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Mostly directed at you skinny lemmys. As a luxuriously sized north American, it struck me as odd that I could not recall my knees knocking together since childhood. True, I have enjoyed powerlifting since highschool, but still. I can press my knees together just fine seated or reclining. How often does the average Lemmy feel their knees knock together?

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[โ€“] dingus@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Huh?

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

Don't think this has anything to do with being skinny unless you had malnutrition. Looks like if you have it as a kid, it's normal enough and you tend to grow out of it. If it's severe or you don't grow out of it, it's due to malnutrition or other disease processes.

So I'd wager most people on Lemmy do not have this. I'm fairly thin and I have never had that.