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[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 65 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Salty water can dissolve and thus destroy a whole bunch of other chemicals... We're lucky we evolved in an environment full of it so much that we are adapted to it!

[–] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same with oxygen. Such a corrosive substance, but we evolved to slowly react with it internally.

[–] Ethanol@pawb.social 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Classic!

Reminds me of a HFY (humanity fuck yeah) novel where somone got stranded on another planet and just by taking a dump, their gut biome turned the planet's flora and fauna to shit by digesting it.

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