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Honestly probably the best written post I've seen on Lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (4 children)

...how common are worms in humans?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, fuck, it's written like every second person has worms.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Sampling bias of being around literal assholes all the time, for one. Second, nearly every animal not being or under the care of a human has parasitic whatevers. Not a question of if they have them, but what kind.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

For them, they probably do. The nurse said that their job included it, and most healthcare people who are having to go hands-on with a patient for cleaning purposes aren't doing it for fun, but because the person needed it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

You don't travel to third world countries to eat rural villager ass?