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betrayal (mander.xyz)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 66 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Counterpoint

Brain: uh oh, the germs have arrived

Body: *starts getting warmer*

Brain: what are you doing?

Body: gettin hot

Brain: why are you getting hot?

Body: gonna kill germs

Brain: won't that kill us too?

Body: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago

Gotta love the body's solution to illness is to simply play a game of chicken.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago

Body: Nah I'd win

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But when you get past 40 the body starts sending you signals you can't ignore.

[–] sbv 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Body: time to pee

Brain: but we just peed

Body: pee now

Brain: fine, let's go. Okay, we're here. You can pee now.

Body: no

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

You're part of the Flomax gang now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

"Knows" is a strong word, though they do have a sort of language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYPFenJQciw

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Considering how of biology is just remembering the mapping to random names scientists came up with, I doubt it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Your body doesnt know where your lungs, kidneys, heart etc. are. And your brain wouldnt either without the necropsies and impromtu surgeries that were done to figure all of that out.