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[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 4 points 9 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 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 4 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)

[–] ActuallyGoingCrazy@sh.itjust.works 23 points 23 hours ago

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 21 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] xylol@leminal.space 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 12 hours ago

Just gotta be full of the right shit

[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip -1 points 21 hours ago

So... bugs in the ass?