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[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 78 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Human bodies are anything butt hairless. It would just be wispy, crinkly pubic hair that only grows in the most inconvenient of places.

[–] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I choose to believe you spelled 'but' that way intentionally

[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Humans are considered hairless apes. I believe that is what OP meant.

And OP is definitely correct. Just look at these vestigial tails. (or don't..)

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[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Yes, human tails are hairless. Here are photos of vestigial tails on humans.

Sometimes our body tries to include traits of our ~~ape~~ primate ancestors. Vestigial tails are not that uncommon. They are typically surgically removed from infants in 1st-world countries.

Years ago, I realized DBZ would be way weirder if their tails were accurately hairless....

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Well, I learned something new today. Now I'm happy I don't have a tail.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are they harmful? why do we remove them? is it just conformance based or are there actual good reasons?

[–] Communist@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are just lumps of fat, not real tails, they are removed for cosmetic reasons

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

A light snack

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I imagine you'd either have to sit on it, which is probably painful (maybe likely to even break it), or wear modified clothes and dangle that shit free for the world to see. Personally, I wouldn't like either of those options.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not to mention shitting on it by accident.

[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Or baptizing it in the toilet..

I hate when that happens to my dick.. feels forever unclean. Even worse when it touches the bowl...

[–] hydroel@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have a better source than this jpeg?

Our vestigial tail is the coccyx, and animals with tails have bones in them. Why would a vestigial tail grow at the base of the neck?

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[–] Gordon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes our body tries to include traits of our ape ancestors.

But apes don't have tails.

However approximately 25mya the monkey and ape lines split so itust have come from at least that far back.

[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

My bad, definitely speaking informally. Should have said primate ancestors.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Technically we all have tails already. However they are made entirely of bone and aren't long enough to stick out. Really all they do is make sitting on hard surfaces uncomfortable and try to dig their way out of your ass when you do situps without a mat

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They can also do a third thing: break and cause lifelong issues!

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[–] Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Perhaps millennia of sexual selection would have resulted in Hairy tails.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Millennia of sexual selection already resulted in no tail...

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[–] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you, uh, often like to imagine humans with furry tails?

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[–] Spacemanspliff@midwest.social 15 points 1 year ago

Speak for yourself, the guys at work call me sasquatch or chewie.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

That, sir, is your dick

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago

I want a thick, prehensile tail that's at least 2/3rds as long as my body. I want to be able to use to hold things, hang upside down like a opossum, climb trees, and slap the shit outta Greg from work when he irritates me. That's the kind of tail I wish humans had. I don't care if it's furry or smooth. I'll crochet a tail condom if I need to.

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago

There are humans that have born with tails (long coccyx protrusion) and this is correct. Go look up images.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your tail's hair doesn't matter. It's the length and if it's not long enough, you can buy a monster truck.

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[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

1.) Not all bodies are hairless, so there'd definitely be a range.

2.) A massive hairless tail wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. ಠ‿ಠ

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see we have watched the same ~~hen~~ Anime.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's okay to admit it bro, there are dozens of us

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the anime? I'm honestly clueless. But I'll watch it, then admit it.

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this like the guy on reddit who said he didn't know what a potato was?

[–] MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I almost never imagine what human tails would look like(but then I clicked that link in a post in this thread...😕)

[–] phonyphanty@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] LapGoat@pawb.social 11 points 1 year ago

nah we're aware, its just that like...

its already pretend, basing it in realism doesn't really do much if doing that is still pretend.

[–] Edmund_Across_The_Room@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I didn't think they wanted humans with tails? I thought they just wanted anthropomorphic animals

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[–] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

As a furry, this breaks my (OC) generic neon green wolf's heart (don't steal).

if human had tails? please this is the fediverse

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have many relatives with tails

[–] omgarm@feddit.nl 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Probably runs in your family then.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

And who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

our family 😹

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Who's "we"?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We used to have tails at some point in our evolution. Some people even continue to be born with one very rarely. Back when we all had them, we were probably a lot more hairy, but those born with one now are hairless.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I believe they would have MASSIVE amounts of pubic hair. And smell bad.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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