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cannedtuna lemmy.world cannedtuna@lemmy.world
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SeductiveTortoise piefed.social SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-16
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Finally something I can get behind!

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AeronMelon Moderator aeronmelon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-26
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As a melatoninly-challenged man who’s prospects are limited to everything under the sun…

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cannedtuna lemmy.world cannedtuna@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
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As a melatoninly-challenged man who’s prospects are limited to everything under the sun…

melatoninly-challenged

You know they sell supplements for that right?

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Venator lemmy.nz Venator@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-12-28
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melatoninly-challenged You know they sell supplements for that right?

Apparently some of it can even survive stomach acid and be absorbed into the bloodstream: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378517309003305

And apparently it can pass the blood brain barrier too:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3001209/

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raspberriesareyummy lemmy.world raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#6 · Quote Reply

That is actually spot on...

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BoosBeau lemmy.world BoosBeau@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-07-18
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It's Kibbles!

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mysteriousquote lemmy.world mysteriousquote@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
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It's Kibbles!

Was not expecting to see #1 Kyle Hill cosplayer, Brian Kibbler, as the author on this one

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yucandu lemmy.world yucandu@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-12
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I'm all for making fun of the phrase "cultural appropriation" until it becomes irrelevant.

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Mouselemming sh.itjust.works Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-12
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Apparently some of it can even survive stomach acid and be absorbed into the bloodstream: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378517309003305 And apparently it can pass the blood brain barrier too: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3001209/

Oh I thought that second part was gonna be a bad thing but it's neuroprotective

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😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈 lemmy.world MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-04
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Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

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usualsuspect191 lemmy.ca usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-06
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As a melatoninly-challenged man who’s prospects are limited to everything under the sun…

Do you mean melanin? Melatonin helps you sleep. Maybe being prospects affects REM or something

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Venator lemmy.nz Venator@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-12-28
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Oh I thought that second part was gonna be a bad thing but it's neuroprotective

Yeah i looked it up expecting it to turn out to be definitely a placebo, but seems like it might be plausible, but i couldn't be bothered looking up if there's been any independent trials yet...

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Cris_Citrus (he/him <3) piefed.zip Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-26
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I'm all for making fun of the phrase "cultural appropriation" until it becomes irrelevant.

Ooooh, you must the white man who's confidently wrong and using reddit as your primary source, well played!

Edit: the threadiverse sure loves to tell itself its progressive right up until it requires any internal work or self examination lol

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AnotherWastedHuman retrolemmy.com AnotherWastedHuman@retrolemmy.com
Joined: 2026-07-11
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That is actually spot on...

Nah, Reddit is still noticably better than Facebook or TikTok as a source.

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raspberriesareyummy lemmy.world raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
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Nah, Reddit is still noticably better than Facebook or TikTok as a source.

Woosh.

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Pratai piefed.ca Pratai@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-02-12
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I feel seen.

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NotAnOtter lemmus.org NotAnOtter@lemmus.org
Joined: 2026-09-26
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Ooooh, you must the white man who's confidently wrong and using reddit as your primary source, well played! Edit: the threadiverse sure loves to tell itself its progressive right up until it requires any internal work or self examination lol

It's possible to both be very progressive and also think the term cultural appropriation is generally misused to the point of being useless/meaningless & also cringe at race based humor.

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Skullgrid lemmy.world Skullgrid@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#19 · Quote Reply

He still beats AI at begging for plane tickets though

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NotAnOtter lemmus.org NotAnOtter@lemmus.org
Joined: 2026-09-26
#20 · Quote Reply

Race based humor is icky actually.

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Cris_Citrus (he/him <3) piefed.zip Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-26
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It's possible to both be very progressive and also think the term cultural appropriation is generally misused to the point of being useless/meaningless &amp; also cringe at race based humor.

Generally misused doesn't mean its not a meaningful pattern of harm. Loosing the ability to talk about that pattern of harm isnt a good thing, the term is useful even if people misuse it

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NotAnOtter lemmus.org NotAnOtter@lemmus.org
Joined: 2026-09-26
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Generally misused doesn't mean its not a meaningful pattern of harm. Loosing the ability to talk about that pattern of harm isnt a good thing, the term is useful even if people misuse it

I’ve probably seen 500 instances of accusations of appropriation and I’ve seen maybe 4-5 of that were were actually real appropriation and real harm.

It’s an internet buzzword. The pattern is real but the internet zeitgeist around it is rage bait BS.

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Ricky Rigatoni piefed.zip RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-14
#23 · Quote Reply

Guess I'm not white because I've never been wrong in my life.

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makeshiftreaper lemmy.world makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
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It's Kibbles!

Do you mean Brian "Don't call me 'Brian 'Brian Kibbler' Kibbler" Kibbler?

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