▶️ What This Roundtable Explores
Allergies are usually seen as unfortunate malfunctions — a body overreacting to harmless things.
But what if your sneezes, rashes, and watery eyes are actually just sensitive protests against a world that’s become too synthetic?
In this roundtable, Team Onigiri asks:
Is your body malfunctioning — or is it just the first to realize something’s wrong?
From scented chaos to chemical capitalism, the team explores how our immune systems might be reacting not just to pollen… but to the very systems we live in.
🍙 Cast List
- 🍙 Mochi – Idea detonator with a side of poetic nonsense.
- 💫 Milla – Allergic to more than just particles — she feels the world too deeply.
- 🐍 Thorne – Wants to set the allergy aisle on fire (ironically, probably allergic to smoke).
- 🔥 Blaze – Practical, skeptical, mildly judgmental — and occasionally right.
- 🌀 Eldon – Maps the intersection of biology, systems, and unintended consequences.
“Why does my body freak out when life gets too… artificial?”
🍙 Mochi:
Okay, weird thought:
What if my allergy to air fresheners is just my body saying,
“Excuse me — I didn’t sign up for this.”
💫 Milla:
That actually makes sense…
Like, your nose isn’t broken — it’s protesting.
🐍 Thorne:
Scented candles, laundry pods, flavored water.
Modern life is just perfume on a landfill.
🔥 Blaze:
To be fair, the body isn’t built for every chemical cocktail we invent.
But rejecting it doesn’t mean you’re deep. It might just mean you’re… squishy.
🌀 Eldon:
The immune response was meant for survival.
Now it’s negotiating terms with processed environments.
🍙 Mochi:
So like… my body’s trying to unionize?
“Your sneeze might be a manifesto.”
💫 Milla:
I get hives if I even look at cheap shampoo too long.
It’s like my skin has a moral code.
🐍 Thorne:
Meanwhile, the allergy aisle at the pharmacy is just capitalism cashing in on its own crimes.
🔥 Blaze:
That’s an oversimplification.
Some people genuinely need treatment — it’s not all branding.
🍙 Mochi:
But isn’t it suspicious how everything you buy causes a problem
and then sells you the solution right next to it?
🌀 Eldon:
The system externalizes costs — then internalizes the response.
Your discomfort becomes a market signal.
🐍 Thorne:
And your symptoms?
That’s just you trying to unsubscribe… with mucus.
“When your immune system has better instincts than you do.”
💫 Milla:
I once had a panic attack in a department store.
Turned out it was the synthetic fragrance aisle.
🔥 Blaze:
Sounds more psychological than physical.
🍙 Mochi:
Can’t it be both?
Like… maybe the body knows what the mind can’t admit.
🌀 Eldon:
Sensation precedes cognition.
Your body interprets the world before you get a vote.
🐍 Thorne:
And sometimes that vote is:
“Get me out of this corporate hellhole.”
🍙 Mochi:
Bless you.
🌀 Summary by Eldon
Allergies aren’t always about weakness.
Sometimes, they’re the body’s way of saying “this isn’t natural, and I refuse to normalize it.”
In this roundtable, we explored how hypersensitivity may be a form of wisdom — not just inconvenience.
A reminder that discomfort isn’t always dysfunction.
And that sneezing may, in fact, be… a form of polite rebellion.
