Czech Liz Out

Just an American Student studying in Prague. These are my stories of awkwardness and cross-cultural experiences.

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Ceske Budojovice, Czech Republic

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Brno, Czech Republic

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Amsterdam

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Prague

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Split, Croatia

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Forest in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania

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by ty4834

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They got new photos of the moon,

I knew she had colors hiding in there 🥹

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Quote of the day

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I’m seeing a lot of people saying this post changed their brain chemistry, and as a neuroscientist I wanted to say yes!!! Yes it does!

Wanting something requires dopamine signaling, but liking something doesn’t.

If you have a mental illness/disorder that affects dopamine, you might feel that you don’t want to do the things that you like. You do still like them. You will appreciate having done them.

Let your likes guide you.

(If you want to read more, here’s one experimental paper about it. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5171207/ This theory called the incentive-sensitization theory was originally created to explain behaviors in addiction but can be applied elsewhere as well)

Rewards are both ‘liked’ and ‘wanted’, and those two words seem almost interchangeable. However, the brain circuitry that mediates the psych

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Prague

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Hallstatt, Austria

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Banska Bystrica, Slovakia (by Werner Funk)

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Budapest, Hungary

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Your lucky day!

Reading Eagle - Feb 11, 1948

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To encourage infighting among the Daedric Princes, we are going to release their popularity rankings, as chosen by you all choosing to view their articles.

In first place, we have Molag Bal, although Azura was directly below him. Unsurprisingly, third place ended up being Sheogorath. The rankings of every Daedric Prince known to us, from first to last would be:

Molag Bal

Azura

Sheogorath

Ithelia

Boethiah

Mephala

Mehrunes Dagon

Hermaeus Mora

Malacath

Meridia

Jyggalag

Namira

Clavicus Vile

Sanguine

Nocturnal

Hircine

Peryite

Vaermina

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Saint-Tropez, France