i am also extremely convinced that if i just adjust myself enough there will be a big crack andall of my aches and pains will immediately go away an d I will have perfect posture and i will be cured of mental health and find a million bajillion dollars on the floor and live till im 120

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, I didn't suspect it was fake until it was explained to me that it was. I recall as a kid thinking my nose being blocked from allergies would be solved if I could just get what seemed to be a 4inch ball of snot out from behind my eyeballs, where in reality that was inflammation making the snot feel big, but I still believe kinda if I ever got this giant ball of mucus out then I'd never be stuffed up again.

[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's pretty reasonable, your nerves can't tell whether your sinuses are getting painful pressure from mucus or inflammation.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And when you're blasting out mad mucus it makes even more sense. I totally get how we got to humors before germ theory.

[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Definitely, and even germ theory is like, not actually very accurate beyond the bare elements of needing some infectious microbe - it doesn't address how social conditions contribute to health with infectious diseases, account for asymptomatic carriers or has any awareness of the role of commensal bacteria, for example.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes it does

[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Happy for you to explain how with reference to classic germ theory.

Here is a good journal article that balances the critique of germ theory while dispensing with the idiotic alternative (i.e. that microbes* are not causative agents in infectious disease) - https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319605121

*Is a prion a microbe? Fucking prions.

[–] asa_red_heathen@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had a dream once as a kid where I blew out a massive snot ball the size of my head and it felt amazing.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

Deep down I'm still pretty sure everything wrong with me could be cured by expelling some sort of evil force that looks like Blight from Zelda Breath of the Wild and I will be immune from all ailment once it's gone