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CluebatOfSmiting t1_jdv568w wrote

Reply to comment by BadBoiBill in Straight male Redditors who are attracted to trans women are driven by misogyny & desire to sexually dominate both trans & cis women. Straight male redditors reported they sexually desire trans women because of the women's supposed hyper-feminine traits. by MistWeaver80

Everyone knew already. The universe does not care straight people exist and it does not care about anyone else either. The only reason humans cared is that homosexuals are less likely to breed and modern cultures have become very obsessed about everyone having kids that can pay the pensions of the previous generation. Homosexuals stop being marginalized when technology exists that makes ones gender and gender preference irrelevant to the ability to create offspring so they can stop being a minority.

This is ultimately same as why women were supposed to stay home raising kids: Any tribe that sent their women and children out to hunt and war did not survive long enough to become a culture. Now we have enough population that it does not risk our extinction so the culture can change.

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dragononawagon OP t1_jdummdi wrote

Reply to comment by Sir_Vexer in Opposing retrograde and astrocyte-dependent endocannabinoid signaling mechanisms regulate lateral habenula synaptic transmission by dragononawagon

It doesn’t necessarily tell us that for sure, but it supports that hypothesis yes. And there’s some behavioral data out there from before this study to support the idea:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29887035/

But there’s also still the decrease in glutamate release in some contexts too. A lot more work has to be done to figure out what the 2 opposing systems are doing and how it ultimately could contribute to depressive-like behavior (or not).

Always take everything with a grain of salt (skepticism is part of good science), but there have been associations between chronic marijuana use and depression. Whether habenula is involved or not remains to be tested.

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SuperNovaEmber t1_jduju5e wrote

Reply to comment by oneeyedziggy in Saturated fatty acids dampen the immunogenicity of cancer by suppressing STING (Mar 2023) by basmwklz

The study suggests that saturated fats inhibit the STING pathway, which is a way for your body to recognize and fight bad cells. This means that saturated fats can make it harder for your body to fight off bad cells like tumors.

In contrast, the study found that unsaturated fats did not have the same effect on the STING pathway. This suggests that unsaturated fats may not be as harmful to your body's ability to fight off bad cells like tumors.

The STING pathway (STimulator of INterferon Genes pathway) is a part of our immune system that helps our body to recognize and fight off invading viruses, bacteria, and cancer cells.

When our body detects the presence of these bad cells, it triggers the STING pathway, which leads to the production of a type of protein called interferon. Interferon helps to activate other immune cells in our body, such as T cells and natural killer cells, which then work together to destroy the invading cells.

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Sir_Vexer t1_jdu4ybs wrote

Reply to comment by dragononawagon in Opposing retrograde and astrocyte-dependent endocannabinoid signaling mechanisms regulate lateral habenula synaptic transmission by dragononawagon

Interesting. Thanks for this. So, does that mean the increased glutamate release in the LHb would cause depression?

I stopped using weed cause I felt like it induced bipolar-like symptoms in me. Made me excited for a few days then extremely depressed for a few days. When I saw this I thought "Yea, that checks out".

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BadBoiBill t1_jdtqkfu wrote

Reply to comment by ShockMonkey2001 in Straight male Redditors who are attracted to trans women are driven by misogyny & desire to sexually dominate both trans & cis women. Straight male redditors reported they sexually desire trans women because of the women's supposed hyper-feminine traits. by MistWeaver80

Yes, pointing out they exist and have been generally marginalized in most cultures definitely equals glorification.

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FourDimensionalTaco t1_jdtlg93 wrote

Reply to comment by despitegirls in Straight male Redditors who are attracted to trans women are driven by misogyny & desire to sexually dominate both trans & cis women. Straight male redditors reported they sexually desire trans women because of the women's supposed hyper-feminine traits. by MistWeaver80

My problem with this article is that it makes it seem as if attraction towards trans women must always come with misogyny and objectification , which is not the case. You can find mtf women attractive without wanting to dominate them in that toxic manner or reducing them to their genitals.

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