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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

Sure, when hornets do it it's "amazing" and "fascinating," but when I do it I "have a problem" and "am the worst teacher in this school."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Poor guys, no wonder they're always angry.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Sucks for them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Hmm, interesting that ethanol has a similar effect in insects to begin with, given that their circulatory system is quite different.

I guess, at the end of the day, their circulatory system does still do the same job of transporting nutrients to cells, so it makes sense that it would also transport alcohol to nerve cells.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Is this is how synthehol is invented?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Steve Rogers would feel comforted he's not alone

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

And Barry Allen