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Folk wisdom says it's healthy. doctors say it's healthy.
Go for it.
this post was submitted on 18 May 2026
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I'm sure there are plenty of good minerals and some vitamins in dirt... But there are also parasite eggs and bacteria like anthrax...
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for some reason I am.reminded of Blaze Foley's great song, Clay Pigeons
I wonder if it’s because of iron deficiency.
I thought it was potassium.
As the old folk saying goes, you gotta eat a peck of dirt before you die
And spiders
yeah i think it's similar in effect to fiber maybe? it's a very low-calorie food that kinda cleanes the colon because it pushes everything in it out, while adding no new calories for a while, so the colon has a chance to "cool down" and reduce the bacterial load for a while, so it can heal. i suspect it's probably good for colon health actually.
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My grandmother and mother both got pica during childbirth. Grandmother ate a spoonful of dirt and was satisfied, I'd have to call mother but I think she'd just ignore the question these days.
Today I learned I should be eating dirt.
I heard on Facebook eating from Donald's diaper cures hanta virus.
I could use a dirt nap.
I could use a hug
The greatest measure of our society's most tragic failings is that I can't just get on a train/boat asap to give you a hug. Fuel ain't free and community doesn't benefit power, so by neither measure can I afford the day(s) away for affection.
And thus does the loneliness pandemic deepen.
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Still more normal than a cannibal sandwich. Wisconsin is fucking weird.
In France that's steak tartar.
Sure, but that’s classy. This a fistful of contaminated processed hamburger pressed between two pieces of Wonderbread.
You know, this explains a lot about the South...