this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2025
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[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 6 points 18 hours ago

Further evidence that we're all just billions of microbes standing on top of each other in a trench coat.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Oh great, we've taken a perfectly good mouse and given it social anxiety! :(

(Sarcasm/joking aside, this is pretty neat and hopefully this research eventually ends up helping people with social anxiety)

Does this mean that all the vermin in my local sewer are socially anxious too? Fuck, I didn't mean to fuck all those little critters up too. Now I've got pooping anxiety haha

[–] JackLSauce@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's pretty cool if that means a change in diet can be a viable treatment

[–] xylol@leminal.space 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 21 hours ago

Just gotta be full of the right shit

[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 day ago

So... bugs in the ass?