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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 92 points 6 days ago (2 children)

So that's what bone hurting juice is. It's hurting juice that comes from your bones.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Oof ouch my bones [are hurting me]!

[–] M137@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, we now know it's actually bone panic juice. They were close with the naming, but not all the way there.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Panic can cause physical pain. We're right back to bone hurting juice.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 52 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

So, lemme get this straight: first they ache like bastards, and now they also induce anxiety. I say we boycott bones.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 40 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It turns out jellyfish have been the ideal species the whole time.

No brains to worry with, no bones to hurt or cause anxiety.

[–] TeamAssimilation 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Crabs know what’s up too, that’s why they wear their skeleton as an armor. Can’t hurt you if it’s outside.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wanna be a shark. Only bones are the teeth and THEY ARE REPLACEABLE

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why don’t we get replaceable teeth?

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

We have the free trial of replaceable teeth. The first replacement is free, after that it gets expensive.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Plus, functional immortality outside of being eaten. And who the heck wants to eat jellyfish. Seems like a sweet gig.

[–] scratchee@feddit.uk 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Plus they cleverly evolved ahead of time to be camouflaged against all our plastic pollution, so their few predators keep choking on plastic bags instesd

[–] Valo85@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Turtles eat jellyfish. And so do the Chinese. That immorality be tasty.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Jellyfish hate consent.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Yes! Abolish skeletons! Let’s become Jellyfish.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 8 points 6 days ago

Take 'em out and throw 'em away. What use could they possibly be?

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 19 points 6 days ago
[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Wait, what? So, is this part of lifting weights?

Our skeleton is much more than a rigid scaffold for the body, says geneticist Gérard Karsenty of Columbia University. Our bones secrete a protein called osteocalcin, discovered in the 1970s, that rebuilds the skeleton. In 2007, Karsenty and colleagues discovered that this protein acts as a hormone to keep blood sugar levels in check and burn fat. Later, his group showed that the hormone is important for maintaining brain function and physical fitness, restoring memory in aged mice and boosting performance during exercise in old mice and people. The findings led Karsenty to hypothesize that animals evolved bony skeletons to escape danger.

https://www.science.org/content/article/hormone-secreted-bones-may-help-us-escape-danger

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yes, this is entry level anatomy and physiology knowledge these days.

Daily exercise is important.

[–] Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The hormone that your bone-making cells secrete to say "bone foundation is laid, bring the concrete" was hijacked by the brain through evolution god knows how many years ago to simulate the "we need to fucking go" thought and you call that entry level??

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Yes, that's how half of your body works lol, just a jury rigged abomination of "good enough" and repurposed functions

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

And just like boots were made for walking, our body is built to function within normal parameters when it is physically fit.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Very, very important.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Guaranteed its faster to run than to seep

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Imagine bony slugs running around.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Skeletanic Panic!

Also: The phrase "I feel it in my bones" makes a lotta sense now.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Goddamnit. Now I got that tune stuck in my head. Thanks, Obama!

[–] individual@toast.ooo 3 points 6 days ago

most scientific psycho boner