonkey@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Someone had to take the picture!

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    • SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Pepper couldn’t make the shoot.

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    • ryedaft@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Because you are bad at counting. There’s one more at the very end, behind the branch. You can only see a an eye and an ear.

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      • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You’re right!

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  • tomenzgg@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Pair-bonded? This is just what we in the field of Gender Studies call homosocial.

    Just in Case

    /s

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  • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    …and they also looked like gerbils?

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