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Ways you won and lost the genetic lottery

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  • #52
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,316 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


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

    Callipygous. There's your word of the day


  • #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.


  • #54
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,353 ✭✭✭✭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!


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


    Fcuking lost bigtime!


  • #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.


  • #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


  • #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.


  • #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


  • #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, Registered Users 2 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.


  • #62
    Cupcake_Crisis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,448 ✭✭✭✭Cupcake_Crisis


    Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »
    This is not a negative.

    It is when you get sunburn under a bright lamp!


  • #63
    Pepe LeFrits
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    meeeeh wrote: »
    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.
    Way to be a wet towel.


  • #64
    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »
    It is when you get sunburn under a bright lamp!

    So do I. Its called being Irish.
    And tbh, its much more attractive than fake tan.


  • #65
    meeeeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,624 ✭✭✭✭meeeeh


    Pepe LeFrits wrote: »
    Way to be a wet towel.

    Why? Because I am happy with what I got?


  • #66
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Pros:
    Skinny
    Can easily maintain fitness
    Family medical history throws up no scary hereditary stuff
    Family history of healthy longevity
    Reasonably bright and a fast learner
    Good hair, skin and teeth and tan very easily


    Cons:
    Skinny
    Require reading glasses
    Small stature (5ft)
    Tendency to worry
    Light sleeper
    Prone to insomnia
    Stubborn


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  • #67
    Cupcake_Crisis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,448 ✭✭✭✭Cupcake_Crisis


    Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »
    So do I. Its called being Irish.
    And tbh, its much more attractive than fake tan.

    Oh....

    /puts down bottle of cocoa brown


  • #68
    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »
    Oh....

    /puts down bottle of cocoa brown

    Bit early for cocoa. :P


  • #69
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,688 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Won:
    Intelligence
    Humour
    Robust good health, (maybe longevity, only time will tell)
    Strong and sturdy bones
    Soft, velvety skin

    Lost
    Chalky teeth
    Poor eyesight
    Hereditary deafness
    Slow metabolism (--> weight gain)
    Need loads of sleep
    Cardiac arrhythmia syndrome

    Shortness of stature could be on both lists, so not included on either.


  • #70
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    I'm Irish 100% and I tan really well, I love lying in the sun


  • #71
    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    I'm Irish 100% and I tan really well, I love lying in the sun

    I don't tan at all. I don't even bother trying and just wear a really high SPF now.

    I do get millions of little freckles all over my nose/chest/shoulders though and I actually really love them.


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  • #72
    Pepe LeFrits
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    I'm Irish 100% and I tan really well, I love lying in the sun
    Are you a ham?


  • #73
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    whoopsadoodles wrote: »
    I don't tan at all. I don't even bother trying and just wear a really high SPF now.

    I do get millions of little freckles all over my nose/chest/shoulders though and I actually really love them.

    It's just a silly vanity thing for me really. But I haven't been in the sun since August and still my upper half is a different shade to nether regions, I prefer not being super white but don't mind that on women at all.


  • #74
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Good things:
    Lovely hair
    Freckles
    Attractive
    Great boobs
    Great legs
    Nice curves
    Very intuitive
    High emotional intelligence
    A really big heart
    An amazing ability to keep picking myself up and putting all the pieces back together
    Clever



    Not so good things:
    Very bad eyesight
    A sometimes strange relationship with food
    Need to watch my weight
    Professionally I can lack self-belief
    Too damn introspective
    Prone to worry and overthinking
    Bad spatial awareness


  • #75
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    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

    I am not quite 5 foot, the only thing that really annoys me is having to stand on a chair to reach stuff anyway high up. Since the OH IS 6'2" I do sometimes wonder do I look like I have been kidnapped :)


  • #76
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,489 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    metaoblivia wrote: »
    Won:
    Thick, silky hair
    High cheekbones
    Tan easily
    Stay fit pretty easily
    Straight teeth that never needed braces
    Really good immune system

    Lost:
    Brown eyes - boo, my father has green
    Astigmatism; got laser surgery to correct that
    Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, although very mild
    Freckles, ugggh
    Greying a bit early (but I have so much hair it's hard to see)
    Long waisted, so no long legs for me

    Ah here, freckles and brown eyes don't count as losses!


  • #77
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    Won:
    Tan instead of burn, straight teeth, find it easy to bulk on muscle.

    Lost:
    Not tall at 5'9, weak knees, find it easy to pile on fat :P


  • #78
    JillyQ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭JillyQ


    Won

    Tall (for a woman) 5'8. Long thick silky hair. Tan easily. Good clear skin.

    Loss

    Tendency to put on weight. Teeth are like chalk.


  • #79
    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    What does teeth are like chalk mean?


  • #80
    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    whoopsadoodles wrote: »
    What does teeth are like chalk mean?

    I've seen it on here about 10 times now.
    No idea tbh.


  • #81
    laylag
    Registered Users Posts: 840 ✭✭✭laylag


    Good things:
    Petite with fast metabolism
    Good clear skin
    Look younger than my age (33)...Or so I'm told?!
    Big brown eyes
    Small waist and larger curvy hips/bum
    Good figure


    Bad things:
    Hair that will only grow to a certain length
    Short sighted
    Short in height...I don't mind this but other ppl are putting this down as a con so....!
    Crooked teeth....Being fixed at the moment


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  • #82
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,489 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    whoopsadoodles wrote: »
    What does teeth are like chalk mean?

    Brittle.

    I'm having a hard time filling either list. I'm the most absolutely average person I know, physically.


  • #83
    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Brittle.

    I'm having a hard time filling either list. I'm the most absolutely average person I know, physically.

    Naturally predisposed to being a secret agent.


  • #84
    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Brittle.

    I'm having a hard time filling either list. I'm the most absolutely average person I know, physically.

    Oh I have ridiculously strong teeth.

    I'm very average too but there must be something you particularly like about yourself :)


  • #85
    222233
    Registered Users Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭222233


    Won:
    Good general health
    Reasonable intellectual capacity

    Lost:
    Highly addictive personality
    Long list of heart related diseases


  • #86
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Brittle.

    I'm having a hard time filling either list. I'm the most absolutely average person I know, physically.

    I'm the same! Started with decent height at 6ft... and that was me done :D


  • #87
    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    laylag wrote: »

    Bad things:
    Hair that will only grow to a certain length

    :s:
    Wtf?


  • #88
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,489 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »
    Naturally predisposed to being a secret agent.

    Haha, I had that exact thought a couple of weeks back. It's ludicrous that all the spies on TV are these incredibly beautiful people. You can't blend in to the scenery like that. I'd be a great secret agent. I speak about 16 languages too so I think I'll apply tomorrow.


  • #89
    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    laylag wrote: »
    Larger curvy hips

    Aren't we gas at being down on ourselves, I had this on my bad list. Glad you love yours :)

    And I saw lexie mention dimples, and metaoblivia say freckles as their bads and I love mine!


  • #90
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    Won: natural blonde hair, freckled skin, 5,9"

    Lost: terrible posture, two webbed toes, small boobs


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  • #91
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    Generally speaking is tall, as in 5'9''+ considered a bonus for women? I always preferred taller women personally


  • #92
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    whoopsadoodles wrote:
    Inevitably will get arthritis

    Oh snap! I've had symptoms since I was 19. 22 now and though I haven't been diagnosed, the docs aren't testing for anything else (it can take a while to show up on tests)
    whoopsadoodles wrote:
    And I saw lexie mention dimples, and metaoblivia say freckles as their bads and I love mine!

    I'm indifferent to my dimple (singular) but other people like them. The only reason I'd dislike them is because the people who like them tend to coo... "awk look at the wee dimple! Aw it's so cute! Give us another smile!"


  • #93
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Won- fairly intelligent
    Lost- everything else


  • #94
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,180 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    anna080 wrote: »
    Won: natural blonde hair, freckled skin, 5,9"

    Lost: terrible posture, two webbed toes, small boobs

    You'll probably have better boobs if you throw the shoulders back and walk like you own the place. Sounds like you have the rest of it goin' on, girlie! :D


  • #95
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Dr Crayfish wrote:
    Generally speaking is tall, as in 5'9''+ considered a bonus for women? I always preferred taller women personally


    I'm 5'10 and I like the fact I'm tall


  • #96
    Pepe LeFrits
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    whoopsadoodles wrote: »
    metaoblivia ... freckles ... and I love mine!
    I'm pretty sure she put up a photo of herself on here years and years ago, and in fairness to her, her options for the negatives list would make for fairly slim pickings. Some people could probably just put win in bold and be done with it :pac:
    anna080 wrote: »
    Lost: terrible posture
    hmm, not sure that counts!


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  • #97
    Hellrazer
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hellrazer


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Ah here, freckles and brown eyes don't count as losses!

    Lately I've been tattooing freckles on women's faces.So I definitely wouldn't call natural ones a loss.


  • #98
    Hellrazer
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hellrazer


    Losses : Born ginger.

    Wins : There's not one win I can think of that would remotely overcome my losses!!


  • #99
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Lost:
    Short
    Fat
    Hydracephalis
    Strabismus
    Curved spine
    Depression prone
    Anti social


  • #100
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Won:
    Intelligence
    Helpful
    Selfless
    Generous


  • #101
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mansize wrote: »
    Won:
    Intelligence
    Helpful
    Selfless
    Generous

    That's better. I knew there was more to you (and anyone) besides their losses.:)

    Isn't it interesting how many enumerated their cons before their pros? I'm sure that's telling of something.


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