The Button
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 09 Sep 2024 16:21
https://mander.xyz/post/17835778

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GooberEar@lemmy.wtf on 09 Sep 2024 17:18 next collapse

I dunno if it is intentional, but there’s a an additional layer of humor in this for me:

Where I live, there’s a company called Labcorp and they are basically the de facto company for pre-employment and random drug testing. I’m sure they do more than just drug tests, but drug testing is about all non-medical folks know of the place.

FinalRemix@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 17:50 next collapse

Yup Yup LabCorp crew represent! They steal a lot of my blood on behalf of my doctors.

[deleted] on 09 Sep 2024 21:58 collapse

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mkwt@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 18:12 next collapse

I went to labcorp for a while when I needed monthly blood draws for my doctor.

RebekahWSD@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 22:31 collapse

I have to get blood drawn every 3 months, and can go to either labcorp or the doctors office.

Which is technically also labcorp, or at least it’s somewhat affiliated with them. I think it’s the only blood game in town!

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 23:38 collapse

Quest Diagnostics.

TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml on 09 Sep 2024 18:54 next collapse

So, they finally escaped. World domination is imminent!

OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 19:19 collapse

I think so Brain, but if you replace the ‘P’ with an ‘O’, my name would be Oinky, wouldn’t it?

Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk on 09 Sep 2024 20:12 collapse

I think so, Brain, but burlap does chafe me so!

YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 21:37 next collapse

me_irl

lightnsfw@reddthat.com on 09 Sep 2024 21:42 next collapse

Any of these cocaine button studies planning on moving to human trials soon? Asking for a friend.

ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 22:41 collapse

None of the ones I know about. IRB is never going to approve that. Impersonate a masque macaque and you might have a shot.

Edit: Fixed my autocorrect.

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 23:37 collapse

Impersonate a masque

Macaque?

ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 2024 00:02 collapse

Yes, autocorrect got me. Fuckin’ hell.

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 23:36 next collapse

I used to hang with some behavioral psychology grad students (the type that follow the practices of B.F. Skinner and operant conditioning) who were researching the effects of various drugs on pigeons. We were drinking in their lab one time and there were about thirty white pitchers sitting on a table; eventually I noticed that they all had little white, twitching tails sticking out of them - each one contained a pigeon face-down waiting to be put into the testing chamber. I asked them how they managed to get the pigeons into the pitchers and keep them there and they just laughed. They took me into the cage room and showed me how they just opened the cage door and held up a pitcher and the bird would fly like a rocket straight into it. Sometimes they went in so hard they would knock themselves unconscious.

There are some obvious ethical issues with animal experimentation, but as a certified druggie myself their lives didn’t seem all that bad.

drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 23:43 collapse

They should use seagulls instead of pigeons, fuck seagulls.

shneancy@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 2024 10:31 collapse

seagulls are spirits of mischief and chaos, i’m pretty sure they’d intentionally fuck with the data

reinei@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 2024 18:47 collapse

Only if it meant more cocaine because it needs to be redone…

friendly_ghost@beehaw.org on 10 Sep 2024 06:36 next collapse

SID

WHAT ABOUT THE FAREWELL DRUGS

m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 10 Sep 2024 08:12 collapse

And one more time after that.

And one more time after that…