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I haven't really noticed that, but I also haven't dug into the comments too much recently. But, of course if thousands upon thousands of redditors jump onto this platform it's going to change the culture. Maybe try beehaw.org. they are.known for blocking a ton of instances but i think it's heavily moderated towards people being trolls.

It's my hope that a lot of the people who want to turn lemmy into reddit will get bored and leave since the interface isn't as convenient as reddit

Experiencing one symptom of autism does not make you autistic.

I'd suggest exploring Embrace Autism and take some of the tests if you suspect that you might be. That would be a good jumping off point.

!stoner_[email protected] just found one, woo!

Www.lemmyverse.net rules when it comes to finding communities

This was happening to me on jerboa with my lemmy.ml account for a week or so; I think the app is still just wigging out due to the influx of users. I'd just wait it out and use the browser on mobile and it will probably come around as I don't have issues with that now. Or try reinstalling?

Lemmy.ml was just upgraded pretty substantially a couple of weeks ago with the first large reddit exodus, so unless there is a ton more monetary support from users, i don't really know that the problem will be solved. It's been like this since the 29th. Jerboa is all but unusable for me unless it's late at night.

Generally it is suggested to jump to a different instance and your performance may improve, lemmy.ml has been way overloaded for a long time

What exactly are you concerned about? Like are there any particular outcomes that scare you? I doubt that anything you take would make a huge, substantial, permanent change that you would notice, but again this is all just my assumption but I've taken reishi, kava, ginseng, all kinds of tea etc and I haven't noticed drastic changes after my body metabolizes it

I signed up with beehaw first, but realized that they were defederated from lemmygrad, which I wanted access to. As I became more acquainted with lemmy and started looking into the "flavors" of the different instances, I joined lemmy.ml because they are unapologetic communists and won't defederate with lemmygrad.

As an aside, it's fucking insane to me that lemmygrad is so controversial yet there's crickets about exploding-heads and people are happy to be on instances that don't block them. Cool

THANK YOU for posting the full article!!

I really hope that actual concrete moves are made to initiate disbursement of reparations. I find it interesting, however, that they open the article talking about the failures of police reform. It's like after poloticians saw the power of the people after the George Floyd uprisings, they want to increase police militarization and just throw money at the people who created the movement to placate them. The kind of money they are talking about can be life changing, but it isn't going to solve the problem of police violence against black people. Both should be addressed.

Dang that's cool, I'll have to try some! Yeah, I mean they do affect how your brain functions in the moment, similar to coffee, green tea, alcohol, etc. But it seems that there may be more long term changes, if we look at the lions mane example. Sounds like a super interesting thing to do a deep dive on, though! Idk if there is a whole lot of scientific literature on them but I like to find peer reviewed scientific articles. If you read just the abstract and the conclusion you usually are able to get the info you're looking for

So there are a bunch of different things in this post thay seem to need answers so Ill try my best to find resources for you.

First off, neuroprotection is defined as "the relative preservation of neuronal structure and/or function". So we have thousands if not millions of neurons in our body, and each neuron releases neurotransmitters such as endorphins, serotonin, dopamine etc. To be absorbed by other neurons which affect our mood and bodily functions.

Some fungi, such as Lions mane mushrooms have been shown to potentially aid in neuron growth and improve symptoms of alzheimers. In this way they can be neuroprotective.

Now, it has been found that autistic people experience synaptic pruning at a much, much lower rate than neurotypical people. Synapses are like little connectors that help neurons communicate with eachother. As infants we all experience synaptic overgrowth, then we experience synaptic pruning which gets rid of less efficient connections.

Knowing that, my brain goes to thinking that if anything Lions mane might reinforce some aspects of autism! That's just my first thought though and is probably inaccurate.

I don't know much about how adaptogens work, and I've never really considered a connection to autism before but I did a little digging but there seems to be no real research on this. From my limited understanding, adaptogens seem to work similar to how ingesting vitamins and minerals might work, or coffee or tea. They also cover a broad range of herbs and fungi and they all work differently.

Do you mind explaining how the cordyceps tea made you feel "less autistic"? So far there is no research indicating that there is or will be any "cure" for autism or way to "rewire your brain" to get rid of your autism. If anything, it is likely that adaptogens might help you feel calmer or more focused, where the stress or anxiety might be caused by overstimulation experienced due to autism. So like the overstimulation may remain but they may help to manage it more effectively. Does that make sense?

Dude I had sega channel, it was so cool! I believe you could play games all the way through and they grouped them by different genres, and the games changed monthly. They also had contests where you could win prizes. I won a backpack for one! Wish I still had it

Had this convo a while ago, and afterwards I thought: why do people need these big ass trucks, when for decades we've had powerful enough trucks that did the same things newer giant Rams do? Like people gave been hauling work equipment, farm supplies and campers long before they got as big as they are now.