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  • nxobject 1 hour ago
    I look forward to seeing a lifehacking hyper-optimizer streamline this to a polished daily workflow...

    "I have a bucket of mud, in which I stick my hands for 15 minutes every morning.

    Every weekend, I inoculate at a 1:5:5 ratio with biologically active stream dirt (after petri-dishing to check for activity), and a mix of poor-quality soil cover, and some compost; I finish by adding a 10-10-10 balanced fertilizer.

    Recently, I've been seeing if there are any additional benefits to smearing all over my arms; I'm conducting a 3 month/3 month comparison experiment, with a washout period in-between...

    Don't forget to buy my exclusive eBook!"

    • anygivnthursday 1 minute ago
      You forgot the app! You can connect our app to your smart dirt bucket so you can track that the correct composition of bacteria reaches your hands at all time! Collect points by completing challenges and watch a few ads for premium guides!
    • tomkarho 13 minutes ago
      I'm sure the comments will be full of detractors scoffing at this claiming that all one needs is not to wash their hands. Or just go outside to handle that mud. With luck you might come across the king of Briton.
    • mft_ 21 minutes ago
      There’s a startup opportunity: a body cream with concentrates of beneficial microorganisms.

      “Pair it with our full spectrum sun lamp and you can have all the benefits of playing outside from the comfort of your standing desk”.

      • ceejayoz 11 minutes ago
        FDA: “You’ve got E. coli in here.”

        “Yes.”

      • electric_mayhem 11 minutes ago
        You folks are having fun with the idea, but, well, in 2026 there’s absolutely a viable market for this.
    • sdcfgy 1 hour ago
      They'd be copying the greats! I have seen a distinct pattern of artists and photographers doing self portraits while rolling around in shit or mud.
    • jareklupinski 20 minutes ago
      "sign up now and get free peptides your macrocolony needs to immunemogg those bacteria!"
      • mettamage 19 minutes ago
        So if I sign up for like 6 months, could I get 25% off?
  • satnhak 11 minutes ago
    And no one has dirtier hands than the BBC
  • jareklupinski 19 minutes ago
    after i switched to washing my hands with antibacterial soap (the orange kind they use in hospitals), i've gone from a bimonthly cold-analog disease to maybe being sick twice a year
  • Tepix 26 minutes ago
    > Those using the microbially-diverse soil saw an increase in the diversity of bacteria on their skin, and on the number of anti-inflammatory cytokines in their blood – while the other group didn't.

    That's really remarkable.

  • chistev 1 hour ago
    Dirt is good to prevent you from getting sick easily.
  • Arodex 13 minutes ago
    ... Wasn't there papers and articles showing getting in contact with soil was causing Parkinson's?

    Feeling some pâro, again:

    https://youtu.be/w7l2hUp0CkQ

    • christophilus 8 minutes ago
      I thought that was related to the insecticides/herbicides, not soil itself.
  • Yash16 1 hour ago
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  • throw93947309 1 hour ago
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    • ectoloph 1 hour ago
      Kids benefit from being kids and rolling around in the grass.

      In which cities are people favouring local parks over toilets?

      Parasites can actually help with allergies. I am loosely aware of various attempts at treating allergies using parasites.

      One of the approaches taken (under medical supervision) for kids with bad nut allergies is to gradually expose them to more of the allergen. Being able to survive a peanut or two without anaphylaxis is life-changing.

    • chownie 1 hour ago
      What do you think soil is made of? Where do you think it comes from?
      • throw93947309 1 hour ago
        Soil is made from dead plants and properly decomposed stuff, not fresh excrements that are classified as "toxic waste" by city code.
        • chownie 1 hour ago
          The slugs in your soil carry a parasite which can cause lifelong paralysis if it enters your body, a lot of the worms do too. Those decomposing leaves carry tetanus. Your perspective is not aligned with reality.
    • sajithdilshan 1 hour ago
      This is like the dumbest take ever, do you think people go and take a shit on the park in big European cities?

      I live in Berlin and compared to most other European cities it’s a shit hole, but one thing I can tell you is the cleanliness and green nature of the public parks. Most of the time people actually care about the public parks (with exception of few)

      However, one thing to worry about is the tick bites or any other insect bites, but that’s part of the nature

      • throw93947309 1 hour ago
        Where do you think ticks come from in a city park...?
    • throwawayjacob 1 hour ago
      get real, pajeet
    • bcjdjsndon 1 hour ago
      I knew the germphobes would be all over this one.

      > Children who play there willmdevelop all sorts of misterious allergies, skin rash conditions, asthma and so on!

      No they won't you hysterical boob. Youre fear of germs is irrational. Get a grip

      • throw93947309 1 hour ago
        I am not poop lover, some city folks are poop lovers.

        I wrote to go into nature, without poop. It has nothing to do with regular germs!

        > Take them to real nature, where grass is not used as a toilet by city folks

        Just becauee you follow basic hygiene, and cook your food, and shit into toilet (not street), does not make you "germofoob"

        • Leonard_of_Q 34 minutes ago
          By your spelling of the word "germofoob" I get the impression that you're Dutch, am I correct? In that case I suspect that the "dozens of animals" you see "shitting on the same spot" are dogs in a small green area in a Dutch village or town. That is indeed not the spot to let your children play, fortunately the Netherlands does have plenty of "real nature" (or at least as real as anything can be in a man-made country) where they can play without being subjected to canine playdough.
        • bcjdjsndon 1 hour ago
          > it has nothing to do with regular germs!

          You're severely misunderstanding how germs and infections work. But germphobes have the phobia as a response to stress, its never a logical position they take.

          You're feelings rule your intellect on this one I'm afraid, that's a textbook definition of irrationally

          • throw93947309 1 hour ago
            Simlle question: i see dozens animals shitting on the same spot every day. Next day I see a child playing at that spot, should a say something? Is that an overreaction?
        • kakacik 1 hour ago
          > Just becauee you follow basic hygiene, and cook your food, and shit into toilet (not street), does not make you "germofoob"

          Lol no but you are not rational my friend and definitely in germophobe group :) And no amount of exclamation marks will change that, in contrary.

          I think you need to re-visit some basic science about bacteria, human immunity and general advices on how to raise children with regard to those topics. If you don't, you will harm your children in pretty bad ways

        • inexcf 1 hour ago
          Is there poop in nature? Well, does a bear shit in the forest?
        • Retr0id 1 hour ago
          I hate to break it to you but wild animals poop too
          • throw93947309 1 hour ago
            I do not see deer shitting on the same spot, every ten minutes.
        • cindyllm 21 minutes ago
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  • jeanmichelselli 1 hour ago
    .. and we needed an article from BBC to be aware of this? :O
    • librasteve 48 minutes ago
      yes, I’m so delighted by this quality content I want to up my licence fee
      • pydry 5 minutes ago
        I remember having a conversation with somebody from the BBC about a study they commissioned once to ask license payers about how the license fee was spent.

        the overwhelming response apparently was:

        * we don't have particular concerns about how the license fee is spent.

        * we mainly just want that money back

    • bananaflag 1 hour ago
      these are Imperial hands getting dirty
  • SachaSOL 42 minutes ago
    A hackaton here would be crazy ! Is it YC funded house ?
    • asimovDev 14 minutes ago
      wrong tab I assume, cause above this post on the frontpage is the LAN house post