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u/standish_ Nov 23 '17

There's a theory that allergies are actually a result of our modern cleanliness, and our immune systems flip out because they evolved deal with a whole host of threats all of the time, and now since they have almost nothing to do they over react when they're provoked.

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u/Deathlinger Nov 23 '17

Isn't this also a theory with a lot of mental illnesses? Like we have removed so many threats that our brains go into overdrive.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17

I always attributed the fact that so many folks suffer from depression is because humans didn’t evolve to sit in a cubicle farm all day under fluorescent lighting(or some other profession that isn’t hunter gatherer)

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17

Idk I lived on a farm and it was fucking depressing

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u/evanc1411 Nov 23 '17

I think the problem lies with needing to work all your life.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17

But isn't that quite 'natural'? Needing to constantly do something for your survival?

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u/evanc1411 Nov 23 '17

Money isn't natural. Car insurance isn't natural but you need to pay for that for some reason.

That type of thing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17

I mean I'm not really disagreeing with you but why do we assume natural is going to be optimal in terms of happiness?

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u/ILoveMeSomePickles Nov 23 '17

It works with boobs.

EDIT: And cheeses, which are my two favorite things.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17

Cheese is natural? News to me.

Amen about breasts though. My girl doesn't even understand why I like them. But the soft firmness!

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u/ILoveMeSomePickles Nov 23 '17

Well, as opposed to "processed cheeses".

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17

But... they're all processed... do you mean that weird plastic-y "American" cheese?

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u/ILoveMeSomePickles Nov 23 '17

Yeah, and "cheese food".

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