• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I was about 25 years old before I realized I could use warm water to wash my hands in the winter. I’m usually considered a very intelligent individual, but for some reason this never occurred to me. Maybe it’s because I grew up poor and we tried to use as little hot water as possible, or maybe I’m just not as smart as people think I am.

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      9 months ago

      The tree of knowledge is enormous. We’re all bound to miss a thing or two. Most people might not ever come across a situation where they are missing that knowledge or they live their whole lives not realizing. Fuck I wonder how many things I haven’t realized yet?

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        9 months ago

        Fuck I wonder how many things I haven’t realized yet?

        Just asking that puts you miles ahead of most people in this thread.

        Almost everything I do I try to think of a better way of doing it. All of these things people are saying just seem so thoughtless to me, because … well, they are thoughtless.

        If people would think about what they’re doing they’d come to these realizations much, much sooner.

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        9 months ago

        Thank you, SuckMyWang for your input, really insightful

        really, though, I’d argue the tree of knowledge is not enormous, but infinite

        isn’t there a saying like: “The more you know, the less you know”?

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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          9 months ago

          That’s what soap is for. And for a quick 10-20s hand wash, I doubt the temperature matters much. If I was about to do surgery or something, I’d use as hot of water I could tolerate, but if I’m just washing after taking a piss, yeah, not a big deal.