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Cool photos, but this makes me not want to drink tap water


Wait a moment and think about how you are made of meat.

https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think...


There even is a spooky skeleton inside of each of us :|


Sometimes I look over at my wife sleeping in our bed and think about how I am sleeping next to a skeleton.


This sort of reflection can yield existential crisis!


We're all just sacks of flesh


fleshy bags of mostly water


Wait until you learn about what's in your intestines/stomach or on your skin...


Your body is host to about as many microorganisms as it is cells of its own DNA, and you'd probably die without them.


In most of NY city, there are Copepods in the water.

Since Jewish law prohibits drinking insects that are large enough to be seen without a microscope, there has been quite a discussion if that makes the water undrinkable.

As a result, many religious Jewish New Yorkers will only drink filtered water. So, no copepod protein, but maybe cleaner water?


Free protein with every glass!


Time to drop the referral code for a Brita filter.




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