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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Even if we assume that he's wearing a ladies shirt for a moment... Why does he have that stethoscope? Is this what doctors do when the patient is waiting in the exam room?

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait what, where did you get that ladies shirt?

[–] azi@mander.xyz 42 points 1 month ago

Either the image is an accurate facsimile (DNA was wrong and the guy's wearing a men's size shirt (buttons are on his right side)) or the image was mirrored (DNA was correct and the guy's wearing a women's size shirt (buttons are on his left))

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shirt buttons are sown onto the left side of women's clothes and the right side of men's. The buttons on his shirt are on his right side.

I'm assuming OP means maybe the DNA model has the helix spinning the wrong way because the image was flipped horizontally, but that would cause the shirt buttons to be on the wrong side for men's clothes.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So that's why my shirts are inconsistent...

WHY IS SOCIETY LIKE THIS? I'll have to make a shirt in which I alternate each button as revenge!

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Apparently it stems from the days when women had servants who helped them dress, while men generally didn't.

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 month ago

every other button is both on the other side and facing inward?

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 9 points 1 month ago

You can tell what type a base pair is by listening to the tone it makes, but it's very quiet so you need a stethoscope.