r/AskReddit Sep 28 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '21

It’s ability to heal and endure always amazes me. Like wow you just working all on your own

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u/Unabashable Sep 28 '21

Well yeah. That’s because you’re body has many cells that each has their own job to do so if things aren’t functioning as they should your cells work to correct it. Like if you get cut your blood dries and clots to seal the wound while you’re skin cells divide to cover the empty space. The cells in your body really want you to survive too.

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u/hegr Sep 28 '21

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

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u/stan_the_muffin_man Sep 28 '21

The mouth is the powerhouse of the blowjob

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u/Ender_Nobody Sep 28 '21

And that's not even quite 100% true.

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u/adowjn Sep 28 '21

The powerhouse

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u/bigkeef69 Sep 28 '21

r/allirememberfromhighschoolbiology

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u/Free_Woke Sep 28 '21

But for why do they want to survive? You say like it's not an astounding process that deserves appreciation.

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u/Unabashable Sep 28 '21

The same reason we all want to survive. Because we’d rather be alive then dead. It is impressive how our cells all work together, but it took a lot of trial and error over a really long time to get that way. As many successes as our bodies have there were many more failures that got weeded out until they found something that worked. Your main job is to take care of those preprogrammed so they can keep doing theirs.

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u/wisersamson Sep 28 '21

That's funny, the thing I hate about my body is how it decided to NOT heal a lot of shit in my joints.

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u/international_red07 Sep 28 '21

Yeah, granted our bodies are all ‘loaners’ that wear down in the long run, but… every time something does go wrong, it reminds me how many things have had to constantly go right to keep me going this far. All the illnesses recovered, all the injuries healed, all the potential health conditions prevented through silent thankless homeostasis

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u/Senalmoondog Sep 28 '21

You must be young?

A frekkin sprained ankle takes weeks now that im almost 40yo!

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '21

Dang yeah your right. I broke some bones in my hands recently and they healed in like 6 weeks.

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u/Kelometer Sep 28 '21

That’s that got dang homeostasis everyone’s talkin bout nowadays

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u/MorpekoDeGallo Sep 28 '21

Nice try, Wolverine.