A thread for scientific nerdiness

[bellbird]

Oops, maybe my joke didn't translate in the written form!
Was a dig at the anti-vax claim that vaccines cause autism (debunked multiple times over) not a dig at folks with autism :)

 

[littleoc]

Lol, no, i got it! No worries!

 

[somerandomguy]

I got it too :)

 

[Ronin]

maybe my joke didn't translate

It haas....

... And I think the emoji made it kinda clear?

 

[bellbird]

... And I think the emoji made it kinda clear?

Yep, I think ironically it was only me that was lost in translation after all that :)
My abuser would say that that's all the mercury in my body from my parents having me vaccinated according to the national schedule :tup:

 

[Fadeaway]

Please... People who practice voodoo have enough sense to get their kids vacinated rather than relying on magic. The ones I knew were very vocal about it.

 

[Fadeaway]

FYI that didn't come out as light hearted as I hoped.

 

[littleoc]

It got a giggle out of me! So light enough ?

 

[bellbird]

Slight change of topic, just cus I'm watching Brain Games on Netflix and they said a super neat fact:

The blood vessels in your brain, laid out end to end, are 400 miles long in total.
Say whaaaaa

 

[bellbird]

Wicked cool.
A 'super smeller' who can smell Parkinson's disease, and has helped researchers develop an early diagnosis test.

 

[Innordinate]

crazy

 

[bellbird]

Prehistoric girl had parents belonging to different human species