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[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I have hands that can turn into fists. Does that mean I was created for hitting things?

This is your logic, woman!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

I mean, unironically... from an evolutionary pov, yeah kind of. I don't know specifics about how hands evolved, but knuckles seem to be shaped a certain way for reasons. I imagine big, boney knuckles was a trait that got successfully passed down due to its usefulness.

I am not an evolutionary biologist, so I could be wrong. Evolution is weird and counterintuitive sometimes.

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 3 weeks ago

Hands are fragile, they were created to hold tools. Like a stone. Stones are for hitting, not your poor fragile hands.

If you use a stone, you can still play the piano or paint your favorite landscape afterwards.

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