I think this is all religion: Guf of Souls, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, even Christians are taught this isn't all there is and we might get a chance at a do-over. I don't believe in it, but I'm still hoping there's something to it because I'd like a do-over.
As for the poor kid who drank bleach, I'd like to think (but the odds are against i…
I think this is all religion: Guf of Souls, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, even Christians are taught this isn't all there is and we might get a chance at a do-over. I don't believe in it, but I'm still hoping there's something to it because I'd like a do-over.
As for the poor kid who drank bleach, I'd like to think (but the odds are against it) the nun realized that treating this kid like crap helped attribute to her death, but my experience is that most people have no idea how their behavior affects others, or they wouldn't be such tools toward other people.
But I see how a person might accidentally drink bleach. Back when toothpaste started to be put in a tube (long ago, toothpaste was a powder in a container that looked like talc, and shaving cream came in a tube), men got confused all the time with the design. My Uncle Fred was once stumbling around in the bathroom trying not to wake his wife and brushed his teeth with shaving cream because the tubes were impossible to tell apart in the dark. We teased him unmercifully for years about it, but if he had accidentally drank bleach left on the counter of the in the dimly lit bathroom thinking it was a gallon jug of water, the story would have had a different outcome.
Yes, but bleach has a very strong smell. Unless you have anosmia, it's very unlikely you'd accidentally take a drink before realizing it. Also see the Spider Robinson book "Telempath".
I grew up with a kid who lost her sense of smell when a tumor was removed and some people dilute their bleach (my mother was notorious for diluting everything in the house to save money - until I went off to college, I thought shampoo came out of the bottle like water because it was 90% water at our house). For years, I had no sense of smell because of nasal polyps and for a few years after surgery to remove them, I could smell again - until Covid, when I lost my sense of smell again. I read that 3% of the population has no sense of smell. Probably not the case with this kid, but we don't know for sure since we can't possibly know all the facts.
I think this is all religion: Guf of Souls, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, even Christians are taught this isn't all there is and we might get a chance at a do-over. I don't believe in it, but I'm still hoping there's something to it because I'd like a do-over.
As for the poor kid who drank bleach, I'd like to think (but the odds are against it) the nun realized that treating this kid like crap helped attribute to her death, but my experience is that most people have no idea how their behavior affects others, or they wouldn't be such tools toward other people.
But I see how a person might accidentally drink bleach. Back when toothpaste started to be put in a tube (long ago, toothpaste was a powder in a container that looked like talc, and shaving cream came in a tube), men got confused all the time with the design. My Uncle Fred was once stumbling around in the bathroom trying not to wake his wife and brushed his teeth with shaving cream because the tubes were impossible to tell apart in the dark. We teased him unmercifully for years about it, but if he had accidentally drank bleach left on the counter of the in the dimly lit bathroom thinking it was a gallon jug of water, the story would have had a different outcome.
Yes, but bleach has a very strong smell. Unless you have anosmia, it's very unlikely you'd accidentally take a drink before realizing it. Also see the Spider Robinson book "Telempath".
I grew up with a kid who lost her sense of smell when a tumor was removed and some people dilute their bleach (my mother was notorious for diluting everything in the house to save money - until I went off to college, I thought shampoo came out of the bottle like water because it was 90% water at our house). For years, I had no sense of smell because of nasal polyps and for a few years after surgery to remove them, I could smell again - until Covid, when I lost my sense of smell again. I read that 3% of the population has no sense of smell. Probably not the case with this kid, but we don't know for sure since we can't possibly know all the facts.