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-Removed-Take a tranquilizer; you really need to, as you are burning with rage. Relax, breathe deeply, and return to sleep. A painkiller is a medicine for headaches. Knowledge is also a medicine for ignorance. Take all three, but I'm afraid that knowledge will only briefly palliate, because you suffer from chronic stupidity.
Everyone takes medications; after all, food is medicine. Take graciously what you dish out to others, and stop crying foul when justice is being served to you.
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The lighter side of News. The expression: are you itching for a fight?
A very recent article from the BBC.
We derive pleasure from scratching an itch – but may have evolved to shun those who scratch.
It's possibly the most maddening sensation there is. Prick your finger and you can ignore the pain. But try and ignore an insatiable itch? No chance.
But why is this? Until recently researchers had only, well, scratched the surface when it came to itch science. But that's starting to change. Now scientists know that the sensation of itch is relayed by a number of itch-specific neurons and pathways, opening the way to a whole new batch of treatments.
But why do we itch in the first place? It's thought that mammals originally evolved the sensation as a kind of reflex, helping them to expel invading pathogens and escape noxious chemicals in their environment. But it's clear that there is also a psychological aspect to itch that we don't yet fully understand........
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240212-why-we-may-be-hardwired-to-shun-those-who-scratch?
