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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Was Simpsons right that terror sweat is different too?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

that partly explains why crying feels good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

My reflex tears burn my eyes like pepper spray

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why do we need to excrete the tears before reabsorbing them, instead of just producing and consuming them internally?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

And that, children, is how humans began to produce internal heroin in the dawn of the geneic era in the 2030s

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

We already do, it's called dopamine

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Maybe as a social signal for other humans.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Body: [I used the pain to destroy the pain]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying my father was wrong; crying will solve something?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes. And your father is an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What a terrible thing to say about someone's father on the basis of one offhand remark.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Spreading toxic masculinity makes you an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In before this becomes a new drug trend amongst the insanely rich.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Important takeaway: Psychic tears are especially effective against Fighting and Poison types, but weak to Bug.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

And Dark types are completely immune unless you have Miracle Eyes.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Psychic Tears - That’s a good band name.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I can hear the base line in my head