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I have a similar theory about car accidents. I get in one every couple of years because I think that I'll be able react more quickly to them if I'd never exper

I have a similar theory about car accidents. I get in one every couple of years because I think that I'll be able react more quickly to them if I'd never experienced it at all. :-). Slightly more seriously, I hope your cigarette plan works out for you.

rufus_foreman 2y ago
Exactly, or like allowing your kid occasional exposure to allergens hoping it will help them avoid allergies and asthma later on. In reality of course, no amount of cleanliness could possibly be too clean.
- TeaBrain 2y ago
  Except that exposing infants to food allergens has been shown lower the prevalence of food allergies. Solid Food Introduction and the Development of Food Allergies https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30453619/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30453619/ Early consumption of peanuts in infancy is associated with a low prevalence of peanut allergy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19000582/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19000582/ What if it is the other way around? Early introduction of peanut and fish seems to be better than avoidance https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19432829/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19432829/
- keepamovin 2y ago
  Really? You need widespread exposure to build your immune system. That’s what I thought. Haha Though truth be told, I did read your comment as sarcasm, supportive of my position or humorously mocking the outrageous comparison example of car accidents ha ha
keepamovin 2y ago
Hahahaha! :) I mean, if you told me you were doing a defensive driving course i’d be like hell yeah! You know that would keep your skills sharp, and the accidents would be a result of those stressors. Haha. I suppose the obvious difference is a car “accident” depending on how controlled it is could kill you. Whereas a handful of cigarettes is not going to kill you.
- defrost 2y ago
  We had no milk for a week in the 1970s. The driver of the road train bringing groceries up the west coast highway flicked a cigarette out the window that blew straight back in and into his eye causing him to over steer a roll a prime mover and two trailers. You're correct that it didn't kill him, but it was a close call that could've gone that way.
  - keepamovin 2y ago
    Oh hahahah. That's a great story, but I think you might be missing the point of taking a cigarette. Hahahah! :) Ah the endless interactions between between vehicles and cigarettes. Don't know why this came to me but in Taiwan, a massive rail tragedy was caused when a utility truck for some kind of maintenance rolled backwards down an embankment and onto a rail line at the mouth of a tunnel. The train was either entering or exiting (I forget which) and dozens of people were killed. All because a much smaller vehicle parked unsafely or forgot the handbrake!!!
keepamovin 2y ago
Thanks! Ha ha :) But heck I'm probably wrong about that, just saw this great Kurzgesagt video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rBPwu2uS-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rBPwu2uS-w I do wanna try Zyn tho. I think nicotine is worth exploring a little bit, 100%

rufus_foreman 2y ago

Exactly, or like allowing your kid occasional exposure to allergens hoping it will help them avoid allergies and asthma later on. In reality of course, no amount of cleanliness could possibly be too clean.

TeaBrain 2y ago
Except that exposing infants to food allergens has been shown lower the prevalence of food allergies. Solid Food Introduction and the Development of Food Allergies https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30453619/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30453619/ Early consumption of peanuts in infancy is associated with a low prevalence of peanut allergy https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19000582/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19000582/ What if it is the other way around? Early introduction of peanut and fish seems to be better than avoidance https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19432829/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19432829/
keepamovin 2y ago
Really? You need widespread exposure to build your immune system. That’s what I thought. Haha Though truth be told, I did read your comment as sarcasm, supportive of my position or humorously mocking the outrageous comparison example of car accidents ha ha

keepamovin 2y ago

Hahahaha! :) I mean, if you told me you were doing a defensive driving course i’d be like hell yeah! You know that would keep your skills sharp, and the accidents would be a result of those stressors. Haha. I suppose the obvious difference is a car “accident” depending on how controlled it is could kill you. Whereas a handful of cigarettes is not going to kill you.

defrost 2y ago
We had no milk for a week in the 1970s. The driver of the road train bringing groceries up the west coast highway flicked a cigarette out the window that blew straight back in and into his eye causing him to over steer a roll a prime mover and two trailers. You're correct that it didn't kill him, but it was a close call that could've gone that way.
- keepamovin 2y ago
  Oh hahahah. That's a great story, but I think you might be missing the point of taking a cigarette. Hahahah! :) Ah the endless interactions between between vehicles and cigarettes. Don't know why this came to me but in Taiwan, a massive rail tragedy was caused when a utility truck for some kind of maintenance rolled backwards down an embankment and onto a rail line at the mouth of a tunnel. The train was either entering or exiting (I forget which) and dozens of people were killed. All because a much smaller vehicle parked unsafely or forgot the handbrake!!!

keepamovin 2y ago

Thanks! Ha ha :) But heck I'm probably wrong about that, just saw this great Kurzgesagt video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rBPwu2uS-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rBPwu2uS-w I do wanna try Zyn tho. I think nicotine is worth exploring a little bit, 100%