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.

scops@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y

I thought it was an Irritable Bowel Syndrome joke

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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."

shalafi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

"I feel it in my water" is close enough.

tetris11@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I've suspected this, but source?

Edit: Oh, metabolomics

anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 1y

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%E2%80%93brain_axis

Studies 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_Signaling

db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y

Honestly I don't have one at hand, but I remember it quite distinctly as it's tied into research into neurodivergence.

BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Nevertheless you can die of heartbreak 💔

lugal@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

You also can die from internal bleeding 💔
Or when your head literally explodes 🤯
Or when you are overran by an elephant 🐘

Which doesn't make any of the above more emotional

MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

overran by an elephant 🐘

Source?

lugal@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 1y

toadjones79@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

I know this even without the research. I have IBS, and my modd can change on a dime at the same time my gut changes moods. Like, if I get gas, or indigestion, it can be quite sudden. And at the same time my entire demeanor will flip like a switch. Sometimes before I feel it in my gut. Like I can be asking myself why am I so depressed and then the guy bomb will hit and I'm like oh, that's why.

ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

Like 80% of the serotonin in your body is in your intestines iirc.

neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

And what should I eat to become angry like Hulk?

db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Spinach will get you halfway there.

dumbass@leminal.space · 2 pts · 1y

That just gets you involved in a violent love triangle.

lugal@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

So Popeye is basically the prequel to Hulk?

TisI@reddthat.com · 29 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I love the boobs on skin!