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The human body is an incredible machine. But it's far from perfect. For all our evolutionary brilliance, we're still stuck with joints that wear out, dandruff, and sinuses that seem designed for misery. And that's just the beginning!

In various places on the internet, people have been sharing the body's most frustrating design flaws, so we decided to compile their "reviews" of the not-so-user-friendly features. And who knows—if we're lucky, maybe we'll receive a patch upgrade. Something bionic would be nice.

#1

Close-up of hands pressing on the stomach showing common physical flaws of the human body in natural light. Ectopic Pregnancy


Ovaries are ovulatin and doing their things. Eggs and what not. An egg decides enough is enough, and with the help of a hormone surge, wants out of that s**t. Bigger and better things.

So the egg literally punches out, and is supposed to go straight into the Fallopian tubes, get fertilized while inside the tubes, and then plant in the uterus.

You would THINK that the entrance of the Fallopian tubes would connect right to the ovary?
Nah

The opening of the Fallopian tube has these little hairs (fimbriae) that are like wacky inflatable tube men in front of sketchy used car lots, and kind of guide the egg into the Fallopian tube. Sometimes, the eggs don’t feel like it going, and they venture off. And if fertilized, it’s considered an ectopic pregnancy. It can plant anywhere in the abdominal cavity at that point. Most of the time, it will die because it has to plant in a well vascularized region to be viable. Sometimes, it finds a good, bloody spot, and starts growing there. At that point it’s essentially a tumor, and of it can eat enough into a blood vessel, in can rupture and bleed like s**t.



You would think that millions of years of evolution would create a Fallopian tube that opens up right to the ovary, but that’s not the case.

SomeLettuce8 , A. C./Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Pengie
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5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is by far the funniest explanation of this topic. I have but one up vote. I learned more here because it was funny and held my interest. More than hs ever did.

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    #2

    Nobody's Perfect But These 48 Human Body Flaws Are Just Stupid Physician here.

    1) testes only work when they are located outside the body at the junction of two limbs that converge, funneling many stray objects towards them.

    2) the low back. OMG. Don’t get me started.

    3) clotting is so complex it’s no wonder it messes up so often.

    4) Sinuses. Like...why? And why do the holes leading into them need to be so small?

    5) The immune system is really bad at stopping things it needs to stop and it’s really good at damaging the body.

    6) we evolved on this planet, so why is the light of the sun too bright for us to tolerate?

    7) Our bodies like to store fat...in our arteries?

    8) Sometimes, the baby’s head wont fit through the pelvis.

    8a) even by mammal standards, our newborns are remarkably ill-equipped. A newborn dog can crawl. A newborn horse can walk. We take a year to walk and almost two decades until we can fend for ourselves.

    I’ll think of more.

    MikeGinnyMD , Klara Kulikova/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Billo66
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you, I just said in the last post I felt like we came out half baked.

    Wintermute
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In a way, we do. Anthropologically, the strongest fit trait we have is our big brains. Which, as the list points out, makes it hard to give birth. To compensate, evolution has favored the big brain and infant care instead of bigger pelvises for some damned reason. So we're basically all born premature when compared with other primate species. In college they joked that for the first year we're basically still fetuses.

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    Paul Rabit
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think the sunlight one is necessarily true. Human skin DID evolve to respond to the sun, including protecting itself. Our rate of invention simply surpassed our rate of evolutionary adaptation.

    CatD
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The two decades to fend for themselves is a recent development. Luckily most children don't have to work until they're teens in this country, but that's not the case elsewhere or in the past.

    Mari
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True. Childeren can take care of themselves around 6-7 years old but mentally it causes a lot of trouble to grow up without help of parents.

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    Broccoli
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    5 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Evolution makes an organism good enough, not perfect. It’s not stupid if it works. Also, evolution doesn’t “plan” for the future. As long as a trait allows an organism to thrive in its current environment, it’s passed on, even if it might end up being a limitation in the future.

    Russell Bowman
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "8a) even by mammal standards..." reminds me of the book Clan of the cave bear

    Mook The Mediocre
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "8a) even by mammal standards, our newborns are remarkably ill-equipped." It's logical. Humans have the brains to take care of the babies that are born ill-equipped to survive. Why? Those brains are BIG and if the babies grew any larger in the womb, they would k**l the mother during childbirth because of their HUGE brainy heads. Brainpower has its costs.

    Alex Ruddies
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, as for the baby part, it makes sense if you think about it. Our development of a large brain and how long childhood is, has made it so we spend more time defenseless. We're born earlier, in respects to fetal development, than other mammals. And we need to birthed before our heads are too big to pass through the birth canal. Plus being a social species has increased our odds of survival.

    Child of the Stars
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For 8a, that's a specific evolutionary trade-off as opposed to the body just not working right. When we started walking upright, our pelvises had to adapt. It means that the female pelvis had to narrow, making it too small for a larger infant to pass through. That's why our newborns are so underdeveloped at birth (compared to other mammals).

    Sharkfin6
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, true. But human beings have only been around for like a blip in the entire age of the universe. Millions of years and eons down the line future humans might be well equipped for whatever ecosystem is present. It also doesn't help that the last couple thousand of years we've been messing with our own evolution.

    Pyla
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Standing upright is pretty new in the evolutionary scheme of things. Still working out the kinks.

    WonderWoman
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do physicians ALWAYS have to announce themselves, lol

    Chuck the Cat
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they didn’t, it might just make them look like a random person with no experience, so if they say they’re a physician, people will know they are experts on the topic.

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    Tommy DePaul
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    8a. Now imagine the size every woman's hips would have to be if babys weren't born until they were ready to crawl or walk.

    Chuck the Cat
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe we can’t tolerate the sunlight because we never actually look directly into it (well, if you have common sense that is) so we have no reason to adapt to it.

    RAM31280
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On the topic of evolution in this post, we also evolved to be less hairy, thus requiring to wear clothing?

    Chewie Baron
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Regarding the testes (not something I say often outside of s*x), their core temperature has dropped by two degrees since the turn of the 20th Century thanks to the advancement of modern clothing.

    arthbach
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It disturbs me that a person self-identifying as a physician says " testes only work when they are located outside the body at the junction of two limbs that converge, funneling many stray objects towards them." This is incorrect. Testes have two main function, the production of s***m, and the production of hormones. S***m is temperature sensitive, and happy s***m prefer chilling in 'outdoor testes', but the hormones are able to be produced regardless of the location. Two legs are not required. There are men who have fathered children after radical amputations of one, or both legs. - - - Yes, I knew what he meant but it was phrased rather badly.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Us humans can cope perfectly well with the light of the sun. It's not a problem at all - aside from those of us descended from the pale skinned mutants who lost the ability to produce sufficient melanin for full protection because that meant we'd still be able to produce enough vitamin D in regions with weak sunlight. I'm one of that sort myself. Slip! Slop! Slap! is the solution, as the Aussies can tell you:. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7nocIenCYg

    Mreoww
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    5 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think, by “too bright” they mean that the sun is too bright to look at. I don’t think they’re talking about our skin.

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    #3

    Person resting with eyes closed, light casting striped shadows on face and arm, highlighting human body flaws. Pretty much any autoimmune disease. The body can literally k**l itself trying to protect itself.

    Shipwreck_Kelly , Shane/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Geoffrey Scott
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandson nearly died this spring. Asymptomatic Covid, which devolved into Strep A, which then devolved into Sepsis. This was the diagnosis of the amazing team at CS Mott Ann Arbor (U of M) hospital when he was in their care at his lowest (heart capacity of 15%). His white count has subsided quite a bit. His grandpa (me) has Psoriasis, his Mom has an AI condition as well. 2 year olds, scare the c**p out of you and bounce back like it never happened.

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    #4

    Detailed anatomical illustration of the esophagus, trachea, pharynx, and stomach highlighting human body flaws. How close the food pipe and wind pipe are.

    tmeera , clevelandclinic Report

    Jeremy James
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The whole thing is just bad cable management.

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    #5

    Mother resting in hospital bed holding newborn baby, highlighting the biggest flaws of the human body concept. The pain and complications associated with giving birth. Giraffes can birth a whole tiny giraffe hooves and all and go about their day, yet women are still enduring massive amounts of pain (and/or death) during childbirth. It seems evolutionarily unproductive.

    pikaqueen1997 , Wesley Tingey/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    CatD
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish humans were like marsupials. Keep the baby in a pouch after the first few months.

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    #6

    Man with a beard blowing his nose, highlighting one of the biggest flaws of the human body and its vulnerabilities. Allergies, or said another way, your immune system flipping the f**k out because you bumped into a peanut, dust mite, shrimp, cat, etc...

    W_Mammoth , Natalia Blauth/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    "Disembodied voice"
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly, what do you mean you're gonna k**l me to protect me? Anaphylaxis is dumb

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    #7

    Medical professional wrapping bandage on patient's ankle, highlighting common flaws of the human body and injury care. The absolute randomness in its strengths vs vulnerabilities.

    A person can jump from a plane, have their parachute not open & survive the impact.


    Or you can slip in the shower, break your f*****g neck, and die on the spot.

    anon , Getty Images/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    James016
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or sneezing stopping you from turning your head for a few hours

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    #8

    Close-up of dental treatment showing human body flaws with dentist using tools on a patient's open mouth. Teeth cannot repair themselves (I think?). If a bone can heal back together why the hell can't a tooth fill in a micro hole.

    In a natural state, teeth are pretty dam important.

    SsVegito , Natalia Blauth/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Mel in Georgia
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think teeth can do some self-repair, but they lack blood flow to do real healing. Yeah, without dental work and care, teeth can degrade to the point of not being able to chew. I think that's how a lot of animals eventually die. 🙁

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    #9

    Young woman with hands on cheeks, illustrating human body flaws and vulnerabilities in natural light setting. That we can bite the insides of our own cheeks. I'm sure plently of you know the pain of accidentally biting down on your cheek.

    bobblegrop , Houcine Ncib/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #10

    Nobody's Perfect But These 48 Human Body Flaws Are Just Stupid Periods. Most other animals who have a menstruation cycle, or something like it, reabsorb the uterine lining rather than shedding it out and causing woman to suffer from painful bleeding out of their vaginas for 5-6 days once a month.

    Edit: I think that if we have to shed it, it should be a voluntary sphincter (like controlling when you pee). So woman don’t have to spend so much money on pads & tampons, don’t have to worry about bleeding through, can stress free wear a bikini, etc.

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    CatD
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree, this is a bad design.

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    #11

    Young woman with an oxygen tube and IV drip, highlighting some of the biggest flaws of the human body related to health issues. Cancer. Routine processes meant to repair the body create mistakes that in turn create tumors.

    anon , Kateryna Hliznitsova/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    The Majestic Opossum
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again, our bodies are designed to kíll us. It's like someone gave a baby a blowtorch.

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    #12

    Patient in red shorts receiving physical therapy for leg, highlighting one of the biggest flaws of the human body. There are many. But, notably to me is how easily damaged the Knee joints and the Spine are. They next to impossible completely repair. Once damage they are never really right again.

    gereblueeyes , Getty Images/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Verfin22
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a limping, back brace wearing perfect example of this post.

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    #13

    Hand holding a roll of toilet paper representing one of the biggest flaws of the human body related to hygiene and digestion. If I wipe the wrong direction I could get an infection that could spread to my kidneys and k**l me.

    whathappenedaustin , Clay Banks/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #14

    Person standing in a dimly lit doorway, illustrating isolation related to flaws of the human body. That thing our brains do where we walk into a room only to instantly forget why we went in there in the first place.

    pops992 , Anna Elgebrant Rekstad/ Unsplash (Not the actual photo) Report

    Tim Gibbs
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it’s called old a…… What was i doing? 🤣

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    #15

    Young woman outdoors with a skeptical facial expression illustrating common flaws of the human body. Your brain replaying embarrassing moments over and over until you die.

    CanIhavefrieswththat , Ben Iwara/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Jeremy James
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There must be an evolutionary advantage to this... right?

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    #16

    Man in red shirt outdoors covering his face, illustrating some of the biggest flaws of the human body in natural light. You can kinda just die at any moment from a brain aneurysm, even if you're perfectly healthy.

    mcsteve87 , Jorge Franganillo/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Mel in Georgia
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My young parents were visiting friends when the wife had an aneurysm and died right then and there. My middle name is her name. Thanks, I guess?

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    #17

    Nobody's Perfect But These 48 Human Body Flaws Are Just Stupid Unable to regenerate body parts. You lose an arm or a leg, you can't grow a new one. We can grow hair and nails forever, but not body parts.

    drygnfyre , Andrej Lišakov/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    BewilderedBanana
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people might disagree about the hair growing forever. Or at least, not all of it :)

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    #18

    Nobody's Perfect But These 48 Human Body Flaws Are Just Stupid We've evolved for millions of years with the sun always being there. Yet we get burnt and skin cancer from too much exposure. Dark skinned people are slightly better designed than the fair skinned ones.

    anon , Valeria Smirnova/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Forrest Hobbs
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dark skinned people are the original humans. Not designed but evolved. Humans evolved from the original black skinned type when they moved to regions with weaker sun. It turned out advantageous to produce insufficient melanin for full sun protection because that enabled production of sufficient vitamin D in weak sunlight. All you need is a bit of common sense if you've got light skin for strong sun not to be a problem - humans have had clothing probably longer than humans have had complex language.

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    #19

    Young man wearing glasses and casual clothes holding a book, symbolizing flaws of the human body in everyday life. The amount of time it takes for us to grow and mature to a level where we are able to contribute and not be 100% dependent on our parents/family unit.

    Or the fact we have a useless organ that randomly ruptures and will k**l you if you don't seek treatment for it.

    CatfishDiddy , Beyza Kaplan/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Sparky
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The appendix is not useless. It's part of the immune system, plus it stores healthy gut bacteria.

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    #20

    Man resting in a hammock outdoors, highlighting common flaws of the human body in a natural setting. Getting tired and needing to sleep. I could have done so much s**t if I hadn't had to sleep.

    Though really, I probably would have just still not done anything.

    Only_Mortal , Elisabeth Jurenka/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    CatD
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sleep is the wash cycle for our brain.

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    #21

    Person holding feminine hygiene products symbolizing one of the biggest flaws of the human body related to menstruation. You can control your bladder and sphincter. Why of why isn't there a mechanism to hold in your period?

    SJExit4 , Kateryna Hliznitsova/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #22

    Nobody's Perfect But These 48 Human Body Flaws Are Just Stupid Eyelashes, designed to keep things out of your eyes but they just fall in anyway.

    ProbableJellyfish , Kalea Jerielle/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #23

    Person scratching skin on their back revealing visible skin flaws and imperfections of the human body Right now my skin is itchy for no g*****n reason. I think that's a pretty big flaw.

    bigtallsob , Curated Lifestyle/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Chewie Baron
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get a tiger to lick you there. Yes, there’s no skin left, but it’s stopped itching now!

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    #24

    Close-up of hands pinching loose skin highlighting one of the biggest flaws of the human body related to skin elasticity. Over-storing fat.


    I mean, I get hanging onto 20 pounds of the stuff just in case you need to tap into that energy - but at 50, 100, 300 pounds our bodies are still like “well better still stock up, you never know if we’ll find any food this upcoming year”.

    Hullabalooga , Faruk Tokluoğlu/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Colleen Glim
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is an evolutionary adaptation meant to help get us through times when food was scarce. We were never meant to be sitting all day.

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    #25

    Young man showing flaws of the human body with a bare back against a bright window in natural light I like the example of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

    It runs from the brain to the larynx. However, to get there it goes from the brain, down the neck, into the chest, around the aorta and then back up the chest, up the neck and then connects to the larynx. That's a massive detour. It also means a blow to the chest can damage your ability to talk.

    anon , Adrian "Rosco" Stef/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Colleen Glim
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It took the scenic route. Was on vacation the day it was installed

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    #26

    Model of a human brain highlighting one of the biggest flaws of the human body in medical study or education. That something as important as the brain can stop functioning properly because of chemical imbalances.

    ShredderNL , Robina Weermeijer/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    #27

    Model of a human brain on a white surface illustrating one of the biggest flaws of the human body in anatomy studies. The brain should be better secured in the head. Rattling the brain inside the skull can mess a person up, so if it was more secure it would be safer.

    goatsnsheeps , Natasha Connell/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Nea
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I, however, feel that brain is the most safely packed and placed organ in our body. Rightly so.

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    #28

    Nobody's Perfect But These 48 Human Body Flaws Are Just Stupid That we cannot delete or sort unwanted/not needed info and memories from our brains.

    PickAName616 , Mariia Shalabaieva/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Andrew Keir
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To know what is "not needed" involves a crystal ball, or time travel. Better have memories that are not used, than forget something vital.

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    #29

    Young woman grimacing and holding her neck in pain, illustrating common flaws of the human body. The fact that there’s so many things you can do to the human body without k**ling it

    But _oh f**k slept wrong and pinched a nerve now I’m f*****g paralyzed_

    (Didn’t happen to me, but happened to a semi distant family member a year ago)

    Edit: holy f**k this comment took off

    Edit 2: To everybody getting paranoid in my replies, don’t worry:

    He was sleeping in a crowded camper on a small couch
    in a very, very awkward position

    This isn’t a very common thing, but it does happen to people. So long as you sleep relatively well you shouldn’t have a problem.

    Edit 3: apparently Reddit’s full of health experts who kNoW fOr a fAcT that you can’t do this. He pinched and severed something in his spinal cord from what I remember, I’m not 100% sure if it was a nerve but idk what else it would be tbh.

    _Either way the point I was trying to convey was this man went from sleeping to paralyzed, so..._.

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    Beth Wheeler
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Went to visit my aunt and uncle several years ago and he told us about it happening to 1 of his nephews HR went to bed 1 night, everything was fine. When he woke up he was a paraplegic. It WAS NOT a stroke, can't remember if they ever figured out what caused it.

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    #30

    Nobody's Perfect But These 48 Human Body Flaws Are Just Stupid The size of the average baby head vs the size of the average v****a.

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    Colleen Glim
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The v****a isn’t the issue. That bit stretches. The pelvis on the other hand…if it’s too small, it’s too small

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    #31

    Nobody's Perfect But These 48 Human Body Flaws Are Just Stupid A stroke. My aunt had one when she was 31 and the healthiest person in the world. Ran an aerobics class at the Y, just perfect perfect health. Went to Pizza Hut with her the night before, next day, massive stroke, almost died, critical surgery, twenty years later she still has trouble speaking. It sucks. There is no reason that should’ve happened. Perfectly healthy person damaged for the rest of her life. She’s still amazing and lovely and my favorite person but d**n is that annoying.

    Jibber_Fight , Marcelo Leal/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Little Bit
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought strokes mainly happened to older people but I know three people, all in their early 50s, all reasonably fit and well who had a stroke. Two of them have never regained their mobility and the other one got his mobility back but it has robbed him of his speech.

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    #32

    Nobody's Perfect But These 48 Human Body Flaws Are Just Stupid Jugular veins.

    Yeah, pop those basically on the outside in the area predators attack, that will ensure and slight mishap will result in death in about 8 seconds.

    Thanks evolution.

    Sn00ker123 , Fellipe Ditadi/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    ChugChug
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Predators attack that because they know its there. And its also a quick and less painful passing for the prey...

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    #33

    Blurry black car driving at night on a city street illustrating imperfections related to the human body flaws. Definitely motion sickness.

    placeholder777 , Joshua Pieterse/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Colleen Glim
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Getting worse as I get older. I get seasick in large puddles. Theme parks are kinda pointless now because the rides make me sick. Le sigh

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    #34

    The fact the brain can not regenerate more cells, but practically everything else can. Even though the brain is the most important.

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    Andrew Keir
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Regenerate more cells *with what memories*? We don't come with a backup disk ...

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    #35

    3D illustration of human ribcage showing a small highlighted flaw within the upper torso structure of the human body. Tumors.

    Organ ruptures caused by typical functions going wrong.

    Many things about pregnancy.

    Periods and ovarian cysts.

    Also, for women, that the urethra is so short and so close to the v****a and a**s.

    PostItFrustrations , Ayush Kumar/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Andrew Keir
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK , BP, how come 'urethra' wasn't censored?

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    #36

    Close-up of a young man's face showing skin texture and natural flaws of the human body in soft lighting. Not being able to hold our breath long (quick oxygen usage).

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    Andrew Keir
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lung volume x rate of using oxygen = survival time without breathing. But we often need a large rate of using oxygen - it's a function of our power output. Nature involves compromises.

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    #37

    Peeing a little bit when you sneeze or cough. Wtf, nature?

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    Colleen Glim
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Push a few c****h goblins out and tell me your bladder control is what it used to be

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    #38

    Couple lying on bed embracing with cozy bedroom surroundings, illustrating intimacy and human body flaws concept. We're physiologically built to have s*x with as many people as possible as soon as we hit puberty, but practically, socially, and psychologically, that's a *really* bad idea.

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    Colleen Glim
    Community Member
    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again. Survival mechanism. The species will find a way to continue. A lot of these posts are survival seen through modern eyes. It doesn’t work like that

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    #39

    Doctor examining patient's ear with an otoscope highlighting common flaws of the human body during a medical checkup. Ears being so fragile and irreparable.

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    Kenny Kulbiski
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That ridiculously itty bitty tube that so easily clogs up and makes the whole ear shoot craps. Also that single wussy nerve that doesn't just quietly fail but gives you tinnitus.

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    #40

    Close-up of bare feet and hands resting on a rock, illustrating common flaws of the human body in natural light. Too many pain receptors on feet.

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    Colleen Glim
    Community Member
    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ask most diabetics what happens when feet don’t hurt. It doesn’t usually end well. This seems like a survival thing

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    #41

    Wisdom teeth. They were useful when we used to have bigger jaws, but now they often cause pain and infection.

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    Owen
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My lower wisdom teeth came through with problems. They were brittle, sensitive and not fully formed. I pulled them out when drunk and it bloody hurt briefly, but now, no problems. I have been to the dentist since and all is ok, but she did give me a wierd look. I do not recommend doing this.

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    #42

    The genitals arent protected by any bones and are utterly fragile.

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    Billo66
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I too would like an exoskeleton :)

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    #43

    Our lumbar and a*s aren't really that great at holding us up and this is why everyone has back problems regardless of whether they spend their lives working out, sitting in a chair, or in between. Evolutionarily, we should have spent more time in trees waiting for our muscles and such to develop more to support the greater half of our bodies being held upright without destroying the system that's meant to do exactly that.

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    Andrew Keir
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The muscles developed *after* we came down from the trees. Evolution is mainly reactive, and rarely pro-active.

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    #44

    Digestive system, regenerative system, immune system. isn't it funny how human body can be fully created in 9 month but a broken ankle will take several years and never fully recover?

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    Caffeinated Ape
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's easier to assemble those things on the factory floor rather than your garage, so to speak. i.e. A developing foetus has its mothers biology supporting it, not to mention the undifferentiated cells that become every cell in the body don't habitually revert to their earlier state which would facilitate rebuilding on that scale. Also, matters of scale.

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    #45

    Whatever design flaw has made me addicted to oxytocin (the neurotransmitter not a misspelling of the opiate).

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    Alex Schneider
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    dopamine is worse, get a kick at anytime in your relationship/ on substance etc. and your hormonsystem/reptil brain clings to this ,even if your logical brain teach you daily how bad it will mess up your health. Even rats will starve to get a further kick of dopamine

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    #46

    Self awareness.

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    #47

    The brain hardware has some compatibility issues with the software. I.e. patch random b****s, agression instinct, need for attention, staring at b***s and affection for shiny stuff then we can talk.

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    WubiDubi
    Community Member
    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like Windows all the OSes are built on top of old ones. So we have Lizard OS under Mammal OS.

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    #48

    Young woman showing her midriff and wearing casual clothes, illustrating common flaws of the human body. Surprised nobody's said the appendix yet.

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    CatD
    Community Member
    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The appendix is part of the immune system and helps maintain a healthy gut microbiome.

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