Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: May 18, 2025, 12:28 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
You know what I've always wondered?
#92
RE: You know what I've always wondered?
(October 23, 2017 at 2:11 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Apparently as a species we have been selecting for bigger breasts and penis size for a long time.  We're pretty much freakasaurs of the animal kingdom for our size.  You women not only have breasts ahead of needing them, you're also receptive for mating whether any eggs are ready to go or not.  We're weird.

If you're interested in the subject you could read Jared Diamond's book The Third Chimpanzee which talks about genital sizes among the great apes and why humans probably developed such strange genitals.  For example, your average male human has very conspicuous genitals compared with the average male gorilla, whose genitals are small enough to not even really be that visible.  Why the disparity?

Read the book, it's really interesting.

(October 23, 2017 at 3:27 pm)pocaracas Wrote:
(October 23, 2017 at 1:55 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: But there are several more examples of polyjuice potion being used in the books where nothing goes wrong - Harry and Ron into Crabbe and Goyle; Barty Crouch into Mad-Eye Moody for a whole year; Crabbe and Goyle as random students in Half-Blood Prince; the seven transformations of the Order members into Harry; Ron, Hermione and Harry into Ministry employees to find Umbridge and the locket... you're focusing on the one time in the books where it went wrong and forgetting that that's far outweighed by all the times it went right.

And the point of the animagus transformation is to turn into a non-human animal anyway.

Why are humans so special?
They're just animals... the same as the others... and if you're magically retaining all the cognitive function of your original self, there's no need to alter your brain mechanisms. So it's just the same!
Also the polyjuice potion went wrong one time in the books.... how many times did an animagus screw up their transformation?

[Image: giphy.gif]

The animagus transformation isn't an easy spell, it's complex, difficult, and at some point involves holding a mandrake leaf in your mouth for a month.

It's comparatively much easier to brew a complex potion than to learn to become an animagus, hence why so few wizards and witches choose to learn to do it and why it was extra impressive that James, Sirius and Peter learned to do it while still in school.

Quote:
(October 23, 2017 at 1:55 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: But I don't know, necessarily, that you can control what kind of animal you would turn into.  The best guess at this point is that it might be based on some aspect of your personality.  There may be limitations on the spell that we just don't know about because they never come up in the books.

I don't know that either, but one must assume anything goes. We're talking magic, after all! Not just some physics pre-determined machine.

Yes, we're talking magic, but I'm talking about the real magic in Harry Potter that has rules and theory behind it, not just the willy nilly shit made up in bad fanfiction.

Tongue

Quote:Aye... I've heard the same... from someone who claimed to have some 2kg on each. And she also considered having a reduction.... and yes, whatevs, the nipple repositioning is a thing. Which means no ability to breastfeed, ever, because all the connections are severed.... as well as all the nerves.
It must suck to loose all sensation on there.  Undecided

Yes, whatevs, the nipple thing is for real.  They're removed and then reattached or kept attached and, like, sewn around to reshape the breast... if you really want to know, google it, but be prepared for some gnarly stuff.

As for sensation loss, I'm in for that whether I get reconstruction or not.  Reconstructed breasts (post mastectomy) are numb, as can be a flat chest if you don't get reconstruction. /fun fact
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
Reply



Messages In This Thread
You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 18, 2017 at 10:01 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Joods - October 18, 2017 at 10:05 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 18, 2017 at 10:14 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Joods - October 18, 2017 at 4:05 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by mlmooney89 - October 18, 2017 at 10:51 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Edwardo Piet - October 18, 2017 at 5:32 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Whateverist - October 18, 2017 at 11:03 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 18, 2017 at 11:43 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by mlmooney89 - October 18, 2017 at 12:37 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Brian37 - October 18, 2017 at 11:04 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Pat Mustard - October 18, 2017 at 11:05 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Brian37 - October 18, 2017 at 11:11 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Minimalist - October 18, 2017 at 12:02 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 18, 2017 at 1:13 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Aegon - October 18, 2017 at 10:14 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Shell B - October 18, 2017 at 12:03 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Tiberius - October 18, 2017 at 12:25 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by downbeatplumb - October 18, 2017 at 1:50 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 18, 2017 at 3:49 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by The Valkyrie - October 18, 2017 at 3:55 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by brewer - October 18, 2017 at 4:48 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by mlmooney89 - October 18, 2017 at 5:13 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by brewer - October 18, 2017 at 6:56 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Losty - October 18, 2017 at 7:21 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Edwardo Piet - October 18, 2017 at 9:36 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Fireball - October 18, 2017 at 10:01 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Losty - October 18, 2017 at 10:10 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Aegon - October 18, 2017 at 10:10 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Losty - October 18, 2017 at 10:12 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Edwardo Piet - October 18, 2017 at 10:15 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by ignoramus - October 19, 2017 at 3:10 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 19, 2017 at 11:22 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by brewer - October 19, 2017 at 11:57 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 19, 2017 at 12:18 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Edwardo Piet - October 19, 2017 at 5:28 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by downbeatplumb - October 19, 2017 at 12:19 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Chad32 - October 19, 2017 at 12:20 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Aegon - October 19, 2017 at 2:03 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Chad32 - October 19, 2017 at 3:22 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by The Valkyrie - October 19, 2017 at 2:34 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Shell B - October 19, 2017 at 4:21 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by brewer - October 19, 2017 at 1:19 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 19, 2017 at 2:53 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by JackRussell - October 19, 2017 at 3:25 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Fireball - October 19, 2017 at 4:09 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by JackRussell - October 19, 2017 at 4:16 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by JackRussell - October 19, 2017 at 4:25 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Fireball - October 19, 2017 at 6:18 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by ignoramus - October 19, 2017 at 4:30 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by JackRussell - October 19, 2017 at 4:33 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 19, 2017 at 6:06 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Edwardo Piet - October 19, 2017 at 7:00 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by brewer - October 19, 2017 at 5:26 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by ignoramus - October 19, 2017 at 6:24 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Succubus - October 19, 2017 at 6:45 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Seraphina - October 19, 2017 at 10:02 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 20, 2017 at 9:45 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Succubus - October 20, 2017 at 3:28 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by The Grand Nudger - October 19, 2017 at 10:18 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Seraphina - October 19, 2017 at 10:21 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by John V - October 20, 2017 at 3:42 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Ravenshire - October 20, 2017 at 3:54 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by brewer - October 20, 2017 at 3:57 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Fireball - October 20, 2017 at 4:48 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by brewer - October 20, 2017 at 6:11 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 21, 2017 at 5:44 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 21, 2017 at 11:29 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Edwardo Piet - October 21, 2017 at 4:46 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Edwardo Piet - October 22, 2017 at 1:12 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by paulpablo - October 21, 2017 at 2:41 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Mermaid - October 21, 2017 at 4:51 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Edwardo Piet - October 21, 2017 at 4:53 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by pocaracas - October 21, 2017 at 7:19 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 23, 2017 at 10:49 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by pocaracas - October 23, 2017 at 11:15 am
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 23, 2017 at 1:55 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Whateverist - October 23, 2017 at 2:11 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by pocaracas - October 23, 2017 at 3:27 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Whateverist - October 23, 2017 at 5:07 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Clueless Morgan - October 23, 2017 at 5:08 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Whateverist - October 23, 2017 at 5:15 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by pocaracas - October 23, 2017 at 6:24 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Edwardo Piet - October 21, 2017 at 7:35 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by Whateverist - October 23, 2017 at 9:45 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by pocaracas - October 24, 2017 at 5:01 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by ignoramus - October 24, 2017 at 5:24 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by pocaracas - October 24, 2017 at 5:29 pm
RE: You know what I've always wondered? - by ignoramus - October 24, 2017 at 6:19 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday? BrianSoddingBoru4 4442 457709 May 10, 2025 at 5:07 pm
Last Post: arewethereyet
  You don't always remember your dreams Silver 10 606 December 28, 2024 at 5:13 pm
Last Post: Ravenshire
  What do you NOT know today that you knew yesterday? The Valkyrie 11 1236 October 31, 2024 at 3:54 am
Last Post: BrianSoddingBoru4
  What did you know yesterday that you don't know today? Gawdzilla Sama 14 2024 December 4, 2023 at 9:43 am
Last Post: brewer
  Did you know? Ryn 2 587 July 4, 2022 at 7:01 pm
Last Post: weaponoffreedom
  Do I know you? Losty 16 2083 October 21, 2019 at 5:03 am
Last Post: WinterHold
  Always remember... no one 7 1097 October 20, 2019 at 11:00 am
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama
  10 things you didn’t know about Star Wars robvalue 3 1161 March 20, 2019 at 7:13 am
Last Post: Yonadav
  Always lacked coordination....... Brian37 18 2688 December 24, 2018 at 9:39 am
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama
  One Thing In Fiction That Always Causes Me To Facepalm Amarok 23 5514 May 1, 2018 at 10:59 pm
Last Post: KevinM1



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)