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lingrush4today at 2:08 PM2 repliesview on HN

Sounds very similar to my childhood. My parents told me I couldn't eat sand because worms would grow inside of me. Now I have trust issues and prefer local LLMs.


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paddleontoday at 2:53 PM

The funny thing is the CDC says the same thing as your parents did

Whipworm, hookworm, and Ascaris are the three types of soil-transmitted helminths (parasitic worms)... Soil-transmitted helminths are among the most common human parasites globally.

https://www.cdc.gov/sth/about/index.html

bravetravelertoday at 2:12 PM

How was the sand, though?