2/10, they fucking suck. The only reason it gets a 2 is because I'm not dead yet and I have very broad shoulders that I like. Seriously though, they suck ass. I'm likely gonna be bald before I'm oh idk 21. My knees are all fucked. I've got stomach issues. My ankles are fucky. I'm high risk for heart disease, wtf, boo, I shouldn't have to worry about cholesterol when I'm this young. I look like I'm 40. I'm almost half that old.

  • cilantrofellow [any]
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    4 years ago

    I know it’s a bit but uh. Self-deprecating race science in the “non-traditional direction” is still race science. “European geneti subordinance” still enforces racial hierarchy.

    “Non-racial” human genetic diversity outweighs most of not all “racial” genetic components in defining an individual, and genetics on their own do not account for all that ails us.

    Western society has been so consumed by genetic determinism since Darwin and again especially since EO Wilson. For anyone interested I strongly recommend checking out Dick Lewontin’s writing, who’s a retired (Marxist) geneticist from Harvard. Here’s a lecture that was also turned into a book: https://youtu.be/Z2c3CNhUIQQ

    • 420sixtynine [any,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Oh yeah ofc it's total BS, genetics is way way beyond race science in terms of complexity, race doesn't really show much tbh, and a ton of things are more nurture than nature

  • Rem [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    :stuff: It's a Hexbear race science thread

    • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      You see the Balto- Nordic skullshape shows a reduced head length, indicating reduced cognitive ability..... 🧐

  • anaesidemus [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    You are just human, for better or worse.

    I can trace my ancestry back to the vikings, after about 6 generations or so nothing really matters much anymore. Just go back far enough and we are all the same.

  • kristina [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    im czech and german ancestry and im always constipated

    i blame the germans

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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      4 years ago

      i blame the germs

      srsly we don't adequately appreciate how big of a factor our gut, skin, and oral microbiomes play in our lives

  • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Only input on the hexbear race science I'll put in, is its sorta cool to have a polish/slavic ability to do a full slav squat ass to grass without ever stretching.

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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      4 years ago

      I have only a dash of Slavic but I can squat with the best of 'em. Probably even better, in most cases.

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    4 years ago

    I have a large chunk of Germanic in me and I have none of these traits.

    I do hit my head on lots of things though.