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@cosmonautkatyusha@nicecrew.digital biology is easily the most horrifying science ever, I'd rather learn about Eldritch evils living in the cosmos than learning about how your bone marrow can decay inside your bones
Mfw I discovered what a tonsil stone is and had nightmares even though I don't even have tonsils 
mostly harmless, it's a type of cheese, really
Tyler told me about it because he had a sailor with a pen stabbing his mouth to pop out tonsil stones on the desk on night-check one night. I was like 
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@madison @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha It seems pretty gross at first but if it makes you feel any better, it's really just like food stuck in your teeth. Not a big deal, just annoying.
JUST MUCH MORE ANNOYING BECAUSE THEY'RE HARDER TO GET AT THAN YOUR TEETH REEEEEEEEE
JUST MUCH MORE ANNOYING BECAUSE THEY'RE HARDER TO GET AT THAN YOUR TEETH REEEEEEEEE
COLLEEN ARE YOU SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE
@madison @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha I have always had huge tonsils but never got a tonsilectomy or whatever the word is shutup autocorrect it's close enough I'm sure ANYWAY one of them has a bit of a divot or whatnot and so I get to deal with the lovely experience of tonsil stones every once in a while 
i've never had anything removed from my body that is supposed to be there.
@madcuzbad @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madison 
I'm not sure why tonsillectomies were a thing that people did but I remember multiple people getting them; I don't recall hearing about anyone who had to get one because it was life-threatening so I'm not sure what that was about
I'm not sure why tonsillectomies were a thing that people did but I remember multiple people getting them; I don't recall hearing about anyone who had to get one because it was life-threatening so I'm not sure what that was about
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@scenesbycolleen @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madcuzbad @madison they get infected and you can die, and they seem to be a vestigial organ with no purpose
they said that about the apendix too, but just cuz you can lvie without it doesn't mean it has no purpose and they found that it does in fact have a purpose.
@madcuzbad @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madison @scenesbycolleen sounds like it's mainly when you're a child and the immune system has redundancy so it's not so bad to remove them.
@sun @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madcuzbad @madison So it can be life-threatening, I see 
So it's like the appendix?
Maybe I should read about tonsils sometime, now I'm curious
So it's like the appendix?
Maybe I should read about tonsils sometime, now I'm curious
@scenesbycolleen @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madcuzbad @madison I'm not endorsing pre-emptively removing anything but yes, I think sepsis? not sure
@sun @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madcuzbad @madison lol no I'm not planning on removing my tonsils but now I'm curious about them
They are part of the immune system, really. Checking out what you are swallowing, sort of an early warning system.
One of those things that has changed as I got older, they don't swell up and get angry so much any more.
One of those things that has changed as I got older, they don't swell up and get angry so much any more.
@sun@shitposter.world @scenesbycolleen@poa.st @nihilvt@loli.rodeo @JollyR@nicecrew.digital @cosmonautkatyusha@nicecrew.digital @madcuzbad@nicecrew.digital @madison@nicecrew.digital i had mine removed when I was a kid. The best part was the free ice cream
that's what my teacher said, i was like *shrug* i can get as much ice cream as i want any time. lol.
@madcuzbad @xaetacore @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madison @scenesbycolleen @sun At some point somebody noticed that more people die under general anesthetic than ever die from appendicitis.
@yockeypuck@poa.st @madcuzbad@nicecrew.digital @nihilvt@loli.rodeo @JollyR@nicecrew.digital @cosmonautkatyusha@nicecrew.digital @madison@nicecrew.digital @scenesbycolleen@poa.st @sun@shitposter.world i am not getting my appendix removed when i'm awake.
I have all four of my wisdom teeth removed under full Anesthesia mainly because I have trauma from teeth pulling when I was a child. And I wanted to get it Uber within one go.
I'm not afraid of the dentist only.Teeth pulling
I have all four of my wisdom teeth removed under full Anesthesia mainly because I have trauma from teeth pulling when I was a child. And I wanted to get it Uber within one go.
I'm not afraid of the dentist only.Teeth pulling
@xaetacore @cosmonautkatyusha @madison @yockeypuck @scenesbycolleen @nihilvt @JollyR @madcuzbad he's right but also anesthetic is like a top-five human invention.
SaṁainGoat There's been a back and forth since the 1900s whether operating or just leaving it alone is safer.
Like your appendix
@sun @scenesbycolleen @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madcuzbad @madison @nihilvt >they seem to be a vestigial organ with no purpose
thats just not true. more pharma inc lies
thats just not true. more pharma inc lies
usually people have their tonsils removed if they're problematic sometimes they can be, like the appendix, it's only removed if it's an issue
I kept getting strep, I'm not kidding ALMOST every other month. It was too much so I had them removed 
but I believe back when I was a kid it was being done too often. They DO have a purpose, obviously God designed us perfectly. But 
vestigal organs, right? Let's steal them.
but i persoanlly have never had any medical issues that resulted in something like that, in my life thus far lol
Had mine out at 5. My Son had his out at 15. They kept swelling and had to go. Upside is you can't get strep.