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Toenail & fingernail: evolutionary dead-end?
Posted on 7/31/22 at 11:47 pm
Posted on 7/31/22 at 11:47 pm
Do they serve any logistical function for modern humanity?
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Posted on 7/31/22 at 11:49 pm to CovingtonTigre
They help relieve itch in the crotchal region, for one.
Posted on 7/31/22 at 11:49 pm to CovingtonTigre
quote:You ever lost one?
Do they serve any logistical function for modern humanity?
Posted on 7/31/22 at 11:50 pm to BRgetthenet
Nose hair trimmers.
Guitar picks.
Guitar picks.
Posted on 7/31/22 at 11:51 pm to CovingtonTigre
How else do you expect to split your swisher sweet?
Posted on 7/31/22 at 11:51 pm to BRgetthenet
quote:Cracking open beers for two.
They help relieve itch in the crotchal region, for one.
Teeth and fingernails are the only real tools that come stock (besides *the* tool). I can't say that my fingernails helped me to reproduce, but life would be a bitch without them.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 12:05 am to CovingtonTigre
Fingernails are useful, toenails are not.
In fact, for runners toenails can be an inconvenience. Especially when they get bruised, turn blue/ black and fall off.
In fact, for runners toenails can be an inconvenience. Especially when they get bruised, turn blue/ black and fall off.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 12:08 am to CovingtonTigre
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Do they serve any logistical function for modern humanity?
Spoken like someone who has never lost one.
If nothing else, they provide support for the unusually wide filter tips we have.
If we didn’t have them, picking something up is almost impossible, especially if you wouldn’t use a grasping motion.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 12:09 am to CovingtonTigre
Boogers baw.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 12:14 am to BRgetthenet
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Posted on 8/1/22 at 12:30 am to BRgetthenet
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They help relieve itch in the crotchal region, for one.
Pinch and roll, you heathen, you nasty arse with nut skin and smeg under your fingernails.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 12:43 am to East Coast Band
quote:What do you think would have happened if you didn't have a toenail when you did whatever to bruise it?
Fingernails are useful, toenails are not.
In fact, for runners toenails can be an inconvenience. Especially when they get bruised, turn blue/ black and fall off.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 12:44 am to Korkstand
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You ever lost one?
No, but I’m also assuming evolution will replace the sensitive tissue under the nail with regular skin
Posted on 8/1/22 at 12:53 am to CovingtonTigre
quote:It's not that it's sensitive without a nail, it's that you notice how much you use them.
No, but I’m also assuming evolution will replace the sensitive tissue under the nail with regular skin
I use mine to pick my nose, open things, turn things, remove thorns and such, and on and on. Toenails are less useful, but they've saved my toes from worse stubbings and smashings on many occasions.
I can't think of a single thing that would be better or easier without nails.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 1:56 am to Korkstand
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not that it's sensitive without a nail, it's that you notice how much you use them. I use mine to pick my nose, open things, turn things, remove thorns and such, and on and on
Kork,
Yeah but we’ve invented tools that have replaced all those functions on a much more efficient basis.
As an example, I’ll contrast all the coke nail responders on this thread with simply “key bump”. Yeah you can grow a thumbnail that explicitly shows off your addiction or use a tool already in your pocket.
The evolution of humans is that we are more likely to use tools efficiently than our biological limitations. I guess we could use our palms to push metal nails into wood but we invented hammers.
Is there a use of fingernails or thumbnails that hasn’t been replaced by a more efficient tool?
Posted on 8/1/22 at 2:55 am to CovingtonTigre
Tear them off and tell us if they serve a purpose
Posted on 8/1/22 at 4:25 am to CovingtonTigre
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Toenail & fingernail: evolutionary dead-end?
The DNA recovered from under the fingernails has solved many murders and assaults, never mind the number of Vietnamese women who have made a living caring for them.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 5:09 am to CovingtonTigre
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evolutionary dead-end
They are part of the plumage our female counterparts use to attract a mate.
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