One morning at my ‘day job,’ I happened to notice a sweet, pleasing aroma from a cabinet next to me where I had chosen to take a short break. The odor was somewhat familiar and I was not surprised at all to find a can of recently used paint after a short investigation. My mind once again turned to contemplating the many ‘design flaws’ present in the human body; if I hadn’t recognized the smell of paint, how long might I have sat there while my brain cells were dying? One would think that any competent designer would make damaging important organs feel bad instead of euphoric, as many recreational drugs do.
When my good friend posted the fact that hemoglobin is much more effective at transporting carbon monoxide than oxygen, I knew there must be many more bugs in this version of homo sapiens that I hadn’t thought of yet.
So, I’m curious: what would you improve? Please use the comment section to rant about how your body fails you and what changes you would make.
Sciatic nerve root right next to a crappy lumbar disc. Fuck You, God!
Don’t get me started on back problems, Ian! Just more evidence we’re quadrupeds acting like bipeds.
In the words of Robert Heinlein, “Why did they put the playground so close to the bathroom?”