So if I don't have kids I can be immortal. I can be the midlander. THERE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE!

I feel like once you hit your 40s, you really start to understand that concept of your body only being evolved enough to ensure that you can reproduce and the next generation survives.

In your 40s and you hurt your knee? Fuck you, your knee now hurts for the rest of your life - why aren't you dead already?

Nature is messy and incredible.

Something the OOP also forgets to take into account is that a LOT of pregnancies fail. Especially in the early stages, before the pregnant person even knows that they're having a miscarriage.

A great many creatures simply die after reproducing, for example, which we can interpret to mean the minimum requirement has been met and anything beyond that isn’t as important

Octopi are these incredibly intelligent and exceptionally resilient, but they kick it inside 3-5 years, typically right after reproducing.

Forming that small person is also a bit of a chaotic and messy process

That describes perfectly the state of my bedroom after.

This is the best description of stem cell therapy I've ever seen.

I've tried, the cops keep stopping me.

I just call my stem cell dealer and spackle that shit on

No way. That's how you get a second ankle and then you got to support it for 18 years before it makes its way in the world.

True, this can knock it down to like 4 years.

It's one of the leading causes of death actually

Still couldn't regrow limbs. Would definitely be nice though.

What's special about tailbone fractures?

The efficacy of taking collagen specifically is very much in question. It seems to be about as effective (but much more expensive) than just increasing protein consumption.

There are things you can do, like apply heat and to an extent certain supplements can help (glucosamine and turmeric are the notable ones that have evidence to support them). That said the main thing that really helps is doing dedicated and systematic strength and mobily training for your ankle.