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[-] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Am I the only one that feels talked down to when these articles use phrases like "your arms which allow you to throw a football", like any of us somehow have any lack of understanding of what ARMS are.

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

This comment made me chuckle. (An involuntary rhythmic release of air across the vocal chords, generally as a response to stimuli found to be humourous)

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Throwing (and hitting what we're throwing at) is a human superpower. We laypersons may take arms and throwing for granted but to anthropologists and biologists it's a pretty big deal.

The thing is, a significant part of our brain is tasked with throwing. It's not just superior eye-hand coordination but our brain knows how to arc the rock / javelin / ball. We also have a mean fastball.

[-] nul@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

your arms which allow you to throw a football

Speak for yourself.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago

they are written for our alien overlords

[-] OhTheMoose@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

We really were climbing those apes pretty fast, someone had to slow us down

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