What makes this funnier is that we’ve found that the intestine actually has a ton of impact in our emotional regulation.
The microbiome in it, exactly.
We are meat suits driven by primitive bacteria. Explains a lot, me thinks.
We thinks*
Ah, that’s the source for this strange short film. Never read the script. Thanks!
You’ve gotta be shitting me.
I’ve suspected this, but source?
Edit: Oh, metabolomics
If you want to find more on this topic then the relevant search words would be the Gut-brain Axis or Gut-brain connection.
Wikipedia has a starting point:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut–brain_axisStudies have confirmed that gut microbiome contribute to range of brain functions controlled by the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and amygdala (responsible for emotions and motivation) and act as a key node in the gut-brain behavioral axis.[9]
Here’s the 9th reference on a site that doesn’t require a login:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321136378_Gutsy_Moves_The_Amygdala_as_a_Critical_Node_in_Microbiota_to_Brain_SignalingHonestly I don’t have one at hand, but I remember it quite distinctly as it’s tied into research into neurodivergence.
Nevertheless you can die of heartbreak 💔
We even acknowledge it:
“I have a gut feeling he’s the murderer”
“Waking up to learn Hillary had lost was a gut punch”
“I feel a visceral anger every time I hear his smug and smarmy voice, even before I’m disgusted by what he says.”
“I feel it in my water” is close enough.
And the fact that the heart has nothing to do with emotions. The brain doesn’t even get to be represented in the comic!
Possibly that even is the joke :P
If the author is that knowledgeable and did that meta-joke, then, respect, but probably most people reading this don’t know this, so good opportunity to bring it up.
Brain isn’t there because it committed suicide for not being nominated.
Brain wasn’t even invited
the gall…
I love the boobs on skin!
This comment is great out-of-context.
And the vacant eyes
My wiener is extremely emotional. How dare it not be nominated.
In Malay and Indonesian the organ that is the metaphorical seat for emotions and love is the liver
