• bacon_pdp@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Many traditions like hand washing, public bathrooms, sewage systems and the cooking of food are literally about keeping people safe and alive.

    This OCD is not only justified but why OCD is an essential part of what it means to be human.

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      11 hours ago

      How can this be true? Humans have existed for almost 2 million years. A lot of those we’ve achieved only relatively recently

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        4 hours ago

        And things like kosher diets are a few thousand years old and effectively exist to reduce the odds of getting Trichinosis and are just a less effective tradition.

        The list is huge when you look at traditions and which of them actually produce a measurable benefit but it is true modern traditions tend to be more effective