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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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[โ€“] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is pretty cool though (right?).

[โ€“] buckykat@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Have you seen Clickspring's reconstruction project? He's been working on it for the better part of a decade, including a two year pause to publish a paper about it and a side series about making the tools that the original artisan could have used.