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ickplant@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days ago

Cuddly gerbils

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Cuddly gerbils

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  • This2ShallPass@lemmy.world
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    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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      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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    I get it, I too am filled with immense rage and could use a hug, it checks out!

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

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

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    Testosterone makes the boys more cuddly? Explains a lot.

    • potoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.world
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      The gym makes so much more sense now.

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

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        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 sulking on the couch.
        Same thing happens no matter the hormones but it’s WAY less common to me on E.

        estrogen will make you cry over a pidgin because it walks cute. I genuinely can’t describe it.

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

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          Testosterone doesn’t create, it exacerbates. So the cuddly becomes more cuddly

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    Study in question: https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/08/esc_testosterone_animal_study_15-08-2022/story.html

    • Zkuld@lemmy.world
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      https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0453

  • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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    …and they also looked like gerbils?

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

    Just in Case

    /s

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    Looks like a Rodentdendron.

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

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    Then why is there an odd number of gerbils?

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      Someone had to take the picture!

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

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        You’re right!

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      Pepper couldn’t make the shoot.

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