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Every creature that had ever breathed oxygen, dies. That’s a 100% mortality rate.

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Every creature that hadn’t breathed oxygen also dies. Can’t live with it can’t live without it.

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A necessary evil

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Turritopsis dohrnii would like to have a chat.

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take it out of context right now

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Damn you got me, was hoping no one mentioned the immortal jellyfishes. Though if you think about it eventually when the planet dies they’ll die as well

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Anaerobes have entered the chat

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They don’t breathe oxygen and still die though

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I breathe oxygen, I’ve never died

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All current living creatures are basically a rounding error in that calculation

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Your body is essentially an oxidation reaction that it ponders its place in the universe.

A slowly burning fire that pays taxes.

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A slowly burning fire that pays taxes.

That’s poetry. Nicely done.

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Yes. Oxygen does degrade our bodies. Unfortunately, we also need it to stay alive. Life be like that.

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It’s reported that many people who have died had varying amounts of oxygen in their bloodstream at the time of death.

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Oh yeah, reactive oxygen species, right? But iirc those are only confined to certain parts of the cell

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Just eat enough antioxidants to flush all of the oxygen out of your body!

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Rust on the Myrtle Beach ferris wheel has also been shown to reduce fertility levels of crabs nearby, causing a dramatic drop in their population and California Bill 34 was passed to drastically limit how many can be caught, devastating the local fisheries!

For more information, Google “Rust ferris crab rule 34”

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Wait a minute, something feels off…

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I googled this and that’s enough internet for today.

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