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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 39 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

I forget who but a comedian said it well. If we were intelligently designed it was the first design. Why would they ever put the amusement park right next to the sewage system?

[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel like if there ever was an advertisement park it would be perfectly placed right next to the sewage system.

Ha, fair. Fixed now

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Looks at that one carnival cruise ship

[–] ronigami@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Same reason they mixed the vestibular system with the vision system. Do you want a different body part for every single body function? That’d be a lot of extra weight and things to take care of.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Plenty of animals have their excretion outlet and their food inlet in the same place.

For birds the cloaca is both for excretion and sex.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

ah, the orifice of kings

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

George Carlin, I think.