Me and Bobby McGee

People are like onions. Maybe that's why they make us cry. Hit by the potent stench of recognition. It’s the layers that get you in the end, peeling them back that causes the onion to screw your tear glands over.

“When you slice through an onion, you break open a number of onion cells. Some of these cells have enzymes inside of them, and when they are sliced open, the enzymes escape. The enzymes then decompose some of the other substances that have escaped from sliced cells. Some of these substances, amino acid sulfoxides, form sulfenic acids, which then quickly rearrange themselves into a volatile gas.

The gas reaches your eyes and reacts with the water that keeps them moist. This changes the chemical's form again, producing, among other things, a mild sulfuric acid, which irritates the eyes. The nerve endings in your eyes are very sensitive and so they pick up on this irritation (this is why our eyes sting when we slice onions). The brain reacts by telling your tear ducts to produce more water, to dilute the irritating acid so the eyes are protected. Your other reaction is probably to rub your eyes, but this will actually make the irritation a lot worse, of course, if you have onion juices all over your hands” – howitworks.com

You see! You see! People are far too complicated for their own good.

Know the most bizarre thing though? Simple, plain, in your face humanity is far less pretty to deal with. Be careful what you wish for.