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Unusual deaths
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Oct 3, 2008
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Wikipedia has an excellent list of unusual deaths. Too many to quote. #health
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Pleasurable necessities
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Oct 3, 2008
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This is just an observation, not a commentary: Humans tend to turn necessities into sources of pleasure. For example, the three or four basic necessities for human survival are food/water, clothing, and shelter (though I think I could survive without clothing; regardless, that's a separate post). Instead of just eating food to give us sustenance, we eat to enjoy it. We go to restaurants, we eat candy and cake, and we choose our foods based on what will give us the most pleasure. It's the same with drinks. Instead of just drinking the bare minimum of water, we have drinks to speed us up, drinks to slow us down, and drinks that provide extra nourishment to make up for the foods we eat. Clothing probably represents the largest disconnect between form and function. How many of us dress to simply cover our bodies? Instead, most people dress to make themselves look thinner or more muscular or taller or to showcase their ability to tan. And our shelters don't just shelter us. We paint the walls, hang up pictures, and buy duvet covers to make our homes more homey. I wonder what life would be like if we only satisfied our necessities. #psychology
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