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Re: Old Age is the leading cause of death everywhere, globally.

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On 4/5/17, 6:49 AM, in article TB6FA.282281$561.222669@fx42.iad, "Wolf K"
<wolfmac@sympatico.ca> 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.

The easy answer there is it is a mix of nature and nurture... but that does
not really answer any specifics. I would guess (and it just that, a guess)
that more "advanced" societies which are not as closely tied to nature and
not as steeped in death are, in general, more offended by such things. We
can afford to be. If your day-to-day life is focused on survival or is tied
to people in your community dying from unknown causes you are less likely to
care.

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Re: Old Age is the leading cause of death everywhere, globally. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-04 22:54 +0100
  Re: Old Age is the leading cause of death everywhere, globally. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 15:17 -0700
    Re: Old Age is the leading cause of death everywhere, globally. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-05 00:08 +0100
      Re: Old Age is the leading cause of death everywhere, globally. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-04 19:05 -0700
        Re: Old Age is the leading cause of death everywhere, globally. Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-05 09:49 -0400
          Re: Old Age is the leading cause of death everywhere, globally. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-05 08:39 -0700
          Re: Old Age is the leading cause of death everywhere, globally. Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-04-05 23:33 -0500

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