I'm a bit late to my own party, typically. I like the people who make me smile, make me laugh, teach me things, or just make the site a better place to be. In no particular order, we have amazing trolls here. Jweezee, devilla and djpatties; you're NOT doing it wrong. That's a trolling masterclass right there for any budding underbridge dwellers.
Then we've got the smarties who tell me something I don't know (and find interesting). People like wigsplitz, lc1988, NeuroNeptunian, Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress. Special mention to wigsplitz for making me aware of three new things in the space of about 24 hours (that's a high hit-rate), and also to lc1988 (vaginal bacteria, I was genuinely fascinated).
Then there are the cool dudes, the chilled-out, laid back, genuinely nice people like DannyKanes, charli.m, aussiewolf and Captain_Kegstand (special mention to him as he was the first person on the site to extend a friendly welcome to me. Nice guy!) and the people who are wise (joybird and wigsplitz again, from experience it sounds like, but also people like dom180, Allison89, obscurereason, Megid, and Ono, who always have something worthwhile to say).
Then there are the people I find myself noticing because they think like me (disthing, Legion, NoraBaker, Ldizzy1234, sleepingbeauty). Also the people who don't think like me (nobleserpent and ItDuz) but are worth hearing. Then we have a little group of people who make the site better (Saycheese, ...Space_Ghost?, Anime7, lulz, Shackleford96, PumpkinKate, Avant-Garde). I like them all. Special mention to ...Space_Ghost? though, who is becoming everyone's favourite "spirit in the sky". Lights up a room, that one.
Then there are the people who don't really have a category. PapaGee (who scares me a bit. I always think he's going to wrestle me. Some days I kind of hope he would). shuggy-chan (who jumps about the site like Tigger). Faceless (unique talent and a funny, funny man). And Frosties (that dude's got a stripey tail).
If you want to know about any bacteria..I mean ANY bacteria, I'm your nerd. It's very interesting to me as well. And thank you =) I always thought no one read my nerdy posts.
I know a little bit about this stuff and have an interest but you know a lot more. To be honest, what you said has been running around my mind since I first read it. Just made me really curious and I do genuinely appreciate someone who does that.
More than anything, you made me wonder why vaginal bacteria is more mobile than mouth stuff. It made me wonder what it does and why it needs to get around. And I realised I don't have the first clue.
Well, if you think about it, bacterial flora of the mouth have a free ride. Food, air, and water constantly pass through the mouth cavity. Food gets stuck between your teeth and the bacteria on the food have found a perfect little niche to start colonizing. Fun fact: Bacteria talk to each other through quorum sensing to start the biofilm formation. Also, if resources are running in short supply, programmed cell death occurs to part of the colony to save the others. Pretty cool eh? Anyways, with the mouth constantly moving and saliva swirling every which way, all the bacteria have to do is stick to something, even the throat on the way down.
Now, urogenital bacteria is a bit different, at least for the pathogens. Good ol' E. coli is a good example. You wipe back to front one day, placing E. coli from your anus to the opening of the urethra or the vagina. Now what? It needs to move to find a niche. It's not like in the mouth where it's a big party. Good bacteria are bitches to the E. coli. It needs to keep swimming through the mucosa to find a niche, preferably further up with less oxygen present. They all have their little quirks about the perfect environment for each species...and this was pretty generalized but hopefully you see the point. Another fun fact: Syphilis actually does a corkscrew motion to penetrate cells and infect. Research is still ongoing about how they do this.
Side Note: My favorite bacteria would have to be myxococcus xanthus..aka "the wolf pack." They literally move in unison and devour prey. There's a few videos of this..I used to post it in the chat haha. Anyways, bacteria are complex contrary to popular belief just because they are small.
Ah sorry I got carried away.
Haha Yup! Back in the day, I was going for pharmacy school but I took my first general microbiology course and I was hooked! I am more partial to bacteria than viruses, fungi, and archaea.
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I'm a bit late to my own party, typically. I like the people who make me smile, make me laugh, teach me things, or just make the site a better place to be. In no particular order, we have amazing trolls here. Jweezee, devilla and djpatties; you're NOT doing it wrong. That's a trolling masterclass right there for any budding underbridge dwellers.
Then we've got the smarties who tell me something I don't know (and find interesting). People like wigsplitz, lc1988, NeuroNeptunian, Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress. Special mention to wigsplitz for making me aware of three new things in the space of about 24 hours (that's a high hit-rate), and also to lc1988 (vaginal bacteria, I was genuinely fascinated).
Then there are the cool dudes, the chilled-out, laid back, genuinely nice people like DannyKanes, charli.m, aussiewolf and Captain_Kegstand (special mention to him as he was the first person on the site to extend a friendly welcome to me. Nice guy!) and the people who are wise (joybird and wigsplitz again, from experience it sounds like, but also people like dom180, Allison89, obscurereason, Megid, and Ono, who always have something worthwhile to say).
Then there are the people I find myself noticing because they think like me (disthing, Legion, NoraBaker, Ldizzy1234, sleepingbeauty). Also the people who don't think like me (nobleserpent and ItDuz) but are worth hearing. Then we have a little group of people who make the site better (Saycheese, ...Space_Ghost?, Anime7, lulz, Shackleford96, PumpkinKate, Avant-Garde). I like them all. Special mention to ...Space_Ghost? though, who is becoming everyone's favourite "spirit in the sky". Lights up a room, that one.
Then there are the people who don't really have a category. PapaGee (who scares me a bit. I always think he's going to wrestle me. Some days I kind of hope he would). shuggy-chan (who jumps about the site like Tigger). Faceless (unique talent and a funny, funny man). And Frosties (that dude's got a stripey tail).
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And now that's all the back-slapping out of the way, let's go back to writing stories about incest and letting our dogs do bad things. :D
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Thank you OP!
"shuggy-chan (who jumps about the site like Tigger)."
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It's kind of cute, though, isn't it? I've always liked him.
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Oh I'm not disagreeing with that :)
If you want to know about any bacteria..I mean ANY bacteria, I'm your nerd. It's very interesting to me as well. And thank you =) I always thought no one read my nerdy posts.
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I know a little bit about this stuff and have an interest but you know a lot more. To be honest, what you said has been running around my mind since I first read it. Just made me really curious and I do genuinely appreciate someone who does that.
More than anything, you made me wonder why vaginal bacteria is more mobile than mouth stuff. It made me wonder what it does and why it needs to get around. And I realised I don't have the first clue.
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Well, if you think about it, bacterial flora of the mouth have a free ride. Food, air, and water constantly pass through the mouth cavity. Food gets stuck between your teeth and the bacteria on the food have found a perfect little niche to start colonizing. Fun fact: Bacteria talk to each other through quorum sensing to start the biofilm formation. Also, if resources are running in short supply, programmed cell death occurs to part of the colony to save the others. Pretty cool eh? Anyways, with the mouth constantly moving and saliva swirling every which way, all the bacteria have to do is stick to something, even the throat on the way down.
Now, urogenital bacteria is a bit different, at least for the pathogens. Good ol' E. coli is a good example. You wipe back to front one day, placing E. coli from your anus to the opening of the urethra or the vagina. Now what? It needs to move to find a niche. It's not like in the mouth where it's a big party. Good bacteria are bitches to the E. coli. It needs to keep swimming through the mucosa to find a niche, preferably further up with less oxygen present. They all have their little quirks about the perfect environment for each species...and this was pretty generalized but hopefully you see the point. Another fun fact: Syphilis actually does a corkscrew motion to penetrate cells and infect. Research is still ongoing about how they do this.
Side Note: My favorite bacteria would have to be myxococcus xanthus..aka "the wolf pack." They literally move in unison and devour prey. There's a few videos of this..I used to post it in the chat haha. Anyways, bacteria are complex contrary to popular belief just because they are small.
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You should post more posts like this, I found it fascinating :)
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Well, unfortunately there aren't many topics here where I can, but I try to use it whenever I can as a form of practice I guess lol.
One or two things I knew, but I also learned about ten new things in one go there. You're making me want to go off and read about bacteria all day. :P
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Haha Yup! Back in the day, I was going for pharmacy school but I took my first general microbiology course and I was hooked! I am more partial to bacteria than viruses, fungi, and archaea.