What are terrible design choices in the human body?
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[QUOTE=J!NX;42597192]why have arms
why can't we telepathically just move shit
gay as fuck[/QUOTE]
yup we should be like combine advisors
I often seem to sneeze or yawn as soon as I walk into a bathroom. It's like my brain's telling my body, [i]"QUICK! Take a deep breath, inhale all the pooticles*!"[/i]
*Pooticles: molecular particles of poop
everyone saying fingernails are pointless is wrong
they serve to make your fingers more sensitive by providing a solid backdrop for when you push against something, basically that's how you can grip something really lightly but still feel it, you're feeling your flesh pushed against your fingernail slightly
Appendix is pretty useless now
[QUOTE='[Green];42596883']And this is exactly why we don't need them. While not a flaw, they are outdated you could say as we now have an invention called footwear which gives us better grip on the environment than our bare skin would. Sure, with this logic you could say that we don't need lungs either since we can inject oxygen into our blood with devices but you get my point. Toes are moot and null of purpose today.
Still, it's not exactly a flaw so I give you that.[/QUOTE]
But you cant use footwear all the time. Ok, you can, but specialized footwear like boots cant be used 24/7, your feet will get tired really quick
And i speak for personal experience this time
[QUOTE=T553412;42600150]But you cant use footwear all the time. Ok, you can, but specialized footwear like boots cant be used 24/7, your feet will get tired really quick
And i speak for personal experience this time[/QUOTE]
However would you not take them off and rest in a steady terrain environment like your home?
I doubt you'd take them off in the middle of a march or anything.
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Male nipples[/QUOTE]
Well I think Mr. Evolution just got lazy when it came to this. Instead of making two types of humans, one male without nipples, one female with nipples, it's just easier to make them pretty close together, and then just make minor adjustments for the gender. I guess when it came down to it, he was just like, "ehhh no one will care"
[QUOTE=Pvt Anderson;42587808]Male nipples[/QUOTE]
idk it'd be pretty fucking weird if we didn't have nipples
i mean we don't exactly need them but come on dude we might as well chop off our ear lobes while we're at it
UNIBROWS
Why can't we like have a ribcage around our nuts or something, give them protection.
Also if we're speaking in terms of efficiency, if it's so drastic that we need to reproduce like crazy and survive, why not just make a single gender that can do both sides of the reproductive deal and doesn't lose any efficiency and just take turns with the whole thing, also quit it with hormones, holy fuck mood swings are not fun what were you thinking work this out better aaaaa mr.evolution did you even go to evolution college
[QUOTE=Mr.95;42603595]Why can't we like have a ribcage around our nuts or something, give them protection.
Also if we're speaking in terms of efficiency, if it's so drastic that we need to reproduce like crazy and survive, why not just make a single gender that can do both sides of the reproductive deal and doesn't lose any efficiency and just take turns with the whole thing, also quit it with hormones, holy fuck mood swings are not fun what were you thinking work this out better aaaaa mr.evolution did you even go to evolution college[/QUOTE]
he only got his master's god don't remind him he hates it when people bring it up
[QUOTE=gaminji;42602970]idk it'd be pretty fucking weird if we didn't have nipples
i mean we don't exactly need them but come on dude we might as well chop off our ear lobes while we're at it[/QUOTE]
it wouldn't be weird if it was normal for males not to have nipples
didn't think of that now did you?
[QUOTE=Unisath;42603625]he only got his master's god don't remind him he hates it when people bring it up[/QUOTE]
I'm literally just imagining some dude in a suit but has a sign for a head that just says ' evolution ' thanks to OP, and that comment of yours made it even funnier for me.
[QUOTE='[Green];42587144']By a large average girls have their first menstruation cycle at 12 years of age. That means that [I]technically,[/I] not optimally they can get pregnant and have a kid before they turn 13. That is a [U]terrible[/U] fucking design choice right there.
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It's only terrible if surviving until what we now consider an appropriate age to reproduce becomes almost a certainty. When the life expectancy of the average person was barely over 30 we needed as many reproductive years as possible. I know it's creepy, but it's not a bad design choice.
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What about body hair?[/QUOTE]
Humans retained their body hair because it improves the hydrodynamics of the body. In fact, humans swim faster naked than they do in a swimsuit. Technically I believe they swim even faster if shaved all over but evolution doesn't have a razor so what are you gonna do?
As for the extra hair around the armpits and genitals, that's basically to make a loudspeaker out of our body odour and pheremones by trapping heat and moisture in the area to make it more pungent. Hair on the head is primarily for the UV protection that we stopped needing on the majority of our body when we switched over to walking upright. Facial hair is for sexual selection since it's tied to male hormone levels, eyebrows are for communication (like a cats tail), eyelashes are dust shields, nose hair is broadly the same. Crazy stuff.
In terms of content, I'm going to steal an idea from Ricky Gervais and ask why the hell nature didn't pop a ribcage around the scrotum.
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In terms of content, I'm going to steal an idea from Ricky Gervais and ask why the hell nature didn't pop a ribcage around the scrotum.[/QUOTE]
You think a broken rib stabbing your lung is painful.....
Zits. Zits are terrible.
Also, your feet get used to walking and get really tough, but only after going through sores and pain like nothing else.
[QUOTE=J!NX;42603669]it wouldn't be weird if it was normal for males not to have nipples
didn't think of that now did you?[/QUOTE]
yeah, it's just because we're used to seeing it like it is now
if we hadn't had nipples ever since we evolved from apes we would consider having nipples as quite a vulgar mutation.
[QUOTE='[Green];42603997']yeah, it's just because we're used to seeing it like it is now
if we hadn't had nipples ever since we evolved from apes we would consider having nipples as quite a vulgar mutation.[/QUOTE]
males with nipples would have been killed during the medieval ages
literally not shitting you it'd happen
then this thread would happen and someone would suggest male nipples like "females have nipples why not males", everyone would laugh.
I'm not exactly an expert on this matter, but to me the whole "two sexes" thing struck me as inferior to being hermaphroditic.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;42604151]I'm not exactly an expert on this matter, but to me the whole "two sexes" thing struck me as inferior to being hermaphroditic.[/QUOTE]
-ignore this completely misread-
[QUOTE=E7Fan;42604176]They both have pros and cons, however having 2 sexes allows the intermingling of genes across two individuals allowing for a greater chance of beneficial mutations happening. It also helps in long term survival and adaptability to new diseases. Asexual reproduction is basically just cloning yourself.[/QUOTE]
I don't mean asexual reproduction, I mean sexually reproducing hermaphrodites. From my limited understanding I believe this is how (at least some species of) worms and snails reproduce.
[QUOTE=Matthew0505;42604206]Hermaphrodites don't reproduce asexually.[/QUOTE]
Misread so my mistake, took it as him saying impregnating yourself as a hermaphrodite.
Edit: I just realized how messed up that would be...
[QUOTE=Rocko's;42587343]Wisdom teeth, toenails(they fuckin' suck having to cut and clean them, and if you do them wrong you'll get an ingrown nail and a nasty infection which also SUCKS). And pain, why must we feel it, especially when you get in to an accident and the only thing that is going on in the moment is the unbearable pain.[/QUOTE]
I suggest you retake 6th grade biology you clearly didn't learn anything
without pain it'd be incredibly easy to sit on a chair the wrong way and cut off circulation
besides in accidents epinephrines and natural neurotransmitters block pain until the fight or flight response is gone. You only feel pain if you're an idiot.
every time i open a can of catfood i sneeze.
why?
Our reproduction method.
[QUOTE=Darthmagy;42605229]Our reproduction method.[/QUOTE]
only if ur gay
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like, literally.
[QUOTE=King Oify;42605253]only if ur gay
[editline]22nd October 2013[/editline]
like, literally.[/QUOTE]
Meh, it's just so messy and stuff.
Or then I'm just pretty gay.
[QUOTE=Darthmagy;42605285]Meh, it's just so messy and stuff.
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I don´t know if I want to laugh or weep at this.
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By a large average girls have their first menstruation cycle at 12 years of age. That means that [I]technically,[/I] not optimally they can get pregnant and have a kid before they turn 13. That is a [U]terrible[/U] fucking design choice right there. How about you either let them grow properly and THEN get the fertilizing happening or don't make them grow at all and put the energy it takes to grow into raising and nurturing? Pick one and stick to it, don't try to multitask, that's just retarded and useless. Nobody in their right mind obviously gets a 12-year old pregnant but the fact that it's even possible shows how terrible work Mr. Evolution has done in certain areas.
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Uh when we lived 25 - 35 years tops, getting children early was very useful and because of this we live.
Not to mention that children with younger mothers statistically are born healthier than with older mothers (18+).
I'm not saying I support this and it really makes me sad when I see 14 year olds that are pregnant, but what I'm saying is that hundreds'a thousands of years ago it was useful when we were near extinction at several points.
Evolution has not caught up with modern society where 13 - 18 just isn't a good age to have children, but that's a bit tough to control over such a short time.
And to the body hair, not all of it is really useless.
The bits that may look useless and look like they won't warm at all, is because they're not there to warm.
They're there to keep pheromones there so that you will smell attractive, to put it short.
Also to look attractive.
Having the windpipe in the front, where it's more vulnerable.
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