Do You Know Their Blood Is Blue?

Not snails or spiders, humans.

Preeti
7 min readMar 6, 2022
Is this you? Photo by imustbedead from Pexels

Depending on who you are and where you’re from, you may have a different interpretation of the title. For example:

If you’re from India, you may think it refers to fellow Indians who support the Indian Cricket team, whose official uniform is a blue jersey #BleedBlue

If you’re from America, you may think it refers to those who are staunch Democrats since the Democratic Party is represented by the color blue.

If you’re a biology nerd, you may think it refers to deoxygenated or toxic blood. And you may be right given all the toxicity in the world right now, but in reality, you would be wrong. For — —

— — “Hey you’re full of crap! Everyone knows blood is always red, you fool!”

Ah…yes. Then there’s you— standing there at the back of the room, silently judging me and calling out my bullshit.

When you tell me that, I’ll reply, honestly and emphatically:

“You know, Watson, it might seem elementary but you are on to something here. What you’re saying is: all humans have red blood. Which means we’re all alike, right? Well, let’s take a closer look now, shall we?”

Exhibit 1: Anthropological Evidence

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Preeti

Writer of Personal Stories, Humor, Fiction & Mental Health