• ruuster13@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    3 days ago

    Anxiety has a function. Appendix does not and it’s because of another evolutionary success.

    • CandleTiger@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      26
      ·
      3 days ago

      The Internet told me the appendix absolutely has a function:

      If you get sick and shit the absolute fuck out of everything in your bowels — full colon cleanse the hard way — your appendix holds back a colony of your intestinal support bacteria which serves as a base to recolonize your gut.

      This is extremely useful to anyone who lives in a world where illnesses of intense gut-cleansing shitting are a thing.