@irelephant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoAlmost all of you was food at one point.message-square32fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down18
arrow-up1107arrow-down1message-squareAlmost all of you was food at one point.@irelephant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarekballinkfedilink7•2 months agoMost of that oxygen has been around I would think, but I guess some atoms would’ve come from recent micrometeorites or whatever.
minus-squareEpheralinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoI guess, some bacteria might have made it into your body in other ways, but might still be considered part of you in the wider sense…?
minus-square@KoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish15•2 months agoPlus there’s all those microplastics mixed in there.
minus-squareMidnight WolflinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoI’ll take a #1 2 liter coke bottle and a uhhhhhh mini tray table crunch mmmm
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoEating something doesn’t make it food. You can eat a bike but you’re not a metalovore.
minus-square@Zenith@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•2 months agoThere’s more life in your gut than cells in your whole body
minus-squareEpheralinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoAh yeah, my comment was caveated as such, because I assumed those bacteria to have mostly gotten there via food. Then again, no idea if any even survive going through the stomach acid…
minus-square@irelephant@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink4•2 months agoBacteria, air inside you, implants/prostetics. Essentially just a smartass shield.
What do you mean “almost”?
Part of you is oxygen you inhaled.
Most of that oxygen has been around I would think, but I guess some atoms would’ve come from recent micrometeorites or whatever.
I guess, some bacteria might have made it into your body in other ways, but might still be considered part of you in the wider sense…?
Plus there’s all those microplastics mixed in there.
Those were also arguably food at some point
I’ll take a #1 2 liter coke bottle and a uhhhhhh mini tray table
crunch mmmm
Eating something doesn’t make it food. You can eat a bike but you’re not a metalovore.
There’s more life in your gut than cells in your whole body
Ah yeah, my comment was caveated as such, because I assumed those bacteria to have mostly gotten there via food. Then again, no idea if any even survive going through the stomach acid…
Bacteria, air inside you, implants/prostetics. Essentially just a smartass shield.