Apytele

@Apytele@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets in a bad mood⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ll get a similar adrenaline / endorphin combo hit with much less lasting harm to your body if you run or do jumping jacks for five minutes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  oooh that’s a thought. I thought it was gonna be more like what their poop / excretions smell like because maybe some of them smell like those things they don’t like but now I’m wondering if it’s the other way around?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keep them secret⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah like. I’ll google stuff on his phone if it’s within reach and mine’s not but like. I’m not combing through his messages or anything that seems exhausting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The good bit from the article (not that the methodology isn’t interesting):

  What mosquitoes did – and didn’t – like

  Each species showed clear preferences when it came to the odors and skin bacteria.

  Aedes aegypti showed a slight preference for men over women, while the other two mosquito species did not discriminate on the basis of sex. The reasons for this are not clear, and the differences in odors and skin microbes between men and women were too great for us to tease out any individual factors driving mosquito attraction.

  Aedes aegypti preferred people that had less of certain odors like cyclic alcohols, which are ingredients in some fragrances and cosmetic products. But they were attracted to people on whom Staphylococcus bacteria was more abundant. Meanwhile, lower attraction was associated with certain Pseudomonas bacteria.

  Aedes albopictus was a little less picky, preferring people with plenty of odors. They particularly sought out people with high amounts of organic compounds called ketones. One of their favorite ketones was mesityl oxide, which has a sweet, honeylike odor. These mosquitoes also preferred people with more skin microbes, particularly when bacteria like Streptococcus intermedius and Anaercoccus octavius were in higher abundance.

  But they also avoided certain bacteria, like the Mogibacterium genus. We suspect that these bacteria may produce odors that these mosquitoes don’t like.

  Much like Aedes aegypti, Culex quinquefasciatus picked participants that had fewer odors overall. They were attracted to monoterpenes like alpha-pinene, which are organic compounds often found in essential oils.

  Interestingly, there were no bacteria that were associated with high attraction for Culex quinquefasciatus, but there was a high abundance of the bacteria genus Actinomyces on the participants that were low attraction to these mosquitoes.

  The results weren’t all differences: Some odors and bacteria were attractive across all three species. For example, all three were attracted to participants with the odor chemical ethyl 2-methylbutanoate, a fruity scent often found in fragrances. And all three species were less attracted to participants with lots of the odor 1-penten-3-ol, a chemical typically used in fresh- or crisp-scented products.

  We also found that some skin bacteria were attractive across all three species. For example, people with more Corynebacterium kefirresidentii living on their skin were highly attractive to all the mosquitoes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨now you're worth⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You know what’s an underrated ship? Rick Sanchez and Stanford Pines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon questions the epidemic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In fact sex being used as the indicator is actually a clue to one of the largest contributors. There’s a very wide reaching assumption that men should get most of their emotional support from their female partner. This is often very stressful to the female partner and is a fragile way to meet a basic need; if she gets sick or dies he’s probably not far behind her. Men need to learn how to compliment and hug each other. It’s 2026 ffs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why im switching up my deanposting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Should’ve also had “I’m a teenage boy trying to impress his girlfriend in the passenger seat.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Killing time in the doctor's waiting room⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You know, most multicellular organisms don’t have a vagina, but most of them DO have an anus. Something to think about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SBA #227 Sins and Virtues⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Chris Hansen corrupting evidence. I’m serious having worked with child sex offenders I find most people’s hatred to be either slightly performative or just as an excuse to hate someone lesser (not that they’re wrong) but in a way that prevents the label from being applied accurately and prevents the actual victims from receiving justice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Knife horse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s how they get you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hazelnut⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s a hamster tucking food in cheeks that run down to it’s hips.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Food served to US service men & women.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was gonna say, if your other options are poverty / prison, this isn’t actually a bad deal practically speaking. Not gonna get into the ethics of military service other than to say blaming individuals for trying to escape poverty isn’t the answer. When I teach about chronic institutionalization in a psychiatric context, the military is one of the susceptible demographics alongside prison and long term hospitalization.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I do about my family?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Get as much support out of them as you can stomach. Try to at least graduate a trade school if you can. Use them to get to a point where you can reliably pay your own rent and other bills needed for daily life. Then move to a new address and change your number and don’t tell them the new ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh my! 🫘 👁️🫦👁️⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was gonna say, those beans aren’t horny, they’re being molested.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Waiting and getting treated is better than waiting and going bankrupt⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  yeah you basically never wanna do psych stuff in an ER unless the behavior is unsafe enough that they’re likely to end up there anyway. The only psych interventions ED staff know how to do is emergently drugging a person unconscious which is rarely necessary. You more likely want some kind of specific psychiatric crisis services but you still need to be able to communicate effectively enough to let them work out a basic safety plan because if you go in with “I wanna die nothing will ever get better and you can’t talk me out of that” they’re gonna get you sent to an ER.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me attending "AI University" at work today⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I made myself a password generator where you input how long the password needs to be, + other requirements (length, number, special characters (there’s an input box for which ones are allowed) then it subtracts the number / special character from the total required length, chooses a random combo of 3-7 letter words that will make exactly the required length, then adds back in a random number and special character and capitalizes one of the words. Probably not as safe as a completely random password but waaay easier to remember.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Darude Sandstorm⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s basically two side effect profiles:

  1. It makes you fat, sleepy, confused, constipated / diarrhea / both, and your genitals stop working, but possibly in a different way than your usual everyday hell so maybe it’ll be a little better?

  2. It only has one side effect that only happens 0.00001% of the time: instant horrifyingly painful death.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brilliant‼️⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Uber, lyft, etc also do a lot of hospital-to-home transport for otherwise ambulatory / self care patients. Wondering if theyre gonna stop picking up my Psych patients too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would SpaceX continue to be immoral without Musk?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ty! This the the longer answer I was really looking for. I figured it was probably a scale problem but it’s nice to have that confirmed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if only people knew how based He is⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  o hai

  !gnostic@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if only people knew how based He is⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  !gnostic@sh.itjust.works lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would SpaceX continue to be immoral without Musk?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  just randomly on the topic of Kessler syndrome. could we make a big sticky thing to just throw into orbit and like. Stick to everything. like a space lint roller or one of those slimes people use to clean car vents. Just turn it all back into one big garbage ball somehow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the origin of the many phrases that include a person's name?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Peeping Tom is a character from the story of Lady Godiva. Basically Lord Godiva was an asshole / tyrant and Lady Godiva begged him to have mercy on her subjects.

  He was all “well if you like them all so damn much go ride a horse naked across the whole land so they can all see yo hoeass”

  and she was like “OK then you’ll stop being an asshole? Bet.”

  and he was all like “do it then bitch.”

  So she fuckin’ did and all the subjects averted their eyes and/or stayed indoors except peeping Tom who was subsequently struck blind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anon discovers the magic of pizza (and yaoi)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ☝️

  Especially the thing about tumblr

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honk at me again you long neck fuck, see what happens.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this meme might predate the internet, brb gonna do some research.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anon discovers the magic of pizza (and yaoi)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or, hear me out, sometimes dudes are bi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here comes some more holes in the drywall⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The hot shower contrasted with the cold carbonation plus the chemical relaxant is an utterly transcendent sensation. And if you drink a bottle of pedialyte before going to sleep you’ll basically never get a hangover that’s not super complicated lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here comes some more holes in the drywall⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuuuck I miss shower beers I gave my liver a 2.5 year break and now hubs wants to get sober for a bit too so it’s gonna have to be an even longer break :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dumb it way down⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I tell unfriendly cis people I’m female but I let them mistake me for male if it benefits me (my work is managing violent behaviors so some confused patients act better if they think I’m male).

  I tell friendly cis people and especially children “kinda both kinda neither.”

  I tell lgbt people “what’re you the Cops?” or “that’s proprietary information and and I don’t have a copy of the NDA form on me.”

  And my answer to the pronoun question is “what you call me when I’m not here is none of my business.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any serial killers still active in the US today? With all the tech like dna, fingerprints, flock camera's etc. Would it be almost impossible to be one?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also most serial killers don’t want to talk to the police. They just wanna be left alone to torture and murder prior nobody cares about like truck stop prostitutes. The bonus is that if you’re a long haul trucker that frequently crosses state lines, there’s a lot likelihood that the couple of police departments who even bothered to try solving those crimes will ever actually talk to each other enough to compare evidence.