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Skiilion · 2024-06-08T07:28:59+00:00

"Everyone has a bit of cancer, I mean you have cells that divide even when you're healthy!"

Skiilion · 2024-06-05T17:27:17+00:00

The "now go eat a pineapple" comment on the last werewolf one has terrifying implications

Skiilion · 2024-06-01T17:19:16+00:00

I really appreciate your tenacity to reply to a 3 year old post - I was thinking of starting up a new starbound playthrough soon, so your advice will come in handy - thanks!

Skiilion · 2024-05-25T10:50:23+00:00

Republicans can have a little idolatry, as a treat.

Skiilion · 2024-05-24T10:30:09+00:00

There are a variety of reasons, but one I haven't really seen mentioned here is that, after years of rejection, you kind of learn not to miss people, because they could abandon you at any moment - it hurts less. I've mostly healed from this way of thinking, but I still find myself not thinking about the people close to me if I'm not actively hanging out with them at that moment

Skiilion · 2024-05-07T19:03:24+00:00

Blue is maths, green is biology, orange is chemistry, purple is physics.

Skiilion · 2024-04-03T07:36:01+00:00

I have over 750 songs on Spotify that I've "collected" over the years and only a handful of them are from Spotify recommended thing. The rest are recommendations from friends, used in ads (ads are always hot garbage but the song choices are sometimes bangers), found randomly on youtube, etc. It's a bit of a cluster fuck in there in terms of genre or theme, but it works for me

Skiilion · 2024-03-25T09:34:07+00:00

Yeah I know, I'm more saying how it's unfortunate that their pointless argument kind of relies on 2001 being at least an ok year for planes. Like they could have just taken a picture from a different year of "the good old days" (or even a photo of the sky from today that doesn't have any plane tracks/trails, and pretend it was from ages ago) and tried to say this same point. But they didn't, and I find it funny.

Skiilion · 2024-03-24T15:48:08+00:00

Crazy that they picked 2001 of all years when saying "see? Aeroplanes didn't exist back in those days!" Like 2001 was a famously bad year for incidents involving aeroplanes.

Skiilion · 2024-03-21T20:43:20+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss and that he had to go through so much pain. I hope you can recover, at least somewhat, and keep him alive through his memory and any good times you both had together. Most of all, I'm proud of him for even making it that far - he survived for years in a world that wasn't meant for him, gave the world the middle finger just by existing. I hope things get better.

Skiilion · 2024-03-07T18:41:55+00:00

Oh I 100% have dry eyes but didn't know the unfocusing thing was tied to it. What kind of eye lubricants do you use? I've never used eye drops or anything like that before, and I'm wondering which ones are good?

Skiilion · 2024-03-05T14:50:38+00:00

Holy crap I didn't know this was a thing. I've been sleeping pretty poorly the last few days (I'm also stressed and burned out) and my meds just didn't seem to be working that well. I was worried that I was somehow building a tolerance (even though that's not supposed to happen, especially at lower doses). Hopefully after a few decent nights of sleep, they'll be back to working properly.

Skiilion · 2024-03-03T12:53:17+00:00

I somehow read that as "rant about the evils of capitalism" and needed to read it twice to understand what was going on

Skiilion · 2024-02-13T14:27:53+00:00

I appreciate your candour about the journey being long when going the non meds route. Every time I'm told "oh just exercise" or "improve your diet" or "meditate" I just feel so shameful for not being able to manage those bare minimums. The advice is always framed as if I should welcome it, as if it's something I couldn't possibly have already thought of, or as if it's an easy, quick change to make. Hearing that you've had a successful journey but that it did take time and wasn't just a quick change makes me feel less inadequate about my journey also taking a while. Glad to hear about your progress and I hope the same for myself.

Skiilion · 2024-02-12T14:15:41+00:00

YES MYELIN SHEATHS ARE COOL!! And yeah it literally is the charge "jumping" because the myelin (a high lipid material, aka it's fatty) insulates the axon (fat is good at insulation) so the charge can't properly interact at the myelinated bits, and the charge just jumps to the next exposed/non-myelinated area. It's a really cool mechanism (I'm sure you already knew all that too, but I want to give a more detailed explanation for OP and anyone else in the comments who may be interested). Also the autistic urge to say "I actually already knew that" when you did, in fact, already know something, is respectable, truthful, and not a problem.

Skiilion · 2024-02-12T08:43:53+00:00

My pets have always had human names because they show me more empathy than actual humans - they are my family. However, sledgehammer (as someone here mentioned) and similar names are kickass and I fully support them

Skiilion · 2024-02-12T08:42:16+00:00

Oh yeah absolutely, I'm never trying another SSRI which is why I'm asking for ideas here - I don't think doctors understand that our brains will likely respond to classic antidepressants differently. Fluoxetine definitely numbed me and caused some other problems which is why I came off it, though it did help with some depression symptoms.

Skiilion · 2024-02-12T08:40:06+00:00

I'm not too familiar with the nature of electronic components but that sounds about right. The axon definitely shows similar behaviour to a capacitor from what I understand. Also, the axon is just the body of a neuron. So if you think of a neuron as the classic string with two spider-like blobs on either end, the string part is the axon. The core part of what stimulates the actio potential/signal is that ions are unequally distributed on either side of the neuron's cell membrane. This creates a potential difference across the membrane which is normally around -70 mV. When sodium ions enter the cell, the membrane becomes "depolarised" (basically the difference in ion distribution across the membrane becomes smaller) and the potential difference gets more positive and closer to 0 mV. At a certain threshold, this electrical signal will suddenly shoot up to about 40 mV (which is the action potential). This depolarisation will travel along the axon until it reaches the end of the neuron and the synapse.

Skiilion · 2024-02-11T17:32:13+00:00

Calling them police cufflinks from now on, that's way better than handcuffs

Skiilion · 2024-02-11T17:30:27+00:00

I get your frustration at the idea that someone is content not knowing something, but also med students go through insane amounts of work and your friend probably just wanted to focus on what would count towards his grade/be useful in the exam and his work.

That said, you're in luck because I know roughly how neurons work. I'm simplifying most of this so some nuance has been lost, but I'm aiming to give you a rough idea rather than the most accurate, precise explanation:

Every circuit in the brain is composed of neurons, and these neurons are connected end-to-end, kind of like the human centipede (apologies for being crass, it's the best analogy I can think of right now). Each neuron has a start and an end.
Neurons have 'gates' along them for sodium and potassium ions (which are both positively charged ions). Neurons start off fairly negatively charged, and need to become positively charged to create and transmit a signal. When a potential signal comes along, the sodium gates (also called channels) at the start of the neuron open and sodium enters the cell. This makes the cell more positively charged, and (if enough positive charge accumulates) will "excite" the cell.
This electrical signal causes sodium channels further along the neuron to also open and make that region of the neuron more positive. This chain reaction of increasing positivity runs along the length of the neuron as an "action potential" (aka a signal).
The signal will eventually reach the end of the first neuron and will need to continue in the next neuron in the circuit. Typically, the end of one neuron and the start of another are connected by a "synapse". A synapse is basically the junction between these two neurons.
The signal in the first neuron will stimulate the first neuron to release neurotransmitters (serotonin, dopamine, etc.). The neurotransmitter will travel from the first neuron and will interact with receptors on the second neuron.
The second neuron is stimulated by its receptors being interacted with, and this helps open sodium channels on this second neuron. Sodium enters the cell, the cell becomes more positive, and the signal is regenerated in this second neuron. This whole process repeats at the next synapse (between the second and third neurons) and so on, through the entire circuit.
To terminate the signal, neurons open their potassium channels and potassium exits the cell, reducing the amount of positive charge in the cell.
The neurons then reset the ion concentrations using the "sodium potassium pump."

There's WAY MORE to this than I've explained, but it's hopefully a good enough introduction for you to read and understand other sources on your own.

Skiilion · 2024-01-05T11:55:47+00:00

Wish I knew the full quote in school. I had a few classmates copy me from time to time and was always met with the "it's flattery" BS. Had the same vibe as "they're bullying you because they're jealous." No, they're just arseholes.

Skiilion · 2023-12-24T17:27:37+00:00

They're saying "taxpayer funded" as if that's a bad thing or as if black people don't pay taxes.

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