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i miss blathering here. i have to blather inside my own head these days.
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i'm trying to decide if the mucus in my nose is a sign of infection, so i was reading up and the internet generally has this to say:
You might have heard that yellow or green mucus is a clear sign that you have an infection, but despite that common misperception, the yellow or green hue isn't due to bacteria.
When you have a cold, your immune system sends white blood cells called neutrophils rushing to the area. These cells contain a greenish-colored enzyme, and in large numbers they can turn the mucus the same color.
is it just me or is that not contradictory, unless cold and infection are fundementally different meanings? i think it has to do with "dont run to antibiotics" when i just want to know "hey am i sick?"
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which led me to think, a)why do people have such trouble thinking straight? b)where do they get their ideas about words and cultural baggage from? c) what kind of asbergers or autism do i have that i never get these messages, even after all these years? it takes a lot of thinking on my part to trace the cultural messages in words.
i wonder whether its cultural or biological or what.my dad is like that, and two of his siblings, and his mom. we dont fuck around with words. if you're fat we might say your fat. i might be the most extreme, although i've had enough david and my mom to think about the words and try to exchange words to soften the meanings. which is why i like digital communication.
my friendliness and sweetness and politeness i got from my mom's outside personality. i did not get her inside personality which was very girly and crazy. my way of seeing the world i got from my dad, as well as the tigger from him. the little girl is my mom's thing, and my cousin's on her side.
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i'm trying to decide if the mucus in my nose is a sign of infection, so i was reading up and the internet generally has this to say:
You might have heard that yellow or green mucus is a clear sign that you have an infection, but despite that common misperception, the yellow or green hue isn't due to bacteria.
When you have a cold, your immune system sends white blood cells called neutrophils rushing to the area. These cells contain a greenish-colored enzyme, and in large numbers they can turn the mucus the same color.
is it just me or is that not contradictory, unless cold and infection are fundementally different meanings? i think it has to do with "dont run to antibiotics" when i just want to know "hey am i sick?"
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which led me to think, a)why do people have such trouble thinking straight? b)where do they get their ideas about words and cultural baggage from? c) what kind of asbergers or autism do i have that i never get these messages, even after all these years? it takes a lot of thinking on my part to trace the cultural messages in words.
i wonder whether its cultural or biological or what.my dad is like that, and two of his siblings, and his mom. we dont fuck around with words. if you're fat we might say your fat. i might be the most extreme, although i've had enough david and my mom to think about the words and try to exchange words to soften the meanings. which is why i like digital communication.
my friendliness and sweetness and politeness i got from my mom's outside personality. i did not get her inside personality which was very girly and crazy. my way of seeing the world i got from my dad, as well as the tigger from him. the little girl is my mom's thing, and my cousin's on her side.