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Bonus@lemmy.world on 19 Aug 23:27 next collapse

Nettles Cholla or something else more hardcore.

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 19 Aug 23:29 next collapse

I sat on a nettle accidentally once in my 20’s and now I never sit down on the ground outside. I’d rather deal with a broken bone, tbh.

xylol@leminal.space on 20 Aug 00:44 next collapse

Do you normally just back it up until you feel something to sit on?

slothrop@lemmy.ca on 20 Aug 01:06 collapse

Are you needling them?

icelimit@lemmy.ml on 20 Aug 01:27 collapse

It’s because of things like this I don’t go outside. Outside is scary. Cave. Safe.

fireweed@lemmy.world on 20 Aug 17:46 collapse

inb4 this user reads up on indoor air pollutants

digger@lemmy.ca on 19 Aug 23:37 next collapse

The nettles make me think happy times.

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 19 Aug 23:57 next collapse

I heard it can be made into a pesto-like dip

Slovene@feddit.nl on 20 Aug 01:03 next collapse

And cooked like spinach. And made into a tea.

Aquila@sh.itjust.works on 20 Aug 04:51 collapse

Spicy pesto

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Aug 06:37 next collapse

That’s my stripper name

dumples@midwest.social on 20 Aug 13:29 collapse

Any processing removed the stinging. They are a real super super food high in pretty much every vitamin and mineral. I drink nettle tea often in the winter

brokenlcd@feddit.it on 19 Aug 23:58 next collapse

Small remider than when injected, serotonin basically overdrives pain receptors. That’s why it’s in there. It won’t make you happy. It will make you feel even more in hell. (I know it’s a joke. But come on i couldn’t resist)

dohpaz42@lemmy.world on 20 Aug 00:22 next collapse

Can’t have science_memes without science. 🫡

xylol@leminal.space on 20 Aug 00:43 next collapse

It will make you feel

At least its something

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Aug 06:31 collapse
Setarkus@mander.xyz on 20 Aug 04:16 next collapse

That’s the neat part about this community, getting to see memes and seeing additional information in the comments :D

BennyInc@feddit.org on 20 Aug 05:55 collapse

Would it be possible to genetically engineer nettles which inject helpful or recreational drugs in small doses instead of itchy stuff?

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Aug 06:33 collapse

Possible? Maybe. 🤷

Ethical? Possibly. 🤷

Legal? Not in a million years 😔

Opisek@lemmy.world on 20 Aug 07:04 collapse

To quote a very wise man:

When there’s no cops around, anything’s legal. ~ Grunkle Stan

I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world on 19 Aug 23:59 next collapse

A botany teacher I once had would rub her hands with nettles every morning to help with her arthritis. She said the increased blood flow from the inflammation helped somehow. Reminds me of the people who get stung by bees to help with MS.

Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world on 20 Aug 01:07 next collapse

formic acid is also a rapid fixitive and decalcifier. We use it to treat bones to make them softer for histology so we can slice them into 4um cross sections (thats how microscope slides are made, then we stain them with pretty colours)

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Aug 06:36 collapse

Bad news for vegan microbiologists, I guess 🤷

Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world on 20 Aug 10:35 next collapse

my boss is vegan actually lol. i guess its like penance.

Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world on 20 Aug 10:47 collapse

In general Its nearly impossible to do vegan microbiology, everything contains animal products. mouse/goat/rabbit antibodies, bacterial culture plates require nutrients and they’re usually sheep or horse blood-based. Even cell cultures are technically live organisms, but so are plants I suppose.

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Aug 06:35 next collapse

So she was literally fighting inflammation with inflammation? That’s either badass, stupid, or both 😄

Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca on 20 Aug 07:16 next collapse

You body will acclimate to the feeling after repeated exposure.

My partner spent so many years removing nettle from wetland restoration sites that she doesn’t even feel it anymore.

cokeslutgarbage@sh.itjust.works on 20 Aug 10:36 collapse

It’s called urtification (after the latin for nettles, Urtica dioica) , and humans have been doing it forever for exactly the reasons she mentioned.

Old_Jimmy_Twodicks@sh.itjust.works on 20 Aug 00:11 next collapse

You had me at “injecting a cock-”

BarticusR@feddit.uk on 20 Aug 16:40 collapse

Username checks out.

Saleh@feddit.org on 20 Aug 06:08 next collapse

Serotonin can’t past the blood-brain barrier.

You have two serotonin households and it serves different regulation purposes in your body and brain.

lime@feddit.nu on 20 Aug 07:48 collapse

so jump head first

hanke@feddit.nu on 20 Aug 09:30 next collapse

brain first

prex@aussie.zone on 20 Aug 11:41 collapse
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world on 20 Aug 06:09 next collapse

The serotonin keeps you from acclimating to the pain.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today on 20 Aug 08:57 next collapse

Wait till you hear about Gympie gympie plant, which is related to stinging nettle but on steroids, and is more potent

Zerush@lemmy.ml on 20 Aug 09:07 next collapse

Not a good idea to confuse Nettles with a fucking Cactus

Chakravanti@monero.town on 20 Aug 17:13 next collapse

Depends who you’re talking to.

outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Aug 18:08 collapse

Not a safe idea. Which makes it great entertainment.

whatyoube@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 20 Aug 13:04 next collapse

Actually, people use nettle bouquets to beat themselves with in sauna. It has a pain relieving effect for rheumatic and nerve pain. Only younger nettles are used which are gathered in may-june. You first dip them in hot water for 1 minute, then 3 minutes cold water, then 1 minute hot again and 3 minutes cold. Then it is ready to be used for spanking in the sauna. It feels like all of your skin has an orgasm, pretty wild.

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 20 Aug 16:41 next collapse

I have a nerve injury and damn, I need more sauna. This sounds fantastic lol.

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de on 21 Aug 16:29 collapse

i’ve never heard of this, all i’ve seen is tree branches.

Goodman@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Aug 17:14 next collapse

Oldy goldy for those who don’t know the video m.youtube.com/watch?v=PHSJCMkUa9Y

EldenLord@lemmy.world on 20 Aug 17:49 collapse

injecting a cock

Freaky