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arjietoday at 1:19 PM2 repliesview on HN

So is my gut but if I smeared my insides on my body I would likely fall ill. Even pathogens form a living ecosystem.

Or, to put it a different way,

> Cars have windows and can go. Houses have windows and can’t go. So it’s not the windows that make the car go


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mitxelatoday at 1:57 PM

Speak for yourself. I know this guy called Howl...

PKoptoday at 2:23 PM

Your insides are different from your outsides. Your skin has a different microbiome than your gut. Hyper cleanliness on your skin kills beneficial microbes that maintain an equilibrium when they're alive.