• horn_e4_beaver
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    15
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    2 days ago

    It has no discernible impact either of our lives,

    Then why would you chop it off?

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      14
      ·
      2 days ago

      Just for starters, you’re not “chopping” anything.

      Past that, again, it’s for a marginal benefit in hygiene.

      • MediumGray@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 days ago

        You should probably cut your earlobes off too then, you don’t really need them and it’s possible they could get infected at some point in your life. And I’m sure you shave your and your children bald regularly, right? You don’t need hair and it removes the possibility of lice which can carry blood-born diseases.

      • horn_e4_beaver
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        8
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 days ago

        I think you’ve got a very weak argument for it. It seems sensible to me that elective procedures should have clear benefits to outweigh the corresponding risks of performing it; there are always risks with performing medical procedures.

        And w.r.t. you comment on no chopping — it’s a piece of skin that is attached to a human body, it doesn’t just fall off by itself. You do have to cut it. Choppy choppy.