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It activates the same chemicals in your brain as cocaine! not-built-for-this

Well, yeah, there are only ~~three~~^[@Neuromancer49@midwest.social corrected me] a few neurotransmitters. That's not saying much.

You know what else activates those chemicals? Practically everything. When scientists breed "knockout" mice without dopamine, the mice just stand there until they die of thirst, because there is no reward for.... living.

It contains more germs than a toilet seat! NOOOOO

Germs like moist surfaces. We don't want germs on our toilets, which is why we make them out of porcelain, which is hard, dry, non-porous, and easy to clean.

If it had more germs than your colon, then I would be concerned.

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 46 points 6 days ago (19 children)

What if you could use 100% of your brain?

:seizure:

[–] revolut1917@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

i can't believe they made a whole fucking movie based on this premise

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

You talking Lucy? There are very few movies I get angry about having watched and that was one of them.

[–] GiorgioBoymoder@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

Yeah, that's fair, but Limitless didn't piss me off as much because

spoilerthey didn't turn him into a USB stick.

Like Limitless is kinda fun if you just look at it like a fantasy of how you wanna feel when you do Adderall and think you're super smart, when in reality you're just cleaning your house and doing the shit you've been putting off for the last 6 months.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I had a great time seeing that, but I think it was because i was with friends and had been given free acid

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

Lol, I downloaded it for free and I was still so angry. data-laughing picard-annoyed

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