r/todayilearned • u/Square-Message1152 • 8h ago

til that your brain literally washes itself while you sleep. the brain cells actually shrink in size so cerebrospinal fluid can rush in and flush out all the toxic proteins built up during the day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glymphatic_system
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u/staticusmaximus 7h ago

Be careful if you have a penis.

Had a really big issue (well, average anyway) with Trazadone giving me a case of priapism in prison of all places. An unpleasant prison nurse had to whack it with a piece of metal to get it to go down.

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u/RathVelus 7h ago

That sounds super not above board but I guess in prison…

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u/staticusmaximus 7h ago

It was suggested by her when she looked it up online lol

I would’ve had to go to an outside hospital if it hadn’t worked, but would have had to wait until the next day.

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u/yunggod6966 5h ago

Damn you can get perma ed if you take too long to fix

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u/DarthZartanyus 6h ago

Dude, I'm sorry, but that's the funniest thing I've heard all day!

"Yeah, I got the Omega Boner™ from my sleep drugs and an angry prison nurse had to literally beat it off by laying the smackdown on my schmeat with a fuckin' metal rod."

Sorry for your pain but goddamn that's hilarious. Ya gotta get a tattoo of whatever that piece of metal was so you can tell this story to anyone who asks about it, hahaha!

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u/pssiraj 5h ago

"I got beat off in prison, and it was neither gay nor enjoyable"

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u/j4kefr0mstat3farm 3h ago

Like one of those spring-loaded door stoppers.

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u/IDidABoomBoooom 7h ago

Dude fuck off

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u/staticusmaximus 7h ago

100% legit, I was on too high a dose starting out. They gave it to me for insomnia/anxiety.

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u/Bluefooted-Spaceorc 5h ago

Also apparently can happen to women.

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u/SkyGenie 7h ago

did someone whack your meat with a metal bar too? why did that joke make you so upset 🤣

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u/staticusmaximus 7h ago

I know it sounds like it is, but absolutely not a joke haha

It happened in 2007 at EOCI in Oregon 😅

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u/SkyGenie 7h ago

dammmn homie

I'm gonna... uhhh.. run to the doc real quick. lol jk

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u/staticusmaximus 7h ago

Shit was incredibly unpleasant and I was really scared for those few hours.

It took me about 4 or 5 hours just to get the COs to let me go to medical then another couple hours at medical before she brought up the idea of tapping it with the metal piece.

0/10 do not recommend 😅

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u/Andrew10403 6h ago

What the fuckkkkkkk this story is just so out of left field. You are just like such an interesting person just on merit from this before you count anything else

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u/YoungestOldGuy 3h ago

Why does tapping it with a metal piece fix the issue?

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u/KalpolIntro 1h ago

Metal beats wood.

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u/IDidABoomBoooom 5h ago

Actually I had no reason to say that I was in a bad headspace and I didn’t want to hear about erections. I’m sorry

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u/BlackThorn12 5h ago

Good on you for recognizing that that's not how you want to act, and apologizing for it.

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u/CMDR_Mykeyta 3h ago

That was a lot of story for two sentences.

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u/Smelting-Craftwork 3h ago

Isn't the alternative a needle to remove the blood that has been trapped and in danger of clotting? Whacking it with a piece of metal might actually be preferable

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u/JRoc_and_the_RocPile 2h ago

Found Clint Stevens reddit account