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Mfw I discovered what a tonsil stone is and had nightmares even though I don't even have tonsils

mostly harmless, it's a type of cheese, really

Tyler told me about it because he had a sailor with a pen stabbing his mouth to pop out tonsil stones on the desk on night-check one night. I was like 🤢 🤢

@madison @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha It seems pretty gross at first but if it makes you feel any better, it's really just like food stuck in your teeth. Not a big deal, just annoying.



JUST MUCH MORE ANNOYING BECAUSE THEY'RE HARDER TO GET AT THAN YOUR TEETH REEEEEEEEE

COLLEEN ARE YOU SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE

i have had them, many decades ago.

but sailors do the most disgusting things.

@madison @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha YES

c'leen.

I never knew how weird biology could get until I worked as a CNA in a nursing home

Tyler has some stories

@scenesbycolleen @madison @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha Save them for a pizza.

@madison @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha I have always had huge tonsils but never got a tonsilectomy or whatever the word is shutup autocorrect it's close enough I'm sure ANYWAY one of them has a bit of a divot or whatnot and so I get to deal with the lovely experience of tonsil stones every once in a while

@ForbiddenDreamer @madison @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha

i've never had anything removed from my body that is supposed to be there.

I had mine removed because they were large and I got strep every other month as a little girl and finally they were like "WE ARE REMOVING THEM!!!" And I'm positive the excessive infections and antibiotics use is why I'm so allergic to antibiotics now

@madcuzbad @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madison
I'm not sure why tonsillectomies were a thing that people did but I remember multiple people getting them; I don't recall hearing about anyone who had to get one because it was life-threatening so I'm not sure what that was about

usually people have their tonsils removed if they're problematic sometimes they can be, like the appendix, it's only removed if it's an issue

@scenesbycolleen @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madcuzbad @madison they get infected and you can die, and they seem to be a vestigial organ with no purpose

they said that about the apendix too, but just cuz you can lvie without it doesn't mean it has no purpose and they found that it does in fact have a purpose.

that's what my teacher said, i was like *shrug* i can get as much ice cream as i want any time. lol.

@madcuzbad @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madison @scenesbycolleen sounds like it's mainly when you're a child and the immune system has redundancy so it's not so bad to remove them.

@madcuzbad @xaetacore @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madison @scenesbycolleen @sun At some point somebody noticed that more people die under general anesthetic than ever die from appendicitis.

Had mine out at 5. My Son had his out at 15. They kept swelling and had to go. Upside is you can't get strep.

Like your appendix

@sun @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madcuzbad @madison So it can be life-threatening, I see
So it's like the appendix?
Maybe I should read about tonsils sometime, now I'm curious

@scenesbycolleen @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madcuzbad @madison I'm not endorsing pre-emptively removing anything but yes, I think sepsis? not sure

@xaetacore @cosmonautkatyusha @madison @yockeypuck @scenesbycolleen @nihilvt @JollyR @madcuzbad he's right but also anesthetic is like a top-five human invention.

@sun @nihilvt @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madcuzbad @madison lol no I'm not planning on removing my tonsils but now I'm curious about them

They are part of the immune system, really. Checking out what you are swallowing, sort of an early warning system.

One of those things that has changed as I got older, they don't swell up and get angry so much any more.

@sun @scenesbycolleen @JollyR @cosmonautkatyusha @madcuzbad @madison @nihilvt >they seem to be a vestigial organ with no purpose

thats just not true. more pharma inc lies

it's actually older than pharma inc, for the most part. it is a holdover from 19th century medicine. like using leaches to draw blood. sometimes a stupid idea takes root and dies out very slowly.

@JollyR @nihilvt @cosmonautkatyusha @madcuzbad @madison @scenesbycolleen @sun well they adopted it and promoted it, like how foreskin supposedly has no purpose

There's been a back and forth since the 1900s whether operating or just leaving it alone is safer.

I got rid of one the other day, it was so satisfying :)