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!

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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[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Oxytocin - the nipple clamp hormone

obviously. But for the people who don't know this, unlike me, maybe you could explainm this one

[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sorry, that was maybe too pithy for a science post. https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3339

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

no, it's fine, as I am a scholar. But I am also a communist, and as such I think of the poor and uneducated a lot. I think your comic will help them. Not me though, I knew this.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

Breastfeeding babies. Moms get a happy hormone from it.

[–] GiorgioBoymoder@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

direct from wikipedia

Oxytocin is a peptide hormone and neuropeptide normally produced in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary.[3] Present in animals since early stages of evolution, in humans it plays roles in behavior that include social bonding, love, reproduction, childbirth, and the period after childbirth.[4][5][6][7] Oxytocin is released into the bloodstream as a hormone in response to sexual activity and during childbirth.[8][9] It is also available in pharmaceutical form. In either form, oxytocin stimulates uterine contractions to speed up the process of childbirth.

In its natural form, it also plays a role in maternal bonding and milk production.[9][10] Production and secretion of oxytocin is controlled by a positive feedback mechanism, where its initial release stimulates production and release of further oxytocin. For example, when oxytocin is released during a contraction of the uterus at the start of childbirth, this stimulates production and release of more oxytocin and an increase in the intensity and frequency of contractions. This process compounds in intensity and frequency and continues until the triggering activity ceases. A similar process takes place during lactation and during sexual activity.