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Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens by forgotmypw17 on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @01:29PM (#26157085)
> So you're just sensitive to every industrial material? it's hard to take seriously.

Our bodies are essentially "legacy code" that's been evolving not for a decade or two, but for millions of years.

If you've ever maintained an old software system, you know that old-tried-and-true inputs are probably good, but trying anything previously untested may cause unpredictable issues.

I look at any new substance which my ancestors haven't encountered (and been selected for tolerating) as basically alpha testing, which I'd rather avoid with my irreplaceable hardware-software installation.

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Re:'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens by tptacek on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @01:43PM (#26157245)
In this thread, you've managed to derive axiomatically a theory of toxicity in which peanuts are suspicious because they trigger allergies, which implies our immune systems see something wrong with them. I feel like a grain of salt (if our systems can tolerate it) would do us well on this thread.
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