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[-] [email protected] 71 points 3 weeks ago

People praise the female reproductive system as miraculous because it can make a baby in only 9 months. Like that's neat and all, but my reproductive system can make a baby in approximately 13 seconds, so I don't see what all the fuss is about.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago

That's correct according to the "at conception" crowd! Why have silly words like "embryo" and "fetus" when you can just call it a "baby" or "person" and give it the same complete lack of medical and financial assistance as the born children and people in your red states?

[-] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

On a serious note, female reproductive system is extremely fucked and overcomplicated and a great example of how evolution makes something that works, not something that is perfect.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

something that works well enough, lots of times it just doesn't work and it's unpleasant for everyone involved

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Or a spider in 8 seconds

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Le'whatthefucknow?

[-] [email protected] -4 points 3 weeks ago

Human gestation is 10 months

[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Human gestation is 10 months

"Full term" pregnancy is ~40w from last menstrual period, or ~38w from conception. There are ~4.345 weeks/month, putting full term at ~8.75 to ~9.2 months. Note the 9.2 months includes ~2 weeks before fertilization.

(Not sure if I'm being whooshed or not...)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

If every month was February? Or are you from a different planet?

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