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Ways you won and lost the genetic lottery

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  • #152
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Won
    Non addictive personality
    Good at calming aninals
    Can grow an epic beard at times
    Love the heat/sun and tan rarely sunburn (took two hour out in a burntime of 12mins and no suncream before statted to burn)


    Lost
    Come from long line of people what die relavitvely young (early 30s) and hve something similar symthoms to them

    Sensitive af skin for soaps/shampoos body wash etc
    Sweat too much for my own liking

    Strange allergies

    Could put down beung short....but thats all relative i guess at 5ft10 in a family where next shortest cousin is 6ft4


    But all in all....i done relatively well outta the genetic lottery :D


  • #153
    BrianG23
    Registered Users Posts: 402 ✭✭BrianG23


    Pros -
    6'2
    "Your eyes are like the earth" (Oh dayum)
    7 penis both ways
    Sexy fat lips
    Medium build
    Introverted

    Negs-
    Ginger
    Ginger pubes
    Lazy eye
    Introverted
    Potential baldness

    For some strange reason Asians want this. Until I go bald i'm sure. The end result will be a tall balding ginger...eww, thus I must make money.


  • #154
    Cupcake_Crisis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,448 ✭✭✭✭Cupcake_Crisis


    anna080 wrote: »
    Anyone brave enough to post a picture!?!

    Are you? :p


  • #155
    La.de.da
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,010 ✭✭✭La.de.da


    Won:
    Tall
    Long legs
    Great boobs
    Big curvy hips
    Caring heart
    Very accepting of different people

    Lost:
    Extra 'insulation' around the belly :o
    Woeful eyesight
    Social anxiety
    Few health problems
    Don't realize my full potential


  • #156
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Pros:
    Good teeth
    good hair
    good skin - tanned and clear
    decent height
    Don't gain weight
    intelligent and creative
    Born in a wealthy family
    Born in a first world country
    talented artist
    my sweat does not smell - 2% of europeans carry the odourless sweat gene lol blessed
    http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/01/some-peoples-sweat-doesnt-make-them-stink.html
    People quickly warm to me and find me very endearing

    Cons
    Severe anxiety and body dysmorphia
    Very inhibited personality
    gay- well it used to be a con when I was young and uncomfortable with it
    Small frame - I look overly skinny
    Being male- not that its a con in on of itself its just bad when you hate most things that most men enjoy and have nothing in common with most of them


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  • #157
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,409 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Cons : Parkinson's , Alzheimer's, Cancer and Huntingtons all run in my family

    Pros : because of the above I worry about very little.


  • #158
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,894 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Pros:

    Tall
    Full head of hair in my early 40s
    Told I've a good looking face
    Well endowed manhood ;)
    Intelligent
    Considerate
    Caring
    Insightful


    Negs:
    Anxiety
    Alcoholism (sober these days)
    Short-sighted
    Family history of heart disease
    Middling teeth


  • #159
    Sunflower 27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,955 ✭✭✭Sunflower 27


    Whatever happened to Pros & Cons? I was reading 'Negs' as some weird condition of the legs (like cankles).


  • #160
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,403 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    Pros:

    Tall
    Athletically able to a reasonable degree
    Reasonably intelligent (with a propensity to be so dumb by times)
    Strong teeth
    Determined personality*

    Cons:

    Dreadful skin - being a teenager was fun lads
    Born with a rotating squint that they couldn't get quite right after a few ops
    Stubborn*
    Apparently going bald - though one can't complain if they had their hair for 32 years I guess. We had a good run.


  • #161
    pumpkin4life
    Registered Users Posts: 1,435 ✭✭✭pumpkin4life


    Obesity if I'm not careful and strong probability of being bald. I get fat pretty quickly, so where as right now I'm in excellent shape, I have to be rigorous about it. Also every male in my family is bald and obese and went bald really young, which fùcking really sucks. A bunch of fùcking Homer Simpsons, happy days. That might make things a lot harder in the future.

    Sides that though, in terms of myself and heredity issues, I've done pretty well.


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  • #162
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,930 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Reading this thread, one thing that has struck me is that it's NOT just men who love nice/big boobs it seems. Ye ladies are pretty proud of them yourselves.

    Give us a break next time when you catch us looking so! :p


  • #163
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Pros: I'm average
    Cons: I'm average


  • #164
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Lost

    Short tempered
    Irritable


    Linked to brain surgery


  • #165
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    Won
    Tall
    Dark
    Moderately handsome
    Broad shouldered

    Lost
    Thanks to being 1/4 Chinese, i cannot for the life of me grow a beard. I WANT A GODDAM BEARD SO FUGGING BADLY


  • #166
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,191 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Autistic, Severe Mental Physical health issues, poorer than America after Trump administration, crazier than a drunk Gazza would be my cons but you know what my pros are/is.

    I ain't you baby, I ain't you.


  • #167
    cinnamony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 383 ✭✭cinnamony


    Won:
    Great Skin
    Nice teeth
    Small Waist
    Boobies
    Central Heterochromia (also have limbal ring)
    Full lips

    Lost:
    Black AF hair that doesnt give in
    Fair skin (not pale but almost everyone in my family is tanned)
    Shortest out of my cousins despite being 5'6'' ffs
    Difficult eyelashes
    Exercise induced asthma
    Low voice
    Gain muscle easily
    Sweet tooth
    Clumsy


  • #168
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Are we doing pics now? I'm really curious about what you all look like but there's no way you're getting to see what I look like! :D


  • #169
    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    There's be no pics of the losses that's for sure!


  • #170
    Goya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 464 ✭✭Goya


    cinnamony wrote: »
    Won:
    Great Skin
    Nice teeth
    Small Waist
    Boobies
    Central Heterochromia (also have limbal ring)
    Full lips

    Lost:
    Black AF hair that doesnt give in
    Fair skin (not pale but almost everyone in my family is tanned)
    Shortest out of my cousins despite being 5'6'' ffs
    Difficult eyelashes
    Exercise induced asthma
    Low voice
    Gain muscle easily
    Sweet tooth
    Clumsy
    In my opinion, none of those losses are actual genetic losses apart from asthma, and sweet tooth and clumsiness to a lesser extent.


  • #171
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Won:

    Teeth (in my 40s and never had any problems, ever)
    General health (see above, minus the odd cold and flu now and then)
    Youthful looks ("How Old Do I Look" guesses I'm 26 :D)
    Boobs and bottom

    Lost:
    Very fine hair
    Soft fingernails that break easily
    Short-sighted
    Get bad hangovers from very little alcohol


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  • #172
    Cupcake_Crisis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,448 ✭✭✭✭Cupcake_Crisis


    Who's going to be brave enough to post the first pic....?


  • #173
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »
    Who's going to be brave enough to post the first pic....?

    6 posts up... :D

    Just a word of caution. Please be aware that your pic, if you post it, is available for all to see, members of boards and the wider public.


  • #174
    Commotion Ocean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Commotion Ocean


    Lost:
    Only 172 cm
    Put weight on easiky, and only goes on belly
    Slow on the uptake
    Thinning hair on sides
    Beard doesn't grow well

    Won:
    Good stamina


  • #175
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Won:

    Optimistic, positive disposition



    Lost:

    Head melting migraines


  • #176
    Sciprio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 790 ✭✭✭Sciprio


    Won: I'm 30 and still have a decent set of hair.
    I have a decent bit bigger than average sized dick(Not meaning to boast or anything.)

    Lost: Height: I'm only about 5'7/5'8 not that i really care about it but wouldn't say no to a bit more in height.


  • #177
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    Candie wrote: »
    Won:

    Optimistic, positive disposition



    Lost:

    Head melting migraines

    I lost inheriting migraines:(. Not severe pain , but the whole aura , the dizzies, and generally feeling crap for a few days.

    But I won with my dry sense of humour. Always find fun somewhere in the most horrible situations where strictly speaking I probably shouldn't.


  • #178
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    73Cat wrote: »
    I lost inheriting migraines:(. Not severe pain , but the whole aura , the dizzies, and generally feeling crap for a few days.

    But I won with my dry sense of humour. Always find fun somewhere in the most horrible situations where strictly speaking I probably shouldn't.

    Yep, though I get the pain too! I was very ill yesterday, and after being right-side blind last night, I'm still missing part of my vision on the right. :(

    I'm really easy to get along with though, so there's that .... :)


  • #179
    Commotion Ocean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Commotion Ocean


    anna080 wrote: »
    Have posted this pic here before so no harm throwing it up again sure. (Also ya I'm a poser :) )

    Jesus, you look great for 36 !!


  • #180
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    dfeo wrote: »
    Jesus, you look great for 36 !!

    I'm 28! :)
    Why do people always assume my username is to do with my dob!?


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  • #181
    Commotion Ocean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Commotion Ocean


    anna080 wrote: »
    I'm 28! :)
    Why do people always assume my username is to do with my dob!?

    You still look good :P I'm 25 btw :P


  • #182
    Hammer89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    anna080 wrote: »
    I'm 28! :)
    Why do people always assume my username is to do with my dob!?

    I get that too. But with me, the 89 refers to the amount of times I've climbed Everest. It could also refer to the amount of times I've saved a puppy from certain death, but I don't have a 100% success rate sadly. I'm really sensitive so I'm a bit upset right now. I'll be grand, seriously, it's just hard because the puppies remind me of the friends I lost during my eighth tour of Aghan.


  • #183
    elstingeo
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭elstingeo


    Won:

    Nice eyes.

    Good colour hair.

    Skinny with a fast metabolism as I've been the same weight for x amount of years even when I've eaten junk and healthy stuff.

    Lost:

    Bad eye sight which appears to be getting worse yearly in one of the eyes.

    Heart disease, cancer and other illness are inheritable.

    Some other illnesses which I've inherited that I won't go in to. Gladly they're not terminal or debilitating. But can be managed.

    Not so short but not too tall either.


  • #184
    mynamejeff
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,315 ✭✭✭mynamejeff


    6'2
    full head of hair ( as did my father )
    all my own teeth
    broad soldered
    good skeletal and muscular system
    ability to grow a decent beard


    con genetic heart issues in family
    poor self control
    easy weight gain
    I have greats tits for a dude


  • #185
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,403 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    cinnamony wrote: »
    Lost:

    Gain muscle easily

    Ahhhh now


  • #186
    FizzleSticks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭FizzleSticks


    This post has been deleted.


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  • #187
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,035 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I'd say women overwhelmingly prefer taller men but men on average have no preference for a woman's height.

    That's really not true. I definitely prefer petit ladies.


  • #188
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Won:

    Didn't inherit the gene which has caused cancer in my family for generations.

    Lost:

    Oily skin/hair
    Tendency to gain weight easily

    Overall a fair trade off I think :)


  • #189
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,035 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    Reading this thread, one thing that has struck me is that it's NOT just men who love nice/big boobs it seems. Ye ladies are pretty proud of them yourselves.

    Give us a break next time when you catch us looking so! :p

    I like small ones too.


  • #190
    Rumpy Pumpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭Rumpy Pumpy


    Lot of massive cocks on this thread.


  • #191
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    John Doe1 wrote: »
    Win:

    Donegal accent

    A Donegal accent is genetic?

    You really do learn something new every day.


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  • #192
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    Hammer89 wrote: »
    I get that too. But with me, the 89 refers to the amount of times I've climbed Everest. It could also refer to the amount of times I've saved a puppy from certain death, but I don't have a 100% success rate sadly. I'm really sensitive so I'm a bit upset right now. I'll be grand, seriously, it's just hard because the puppies remind me of the friends I lost during my eighth tour of Aghan.

    I see what you did there :pac:

    Won:
    Hair
    Sports

    Lose:
    My life.


  • #193
    Hammer89
    Registered Users Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭Hammer89


    Shanotheslayer wrote: »
    I see what you did there :pac:.

    We're going out tomorrow night. Would've been tonight but obviously I volunteer at a soup kitchen for tramps.


  • #194
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Very easy to go off and write down non-genetic ones!

    Won:
    6ft tall
    I can eat all I want without gaining weight
    Intelligent enough
    No allergies

    Lost:
    I can't gain weight even when I want to
    Eyesight isn't great
    Not very atheltic
    Started getting grey hairs in my mid teens


  • #195
    AirBiscuit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭AirBiscuit


    Lost:
    Lactose ****ing intolerance


  • #196
    Cupcake_Crisis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,448 ✭✭✭✭Cupcake_Crisis


    Peregrine wrote: »
    Very easy to go off and write down non-genetic ones!

    Won:
    6ft tall
    I can eat all I want without gaining weight
    Intelligent enough
    No allergies

    Lost:
    I can't gain weight even when I want to
    Eyesight isn't great
    Not very atheltic
    Started getting grey hairs in my mid teens

    Salt n' peppahhhh!


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