On: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

[iterateoften]

It’s not dirt, it’s soil. Soil is a living ecosystem.

[arjie → iterateoften]

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

[PKop → arjie]

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.

[mitxela → arjie]

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