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Turn up the heat
(lemmy.world)
Immune system: I'm not here to keep you alive. I'm here to kill infections.
and other things I deem dangerous even though they're not (allergies)
Oh no, a peanut, better close your airways!!
Oh shit, pollen? How about I fuck up your whole face.
THAT CAT HAS A GUN
Or things that keep you alive (organ transplants)
But you are a danger to yourself too.
dont tell my body that, it will self-destruct
The greater good.
Shut it!
10/10 matching gif response
Me: takes tylenol
Immune System:
The memers are in rare form in this thread.
The virus after you take Tylenol
My immune system this weekend: also, we have to eject everything from your body any way possible.
Me: …
My immune system: hope you didn’t eat spicy.
"You might die but that's a risk I'm will to take."
But you're ME!
"Sorry, I'm not the brain. I don't do the thinking"
99% of the time, a fever kills the bacteria then lowers. You'll be fine, go take a nap.
I look at this more like "you'll die before I do, you bastards!"
Ok, but I can't survive above 38.C for very long as well
I had a fever over 38 °C for a couple weeks once. It was fine, just hot.
You're still hot to me <3
also still fine
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Meanwhile my immune system killed my insulin producing cells and I haven’t had a fever since. I like to imagine it as a greaser with a switchblade casually leaning next to the thermostat.
I'm not a bright man and this is an honest question, are you a diabetic? If so that's really interesting as my daughter is type one, I find that quite fascinating that you don't get a fever and something for me to look out for.
Yes sir I’m type 1. Didn’t even get a fever when I got Covid. I usually cruise around at about 97.7 or so. Think I hit 97.9 last time I was sick.
Definitely something for me to watch for, I always test for ketones when I suspect my daughter is ill, I've actually never seen her have a fever. 97.7 wow! I remember when covid was at its worst here, we had messages from the hospital telling us to test frequently and adjust doses accordingly.
Nice work on the ketones testing, that’s very helpful. Being sick raises my sugar levels, and I have to keep on top of hydration. I remember hoping if I got Covid i would have 2 other obvious symptoms because they were leaning pretty hard on the fever as an indicator. I’m glad you’re taking an active role managing it! I got it when I was 17 so I kind of worked things out on my own (because I was a teenager, not because my parents wouldn’t help).
I haven’t had a fever since
Casually continues to live with a temp 61.1 degrees above the norm
The way the text and image in this specific meme are utilized in the same context as the original source of the meme is refreshing. I feel like I see this meme template used in weird ways that kinda-work-but-not-really more than other templates.
Anyway, good quality well made meme, got me laugh
Agreed - I think part of the humour in a meme is fitting new situations into the format and when this is ignored (or done poorly) it misses the mark, kinda like as if you'd attempted a limerick but got the meter all wrong.
TIL the reason for high temperature
Most infections can survive the minor temperature rise. The more tangible reason is that the rise in temperature signals phagocytes that it's dinner time. Also it helps mobilizing white blood cells and increases the production of T-cells.
You can't survive an internal >42C.
You can a 38c.
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