Well, I decided that, while I understand mattresses that make you sore when you wake up, actively trying to stab me is not acceptable behaviour in a mattress. So I bought a new one
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A quick possibility regarding cleanliness and bugs. When I was younger, I had a few friends who had parents who were so obsessed with cleanliness, you had to clean your hands to enter the house, after you played, if you were switching from upstairs to downstairs, etc. It seems when we keep ourselves this clean we become more prone to common, natural bacteria causing problems. This could be one of the reasons people are getting more sick (I don't remember hype about flu's and viruses in the 80s, except for the obvious killer ones) and also a possibility why it seems more people have asthma than before (this is all speculative of course).
I agree with you about using chemicals. Much like how our body can take bacteria if we ramp ourselves to it, these bugs and bacteria can do the same too with what we throw at it. It's common in the medical industry to hear about various types of medicines having to be stronger in order to kill the now stronger strain of whatever it is. As well, we are unaware what side effects of these chemicals can cause to the body. And to find out takes lots of time... too late to help us if the majority of people use them and something is found wrong or bad.
I love your comment about stronger drugs for stronger viruses!
I also beilieve that ramping anything can make a person stronger.
For the first point, I'm an ex-cocaine user. I can't go to the dentist without fear of pain because novacaine is a derivative of cocaine. I've practcilly made myself immune to it. Then again with my pain tolerance it doesn't matter that much.
For the second point. Ramping is wonderful. I do it every year at this time of year. Did anyone ever wonder why i don't mind the cold?? It's not just my genetics. Every fall I walk around in light pants and light-ish sweaters to make myself more comfortable in the cold. I force my body into it. Everybody thought "Oh, she's inuit, she can handle it." It's true the layer of fat that I have(The one that will never go away) helps. But has anyone ever seen "The Fast Runner"? or those cartoons with the "Eskimoes" in them. It's true, they do wear those nice big warm furs. And if not furs than equal-to synthetics. It is actually *&^$^%#^%@& cold up there. It's not entirelly pleasent down here either but, with enough will power and conditioning you can do anything.
It is easier to handle the cold if you get used to it. I'll have to think about this soon... I seem to remember the weather up north (north of North Bay) getting colder more gradually than down here, but that could just be the last few years. I liked winter lots better up there.
The other thing about the Inuit life seems to be that the winter months are spent hibernating, staying warm in a small place with lots of friends and family, eating the stuff you caught in the fall, and maybe going out now and then and getting animals that live in the water under the ice (I admit, I don't know an awful lot about the details). It's a different way of life than our [completely illogical] year-round office work. I think it's much better to live with nature, rather than trying to do the same thing all year 'round. Winter's good for staying home and cozy in front of the fire!
I like your layer of fat, it makes you nice and squishy. Yum, and good for snuggling.
Actually, I believe that they have done studies or something, and that houses that are too clean do cause asthma in children. I don't know where to find this information, so if anyone could help me....
As for the flu, another thing that somebody else can look up (there was a lot in Oliver Sacks' "Awakenings") is that there are big huge flu epidemics on a regular basis. It's not like there's a sudden big flu out of nowhere, there's a cycle of about seventy years. We're overdue for a big flu that will go around and kill a lot of people. Who knows what all our flu shots and vaccines will do to affect this pattern?
Wohali: insert specific stuff here about immunisations... I know that with some things that they immunise against, if you don't get them in childhood, you can die from them, or something else, when you're older. That's scary. I don't think we should be fucking with our immune systems like this, especially when we obviously don't understand what we're doing yet.
I agree with you about using chemicals. Much like how our body can take bacteria if we ramp ourselves to it, these bugs and bacteria can do the same too with what we throw at it. It's common in the medical industry to hear about various types of medicines having to be stronger in order to kill the now stronger strain of whatever it is. As well, we are unaware what side effects of these chemicals can cause to the body. And to find out takes lots of time... too late to help us if the majority of people use them and something is found wrong or bad.
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I also beilieve that ramping anything can make a person stronger.
For the first point, I'm an ex-cocaine user. I can't go to the dentist without fear of pain because novacaine is a derivative of cocaine. I've practcilly made myself immune to it. Then again with my pain tolerance it doesn't matter that much.
For the second point. Ramping is wonderful. I do it every year at this time of year. Did anyone ever wonder why i don't mind the cold??
It's not just my genetics. Every fall I walk around in light pants and light-ish sweaters to make myself more comfortable in the cold. I force my body into it. Everybody thought "Oh, she's inuit, she can handle it." It's true the layer of fat that I have(The one that will never go away) helps. But has anyone ever seen "The Fast Runner"? or those cartoons with the "Eskimoes" in them. It's true, they do wear those nice big warm furs. And if not furs than equal-to synthetics. It is actually *&^$^%#^%@& cold up there. It's not entirelly pleasent down here either but, with enough will power and conditioning you can do anything.
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The other thing about the Inuit life seems to be that the winter months are spent hibernating, staying warm in a small place with lots of friends and family, eating the stuff you caught in the fall, and maybe going out now and then and getting animals that live in the water under the ice (I admit, I don't know an awful lot about the details). It's a different way of life than our [completely illogical] year-round office work. I think it's much better to live with nature, rather than trying to do the same thing all year 'round. Winter's good for staying home and cozy in front of the fire!
I like your layer of fat, it makes you nice and squishy. Yum, and good for snuggling.
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Yayyyyyy!!
and True.
everything is not in that order.
*LOL*
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As for the flu, another thing that somebody else can look up (there was a lot in Oliver Sacks' "Awakenings") is that there are big huge flu epidemics on a regular basis. It's not like there's a sudden big flu out of nowhere, there's a cycle of about seventy years. We're overdue for a big flu that will go around and kill a lot of people. Who knows what all our flu shots and vaccines will do to affect this pattern?
Wohali: insert specific stuff here about immunisations... I know that with some things that they immunise against, if you don't get them in childhood, you can die from them, or something else, when you're older. That's scary. I don't think we should be fucking with our immune systems like this, especially when we obviously don't understand what we're doing yet.
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