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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€“] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

Dopamine does a lot in the brain. Much of its function depends on where it's active. When released in the ventral tegmental area, it causes reward and happiness. In the basal ganglia, dopamine helps us coordinate movement.

Since I'm already on my soapbox, I'd like to point out there's more than 3 neurotransmitters. These are the basic ones:

  • Dopamine - reward and muscle movement
  • Acetylcholine - motor neurotransmitter
  • Glutamate - primary excitation transmitter, important for memory and overall function
  • GABA - primary inhibitor transmitter
  • Glycine - inhibitor in the spinal cord
  • Serotonin - the other happy hormone, involved in a lot of complex stuff like sleep, depression, and hunger
  • Norepinephrine - fight or flight, adrenaline
  • Epinephrine - the other fight or flight hormone
  • Oxytocin - the nipple clamp hormone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotransmitter?wprov=sfla1

This explains the irresistibleness of gabagool.

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