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silver_arrow666 t1_jabvdca wrote

Yeah, and the only reason we're not constantly on fire is because the oxidation reaction is too slow to be self-sustaining, and it doesn't get hot enough. Regarding sleep deprivation I don't know a lot about it (you need a neurologist or a biologist, and I'm a chemist), but probably yes, since your life sustaining systems would shut down, causing cell death.

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skinneyd t1_jabv6cb wrote

Tbf I think Humans are so violent as a result of being hairless, teethless, clawless, venomless monkeys.

That aside; We do have teeth, we do have hair, and we're not monkeys lol

Edit: Oh, and Human saliva contains so much bacteria that a bite wound left untreated is pretty much a death sentence. Hypothetically, biting an animal will most likely eventually cause it to die from infection. So might as well consider us being "venomous" too.

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lostmypwcanihaveurs t1_jabv1mm wrote

Entropy is a bitch, yo.

I've heard it argued that oxygen reacts with most of what humans are made of on a level that we're essentially slowly burning to death from the moment we're born. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being absolutely bonkers, how unhinged does that sound?

Also, does lack of sleep cause cell death? Seems like you might be the guy to ask.

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