Are we sure this isn’t because of local contamination or something like that? Are we sure this is actually naturally occurring?
po-tay-toes
Submitted 3 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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homes@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Monsanto has entered the chat.
Dicska@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Inb4 Monsanto funded study says ‘Monsanto pesticides proven to improve mental health’
fullsquare@awful.systems 3 weeks ago
it also happened with tramadol before (different plant)
GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Krudler@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nanograms / gram.
So kljust eat about 1 million potatoes daily.
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Challenge accepted 😋
django@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I first believed a “potato tuber” to be something similar to a v-tuber, but it’s a potato.
ascend@lemmy.radio 3 weeks ago
What’s a v tuber
django@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Inhabitant of vt.social: vt.social/public/local
MeetMeAtTheMovies@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
It’s a root vegetable that only exists in the blockchain
JustSo@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
Like that fucking peanut
chgxvjh@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
I mean, those do exist
Schmoo@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Does this mean we could genetically engineer them to produce enough for an adult dose?
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
A potato a day keeps the psychiatrist away.
Danarchy@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Wait til u hear what they find in the humble poppy
resting_parrot@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You can’t make French fries out of a poppy
trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 2 weeks ago
Anyone got any poppy bulbs, asking for a friend
FundMECFS@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Those aren‘t just anxiety drugs. Lorazepam is a literal Benzo. Which means it literally depresses (ie. makes less active) your CNS (brain).
These drugs are highly addictive and tolerance forming. They‘re often prescribed for insomnia since they inhibit brain signalling.
Once your brain forms tolerance it increases excitatory signalling to „counter“ the drug. Which means if you abruptly stop, you get withdrawal. Your brain is „overactive“ you have seizures, loads of horrible symptoms, in some cases people die.
(Not trying to scare people, short term or sporadic use is actually decently safe, it‘s long term high dose use which is dangerous. But basically my point is „anxiety drug“ is underselling what this is.)
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
You’re also overstating their dangers by providing incomplete, inaccurate information. I worked on a pharma study on long-term benzo usage, so I’m familiar. Needless, inaccurate fear mongering like this is exactly what individuals with anxiety, recalcitrant insomnia, or seizure disorders do NOT need to read when looking into treatment options.
Benzodiazepines are an effective, appropriate treatment for a number of conditions, including treatment-resistant insomnia, anxiety and panic disorders, and epilepsy.
Long-term use is safe if prescribed and used correctly. Taking a low to moderate dose 2-4 days weekly is unlikely to result in tolerance or addiction. Higher-dosage and/or daily treatment is also safe under the care of a knowledgeable physician. Other modalities, such as SSRIs, tricyclics, and MAOIs, are preferable first-line treatments for anxiety and panic disorders, but some individuals have symptoms recalcitrant to treatment and require adjuvant therapy. Benzodiazepines are used as rescue medications by epileptics, and some have such serious symptoms that their use is a major facet of treatment. See Lennox-Gastaut syndrome to get an idea.
Abrupt withdrawal symptoms can be unpleasant but “seizures and loads of horrible symptoms” is more fear mongering. The most common symptoms of “quitting cold turkey” from frequent and long-term usage are minor but unpleasant: agitation, irritability, increased anxiety, increased sweating, etc. Seizures are rare and tend to be in individuals… wait for it… using these medications for acute seizure treatment. These can be easily avoided by tapering down the dosage over time.
I don’t know what your motive here was, but consider the impact before trying to give people a scare.
trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 2 weeks ago
tricyclics as a first-line treatment
What the hell did I just read?
It’s not fear mongering. People need to be aware of the potential consequences prior to taking medication long term. Long-term usage causes (sometimes permanent) cognitive damage and withdrawal absolutely can cause psychosis, seizures and coma. Should you avoid medication if you need it? Absolutely not as the negatives are pale in comparison to the positives, but let’s not pretend that those side effects are extremely rare.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
So what you’re saying is that potatoes are a helluva drug.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Carb coma best coma.
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Potatoes are also one of the few foods you can live almost entirely on. If you eat the skin. They have about everything you need, unlike all other staple foods. The problem is you need a lot of them, and they get weird if they freeze. But you could dry them.
Peruvians used to smash them on the rocks and freeze dry them in the cold Andean air to preserve them for the winters up there above 10k feet.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I saw that movie.
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Which movie is that? I just read about it in a news article before the news turned into shit.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
I thought potatoes just made me feel good because they taste awesome… 🤔
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
They forgot that you can make a potato into a perfectly suitable pipe for smoking weed. Also an apple.
When you got weed and no papers, you get creative.
Cort@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How do you make a potato into an apple man?
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
by saying it’s French name “pomme de terre”… basically dirt apple
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Dude, you’ve had enough, quit hogging the potato and pass it.
sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I never understood why people did this. You can also turn an empty pop or beer can into a pipe so much easier. And they’re ubiquitous, unlike apples and potatoes.
TheparishofChigwell@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You mean dent the can and smoke the paint and plastic inner coating instead of just asking a dude for some papes
NutWrench@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Boil 'em . . . mash 'em . . . shove 'em up your ass . . . PO-TAY-TOES!
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not that kind of plug, NutWrench
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a pharmacy.
Ghostie@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Eat potatoes and chill out.
gtrcoi@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
This might be pro-potato propaganda from big potato to drive up demand after the potato market crash in Europe. I’m gonna make mash with mine.
Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Big Potato is my favorite rapper
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Potato tubers, YouTubers who talk about potatoes a lot.
Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
“What’s up you guys? This is Tater-Todd and welcome to my four hour deep dive into the Disturbing History of the Yukon Gold Potato…”
shneancy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
… this may or may not have been my first thought
Sabata11792@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Sorry, I need a potato themed wiafu vtuber or It’s not going to hold my attention.
LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
God I love potatoes.
That is all
Nangijala@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
Makes Danes talk funny
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Implying they don’t talk funny all the time :p
Nangijala@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
The power of the potato, my friend.
RedSnt@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
It’s been all downhill for us Danes since Columbus found the Americas.
ClathrateG@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
happysplinter@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TIL that I’m growing Ativan in my garden this year.
Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Potatoes are proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Who told those little fuckers to eat that poisonous root…
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
TIL Starch Sadness isn’t just a meme.
ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
I’ll just mention that in Italy the word for potato is also used to refer to pussy.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Well now I have to see some Italian pussy
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You’re welcome.
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
boil em mash em stick em in a stew
altphoto@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
The first color photos were composed by tri-colored sensitized potato crums/particles.
sirico@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
They left out paint stamps
scuppie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
!potatoism@lemmy.world
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They aren’t doing their job. Guess I need to up my dose.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Boil 'em, mash 'em, inject 'em.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Good thing I made potato soup yesterday.
Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
They call dogs mans best friend, but we ignore the humble potato. Have they been with us as long as canines? No. That’s why they’re putting in so much effort to fufill our every need.
One day you’re going to wake up and realize you love your potatoes. That they love you. The entire time, you’ll know what you need to do. It will hurt, as it always does, as you boil and mash this tuber that was once your closest companion, but in return, they will give you a full days nourishment and only ask for a little more butter this time.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I love my dog, but I’ve never had to clean potato vomit out of a carpet at 3 am.
Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Lemme make a pot of mashed potatoes and get extremely drunk. We can change this.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How about a dog vomiting up raw potato? Cleaned that up yesterday
Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Thanks to the andeans who gave us the potato