WTF?

[conuly]

Seriously, when did real life become like something out of a bad sci-fi movie? Please don't answer with such replies as "1984", thanks.

I need to stop reading the news. And to get out of this universe. Anybody making progress moving between parallel worlds? Maybe I can get a group of us, go someplace where sentience didn't evolve. Of course, we'd take plenty of domesticated animals, plants, not to mention ready-packaged supplies. And books, lots of books.

Comments

[davidkevin.livejournal.com]

I can see it all now: Axe Oxytocin Body Spray; oxytocin replaces ecstasy as the rave drug; test cases in court -- will oxytocin be considered a date rape drug?; Republicans will condemn it and the DEA will make it Schedule II.

[leora.livejournal.com]

I didn't get past the part of the article where they mentioned it's oxytocin...

oxytocin is one of the chemicals your body natural creates that causes you to love/lust after people... it's a sex drug. It gets released during sexual acts...

I think it's the one specifically responsible for "new relationship energy" that head over heels feeling, but I could be wrong and it could just be a pleasurable making out drug.

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I think I'm at a loss for words that they want to spray people with it to make them more trusting. And... uh, giving people access to it... it certainly can be addicting. People do get addicted to it. Usually it's expressed by being addicted to the acts that make your body create it... but uh.... weird, just weird.

It might be a good aphrodisiac (sp?) though.

[appadil.livejournal.com]

::nods:: Precisely. It's associated with that "falling in love" feeling, and with orgasms. Also uterine contractions, mothering reflex, male fidelity, friendship/family bonding, lactation, and a bunch of other things. WHY they think that spraying something with such a wide range of effects is a good idea is beyond me.

Also, while there may be applications for treating sociopaths, the social difficulties of people on the autism spectrum are, as far as I know, completely unrelated to the sort of reactions oxytocin is associated with. My ability to "read" people may be impaired, but my ability to bond certainly isn't!