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[–] Klear@quokk.au 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

In what way? It's not even the infection that's rising the temperature, it's your body, trying to get rid of it.

[–] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 9 points 3 days ago

Plus, if "working harder" meant getting a fever, like a CPU getting warmer with a power virus, a gym session would be a death sentence.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Right? I was just thinking that my immune system's graphics card does not work that way.

[–] darvocet@infosec.pub 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Probably need to download some more ram.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well, thanks for that! Now I have even more virus!

[–] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is what we should all be aiming for. The Mr. Burns effect, where there's so many different ailments present at once that nothing can actually do anything.

Go inject with dirty needles, drink stagnant water, lick the hands of every child you encounter. Only by filling yourself to the brim with germs can you achieve immortality.

A similar strategy also works for governance, if Republican leadership is to be believed.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Ooh, a win-win scenario, noice! 😉