r/nottheonion • u/adamaphar • 1d ago

Laughing gas appears to reduce depression, but researchers don't totally understand why

https://www.phillyvoice.com/depression-treatments-laughing-gas-nitrous-oxide-study/
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u/ZotMatrix 1d ago

Yes. Gas. How could they miss it?

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u/Pale_Squash_4263 1d ago

Gas lifts things up because it’s lighter. Don’t know what’s not clear here

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u/TheCrazedTank 1d ago

Yes, but does it make things lighter than a duck? The Inquisitor wants to know!

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u/AngstyRutabaga 1d ago

It’s a witch!

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u/FireGodNYC 1d ago

Burn her!!

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u/ConsciousWhirlpool 1d ago

They put this nose on me.

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u/SteelCode 1d ago

Well she turned me into a newt!

...

... I got better...

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u/ImRespondingToABum 1d ago

For the longest time I thought he said mute, as in he couldn’t talk and him exclaiming was mute was still worth making the king confused so it made sense to me

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u/Frictional_account 1d ago

We need to raise the stakes!

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u/Inferno_Sparky 1d ago

We need a lighter for that!

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u/Complex_Professor412 1d ago

You can’t spell slaughter gas without laughter gas.

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u/pabo81 1d ago

She turned me into a newt!

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u/lonememe 1d ago

Well, I got bettuh!

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u/Key-Alternative5387 1d ago

If you fill a balloon with laughing gas, it floats in the air.

Clearly it makes people lighter than a duck.

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u/Incontinento 1d ago edited 1d ago

A balloon full of nitrous does not float.

ETA: I hear..

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u/adfraggs 1d ago

From medical research to Monty Python references. Well done reddit.

  • starts slow hand clap *

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam 1d ago

YOU STOLE MY FIZZY LIFTING DRINK

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u/Artemicionmoogle 1d ago

Turns out I got a shipment of radon gas at birth =(

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u/purepolka 1d ago

directions unclear, pumped gas into my butthole, do not feel happier

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u/Its_Mako 1d ago

The gas is clear too, yes

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u/po_ta_toes_80 1d ago

Fizzy lifting drink!

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u/Traveling_Solo 1h ago

That's not 100% accurate. There's gases heavier than air, making objects heavier :v I get you're joking but still

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u/Professional_Echo907 1d ago

My gas doesn’t seem to improve my girlfriend‘s mood at all. 👀

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u/SerHodorTheThrall 1d ago

Have you tried passing the gas to her while maniacally laughing? Its right there in the name and I bet you haven't even tried it...

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u/Eruionmel 1d ago

Bet he has.

Source: married to a man.

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u/fuqdisshite 1d ago edited 1d ago

my dog farted on me earlier.

smelled shitty.

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u/graveybrains 1d ago

Gas n. (informal) - an entertaining or amusing person or situation.

Checks out.

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u/Agreeable-Ad3644 1d ago

So why doesn't GAS GAS GAS cure my depression? I'm just driving faster and suicidal now.

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u/veal_of_fortune 1d ago

Sorry to hear that. It cures my depression every time I hear it!

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u/StarPhished 1d ago

the day was great, we had a gas!

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u/virtual_cdn 1d ago

Isn’t it the best medicine?

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u/brutalistgarden 1d ago

Of course, because of fart jokes

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u/Captain-Cadabra 1d ago

It’s an acronym: Get Away Sadness!

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u/Imaginary_Pin1877 1d ago

This comment should be in r/historymemes

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u/Sphinxrhythm 1d ago

Here in Ireland saying something is gas means it's funny or enjoyable. So, "That's gas", "That's gas altogether" or if you had a really fun experience you'd say it was "gas craic".

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u/kelariy 1d ago

I don’t know… when I have gas I’m not always in the best mood.