Fabian GiesenFeb 4
You ever think about how wild it is that modern humans have existed for like 300k+ years, and for approximately all of that time precisely zero of them had any idea how chemistry actually worked, but meanwhile your body is made of literally trillions of cells that somehow understand and remember everything you eat, so they're able to translate a weird very specific micronutrient deficiency into a food craving without you consciously being any the wiser?
Show threadFabian GiesenFeb 4

E.g. a story my mom often tells is that when she was pregnant, she suddenly had a craving for pickled herring, despite ordinarily not liking fish.

On the surface this is just a random anecdote but the implications about how your body works are kinda staggering

Show threadPer VognsenFeb 4
@rygorous Also, pregnancy is really fucked up. The developing fetus is constantly fucking with the host's biochemistry to get what they want.
Show threadPer VognsenFeb 4
@rygorous I guess what I'm saying is, the fetus clearly wanted some pickled herring that day. :)
Show threadFabian Giesen
@pervognsen *blows lock of hair up* just parasite things... :P
Feb 4 at 2:44amWeb
Show threadPer VognsenFeb 4
@rygorous It must be hard once you're born and you can no longer use biochemical Uber Eats to order delivery food and instead you're reduced to crying in a non-specific way.
Show threadWolf480plFeb 4
@pervognsen
gives you motivation to learn to speak
@rygorous
Show threadPer VognsenFeb 4
@wolf480pl @rygorous The 2 year old telling the 0 year old to "git gud" and "skill issue tbh".