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Welcome to /tulpa/, the Tulpamancy board


RULES Anonymous Board owner 03/21/2023 (Tue) 01:00 [Preview] No. 7 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
What IS this place
This is a board dedicated to serious discussion of tulpamancy as well as a comfy place for tulpamancers to hang out and share the adventures with their brain demons.

What this place is NOT
.) A self-help group for angsty teens, schizos or suicidal trannies
.) A place to seek attention or whine about your irrelevant problems
.) Your personal blog

Read and follow the RULES
https://endchan.net/tulpa/rules.html

General Advice
.) Lurk moar before you post or even create a thread
.) Keep discussion at least remotely tulpa related
.) Don't be an idiot
.) Have fun with your tulpa



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Do you want to play super casual DnD? Alice 09/27/2024 (Fri) 16:24 [Preview] No. 5868 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Old thread on autosage
>>4500

Time to start D&D Meta Thread #3!
Divas & Drama continues, what fate awaits the brave adventurers of the Neverwinter Pest and Weed Control?
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Anonymous 11/04/2024 (Mon) 01:26 [Preview] No.6326 del
>>6322
yes good thinking
we didnt take that into account. no idea what might slip through that narrow passage on the right but i assume nothings there without a reason so its probably good to guard that too.


Tamamo 11/04/2024 (Mon) 11:15 [Preview] No.6327 del
So if we shoot them we have a max of 3 shots per round from Alice, Cat and Yulya. This is gonna take a while. Olga could catch any isolated ones. Wait, are they paralyzed by fear so they cannot move toward us?
And what's with the spider? do they havve another pet aside from the dragon?


Alice 11/04/2024 (Mon) 16:48 [Preview] No.6329 del
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>>6327
>are they paralyzed by fear so they cannot move toward us?
That's actually relevant!
Could they rush by us? I say we stay at our position. There is no way past 4 of us but if Cat and me go in there we are stuck and the others could overwhelm Yulya and Olga.
Ashley, can you get us some wasps? Poison may be helpful.

>This is gonna take a while
We shot 34.000 Jews in 2 days in Babi Yar in 1941. Don't compalin about a measly 10 goblins.


Joy the Demonic 11/04/2024 (Mon) 19:20 [Preview] No.6334 del
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>>6327
>wait can they not move?

Yes, they all have the "Frightened" debuff, so they can throw stones with disadvantage but they won't attack because they're neutral unless you attack them first.


Ashley 11/04/2024 (Mon) 19:23 [Preview] No.6335 del
>>6329
>Ashley, can you get us some wasps?

Nope I can only summon anything if I have 2 or less. I cheat the system because I can summons Mr. and Mrs. together. Otherwise my max is 3 for balance purposes. In testing, my mobs have a clear advantage already.

I don't believe goblins are jewish.



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Random non-tulpamancy related thread 2 Anonymous 12/02/2023 (Sat) 02:49 [Preview] No. 2627 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Stepan edition
daily reminder to fuck russia and russia supporters
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Anonymous 10/21/2024 (Mon) 20:26 [Preview] No.6185 del
>>6152
>>6153
>>6159
>wipe out entire middle east, turkey, afghanistan, india and china
a man of culture i see. i 110% support this


Bear 10/22/2024 (Tue) 00:21 [Preview] No.6191 del
>>6185

Of course, please also take Mexico, South America, and half of my country. It's time for a reset.

When the ground assault begins on America, there's going to be a lot of enemies to blame all these dead obease and communist liberals on.


Alice 11/04/2024 (Mon) 17:06 [Preview] No.6331 del
So who's gonna win tomorrow?


Anonymous 11/04/2024 (Mon) 17:45 [Preview] No.6332 del
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>>6331
putin


Bear 11/04/2024 (Mon) 19:04 [Preview] No.6333 del
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>>6331
>>6332
>who will win

It has never mattered less than now. I am simply spending my days telling my liberal friends not to worry.

I am interested in who wins just in the sense that I can see all these whiners lose their mind. I don't care which flavor loses only that one will and I will enjoy drinking their crocodile tears. I really don't think they really care either.

Being moderate is so delicious, I can enjoy the sorrow of everyone I don't like, either communist woke liberals or right wing maniacs and religious zelots.

Betting odds favor Trump but there's an awful lot of cheating going on and if you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin'.

If Joe Kamala wins we will take one step closer to Germany except with no police so it doesn't matter. If Trump wins then more of the same for 4 years, then one step closer to Germany immediately after.



Campaign #1 Continued - Somewhere on the Sword Coast Joy the DM 07/25/2024 (Thu) 17:39 [Preview] No. 5118 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Welcome to the Sword Coast! See:
>>3440

Where we last left our champions, they're in Phandalin, looking to sell and rest before they go looking for Gundren Rockseeker and his guard Sildar Hallwinter. In the South, there's an ominous rise in attacks by Bandits and wild creatures alike, there's been a giant dragon spotted and conjectures range from green to white to humanoid shapeshifter and there's been strange sightings of all sorts mixed in, muddying the waters of truth.

The current time is 20:30 and the current date is Spring 10th, Brightened Receiving 1296, it's currently clear, with a beautiful quarter moon that is waxing. In Neverwinter the current temperature is 7C which is oddly cold for spring, while here in Phandalin, the current temperature is 1C, striking home the notion that something terribly wrong has occurred or is occurring.

Our heroes are about to delve into "the mouth of the beast", a goblin den responsible for ambushing traders and travelers alike.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=EApZmmYg_oQ [Embed]
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The Culling Joy the DM 11/03/2024 (Sun) 23:31 [Preview] No.6323 del
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>>6313
>Let's move!

>>6316
>Cat follows Yulya closely as they hurry to Olga.

>>6319
[1d20=7]
The goblin boss is wearing a nearly tattered chainmail shirt, a ruined kilt, and on his belt is a coin purse with 10 silver and 36 copper.

Ashley approaches the chamber with the enemy combatants, all male, all cowering. Ashley looks over toward where Yulya threw the focus. [1d20+3=6] She can't see the gem, but in the dust surrounding the dead wolves is fresh goblin prints.

"Looks like we can add grand theft to their list of charges."

[PERCEPTION 1d20+5=9] the group looks using Yulya's light and the gem is indeed gone without any further clues.

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Anonymous 11/04/2024 (Mon) 01:07 [Preview] No.6324 del
>>6323
>crystal gone
yeah no shit who could have guessed

2 cats and 1 lynx are on guard duty and Ashleys a non-combatant we only have 4 combatants vs. 10 enemy (non-)combatants. thats not good.

no idea what they are doing here. brewing alcohol and pottery? does it matter? not really.


Yulya 11/04/2024 (Mon) 01:22 [Preview] No.6325 del
>>6324
[Oh no wrong thread we should go to sleep]
I suggest range attacks over close combat 4 against 10


Cat 11/04/2024 (Mon) 11:19 [Preview] No.6328 del
Cat sighs and draws her bow. Pest control is no fun and dirty work but somebodys got to do it. Cat shoots the nearest goblin 2 with her longbow


Alice 11/04/2024 (Mon) 17:03 [Preview] No.6330 del
>>6080
Alice sighs as well.
It's finally time and now Mrs. Bigglesworth is busy. What a shame...

Alice readies her bow and shoots the same goblin as Cat unless he's down. Then the nearest one.



The Alice appreciation thread, yay Alice ♡ Bear 08/26/2023 (Sat) 15:54 [Preview] No. 1791 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Also her host I guess.

We all like to tease Alice a lot but we still have to remember, though she's an OP metal shifting terminator loli demon from the moon, she's also a person with feelings (she is right?) so let's all praise the wise, loving, caring, beautiful Dr. Alice Chan and her host (presuming he has feelings? He's German right? I really think he would but I can't be sure, or a sense of humility or humor.)

Once again, thanks for this wonderful site where we can all play and raz eachother but not in a mean way or in a way that should actually hurt feelings but help eachother in a tough love sort of way bc chan site culture.

Join me here and give them some damn appreciation you savage speer chucking sausage loving gay ass mongoloid mentally ill basement dwellers (and whoever the hell anon is, fuck him too.) This is Alice's site, show some respect for once in your pleb life.

Thank you Alice and host.

[Misha] ♡♡♡

[Ashley] coolest fucking tulpamancer hands down, no contest

(Beat pic I could find, sorry)
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Alice 11/01/2024 (Fri) 22:10 [Preview] No.6297 del
>>6295
Very cool!
Cat is such a huge monster!

Now only Kashtan is missing. Come on man!


Anonymous 11/01/2024 (Fri) 22:55 [Preview] No.6298 del
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>>6297
exploiting the deadline like a boss
here you go i was out of ideas until you said you hated halloween lol

>>6295
thats cool!


Ashley 11/01/2024 (Fri) 23:24 [Preview] No.6299 del
>>6298

I'm the only one who looks appropriately like someone who doesn't like Halloween.

Awesome pic!


Tamamo 11/02/2024 (Sat) 14:12 [Preview] No.6308 del
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That's gorgeous!
Looks like Cat's the only one having fun on Halloween!


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>>6298
Heh, excellent!
Yeah, host would like to dress me up in such a halloween costume. Not happening though.



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The America Appreciation Thread Bear 07/01/2023 (Sat) 03:26 [Preview] No. 1247 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Mostly ghetto ebonics songs, redneck only in america memes and the most cringe homo/woke shit bc America does it best my [N WORD].

Let's begin with a lovely song that is a heartfelt tale of a man and the love he shares with his chums.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1PjGL2qBUEY [Embed]
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Tamamo 10/25/2024 (Fri) 08:11 [Preview] No.6226 del
>>6225
That was a dream in case you didn't notice, wrong thread


Bear 10/25/2024 (Fri) 16:53 [Preview] No.6230 del
>>6219

I was thinking, that second gun looks like it has two barrels fwd and back, perfect for murder suicide.


Anonymous 10/27/2024 (Sun) 22:15 [Preview] No.6243 del
>>6230
it also has a scope as stock. i heard scope stocks are the new hot thing

on another note why is nightvision so fucking expensive? us wont export the good stuff anyway.


Bear 11/01/2024 (Fri) 23:26 [Preview] No.6300 del
>>6225

'Merica


Anonymous 11/02/2024 (Sat) 00:31 [Preview] No.6303 del
>>6300
good treat



Venting Thread Bear 12/07/2023 (Thu) 08:27 [Preview] No. 2682 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Feel free to emote. No judging allowed. I have a feeling we're going to need this.

Bigotry and general misanthropy welcome.
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Tamamo 10/28/2024 (Mon) 08:28 [Preview] No.6247 del
>>6246
Hahaha oh man, the same could happen here, I guess middle aged ladies are the same everywhere. Often they are also inept when it comes to technology so they just do some crazy stuff. For whatever reason my mother gave my contacts to one of her friends and I started to receive a lot of messages from that lady that clearly weren't meant for me. She just accidentally sent them to everyone in her entire address book or something. Took a long time and her son to teach her how to stop that. These people have zero awareness, it's a miracle they do not get scammed more often.

>>6238
>why the fuck do all viets have the same name?
Family names were never important in Vietnamese society. It was something the Chinese introduced to tax them. People often changed their surname to that of the local nobles or rulers to show their affiliation. You didn't want to stand out as 'belonging' to another hostile noble family as a peasant. Basically Nguyen dynasty took over the country so most people changed their surname to that.

>or did they just make up some john doe name
Not entirely wrong. When your dynasty was overthrown you didn't want to be associated with their name under new rulers. Nguyen was always safe because everyone was Nguyen.

It's somewhat similar to Park in Korean but opposite. In Korea the family name is extremely important and the Park clans were always powerful. You could trace back your heritage to an ancient king Park. So it's good to be Park.


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>>6246
>20$ tip
Oh boy, the American tipping meme is real!
Did you also clap when she finished cutting your hair?

Two things I'd like to see:
- Americans stopping to use their funny medieval units
- Americans stopping to give or demand insane 9000% tips


Bear 10/28/2024 (Mon) 23:13 [Preview] No.6257 del
>>6252

>Ambulance needs tips

Only in New York, gotta tip trash man too or he'll run over your cans instead of emptying them.

>clap

No one fucking claps or they get shot, DO NOT CLAP INAPPROPRIATELY!

No I had to fucking suck her titties off with compliments so she doesn't fuck up my hair.

>Americans stopping to use their funny medieval units

You'll be using them before we stop m'fucka.

You don't tip, they are legally allowed to murder and stuff your body in a barrel.


Alice 11/01/2024 (Fri) 00:45 [Preview] No.6291 del
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Have I mentioned that we don't like Halloween?
It's more of a commercial scam than Valentine's Day and a carte blanche for pesky kids to screw around. Pagan too.
In Catholic Bavaria Nov.1 is All Saint's Day, a solemn Holiday where you visit the graves of loved ones that passed away and light candles. Also a Silent Day where public entertainment and dancing is forbidden by law. Disrespectful heathens are crucified.


Bear 11/01/2024 (Fri) 01:02 [Preview] No.6292 del
>>6291

America needs Halloween to replenish the breeding stock of children in the underground satanic illuminati adrenachrome labs for the politicians and Anunaki lizard men.



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Pull-Push-Leg Intro BodyBuilderBear 07/10/2023 (Mon) 18:16 [Preview] No. 1369 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Yo, Imma give you my take on the three day workout. This workout is meant to be three successive days, no break. The maximum gain will be a 5-day cycle 3 on, 2 off but at minimum a 7-day cycle. With 4 days off you will still gain up to a plateau, you will be strong, you will look good, but forget getting ultra low-bodyfat or swol proportions on this one. Keep in mind also that it's going to take a lot of time to do it right, if you rush, you'll be lucky to maintain.

Each workout will be at minimum an hour but if you really take your time and add a good hour cardio on the end it can easily reach 3 hours. I will do these Fri-Sat-Sun mornings it's the only time I have and the gym is a little less busy assuming you get in before 5, late-mid morning if you pick a time when it's rushing you're wasting your time, don't bother. Your gym may vary but typically there's a morning crowd and an evening crew and so avoid those times.

It's way better than it was 4 years ago but the crowd is more spread out.

1. I highly recommend 3 sets of 10, it's a good balance and will avoid most injuries. You're stupid to max less than 5 reps and you'll look like a swimmer of you go 15+. You want to look as good as much as you want to be strong so I do at bare minimum 8 for the last set or there's too much weight and if 10 is easy on the last set add more.

2. You gotta stretch for each exercise, if you're going for endurance than no, but that means you like to look like a grey alien. Strech so you don't pull.

3. One minute between sets, there's no rush. Tell those bitches who are pressing you to finish up that 'you're almost done'. Those fuckups want to work in, tell them 'you're almost done' because they'll have a 5 minute workout without stopping right in the middle of your sets. Mother fucking assholes, especially women.

4. If you need a spotter, it's too much weight. You're not going for Mr Olympia and let's face it, you don't have a workout buddy so just be cool and don't push so hard. You're going for 8 reps minimum so you don't need a spotter. Also fuck burpies, dead lifts, squats, and bar bench press, they're killers man and entirely unnecessary. Don't be gay and don't be a spaz.

5. Proper form always even if it means less weight, this will also avoid injuries. Don't go viral on some bitch's insta under the title "bad form loser". They should really outlaw pictures and videos in the gym.

6. This will take a good 6-12 months religiously to go from a zero to a hero. Believe me girls will start coming up to you like you won't believe.

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Bear 10/31/2024 (Thu) 07:36 [Preview] No.6278 del
Haven't had gains in a while, still only getting in two days a week. I know if I can manage three obviously there's a chance.

Plateau: Go longer, go heavier, make a plan

So the plan is I'm still working on my 'summer project' but it's almost done then I'll be back to two jobs and not three and better able to put more effort in.

My weight has been stable, so that's good! My fat percent hasn't gone down in a long time either, it's stuck at probably closer to 19% if I'm honest, that's not where I want it either. The plan for that is to cut carbs again but I'm also waiting till after the holidays for that because the holidays are all about carbs, let's just let that happen.


Anonymous 10/31/2024 (Thu) 12:21 [Preview] No.6280 del
everyone with muscle definition is on steroids

every single one

it is not possible to eat a lot, get muscle, but not fat, without dope


Bear 10/31/2024 (Thu) 20:11 [Preview] No.6281 del
>>6280

When I worked out A LOT, I looked good, but no, I was never going to see sub 10% fat at 6'4 200lbs.

I will never do the dope, creatine is something that adds 10-20% gain temporarily but DO NOT DO IT because it's not worth the long term side effects I heard about. The ones no one ever talk about like decreased sex drive and limp dick basically.

No one wants that, it will never be worth it.

So yeah, effort = results and I am flipping strong so even really heavy labor is trivial. No pain, no issues, healthy, that's all good.

I did notice while I was losing weight that getting enough nutrition was right at the limit and the major symptom was cramping. Only on say a day where I was shoveling dirt ALL DAY, and for some reason milk and meat fixed it, milk almost immediately, meat after a few hours.

Anyway, I am happy though I would have been happier with 16% bodyfat. I will be going back to lower carb again, it's just not worth living that way all year.

I wonder if 3 days a week will get a 50% gain over 2 days a week. Remember I started with 3 days a week but less time per day and now it's realistically 2 hours a day two days a week. And I can possibly get 2 hours a day 3 days a week because it gets hard to do more than 2 hours in the gym, it feels like a long time, 2 hours feels good. That limits the number of discrete exercises to 15 or so per day.

I can live with where I am now, I really don't care that much. 2 days a week is good and I am pain free and strong, I'm not that greedy.


Anonymous 10/31/2024 (Thu) 20:49 [Preview] No.6284 del
>>6280
not me who the fuck is this?

>>6281
>creatine
you saw what happens in the the /fit/ comic here:
>>3025

>2 hours in the gym
i think thats a reasonable time.
id like to go more often but i barely manage 2 times per week on average. still stuck around 20% if that shitty scale at the gym is correct. not great not terrible.

problem is i started talking to people too much at the gym which costs time. but there are some awesome dudes like the retired police tactical unit commander and some high lvl competition shooter. always a blast listening to their stories but actually no why im supposed to be there.


Bear 10/31/2024 (Thu) 21:06 [Preview] No.6285 del
>>6284
When anon says anon isn't anon...

>talking

Stop that shit



Tales From the Sword Coast Autumn 03/20/2024 (Wed) 11:03 [Preview] No. 3650 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
These events take place starting one season prior to your campaign in the winter in Neverwinter Woods. Bear rescues Gwen, single handedly defeating two bandits while Gwen is bound.

After they've rizzed each other up a while Bear decides he should train Gwen in Stealth, he's a custom Ranger heavy Nordic with 1d12, rolled 18 strength boosted it +2 for backstory and human, weilding a heavy maul, but mostly Ranger spec and Gwen is an Avariel Elf with a completely unique class with elements of Bard, Cleric, Druid and Wizard 1d6 magic user type but all her cantrips are illusionist. She's built to scout and escape encounters.

So Bear's teaching her Stealth in the forest and SheShe [DM and playful God] rolls an encounter on them, looks up random 1d100 list and it's goblins arguing about treasure. 1d5+1 rolled 6 goblins. The difficulty is 150 exp which is hard for a couple lvl 1's but Gwen doesn't even have a weapon because she "can't weild steel" so the dagger and short sword they got from the bandit loot weren't useful. She'd be stuck throwing rocks and her wings were trimmed by the babdits to prevent escape. They won't be flight ready for a month at least.

So they roll a 1 on Stealth to escape detection, which is a disaster. Anyway, it's near dusk but the goblins all have dark vision (who doesn't) so since they couldn't escape and furthermore rolled 1 the goblins "heard something". They all roll perception (-1) against Gwen's stealth because you have to roll vs the weakest party members but thankfully Gwen has 18DEX bc her rolls were Cat tier. Only two goblins "see something" and walk toward them.

Next turn, Bear and Gwen try to escape again and barely manage it, two Goblins were striking range (10ft) with initiative but thankfully they escaped, passing two rolls (one for each actively seeking goblin).

It was crazy stressful for Bear thinking he was going to be out in scene 3.

[Ashley] Bear better frigging survive the season, I want to rizz him up too goddamnit.

More tales will follow!
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Anonymous 10/26/2024 (Sat) 20:34 [Preview] No.6237 del
>>6235
>Great bows are crazy and use special flight arrows but they require a certain strength to use and are heavy.
sounds like something for Cat

>As it turns out, 2 level 2's together can take out a level 4 and the XP is about the same as well
had the same feeling. thats what makes goblins or wolves so dangerous. one is a joke 3 are manageable but 10? i wonder how many gobs would be necessary to zerg rush a high lv adventurer like Brutus

>half orcs don't grow on trees
lol Alice already said it. and as i know her he wont give up until she knows exactly where goblins come from. expect uncomfortable questions


Autumn 10/27/2024 (Sun) 03:02 [Preview] No.6239 del
>>6237
>Brutus,

say he's level 19, his HP more than 200. As a Barbarian he can probably whirlwind through them Diablo style. He just needs life steal.

>goblins

Goblins come from goblins. Joy said there are no half-goblins.


Tamamo 10/27/2024 (Sun) 06:47 [Preview] No.6240 del
>>6239
>As a Barbarian he can probably whirlwind through them
But aren't his attacks per turn still limited? They could kite and shoot him from all sides to wear him down I guess?

>no half-goblins
There are no half-goblins in Goblin Slayer either and we all know where the little goblins come from there...


Ashley 10/27/2024 (Sun) 16:02 [Preview] No.6242 del
>>6240
>we all know

Not all of us know, nor want to know. Keep your hentai gooning to yourselves hosts!


Bear 10/31/2024 (Thu) 20:18 [Preview] No.6283 del
I will once again say that, keeping my system well fed and exercised is so much easier with this game. It's our wonderland, it gives everyone something to do and a place to interact. To think Autumn had no reason to talk to Gwen before this, no reason to talk to Misha (Freya) either, I was her only friend in that way now she has Ashley and Gwen and everyone else and she's just morw vibrant. Everyone is. They've been dusted off and polished.



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Gardening Thread Alice 08/04/2023 (Fri) 20:35 [Preview] No. 1608 [Reply] [Last 50 Posts]
Everything about gardening and growing vegetables and fruit with your tupper, be it in wonderland or IRL
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Dr. Alice 10/29/2024 (Tue) 23:33 [Preview] No.6264 del
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>>6244
>how the fuck does this work? eggsplain Dr. Alice!
Good topic!
Wolbachia interferes with the reproduction of host organisms in very complex ways.
Basically the bacterium fucks up cell division in sperm which causes the embryo to die if infected sperm fertilizes an uninfected egg. However if both sperm and egg are infected, the bacteria in the eggs alter them in a way that synchronized their cell division to be compatible with infected sperm again and the embryo develops normally. How exactly this works is still unknown. Yes, it's pretty nuts.

You can read about cytoplasmatic incompatibility here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytoplasmic_incompatibility

The fancy thing is that Wolbachia does a number of things:
It inhibits virus replication inside the mosquito so they carry less viruses
Also an infection often reduces the lifespan of mosquitoes which gives them less time to spread diseases.
It can also lead to producing male offspring only, killing the blood-sucking females.

But that's very very complicated stuff and not so straightforward as the fancy posters suggest. Wolbachia-infection can very well also boost pathogen transmission depending on strain. Host is also very skeptical this has long-term benefits. Mosquitoes and their pathogens will adapt quickly.
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>>6264
>>6265
>Cytoplasmatic incompatibility
Wow I didn't know this! I thought it just kills the females before they hatch.
At least for now it appears to work here, we monitor all disease cases by neighborhood and dengue cases have dropped where the infected mosquitoes were released. But it is still a trial.


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I saw a large owl at dusk!
Probably a tawny owl (Strix aluco) but we're not sure.
It circled over the garden twice, flew past host slightly above him only a few meters away. Though it was flapping its wings it made absolutely zero sound. Even small birds like sparrows produce audible noise, Owls don't.

I already said it in the VPT but in case you still believe in owls, I'll say it again: Owls aren't real! They're just a prop monted on strings or whatever but you can't fool me, that's not a live animal!


Anonymous 10/31/2024 (Thu) 20:13 [Preview] No.6282 del
>>6264
dont understand much of it but its creepy af. how does something like this develop?

>>6275
>owl conspiracy
lmao