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Ways you won and lost the genetic lottery

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    #32
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users Posts: 7,548 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Pros:
    Tall with long legs
    High cheek bones
    Weight remains constant (only ever put on weight when on the injection)
    Strong hair
    Good immune system
    Higher than average IQ and EQ (if that counts for anything)
    Calming influence on animals many people can't go near, same as my grandfather (may not be genetic)
    Eyes that change colour

    Cons:
    God awful strong nose
    Women of our family tend to have pretty bad reproductive organ issues (cysts etc)
    Very high risk of cancer
    Weak wrists
    Stubborness (probably not genetic, more nurture than nature)
    Genetically bad teeth but braces fixed them


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    #33
    jamesbere
    Registered Users Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    Won
    Tall 6ft
    Good teeth and hair
    Very rarely get sick
    Never gain weight even with a poor diet at times
    Naturally fit.

    Loss

    Teeth, even though I've never had a much problems there crooked
    Bad skin
    Addictive personality
    Depression


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    #34
    metaoblivia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭metaoblivia


    Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »
    Had to google this.



    Put in win column, please.

    Yeah, but they dislocate easily and I wear out more easily because my muscles have to do extra work to make up for my weak joints.

    I also bruise easily,both externally and internally, so no bad car crashes for me.


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    #35
    jamesbere
    Registered Users Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    Deise Vu wrote: »
    That really depends on where its growing though.

    Where else can you grow a beard


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    #36
    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    metaoblivia wrote: »
    Yeah, but they dislocate easily and I wear out more easily because my muscles have to do extra work to make up for my weak joints.

    I also bruise easily,both externally and internally, so no bad car crashes for me.

    Ah, I was only messing.


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    #37
    Agricola
    Registered Users Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    sup_dude wrote: »
    Pros:
    Tall with long legs
    High cheek bones
    Weight remains constant (only ever put on weight when on the injection)
    Strong hair
    Good immune system
    Higher than average IQ and EQ (if that counts for anything)
    Calming influence on animals many people can't go near, same as my grandfather (may not be genetic)
    Eyes that change colour

    Cons:
    God awful strong nose
    Women of our family tend to have pretty bad reproductive organ issues (cysts etc)
    Very high risk of cancer
    Weak wrists
    Stubborness (probably not genetic, more nurture than nature)
    Genetically bad teeth but braces fixed them

    Probably because you are an elf, I think telepathy with animals is a power of theirs.


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    #38
    jester77
    Registered Users Posts: 11,262 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Win:
    Tall
    Broad
    Quality beard
    Easily put on muscle
    Eat and drink what I want and not put on weight

    Fail
    Thick unmanagable hair
    Freckles :(
    Burn if I just look out the door on a hot day


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    #39
    Hammer89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »
    You have a brown penis?
    I'd get that looked at.

    Maybe he was at The George? I'll take the ban.


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    #40
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users Posts: 28,736 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Hammer89 wrote: »
    Maybe he was at The George? I'll take the ban.

    No, no, and did I mention, no? :)

    Each to their own and all but that's not the way I roll!


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    #41
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Won.
    My teeth are perfect
    My eyebrows are on point
    I have great skin

    Lost.
    Not tall enough
    Awful eyesight
    Ugly feet
    Dimples
    One boob is bigger than the other
    My ears are too big
    My nose is too small
    My top lip isn't full
    I have a birthmark on my back
    I have two auto immune conditions
    My eyes are deepset
    My lashes are short and straight
    When i stand straight my knees look like they've been dislocated
    I bruise very easily. If i even brush off something I'll mark


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    #42
    tomthetank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭tomthetank


    Yes:

    Thick hair and lots of it
    Straight and very healthy teeth
    Good immune system, no allergies or conditions and rarely get sick
    Big green eyes
    Naturally petite and curvaceous

    Not so much:

    Big green eyes don't work for sh1t
    Low muscle density
    Prone to anxiety and history of mental illness in the family


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    #43
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users Posts: 6,042 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Won
    Symmetrical face
    Good hair and teeth
    No major health problems

    Lost
    Short
    Skinny
    No arse
    My ears bounce up and down when I smile


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    #44
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 20,020 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    Dole Scumbag wrote:
    Inb4 every guy here is 6'4 with an 8 inch penis.

    You better get in before them because you won't touch the sides if you go in after them!


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    #45
    Lia_lia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    Won:

    I'm tall enough for a woman. (5'9")

    Hair is naturally blonde.

    Great immune system, never really get sick.

    No one in my immediate family has ever had any major illnesses (such as cancer)....so hopefully will stay the same for myself and them!

    Skin is good.

    Lost:

    I have a very sensitive stomach and many types of food makes me feel sick.

    My feet are a half size.

    Teeth (were) crooked.

    Very pale skin.

    Dodgy knee after dislocations.

    Weak nails.


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    #46
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,730 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    From my genetic test.
    Lower than average risk of getting cancer, apart from skin cancer which is higher - I never tan so that would have been obvious.
    Not at an increased risk of getting Alzheimers disease and none of the known genes associated with Parkinsons disease.
    Good genes for blood pressure and the heart.
    Have genes associated with living to be very old.
    Lower odds of going bald.

    other pros:
    Fast metabolism.
    Find it extremely hard to put weight on
    Good mental health.
    Green eyes which have received compliments.


    cons
    Teeth not as straight as I would have liked
    Not resistant to norovirus, which some people are.
    Sunburn very easily, but thankfully factor 50+ sunscreen is one of the greatest things around...


    I rather look at the good more so than the bad.


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    #47
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users Posts: 7,548 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Agricola wrote:
    Probably because you are an elf, I think telepathy with animals is a power of theirs.


    If it was telepathy, it would be nice if they talked back every so often. It would make my job a lot easier :D


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    #48
    harr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,481 ✭✭✭harr


    -- bad
    short
    Health not great
    Puts up weight to easy
    Temper
    Bad feet
    No empathy

    + Good
    Teeth
    Skin
    Can get fit fairly quickly
    Eye sight
    Hearing
    Memory


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    #49
    SoulTrader
    Registered Users Posts: 850 ✭✭✭SoulTrader


    Winterlong wrote: »
    Genetically I am near perfect except that I could do with a curvier bottom.

    I agree. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


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    #50
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    Won:
    Both sides of the family age really well. My Dad could have passed for late 50s in his early 70s, my mother is the same.
    I'm an awesome whistler.

    Lost:
    Anxious and worry about everything
    Sensitive eyes/half blind
    Bad hearing despite hearing tests showing otherwise.
    Dodgy sinuses.
    Very short.


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    #51
    Cupcake_Crisis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,448 ✭✭✭✭Cupcake_Crisis


    Won
    Good teeth
    Good skin
    Fairly tall
    Nice eyes
    Good immune system
    Big bewbs
    The women in my family age really well


    Lost
    I only have to look at food to put on weight
    Short dumpy legs
    Inherited stomach condition from the mammy
    I'm so pale I'm almost see through
    Once my mam had kids her uterus went ape**** so I fear that's also on the cards for me.


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    #52
    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,155 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    SoulTrader wrote: »
    I agree. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    Callipygous. There's your word of the day


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    #53
    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »
    I'm so pale I'm almost see through

    This is not a negative.


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    #54
    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,245 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    jimgoose wrote: »
    8 inches tall with a 6'4'' penis. Eyes like gimlets. Flaming red hair all down my back. None on my head, mind. I have two stomachs and four arses and some say my ears aren't quite where you'd expect them to be. I eat broccoli and piss petrol and women go weak at the knees when they hear my croaking yet soulful rendition of The Mountains Of Mourne. And on the 7th Day, when God rested, I overran His perimeter, stole the globe, and I've been running the show ever since. Warrior by day, lover by night, drunkard by choice, Marine by God. Semper Fidelis.

    It's uncanny. We must be brothers!


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    #55
    Barry Badrinath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,460 ✭✭✭Barry Badrinath


    Fcuking lost bigtime!


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    #56
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    I'm just glad I'm tall enough not bald and have a jawline and big shoulders. Nothing worse than a man with no jawline. Well except AIDS and Hitler and stuff.


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    #57
    tomthetank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭tomthetank


    Do the wimmenz see being short as a genetic disadvantage?
    Can't say I do or ever have.
    Barely 5 foot 1 and it's never bothered me.
    Wouldn't want to be any taller tbh


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    #58
    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    tomthetank wrote: »
    Do the wimmenz see being short as a genetic disadvantage?
    Can't say I do or ever have.
    Barely 5 foot 1 and it's never bothered me.
    Wouldn't want to be any taller tbh

    Well said, tomthethumb.


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    #59
    Pepe LeFrits
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Won:
    - Pretty sharp
    - Full head of hair, decent beard
    - Not a sociopath

    Lost:
    - Have Crohn's disease
    - Eyesight isn't the best
    - Had /really/ ****e teeth, but braces in my teenage years made them alright
    - Bad sinuses
    - Chronic neck problems I can't solve, so muscle building is out
    - Generally very injury prone
    - Twitchy nervous system


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    #60
    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    Won:

    Good skin
    I r smrt
    Really nice hands
    V. Bendy. Comes in handy ;)
    Hourglass shape - tinchy waist/great boobs
    No close family member has ever had cancer (touch fcuking wood).


    Lost:

    Inevitably will get arthritis
    Am very bendy - injure v. easily
    Will probably lose my ovaries eventually if my female relatives are anything to go by.
    Parents have medical issues which may affect me/any children
    Gap in my front teeth
    Thunder thighs
    Hourglass shape - big hips
    Hazel eyes
    Need to watch my weight


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    #61
    meeeeh
    Registered Users Posts: 11,624 ✭✭✭✭meeeeh


    I am white and born in Europe without any physical or mental handicaps. I am not complete moron and all the other negatives can be minimized. My genetic shortcomings certainly aren't something I would worry about or even bother to list.

    I guess that means I won the lottery in my little way.


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