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I recall this question coming up on Reddit with some regularity (no pun intended). The typical answer I saw was something like "your rectum has a really strong immune system"
Rectum? Damn near killed um
They hate us cuz they anus.
Reddit tier comment
Rectum? I hardly knew 'em
This line never fails to make me chuckle
wtf is that
“Rub onto hands until dry”
Hot sauce dispenser.
Hand sanitizer
Spicy bidet.
That part of the body, like your mouth, has features that greatly reduce the chance of infection because they are the entry and exit points for foreign objects or waste. It is complicated how it all works, but in short your body really needs those parts to bot get infected, so it adapted ways to keep that from happening.
That was the explanation I got from the doc when mine first showed up.
Edit: All hail the rise of the butt bots!
I'd hate my rectum to become bot infected.
It’s common knowledge that xitter is full of bots. Be careful out there.
my butt is a chatbot
Everything it says is shit
Noo my rectum has become part of the botnet for the Chinese Communist Party 😩 why does this keep happening
I am not qualified to answer this, but I did once see a similar question asked on Reddit. The best response I saw was from a commenter whose name I can't remember, else I would credit them.
That commenter said that his infant daughter had required an operation on her rectum. The commenter asked the surgeon how the surgery site could possibly not become infected and was told "the asshole knows how to handle shit."
That answer seemed reasonable to me and I probably will never forget it.
Probably a lot of us do have infected buttholes, but just don't realize it. It's a silent but deadly epidemic.
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Even the bacteria doesn't want to eat your ass.
Fairly sure it's because of the difference in environment. Gut bacteria tend to be anaerobic fermenting species, whereas the external part and blood are more aerobic. It's been a while since i did physiology and microbio tho, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Username checks out, it was the first word out of my mouth when I read this question.
Good question though, looking forward to (hopefully) informed answers.
A bidet helps. Gentle splash of water vs scratchy paper.
You might want to treat yourself to some better quality paper.
Wiping your ass with silk is still significantly more friction than water
Idk, water split the grand canyon, water sounds dangerous. /s
I do both, using a bidet just makes sense.
Do you use the shower or do you clean your entire body with paper towels?
Meh, bidets are a lie too. Give yourself an enema, make sure you're clean inside and out!
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Basically blood pressure keeps most things out, and you probably wouldn't purposely rub a meaty turd in an open wound regardless. I hope.
What about a vegan turd? Heard everything vegan is healthier.
Yup. Oreos are vegan so it's totally fine to eat an entire package for dinner! (I had a vegan friend who did this one time, and we were all joking about it being healthy because it's vegan.)
Vegens don't shit, they absorb 100% of the nutrients and produce zero waste products. They're basically plant people.
Got it. Hypertension is good if you have hemorrhoids.
This is a genuine question I've wondered about a lot. Kudos for oddly realistic originality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscess
maybe less common due to adaptive immunity to familiar bacteria
could still happen. and stds are an obvious example.
I'm in my 40s and never had hemeroids. Are they really that common? Or maybe I have and I didn't know (but surely I would, right??)?
They can be pretty common for certain people. I've dealt with hemorrhoids since I was 20, my dad also started getting them pretty young too. They tend to "flare up" if you eat food that irritates them. For me it's something that I deal with every few months or so. When I get them, I gotta squirt a tube of ointment up my ass and they're usually gone the next day. It's a very humbling experience. I came as a poor migrant, no college education and through will and determination I became a self taught engineer about to turn 30 who makes six figures, and I occasionally have to squirt a tube of preparation H ointment up my ass.
Ah yes, the American dream.
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