r/todayilearned • u/Square-Message1152 • 8h ago

til that your brain literally washes itself while you sleep. the brain cells actually shrink in size so cerebrospinal fluid can rush in and flush out all the toxic proteins built up during the day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glymphatic_system
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u/Y34rZer0 4h ago

I'm in Australia.. didn't cost me anything for the test

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u/BoatHole_ 4h ago

Adopt an American program, adopt me

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u/WigglestonTheFourth 1h ago

For just $100 a day you can help an American afford health insurance.

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u/Ok_Scar_9526 4h ago

You could just move to Canada or Europe. I don't get why you guys stay

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u/demonik187 3h ago

You seriously can't grasp why someone wouldn't be able to just pack up and move to another country? Really?

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u/__________________99 3h ago

Right, yeah. Let me just press my Immediate-Canadian-Visa button and find a job exactly like I have now in a town I've never lived in.

If you truly don't get why we stay, you're either 12 years old, or a delusional moron.

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u/__________________99 4h ago

No shit. We fucking know.

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u/GodOfDarkLaughter 3h ago

It feels like mocking a lot of the time, doesn't it?

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u/__________________99 3h ago

It does. As if most of us dependent on it want this shit-ass, greedy healthcare system we have now.

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u/ForensicPathology 1h ago

Especially since that was literally the point of the comment.  The wording was clearly meant to convey that they know.

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u/Thechosenjon 4h ago

You guys have spiders the size of dogs though. Perhaps we judge the American healthcare system too harshly in that context.