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[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We're God's creation but God is a lazy kid that rushed the science project for the whole semester in six days and barely half assed it hoping no one digs too deep into it

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

as long as you ditch the whole "omniscient and omnipotent" part, god is pretty relatable.

i'd like to see you do better when you're literally creating the fucking universe on your own.

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Well let me pull out of the drawer my really dusty degree in Biology and let's see.

First of all, do I still have to follow the principles of Embriology or do I get to make it from scratch? Because that's where I reckon most of the problems that came up come from

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 13 hours ago

you can do precisely whatever you want, but you have to personally compute every single interaction, you are THE game master of EVERYTHING, ALL the time, FOREVER.

frankly the fact that we have sensible physics all the way down to quarks is pretty impressive, i struggle to make a sensible day dream in my head. Put me in charge of a universe and you have something somehow worse than the fey wilds.

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 145 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (15 children)

Wait what's the deal with the horses? I want to feel good about myself today.

Edit: Wow, those bastards have it rough.

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 190 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Their genetics have sacrificed nearly every aspect of basic resiliency for maximum speed on the plains. Most of the work caring for horses is keeping them from accidentally killing themselves. Full disclosure: I worked as a stable hand as a child in exchange for riding lessons. Will never ever own a horse.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago (11 children)

What preditor was so fast horses had to evolve to that extent??

[–] PyroVK@lemmy.zip 78 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Big cat. You're aware of the cheetah? Just picture that but not in Africa

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 week ago (16 children)

You know what really caught me up: where are horses native to?

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 65 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are wild horses on the Mongolian steppes.

All other horses are domesticated. Even the free horses in USA and Australia are descendants of domesticated horses.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You're right! But also, horses were native to North America but they went extinct 10,000 years ago and weren't introduced until much more recently.

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago

Same for rabbits. The are basically as much lean muscle that can fit on the lighest possible skeleton.

If you pick up a rabbit wrong, they can snap their own back with the momentum from kicking their back legs.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 48 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I did this too and will also never own a horse lmao. This is why horse people are weird.

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[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Basically a 900LB Cocker Spaniel that's afraid of it's own farts and will eventually kill every single tree within reach. I also will never own horses.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 21 hours ago

i mean if i haven't kept the best diet for a couple days i'm afraid of my own farts too

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 91 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sometimes they will die because they can’t puke. Also broken legs are usually fatal even with vet care.

[–] LennethAegis@fedia.io 110 points 1 week ago (7 children)

To add on why broken legs are fatal: its because horses are so big, that even with a sling, they cannot support themselves well on 3 legs. And lying down is also not an option as their own weight will crush their internal organs if they stay down for too long.

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, wow, I had always thought that shooting a horse with a broken leg was an act of brutal expedience, not mercy.

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[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 75 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The term healthy as a horse is mostly survivorship bias

[–] elxeno@lemm.ee 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

From what i read here there's no unhealthy horse, it's either healthy or dead.

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[–] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 78 points 1 week ago (32 children)

Tbf, our teeth aren't bad. They just didn't evolve to consume so much sugar.

[–] DarkGamer@fedia.io 72 points 1 week ago (1 children)

From an evolutionary standpoint we just have to survive long enough to reproduce, if we can't eat past age of reproduction there's no evolutionary pressure to change that.

Thank goodness for modern dentistry.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

That’s completely untrue.

Evolution applies to the entire lifespan — if we could “reproduce” but died in childbirth every time, our species would have gone extinct long ago.

Parents and grandparents also contribute greatly to the success of a child long long after they’re born, helping to ensure it also survives to reproductive age.

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[–] Mango@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The breathing and eating tubes gotta cross so you can blow with your mouth and choke on cock. Non-negotiable.

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its only a valve. Topologically speaking, the passage from the mouth to the anus only constitutes one hole.

The passage of air into the lungs is not a hole however, that is a cavity. Same difference with the vagina, that's not a hole, that's a cavity.

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[–] aquinteros@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

tbf horses have big dicks, it could have been worse for them

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 week ago (4 children)

You stand on your toenails

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 34 points 1 week ago

Dolphins probably lament not being able to make milk come out of their buddy's nose by making them laugh while drinking.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

A horse is just an intense desire to die on four legs.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 30 points 1 week ago (21 children)

The teeth thing is just because of our high sugar, high grain diet

The first* people with bad dental health were Egyptians as they lived on bread (which packs your teeth and feeds the bacteria that ferment it and make acid) before that, and until the invention spread, people died of old age with all their teeth intact

I eat very low carb - almost entirely meat due to allergies, and haven't had a cavity since I started doing that, despite me nearly never brushing or flossing my teeth

*There were also people who lived in the tropics and ate a lot of fruit, and those with sugar cane.

[–] Lux18@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

You never brush your teeth? It's not only good for health dude

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