Do you eat your snot?
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Snot is about the only thing where even talking about it will make me gag..
I dunno what it is about it, but it knocks me sick. BAd thread to walk into, I've heaved twice already. Yet I'm alright talking about shit and vomit, or even people eating said shit or vomit
But snot? /vom
I dunno what it is about it, but it knocks me sick. BAd thread to walk into, I've heaved twice already. Yet I'm alright talking about shit and vomit, or even people eating said shit or vomit
But snot? /vom
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epic fail 
If you sniffle and then swallow, you're still eating snot. Also, it's fairly common for ones snot to drain back into your stomach/lungs while you sleep. So actively eating your snot/boogers is only speeding up the process. As it would end up inside you regardless, unless you were consistantly blow your nose.
It's considered nasty because it's about the same as wiping your ass then chewing on your fingernails after the toilet paper tore. You're eating things that should not be in your stomach (anything that doesn't find an exit in your body, and follows the highway to your ass) but end up there anyhow..
Kira eats her boogers. I've seen it.
It's considered nasty because it's about the same as wiping your ass then chewing on your fingernails after the toilet paper tore. You're eating things that should not be in your stomach (anything that doesn't find an exit in your body, and follows the highway to your ass) but end up there anyhow..
Kira eats her boogers. I've seen it.
Kira eats her boogers. I've seen it.
Then you know more than I do, the last time I actually remember eating it was when I was in elementary school, and I'm pretty sure you never saw me then.
Unless you're a stalker....Oh shit.
Then you know more than I do, the last time I actually remember eating it was when I was in elementary school, and I'm pretty sure you never saw me then.
...Oh shit.
I bet he did that when you were a kid 
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♥Beauty Queen Etna♥;824392 said:I bet he did that when you were a kid
What makes you think I grew out of said stage?
Nothing like playing race the clock in someone else's closet.
... 
And it looks like all your years of stalking paid off in the end!
Teach me, wise master
And it looks like all your years of stalking paid off in the end!
Teach me, wise master
thats the stupidest question ever. its digusting and its simple as that.
gads
I think it's actually kind of interesting how this topic, though it seems pretty straightforward on the surface, is actually a great demonstration of how we are often forgetful about our own social conditioning 
To answer the OP's question, we would have to look back to the first humans who decided not to consume their own boogers, and question their reasoning for quitting. Or, ask ourselves, did we ever really do it in the first place? I mean to me, it seems like an unlikely place to look for nutrients; as a primitive human being, I don't think one's sense of self or understanding of the human body would be great enough for them to look within for a food source; they would probably search for something outside their own bodies in the environment that smelled or looked good, and then try to taste it. If they had mucus drip out of their nose onto their hand, I'm not really sure what the reaction would be; if it looked clear and non-viscous like water, they might try to drink it; however if it was green and thick one can only guess. Perhaps if it looked like the sap from a plant they already knew was edible, maybe they would have tried it Of course, then new questions of one's sense of self would arise; "is my head also a papaya?" might be one of them.
Supposing we did eat our own mucus as primitive humans, then I would assume we would have stopped either A) once there was scientific evidence to prove that it was unhealthy, or B) once a particular society decided they were superior to another (think Romans vs. "barbarians") and decided they wanted to separate themselves in whatever the most obvious ways were that they could. One way to think of it might be the Puritans, I believe (I think that's the right group?) who refused to dance because they thought it was evil. Though their reasoning could have sprung from many different places, I suspect that part of it stemmed from themselves or explorers from their time period having seen non-Christian tribal societies participating in elaborate dances, and thus associating such practices with "heathenism" or whatever they liked to call it. And, this being said, I suspect the same thing would have happened with the consumption of nasal excretions; if they saw some particular "heathen" or "inferior" society doing it, then they would have established a social precedent for it being "disgusting" because they wanted to separate themselves from such "uncivilized" cultures.
Personally, I think that there are a lot worse things in the world than bodily functions and excretions, or the consumption of them, even though it may be detrimental to one's health. Cruelty, greed, ignorance, and a lot of the other abstract vices that people participate in are far more disgusting in my eyes.
To answer the OP's question, we would have to look back to the first humans who decided not to consume their own boogers, and question their reasoning for quitting. Or, ask ourselves, did we ever really do it in the first place? I mean to me, it seems like an unlikely place to look for nutrients; as a primitive human being, I don't think one's sense of self or understanding of the human body would be great enough for them to look within for a food source; they would probably search for something outside their own bodies in the environment that smelled or looked good, and then try to taste it. If they had mucus drip out of their nose onto their hand, I'm not really sure what the reaction would be; if it looked clear and non-viscous like water, they might try to drink it; however if it was green and thick one can only guess. Perhaps if it looked like the sap from a plant they already knew was edible, maybe they would have tried it Of course, then new questions of one's sense of self would arise; "is my head also a papaya?" might be one of them.Supposing we did eat our own mucus as primitive humans, then I would assume we would have stopped either A) once there was scientific evidence to prove that it was unhealthy, or B) once a particular society decided they were superior to another (think Romans vs. "barbarians") and decided they wanted to separate themselves in whatever the most obvious ways were that they could. One way to think of it might be the Puritans, I believe (I think that's the right group?) who refused to dance because they thought it was evil. Though their reasoning could have sprung from many different places, I suspect that part of it stemmed from themselves or explorers from their time period having seen non-Christian tribal societies participating in elaborate dances, and thus associating such practices with "heathenism" or whatever they liked to call it. And, this being said, I suspect the same thing would have happened with the consumption of nasal excretions; if they saw some particular "heathen" or "inferior" society doing it, then they would have established a social precedent for it being "disgusting" because they wanted to separate themselves from such "uncivilized" cultures.
Personally, I think that there are a lot worse things in the world than bodily functions and excretions, or the consumption of them, even though it may be detrimental to one's health. Cruelty, greed, ignorance, and a lot of the other abstract vices that people participate in are far more disgusting in my eyes.
ITT: Non-conformists conforming to non-conformity and fighting the power by doing things that no one else does because of the fact that it's disgusting.
Row, row, fight the power infuckingdeed.
Row, row, fight the power infuckingdeed.
I know you won't be around to read this, but it's not just randomly socially unacceptable. The mucus membranes in the nose are basically like a sewer. It collects all the dirt, debris, and other crap that you don't want in your system. So you're basically eating dirt. Which isn't healthy.
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Just as I was about to think that this forum couldn't get any stranger...
We have people arguing over snot eating
I don't do it simply because I think it's gross, and there is no other reason to it. I mean, it's one thing if you were to slice your finger and stick it in your mouth to keep blood from going everywhere until you get something to wrap your finger in. But to randomly stick something that came out of you (that's supposed to come out of you) into your mouth...thats just a little...strange.
But carry on with this discussion.
It is really quite and interesting read.
We have people arguing over snot eating
I don't do it simply because I think it's gross, and there is no other reason to it. I mean, it's one thing if you were to slice your finger and stick it in your mouth to keep blood from going everywhere until you get something to wrap your finger in. But to randomly stick something that came out of you (that's supposed to come out of you) into your mouth...thats just a little...strange.
But carry on with this discussion.
It is really quite and interesting read.
Query Tate; If we're eating dirt and it's unhealthy... how does it boost our immune system (or said to anyway)?