[–] 6 points 1 month ago

Almost anything to do with brain scans for developmental disorders like autism and ADHD is an immediate bullshit label. (Actually for most things brain scans are wildly not helpful)

There was a famous study where researchers were able to replicate the MRI results of studies on emotions with dead fish, actual dead fish.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Enough to get a start, then he just kept stumbling into a series of opportunities to get more followers over and over. Also helped that the Qin dynasty was dealing with like 6 simultaneous rebellions from a previous war of expansion. Liu was in the right place at the right time and was such a massive improvement over the dickheads ruling most places under the Qin he just kept advancing.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago*

    If you enjoy games you can farm infinitely, theory crafting builds that make it so your NPC opponents don't get to play the game you paid for, making meme builds a reality, and collecting a bunch of lil guys it is going to be so dangerous.

    It also has built in randomized and challenge modes.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    Gonna toss this in here cause it is a little known game that I have heard described as a glue trap for autism (and I am a stuck rat with 3000 hours).

    Siralim Ultimate

    If you like creature collectors and putting together broken builds with an insane number of moving parts a la magic the gathering you will probably enjoy it.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    It's almost like autism is a set of traits that everyone has to a small degree they are simply stronger and highly amplified in people with autism to the point of it greatly affecting their daily lives.

    Everyone can spend too much time on a video game, autistic people who have a special interest in video games are way more likely to spend insane hours on the the games they fixate on.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    More lube, preferable something not water based as it tends to be absorbed fast. Go with something silicone or oil based (avoid oil based if using latex condoms it will degrade them).

    And like, if you think "wow that is a lot of lube" you need more lube lol. They make injector applicators you can buy to slurp up lube and insert to inject that are really fucking handy to have.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    It's a story about Phryne, she was courtesan in Greece born around 370 BC, an actual person. We don't know much about her life other than she was self made and one of the richest women in Greece at the time. She also happened to be very famous.

    This version of the story is likely a dramatization after the fact. Where she is brought on trial for impiety by a man known for frivolous trials. She bares herself and beauty is seen as a blessing of the gods and is acquitted. May or may not have actually happened but it's a good story.

    We do know that there was a trial, there is an account by the man who spoke in her defense, Hypereides. We also know she was beautiful and popular enough that she was able to charge very high prices even in old age.

    She is also said to be the model for the original Aphrodite of Knidos statue. Which was destroyed but there were of boat load of copies made in antiquity.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    As others said, they squish a lot. They almost always use the softest material of bad dragon (they have a bunch of firmness levels). When it goes in the back hole it's bendy enough to make it around corners. In the front hole often times it just squishes down or sometimes even folds over on itself while inside.

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