So I asked a question about a month ago

And survey says…

Apparently public consensus states that boogers are not considered part of your face.

Comments

[Marcthelightspark2004]

I forgot this existed........

[Damaged]

Fuck.

Then what are they part of?

[Archangel of the Silent]

Yes, the questions that TRULY need to he answered for the common serf.

[FanOfMostEverything]

5172581
They're a secretion. They're face byproducts, like tears or saliva.

[Damaged]

5172583 So then what is part of you? Your blood is nothing but water and a bunch of secretions. Your gut and GI are full of things that don't even share your DNA. Yet all these things are required for continued life.

Boogers are an important part of what makes a person—a person.

[My Little Epona]

.........................dafudge?

[Shakespearicles]

5172581

🎵"THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!"🎵

[FanOfMostEverything]

5172587

Your blood is nothing but water and a bunch of secretions.

And lots and lots of cells.

Okay, yeah, probably plenty of those in the fluids of your mucus membranes. The point is that mucus, tears, sweat, all that stuff are fluids that are supposed to come out of your body at some point. The red water should stay inside at all times.

As for the intestinal microbiome, that's actually a really interesting philosophical question and dives into what distinguishes of the concepts of "you" as an organism and "you" as a mental concept. I'll have to get back to you on that one.

[Damaged]

5172598

The red water should stay inside at all times.

Tell that to the platelets!

[Herald of Opera]

5172598
5172599
Yeah, reality seems to really hate clean borders in general. See also: crocodiles are more closely related to birds than they are to most of the other things we call reptiles.

[Ahzidal]

These are the real questions