"Mad at the Internet" - a/k/a My Psychotherapy Sessions

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Null said:
you know in your bowels there's a lot of microbiotic 'gut flora' that assist with digestion, and it makes me wonder if there's more to this gut flora than we suspect. i bet you indians and mexicans have way better gut flora for eating spicy contaminated gross foods, but what if they're even more important? kind of like the worms that live in Fry in Futurama and make him sexy and smart. Like if you take the gut flora from the smartest people around the world and mix them together and do a fecal transplant (that's what it's called) do you get superpowers? and you know the flora passes matrilineally, so if flora does impact your behavior, it would explain why jewishness is also matrilineal.
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You are correct:

Fun fact: It is currently hypothesized that the appendix is a saferoom for your gut bacteria. The idea being that it functions as a space where the native bacteria can hide during gut infections and then later repopulate the intestines when thing clear up.

JustSomeDong said:
You'll feel freakin' amazing!
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Ike's little "No no no no no Mommy no no no- Oh god DAMMIT." is so cute.
 
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Null said:
Like if you take the gut flora from the smartest people around the world and mix them together and do a fecal transplant (that's what it's called) do you get superpowers?
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Pretty fucking close. There's been studies on an olympic weight lifters' gut microbiomes and it found that certain species and strains of bacteria found in them, when administed to mice would increase strength.

It wouldn't be hard for some company or evensome guy to make probiotics based on this research and sell it for ppl to get some increased gains and weightloss. (I've thought about it but I'm busy with another project rn)

There's also fecal transplants where you whipe out someone's gut microbiome with alot of antibiotics then have them ingest a pill containing samples of someone else's stool. Gross but has been found to fix multiple gut issues and even alter food cravings to be more online with the donor of the stool.

Sorry for the big post, microbiology to improve human wellbeing is one of my professional hyperfixations. (It's easier and more legal than straight up editing ppls genes)
 
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Biolulogy said:
Pretty fucking close. There's been studies on an olympic weight lifters' gut microbiomes and it found that certain species and strains of bacteria found in them, when administed to mice would increase strength.
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The reason gorillas can be so ripped while eating vegetarian is because they get protein from the bacteria in their gut fermenting the plants they eat. That's also why they're always so bloated and fart a lot.
I wonder if you transferred gorilla bacteria into a vegan if they'd get ripped, or if they'd just explode from gas buildup.
 
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Null said:
do you guys want to crowdfund a bougie poo bank and poo transplant facility? i estimate a 10,000% ROI in the first 6 months if we open in Shanghai and LA.
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Only if you're the one getting your hands dirty Dear Sneeder, but we will need to hire security to watch out for turd burglers looking to steal your brown gold.
 
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