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Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by ectoloph on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:36AM (#49608398)
Kids benefit from being kids and rolling around in the grass.

In which cities are people favouring local parks over toilets?

Parasites can actually help with allergies. I am loosely aware of various attempts at treating allergies using parasites.

One of the approaches taken (under medical supervision) for kids with bad nut allergies is to gradually expose them to more of the allergen. Being able to survive a peanut or two without anaphylaxis is life-changing.

Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by chownie on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:30AM (#49608360)
What do you think soil is made of? Where do you think it comes from?
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by throw93947309 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:39AM (#49608432)
Soil is made from dead plants and properly decomposed stuff, not fresh excrements that are classified as "toxic waste" by city code.
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by chownie on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:58AM (#49608592)
The slugs in your soil carry a parasite which can cause lifelong paralysis if it enters your body, a lot of the worms do too. Those decomposing leaves carry tetanus. Your perspective is not aligned with reality.
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by sajithdilshan on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:36AM (#49608404)
This is like the dumbest take ever, do you think people go and take a shit on the park in big European cities?

I live in Berlin and compared to most other European cities it’s a shit hole, but one thing I can tell you is the cleanliness and green nature of the public parks. Most of the time people actually care about the public parks (with exception of few)

However, one thing to worry about is the tick bites or any other insect bites, but that’s part of the nature

Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by pestatije on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @08:12AM (#49609257)
In Spain dogs have taken over city parks, so pretty much the description is correct... nobody in their right mind lets their children play with the sand in parks in Spain
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by sajithdilshan on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @09:28AM (#49610077)
That is sad, so people don’t pick up after the dogs or are they stray dogs?
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by pestatije on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @01:49AM (#49621646)
theyll pick the shit, they might pour some water from a bottle where the dog peed... but the main problem is the sheer amount of dogs in cities, people are just non-committal on having babies and instead keep a dog or two
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by throw93947309 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:54AM (#49608558)
Where do you think ticks come from in a city park...?
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by sajithdilshan on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @09:29AM (#49610089)
Through animals of course
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by throwawayjacob on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:53AM (#49608548)
get real, pajeet
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by bcjdjsndon on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:23AM (#49608310)
I knew the germphobes would be all over this one.

> Children who play there willmdevelop all sorts of misterious allergies, skin rash conditions, asthma and so on!

No they won't you hysterical boob. Youre fear of germs is irrational. Get a grip

Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by throw93947309 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:27AM (#49608339)
I am not poop lover, some city folks are poop lovers.

I wrote to go into nature, without poop. It has nothing to do with regular germs!

> Take them to real nature, where grass is not used as a toilet by city folks

Just becauee you follow basic hygiene, and cook your food, and shit into toilet (not street), does not make you "germofoob"

Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by Leonard_of_Q on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:24AM (#49608781)
By your spelling of the word "germofoob" I get the impression that you're Dutch, am I correct? In that case I suspect that the "dozens of animals" you see "shitting on the same spot" are dogs in a small green area in a Dutch village or town. That is indeed not the spot to let your children play, fortunately the Netherlands does have plenty of "real nature" (or at least as real as anything can be in a man-made country) where they can play without being subjected to canine playdough.
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by bcjdjsndon on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:34AM (#49608388)
> it has nothing to do with regular germs!

You're severely misunderstanding how germs and infections work. But germphobes have the phobia as a response to stress, its never a logical position they take.

You're feelings rule your intellect on this one I'm afraid, that's a textbook definition of irrationally

Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by throw93947309 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:52AM (#49608547)
Simlle question: i see dozens animals shitting on the same spot every day. Next day I see a child playing at that spot, should a say something? Is that an overreaction?
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by bcjdjsndon on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @09:22AM (#49610010)
Yes
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by throw93947309 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @10:00AM (#49610478)
So is playing with turds healthy or not?

Or perhaps you are severely misunderstanding how city life works? Much bigger concetration of shit heads...

Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by kakacik on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:41AM (#49608451)
> Just becauee you follow basic hygiene, and cook your food, and shit into toilet (not street), does not make you "germofoob"

Lol no but you are not rational my friend and definitely in germophobe group :) And no amount of exclamation marks will change that, in contrary.

I think you need to re-visit some basic science about bacteria, human immunity and general advices on how to raise children with regard to those topics. If you don't, you will harm your children in pretty bad ways

Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by throw93947309 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @09:58AM (#49610456)
Right, we see an animal making fresh turd every 10 minutes, there are fosilized turds every 3 meters, most bushes have toilet paper under them...

But i should let my kids play there. Because of newest fad on internet!

Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by inexcf on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:45AM (#49608479)
Is there poop in nature? Well, does a bear shit in the forest?
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by Retr0id on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:29AM (#49608351)
I hate to break it to you but wild animals poop too
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by throw93947309 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:40AM (#49608445)
I do not see deer shitting on the same spot, every ten minutes.
Re:Why getting your hands dirty is good for you by bcjdjsndon on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @09:24AM (#49610028)
Neither do dogs lol tell me the name and location of this park so we can verify this 6 times an hour dogshitfest