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2023-04-16 at 2:55 PM UTCkafka kills sophieThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2023-04-16 at 4:41 PM UTC
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2023-04-16 at 5:24 PM UTC
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2023-04-16 at 5:41 PM UTC
Originally posted by aldra IT OFFERS NOTHING BUT ADVANTAGES
the reason is that sexual selection can be just as important as natural selection and usually makes less sense
It doesn't offer any particular advantages over, say, opposable thumbs or the capacity to make a spear. There is no selection PRESSURE to keep them. We don't need to hang from trees, because we have more advantageous adaptations. -
2023-04-16 at 5:43 PM UTC
Originally posted by Meikai It doesn't offer any particular advantages over, say, opposable thumbs or the capacity to make a spear. There is no selection PRESSURE to keep them. We don't need to hang from trees, because we have more advantageous adaptations.
none of which preclude the advantages that a mad tail gives
selection pressure is subtractive, not additive -
2023-04-16 at 5:44 PM UTC
Originally posted by aldra none of which preclude the advantages that a mad tail gives
selection pressure is subtractive, not additive
Being born without a tail has not negatively impacted your ability to survive and pass on your genes. It offers *advantages*, but there's no PRESSURE to keep them, so mutations resulting in a smaller and smaller tails went unpunished. -
2023-04-16 at 5:45 PM UTCThat tail could have been very useful and served well.
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2023-04-16 at 5:46 PM UTC
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2023-04-16 at 5:47 PM UTCPressure is neither additive or subtractive, it is maintenance. Random mutations are additive and subtractive. And as long as there's no selection pressure against subtractive mutations, those subtractive mutations will be maintained.
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2023-04-16 at 5:47 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2023-04-16 at 5:48 PM UTCselection pressure removes things from the pool when they're unsuitable; tails do not have any inherent disadvantages (aside from maybe something to pull on in a fight) so outside of some beneficial mutation that directly negates your ability to grow a tail, there is no reason for selection to affect it at all
what are you some kind of tail racist -
2023-04-16 at 5:50 PM UTC
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2023-04-16 at 5:51 PM UTC
Originally posted by Haxxor This is true, her posts showed her to be a nasty morally bankrupt person who’d say anything for attention. However she continually posted about various cosmetic enhancements and bragged she was beautiful.
After seeing that photo she posted 🤢 damn, I now get why so much money needed to be spent in an attempt to change her appearance, she’s definitely as ugly outside as inside.
I'm used to people saying outrageous things hahaha having been using the internet since the tender age of 9 and using 4chan at the tender age of 12, really giving a new meaning to the "I'm 12 and what is this?" meme that used to be so popular. Ironically enough on the incel forum that I moderate there's a lot of talk about plastic surgery. Although I am not sure if I could call that specific forum an incel forum. While it does cater to incels, many people there are sex-havers. We have one guy over there who's had sex with over 300 women. I have seen his pictures; he's a good-looking guy. Women in real life call him a Ken doll. -
2023-04-16 at 5:52 PM UTC
Originally posted by aldra selection pressure removes things from the pool when they're unsuitable; tails do not have any inherent disadvantages (aside from maybe something to pull on in a fight) so outside of some beneficial mutation that directly negates your ability to grow a tail, there is no reason for selection to affect it at all
what are you some kind of tail racist
You have opposable thumbs which can do ~everything prehensile tails do, but better. We have better evolutionary grasping technology. So tails deprecated and were not maintained. If you absolutely must reduce everything to inherent disadvantages, the energy required to maintain a tail is pointless in the presence of greater grasping technology). 👍 -
2023-04-16 at 5:55 PM UTCYou could carry more with a tail. Balance would also be improved.
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2023-04-16 at 5:55 PM UTC
Originally posted by Dirtbag Well now you know what to do, start befriending ppl first.
Unfortunately all I do these days is sit at home and hang out in my room. That's actually where I'm posting from now. The blinds are closed even though it's 7:52pm. I'm a true hikikomori. I actually do prefer to stay at home. I'm that kinda guy. Also I'm not interested in western(ized) women. So my pool of choices is closed. I'm more or less a volcel, which means "voluntary celibate" rather than an incel which stands for "involuntary celibate." I could always lose my v-card if I wanted to. Prostitution is legal here and my friend practically begged me to have a threesome with him and his fuckbuddy. His fuckbuddy is a woman, just so you know. But I am not interested in it. In case you want to know why he's asked me multiple times to join him. Well, simply put... my dick is bigger than his but I don't think I'm big down there. Above average, sure. But if it's not 50 inches flaccid, it's NOT big. -
2023-04-16 at 5:58 PM UTC
Originally posted by Haxxor I typically sleep great, never had any issues with that but it’s definitely something that would drive me crazy. Insomnia must be awful to deal with. My memory on the other hand is photographic, both a blessing & a curse - in school I crushed my courses with little trouble. In my personal life my memory makes it difficult for me to deal with liars because I remember everything and find people who make up stories to fit in or attempt to impress others deplorable…..
Good to hear that you typically sleep great. Yesterday I had pulled an all-nighter again and I was so tired. I had woken up at 10:45pm or so the day before and I didn't sleep until the next day and that too around 2am. So I was up for around 26 hours or so which is not as much as I'm used to. Last year I stayed up for almost 48 hours on three separate occasions. As far as your photographic memory is concerned, I think it's great that you can remember everything. That way you can weed out the liars from the truth-sayers. And who wants to be friends with a liar anyway? So you're better off anyway. :) -
2023-04-16 at 5:59 PM UTC
Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You could carry more with a tail. Balance would also be improved.
Does not confer a monumental advantage, so there's no mechanism by which it would be maintained. It would be convenient, but evolution is an imperfect master and does not care about convenience, only what is necessary. As long as losing a tail does not negatively impact your survival odds, you can lose it no matter how handy it is.
But like I implied in the previous tweet: if you absolutely must reduce everything to disadvantage, calories are king. 200 calories a day maintaining tail muscles over maintaining brain output or just upper body strength? Not worth it. Tail does not beat spear. -
2023-04-16 at 5:59 PM UTC
Originally posted by Haxxor I remember hearing about this ⬆️ the forum members 😵💫
I’m obsessed with true crime stories, serial killers, and cults lately…I find myself reading everything I can get my hands on and listening to a lot of podcasts.
We have the same interests then! I don't listen to podcasts though nor do I really read up on it anymore like I used to but I'm still interested in those things. Regarding the forum I mentioned; I checked that day and there were not two people who decided to go psycho but actually three people. Crazy stuff, man.
