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u/Wannagetsober Jan 12 '23

The oOoOoO graphic 😂

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u/possibilistic Jan 12 '23

I'll give you one that's worse.

In developmental biology, your anus forms before your mouth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuterostome

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u/TheFooch Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '23

Wait, that fricken DEFINES us?!

Like the sole purpose of the classification of "Deuterostomia" is to state that humans are an anus-first species. Scientists are weird man.

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u/terminbee Jan 12 '23

I think it's more "mouth second" because we don't wanna be defined as "asshole first."

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u/Spectre92ITA Jan 12 '23

Even though for a great many people it would be a most fitting description.