Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Old Age is the leading cause of death everywhere, globally. Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2017 19:25:05 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <3xfEA.172418$3m1.84745@fx15.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:407101 sci.physics:628009 alt.privacy.anon-server:58599 comp.sys.mac.system:103886 alt.comp.os.windows-10:38377 alt.cellular-phone-tech:517 On Thu, 06 Apr 2017 05:33:45 +0100, Char Jackson wrote: > On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 09:49:35 -0400, Wolf K wrote: > >> On 2017-04-04 22:05, Snit wrote: >> [...] >>> I am not talking a full glass worth! Just spit a little into a cup and then >>> drink it. Yuck. For that matter, we have mucus from our nose drip down our >>> throats all the time... but the thought of sneezing into your hand is not >>> pleasant and then eating it is absolutely repulsive. I admit it is for me... >>> but why? >>> >>> I suppose if our own was not gross to us then we might eat others and that >>> would spread disease. Still, it is not really logical that our own that we >>> eat anyway is so gross. >>> >>> Not suggesting it should not be. I am certainly not starting a campaign to >>> push spit drinking and bugger eating... but I realize it is just an >>> instinctual response and not really rational. >> [...] >> >> The aversion to consuming internal fluids is so widespread that it's >> certainly part of our wiring. I'm more interested in knowing why it >> varies in intensity, and why there some variation across cultures. > > Without the aversion, 'two girls 1 cup' would never have been a thing. I don't understand why anyone would enjoy that. -- Someday we'll look back on all this and plough into a parked car.