Your body doesn’t heal itself. Cuts need stitches that must be permanent. Bones need to be screwed together even if just cracked. How you doing?
D-E-D, dead.
We’ve all bled out.
Yep. RIP 13-year-old me getting my first menstrual period. But probably died long before that after first needle prick.
If you’ve ever broken a bone, just assume you’d be dead of infection.
Actually let’s take this further: multicellular life wouldn’t exist. Life wouldn’t exist. Cell division requires both cells to heal themselves. This is a silly question.
You went too deep.
Yes it is a silly question. Just trying to have some fun.
People think that the immune system is like this pinpoint accurate machine that kills invaders. In reality, it is more like a carpet bomber that functions under the principle that we can heal and viruses/bacteria cannot. Inflammation is basically your body carpet bombing and healing.
We would also not be able to build muscle mass as the repair of microtears is what leads to hypertrophy.
So we would all be dead. Healing if fundamental to life.
I was thinking of purely physical injuries, so nothing immune system related. But the muscle building part… Damn. Yea we’d all be a bunch of wet noodles. Hadn’t thought of that.
Sounds like the sort of question someone under 30 asks
Sorry grandad
Most decent people tend to learn to keep their rude comments to themselves as they age, so the same could be said about your comment.
How does that strike you as rude?
It kinda came off like you were calling me young and dumb.
But I think I see where you were coming from. I wasn’t really thinking about old age pains and injuries, even though I’m currently dealing with one.
This was a shower thought where I was mostly thinking about cuts and broken bones. Not meant to be super serious or deep.
Everyone in the world is dead next question
I wouldn’t be dead, but I’d probably prefer to die in this scenario.
Add immortality and you’ve got Elantris.
I give Brandon Sanderson a hard time for being a bit shit, but I enjoyed the premise of this book.
Always felt like the immortality was extraneous. Everyone gonna choose the fire after a couple months of no healing.
Very dead.
Super dead. I would not have survived my teens.
I’ve torn ligaments in my ankles. Tons of large cuts and gashes. I broke three ribs in 2022. I wouldn’t be doing too great.
Broken ribs even with the self healing and medical aid can make life pretty rough.
Probably everyone would die from common illnesses in childhood
Have you read Elantris?
Covers this pretty well.
I have not, but I will. Thanks.
just accounting for all mosquito bites ive ever had i’d probably have bled to death long ago
Mosquitoes are the worst invention ever.
In the last year alone I pulled a siatic nerve… Burned my stomach (small scar) and broke the left most bone in my left foot in 3 places and barely dodged surgery as it is… So not great?
I’d be alright
