#science experiments tw

[quitealotofsodapop]

As part of my rabbit hole into Jttw, I've been looking at more and more monkey-related articles and science topics. I am an irl biology undergrad. It's my thing.

And I noticed a lot of focus in the LMK fandom on Macaque's scarf.

In the Harry Harlow monkey experiments (tw for distressing stuff) one trait that would frequently occur is that "orphan" macaques would become emotionally attached to pieces of cloth/towels. Even with the presence of a "wire mother" that provided endless food, the baby macaques would cling to bundles of cloth to simulate being held by their mothers. In experiments where the baby was provided a "cloth mother" that had no milk to give, they would still cling even if it meant starvation. If the researchers attempted to remove the cloths, the babies would panic and lash out. Those whose cloth was removed actually died from grief. The reason is simple; it was literally their security blanket.

Btw; These experiments weren't done out of cruelty. There was a really damaging parenting belief during the 1950s that believed that babies should be held as little as possible, less they become "spoiled" from too much contact. Harlow's team was able to prove that yes, you need frequent positive physical contact to survive/thrive as a baby.

The cloth-clinging can also be seen in macaques raised by humans that don't understand their instinctual need to cling. Even when dumped in the wild, former "pets" will cling to their security blanket like their life depends on it. Because it really does.

SO I had a thought;

What if Macaque's red scarf is his security blanket? His "cloth mother"? It being one of the few comforts he had as a baby monkey? Or even the only memento of a life before the Brotherhood? A simple piece of cloth that holds more value to him than all the treasures of Heaven?

I've seen ideas/headcanons that the handkerchief he wears on his armour in the Brotherhood-era is actually his trademarked scarf, and that he began wearing it more loosely because Wukong hasn't been adjusting it for him. Since we don't see an earlier form of Macaque, he is literally almost never seen without his red scarf, save for glamours and at the beach in S4.

Macaque, who tries his best to be a self-sufficient loner, getting panicked when he can't find his scarf or when it becomes damaged. Wukong learned a long time ago not to touch the scarf without permission, and was only allowed to interact with it when Mac was in a good mood.

And you know who else is a monkey with a piece of red cloth that they're never seen without?

You touch MK's bandana - you die. I believe it was likely Tang and/or Pigsy who used the cloth to keep the hair out of the baby's face, and MK psychologically attached to it as a form of comfort. He's not evne sure why he's so attached to it.

[sonderwrit]

C95: You knew after opening your eyes

I Have to Be a Great Villain - Masterpost

The daily trials of a slime's one-sided crush.

Daily Missions for He Came from Horizon's Edge

[1. Go crazy at the male lead.]

WY: Aha~ Beautiful!**this part originally written in English

WY: Scrape off all the scales, turn the eyeballs into specimens, and the bones and organs too—

[2. Go crazy at the female lead.]

WY: SO WHERE'S MY MERMAID FLESH?

Xiao Yu: I, I'm doing my best.

[3. Go crazy at everyone else.]

WY: THERE'S NO POINT TO CONSERVATIVE RESEARCH! SCIENCE NEEDS TO ADVANCE! THE WORLD NEEDS TO ADVANCE!

WY: I WANT THAT MERMAID!

[Along with #4—]

*All-Protective Suit*

Researching experimental subjects

WY: Heheh~ I'd like to see you try anything now.

As for X…

X: Like. I like my human.

X: Even though—he wants to cut apart this body.. …

X: I still like him.

WY: (I wonder if it'll eat the scalpel.)

X: As long as it makes him happy.

X: !?

X: It hurts.

X—a nickname for the humans for this organism that can heal endlessly.

X: It hurts so much…

But actually, I don't have a name at all.

I was only a particle floating in endless darkness.

When did I become sentient?

As if I was impelled by something…

I knew the first second after opening my eyes—

I wanted, to get close to a certain human.

But humans all look the same on the outside, and I still couldn't find them by the time I was captured here.

X: This transparent wall is too big for me to consume…..I can't get out.

Luckily, it was you who took me away in the end.

Luckily, you were the person I was looking for.

[Note: In X's eyes, humans all look similar; it needs to verify identity through the soul.]

X: ���it's so painful!

*CUT*

X: The human is so rough.

X: … …

X: If I didn't like you, I would've eaten you last night. Not sit nicely in a box and wait to be tormented.

WY: Huh?

WY: The inside is identical to the outside.

X: But because he's my human…it's fine.

WY: There's nothing like a nucleus or core (heart) found in normal organisms.

X: That's right, X has no heart.

X: I shouldn't feel things like "affection," which is a human emotion.

X: But why am I still so…obsessed with you?

WY: Uwah—it's a little gross.

X: Hurts to death…

X: I like him so much… …can't he sense anything?

S-0: Host you seem to be…overdoing it. (It's all broken to pieces)

X: … .. … …

WY: ? It's not that excessive right?

WY: Did I complete the missions? *wipe wipe*

S-0: It's done, it's done.

S-0: Dr. Wang's reputation is almost on par with the lunatic in Kichiku Megane now*  _(:3」∠*)_ *I looked up the Chinese 鬼畜眼镜 and yes they are literally referencing this yaoi visual novel. Help.

S-0: (He's pretty callous towards non-human species.)

WY: That's fine, then. I'll clean up the lab station before getting off work, you can go slack off* too, it's fine. *The Chinese he uses for "slack off" here literally reads "touch fish" lol

S-0: Okies.

S-0: Recently I found another cute kitty, so I'll go play with them~

WY: …. 

WY: (He hasn't learned his lesson yet)* *Alternatively: he only remembers the good and none of the bad. Literally: he only remembers how to eat, not how he got beaten.

WY: Huff—forget it. 

WY: Since the plot's progressing smoothly, just go with the flow.

WY: I haven't done experiments in two lifetimes, but I've finally found the feeling back, so that's worth celebrating.

WY: (Moreover this slime's suddenly grown docile for some reason.)

WY: As long as it's not doing that crappy consciousness attack, it's rather cute.

X: !

X: Cu…te? *attempting to understand*

X: … … *blush*

X: He's praising me?

[Experimental Subjects Storehouse]

Frog: *turns*

Frog: ! 

Slime: Gluglugluglug…~

Slime:*scurrying noises*

[Dr. Wang's Laboratory]

WY: Phew!

WY: Okay, see you again tomorrow.

WY: Hm?

WY: Wait…

WY: Did you get bigger again?

WY: What's going on…

Slime: !

Slime: Get away…

Slime: Hurry, get away—

Slime: My other body ate something bad…

*expand expand expand*

Slime: I'm gonna.. …

Slime: GONNA—

[utdr-stimming]

The Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience stim board!!!

You know your boy had to HOP on this one

Because this board is not utdr related I'll also post a stim board today that is just utdr ❤️

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[krystal-prisms]

Again, this is not what you want to actually experience, just objectively the sexiest way for you to go out

[crowscrafts707]

TW: fake blood, eerie imagery

I've been debating on posting my lad here, but I made a Roblox Pressure OC cuz that game is so fucking good I love it

Meet THE ROAMER! I'm making a whole fuckimg document on them. The whole rabbit mask thing comes from ym roblox avatar and that free to use big ass yellow rabbit suit lmfao

[masonjarart]

Mixing the identifiers into 3 eggs is an absolutely crazy move I don't think I would have ever thought that it fits purgatory really well cause truly what a sick image for the characters. Just this horrifying amalgamation of your kid and your friend's kids fucking blended together into this thing that isn't even sentient all it is is a tool in this fucking death game you're being forced to play, but can you look at this thing that bears some twisted resemblance to your kid and kill it just for a few points even if it doesn't kill your kid how can you look them in the eye after you do that?

Just to win a game? To beat your friends? For some all-seeing eyes entertainment?

Is it really worth it?

[mmoosen]

Theo Raeken Appreciation Week 2023: August 15th - Interests

The Doctors never let Theo study nothing but his mission, except the books of anatomy and experimentation the Dread Doctors wrote for themselves. Scientific terms became Theo's poetry and any kind of curiosity and intrigue was solely wrapped in his own body. Every day researching to ask the question: Just what had he lost from losing his own heart?

[forkdork]

Day 5!! AND... IM GOING TO LOOSE MY MARBLES!!!!

I tried to upload this like 11 times yesterday AND... IT JUST WOULDNT BUDGE GRRRR

anyways!!! The totally wholesome relationship of Lady and Bell!!!!

The best of sisters :]]]

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

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[inkstainedhandswithrings]

so I keep learning about The Horrors™️ of American healthcare and I keep hearing Americans talk abt this shit like it’s totally fine and let me tell y’all. It’s not. Apparently and ADHD or Autism test costs like 500$ for you guys? And then when you do get diagnosed you gotta think abt shit like “okay but do I actually need meds?” Bc apparently that’s a financial decision? But it,,, it shouldn’t be right? Right okay bc

I live in Europe, specifically Austria, and this is how healthcare works here: if you have a job you have healthcare. Your employer pays for it. They have to. It’s absolutely illegal and unheard of not to. They do take about 20% out of your pay-check every month to pay for that and other legal things that I don’t quite understand (my dad explained it to me once but I’m 20 so I still don’t get it bc I don’t really have to but every cent they take out benefits me I think so it’s fine).

Now irl this is a lot more complicated but basically, you have public healthcare and private healthcare and then just stuff that’s up to the government (like ambulance rides, I think. Even if you don’t have insurance u don’t pay for that. I know this bc an American friend of mine didn’t and had to go to the hospital and called a cab and when they told me I was like “??? BRO WHY NO AMBULANCE” this is also how I found out that Americans have to pay for ambulance rides. wtf.)

Basically your insurance covers all medical expenses from doctors who are in your network (public practice). This is your GP, hospitals, and pretty much all specialised docs (dentist, internists, cardiologists, etc.). However, the public offices are much busier than the private ones (obvi) so if you’re in a rush, want special treatment, or just be a little fancy you can CHOOSE to pay for private doctors. And even then you can hand in those bills to your insurance and you get part of the money back (abt 30% which you receive abt 4 months after handing the bill in).

If you keep your bills for private care doctors you can hand them in to,,, someone somewhere somehow (idk man) and get a bigger tax return. (bc we don’t calculate our taxes ourselves. it just gets taken out of your pay-check by your employer every month and then at the end of the,,, fiscal year??? I guess?? Idk man idk how shit works — you get any money that was like,,, extra (????) back)

Now you might ask yourself: “phi, why would I pay for doc if I can go to free doc?” Which is an excellent question. Again, for most people it’s about waiting times but there is one field where it just really makes more sense: mental health services. Private practitioners have less clients and more high quality care than public ones because they choose their own funding, which, surprise surprise, is better than public funding.

I will now take you through my own personal journey so you can have a practical example of how good healthcare CAN AND SHOULD BE (keep in mind here I have parents who after messing me up and being terrible but learning their lessen once I became an adult and told them how horrible they were are very supportive of me pursing my mental health)

When I was about to turn 20 I went to my GP and had a conversation with her about how I think I might have ADHD. She asked me about my complaints and agreed there definitely are symptoms indicating it. She wrote me a referral to a Psychiatrist. When I got to my Psychiatrist she tested me and because of the referral she could tell the insurance company that this test was necessary and not elective, meaning insurance payed for it in full and I never even saw that bill.

Now I had a diagnosis all but a week later. I spoke to my parents who agreed to support me in finding private care. My Psychiatrist charges 160€ (insurance returns 48€) per appointment which my mum graciously pays for. I see him once every couple of months to check in on my use of medication and how I’m responding and to see if my dosis needs adjustment. If and when I need a refill, I only have to write him an email. Before he could put me on medication I needed a blood draw and cardiac test, to ensure that I qualified for a stimulant, since they can be harmful in some cases. He wrote me referrals and I went to my GP and a public cardiologist for those tests, which were all free of ANY charge.

I was then cleared to take my meds within a few weeks (cardiologist had a bit of a waiting list). I was prescribed Ritalin and some sleeping pills by my psychiatrist. He gives me the prescriptions and a letter to the insurance company asking them to cover the cost, as I have a diagnosis which he confirmed again in his initial assessment of me. Now that I’ve gotten approved, all I pay for is the prescription, not the actual medication. Which is about 6-7€ for the Ritalin and 4-5€ for the sleeping pills (monthly supply each).

My Therapist is also a private doctor. She charges 120€ per session and I go twice a month, which is 240€ per month. My dad contributes 100€ and my mum contributes 30€, which means I’m down to 110€ per month. Insurance pays 30€ per session (so 60€ per month) so I pay a grand total of 50€ or 25€ per session.

So my medical treatment each month costs me just about 62€ AT MOST (since I don’t always need my sleeping pills refilled).

Now, just for fun, let’s assume my parents don’t support me and I see both my therapist and my psychiatrist in the same month and need both my meds refilled. This would come to just about 304€ (because of insurance deductions).

But you have to consider that I DON’T see my psychiatrist every month, so the more realistic monthly cost would be 187€. And should I decide I can’t pay for that I can still get on a waiting list for public mental health practitioners, in which case the only thing I’d ever need to pay for are the prescription costs for my medication which would still be up to 7€ for the Ritalin and up to 5€ for the sleeping pills putting the grand total at 12€ PER MONTH.

My family and I simply chose the quicker, more efficient option, but no one twisted our arm into paying this amount of money FOR BASIC CARE.

And yes, it’s a lot of bureaucracy (it took me WAY too long to spell that) and paperwork, but I’d much rather that than have to decide between mental well-being or being broke.

So, my conclusion: Cancel America, move to Europe, OR just tell the American People In Charge Men that it is that easy and they really should try a little harder and you citizens shouldn’t settle for the shit you have to put up with right now because wtf

if you wanna cry a little it’s okay lemme know I’ll come sit with you and offer a hug but you can say no if that’s not your thing

anyways love ya

phi

[kataratakaran]

The First Experiment. The First Success. Death would have been the kinder option. But he'd chosen change instead. He's going to have to live with that.

Ichi was the first to be experimented on, and the first to survive. It is his pawprints that the Master used to make the guidelines everyone else follows.

The Facility is not a happy, fun, or comfortably place. It is a place where one Receives Orders, and Obeys Orders, or they are Culled. So long as they are good for Master, the Master will be Good to them. Ichi obeys, but he is a cat. Some subversion and heel-digging is expected.

But he is First. He has a responsibility to all those who come after.

[rip-bugsandbobbit]

Had some fun with line weight in this doodle of Maril!

For some context, this was when Maril lost her sister. She had a hard time accepting what happened.

(Maril is one of the many experiments made inside of the lab :))

[rosesradio]

i know i said this whole thing on “i’m okay with having online friends i disagree with!1!!” and all that but actually. if you like college science classes unfollow me right now. there is no worse thing in the academic world than an advanced science class you don’t wanna be in

[ixirian-archive]

the experiment and her human head!! ^w^

returning to my middle school furry experiment ocs era rn also, tried out no anti aliasing ever for this drawing. i like this look, i'll try it more

[nixthelapin]

For my submission of “little girls are f-cking weird”:

When I was in gradeschool (I forget exactly how old but I’m thinking about 6-8 years?), I had a white goldfish that died (as they do), and instead of flushing it, burying it, throwing it out, or any other way to dispose of it, I decided to just keep it. Oh, and I don’t mean in the water tank. I took it out, put it in a dish (it was like a Petri dish shape, but not an actual one), then put said fish in dish on my bookshelf in a spot that wasn’t visible from my door.

Why? I just wanted to see what would happen 😂 It was actually kinda cool bc I got to see the decomposition process (I won’t include descriptions for the squeamish among you, but I do, in fact, remember what it looked like as the days/weeks went on, and I thought it was awesome).

Now you might be thinking- “don’t dead things smell bad? Especially fish??” Why yes they do! But another thing you need to know about little-me: I had a really poor sense of smell! So I didn’t even notice a single odor from this thing! But you know who didn’t have a bad sense of smell? My mom :D The poor thing thought she was going crazy every time she went in my room bc she’d ask what smells so bad and I would genuinely tell her I had no idea. She eventually got fed up with it and investigated and found my hidden gem (and of course promptly got rid of it and filled my room with air spray). I was very upset she took away my project.

TLDR: I loved science so much I decided to keep a dead fish in my bedroom to watch it decompose.

[reinemichele]

Well. I think I'll talk about my kidney cysts another day, I'm still really frustrated with my insurance but I'm trying to be patient and not catastrophize about what all could be wrong since it could be just a week or 2 before my doctor/insurance works out a way to get the CT scan authorized

Anyway, I have my labs tomorrow, and I really don't feel well (pain + exhaustion + nausea) but I don't want to reschedule them again, both because I know I'll just also not feel well next week, and because maybe the lab results would help provide more justification for the CT scan to be authorized, but

You know?