Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)S

scrion

@ scrion @lemmy.world

Posts
0
Comments
107
Joined
3 yr. ago

  • Deleted

    Permanently Deleted

    Jump

  • Sure. In my opinion, however, the overall context of the image does imply the jaguar enjoys similar effects to those clearly requiring the presence of DMT, as that is what is most people commonly associate with ayahuasca.

    It's a bit of a "look at all those animals getting high, this jaguar is even talking to machine elves in the 19th dimension" kinda thing, where - if I remember correctly - they actually consume the leaves for digestive purposes.

    Again, the leaves do have an effect, e. g. they apparently act as an SSRI (that's how common antidepressants work) and we can't be absolutely sure about their effect on cats (catnip certainly has some effect on cats we don't readily enjoy), so I can't dismiss the notion of jaguars seeking them out for that reason as well.

  • Deleted

    Permanently Deleted

    Jump

  • Jaguars actually eat the leaves of b. capii, which acts as a MAOI in the Ayahuasca brew.

    While there is some discussion that the harmala alkaloids in b. capii might also be slightly psychoactive in high doses, the actual main compound in Ayahuasca is DMT, which is certainly very psychoactive, but not bioavailable when consumed orally without a MAOI. Unless the jaguars have figured out how to combine the two and/or brew ayahuasca, I strongly doubt that's their intention and that they'd get comparable effects.

    I think the idea stems from the BBC show Weird Nature showing a jaguar eating yage leaves in episode 6, "Peculiar Potions".

    I'm not really sold on how well that content was researched.

  • NSFW

    Acoustic Pussy

    Jump

  • If you're open about your own sexuality, this is just a funny story. They share a fun fact about a common experience, the idea being that a majority of the audience is familiar with masturbation and can therefore relate to the frustration of not achieving the experience they initially envisioned.

    Coming up with the pun of acoustic pussy is just a witty remark they deemed clever enough to add it to the story.

  • Deleted

    Permanently Deleted

    Jump

  • So...

    Jump

  • The artist / writer literally mentions their joke in the bonus panel and they'd "die if they stopped being funny".

    The funny part is supposed to be: my wife is single.

  • High Schooler Invents an A.I.-Powered Trap That Zaps Invasive Lanternflies

    Jump

  • I agree with the other comments, great work.

    Unfortunately, they just had to cram AI into the headlines as the latest buzzword in an effort to potentially paint Selina Zhang as a young prodigy.

    The AI part really is the least interesting bit - reading their published paper, they trained a YOLO network on self collected images.

    What impressed me more was the overall (scientific) approach, the application of knowledge from various domains (i. e. using an ultrasonic diffuser to attract lanternbugs, some EE work for the "zapper net", plus the programming / AI part, still) and the sheer perseverance of doing actual science and publishing a proper paper.

    I have personally reviewed papers for journals and conferences where the authors clearly displayed less rigor.