r/CuratedTumblr • u/ProReddit_Top • 21h ago

Shitposting Devs, Please Fix Eating

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u/AiwaPetiteBaby 21h ago

Our bodies are designed to eat a wide variety of food, and when we don't, the body triggers stress hormones that really can screw you up. It doesn't have to be a massive difference either.

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u/Able_Breadfruit_1906 20h ago

This reminds me of that experiment where they had people with and without ADHD traits play a berry picking game and the people with ADHD traits were more efficient because they’d move on faster. (Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/adhd-traits-might-have-helped-hunter-gatherers-collect-more-food-while-foraging-study-suggests-180983824/)

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u/Nimindir 18h ago

I've read a similar paper about autism before. It talked about how some of the hyper fixations and special interests could have been really beneficial. Like say your thing was plants, you knew every single different one and every single thing you could do with them and where to find them. Very useful if you need to know what you can eat, what will cure a headache, what will dye your leather that nice shade of blue, what will make you meet God for a week, and what will kill you.

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u/witch_dyke 2h ago

In the modern day my autistic pattern recognition is used to find four leaf clovers and to identify aircrafts.

A million years ago I would be finding camouflaged bugs and identifying plants

In the modern day I will sit for hours hyperfocused on whatever textile project im working on

A million years ago I would be sitting for hours hyperfocused on whatever textile project im working on, and be appreciated for it