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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 27, 2013 14:38:02 GMT -5
A friend sent this to me a few nights ago. It's a presentation by Dr. Alexander Tsiaras, a mathematician from Yale. www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=fKyljukBE70Some of the imagery and the detail is quite breathtaking. I thought I'd share it with you all.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2013 14:45:13 GMT -5
FIRST!!!!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 27, 2013 14:57:25 GMT -5
Humpty, it falls to me to inform you that in your case specifically, you... (how to put this delicately?)... hatched. Hence this video doesn't apply to you. But to everybody else, watch how you were created. |
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Post by Reckless Roselia on Mar 27, 2013 15:09:07 GMT -5
It's beautiful to see how you're created.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2013 15:14:07 GMT -5
Humpty, it falls to me to inform you that in your case specifically, you... (how to put this delicately?)... hatched. Hence this video doesn't apply to you. But to everybody else, watch how you were created. Much like Lady Gaga, I was born this way |
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Mar 27, 2013 15:15:58 GMT -5
Humpty was hatched? I assumed he was Super-Glued together from bits brought to the local tavern in exchange for adult beverages. I mean, he seems like that kinda dude.  |
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 27, 2013 15:25:39 GMT -5
Humpty, it falls to me to inform you that in your case specifically, you... (how to put this delicately?)... hatched. Hence this video doesn't apply to you. But to everybody else, watch how you were created. Much like Lady Gaga, I was born this way If you believe the music video that Snerdly posted some time ago, Lady Gaga was born when a kaleidoscope manufacturer and the special FX guy from "Plan 9 from Outer Space" collaborated to show the world what a gelatin-filled sac run through a lawnmower might look like to a man high on acid. Sadly, it also gave us the answer to the eternal questions: Does Ms. Gaga know how to pronounce the words 'temporal' and 'infinite'? |
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Post by wyouser on Mar 27, 2013 16:02:50 GMT -5
Pretty Awesome Virgil
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 27, 2013 16:08:36 GMT -5
Beautiful! The film is also quite accurate, except for one little detail ... sperm don't swim like that. The majority of those that aren't going the wrong way are swimming in circles. It's a wonder they ever get where they're supposed to be going!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2013 16:08:55 GMT -5
I love this video. So cool.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 27, 2013 16:10:10 GMT -5
Beautiful! The film is also quite accurate, except for one little detail ... sperm don't swim like that. The majority of those that aren't going the wrong way are swimming in circles. It's a wonder they ever get where they're supposed to be going! They're EE sperm.  |
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Mar 27, 2013 16:11:05 GMT -5
Virgil, LMAO!! Now I have to watch it!
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 27, 2013 16:13:13 GMT -5
Beautiful! The film is also quite accurate, except for one little detail ... sperm don't swim like that. The majority of those that aren't going the wrong way are swimming in circles. It's a wonder they ever get where they're supposed to be going! They're EE sperm. Ahh! So that was it! Seriously, the first time I saw a film of sperm on their way to their destination, I almost laughed myself into a coma. I've never seen such a picture of mass confuddlement in my life! I really had to exercise control to keep from disrupting the entire auditorium. |
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 27, 2013 16:14:38 GMT -5
Virgil, LMAO!! Now I have to watch it! Don't let it fool you! Sperm couldn't swim in a straight line if you gave them each a darned guide-line!  |
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 27, 2013 16:18:02 GMT -5
Virgil, LMAO!! Now I have to watch it! Don't let it fool you! Sperm couldn't swim in a straight line if you gave them each a darned guide-line! Consider it a good thing. If they all swam straight and true to egg city, 'Octomom' would be the norm rather than the exception.  |
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Post by Reckless Roselia on Mar 27, 2013 16:18:32 GMT -5
They're EE sperm. Ahh! So that was it! Seriously, the first time I saw a film of sperm on their way to their destination, I almost laughed myself into a coma. I've never seen such a picture of mass confuddlement in my life! I really had to exercise control to keep from disrupting the entire auditorium. lol There's only room for one lucky sperm. |
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Mar 27, 2013 16:19:23 GMT -5
I think I just figured out why so many of us have claustrophobia. Cool video! But I'm still glad I never had one of those. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2013 16:23:58 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2013 16:24:03 GMT -5
Don't let it fool you! Sperm couldn't swim in a straight line if you gave them each a darned guide-line! Consider it a good thing. If they all swam straight and true to egg city, 'Octomom' would be the norm rather than the exception. Not sure the spermies have any control over that. |
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Mar 27, 2013 16:27:03 GMT -5
Kid of freaky how they (we) look like aliens in the early stages.
[Which could also explain some people here]
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 27, 2013 16:27:11 GMT -5
Don't let it fool you! Sperm couldn't swim in a straight line if you gave them each a darned guide-line! Consider it a good thing. If they all swam straight and true to egg city, 'Octomom' would be the norm rather than the exception. That's why ova have steel doors!  |
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Post by mmhmm on Mar 27, 2013 16:28:03 GMT -5
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 27, 2013 16:31:38 GMT -5
Consider it a good thing. If they all swam straight and true to egg city, 'Octomom' would be the norm rather than the exception. That's why ova have steel doors! That's something we can boast about at least. Sure I may have a dead-end job, no love life, and $500,000 in debt I have no way of paying back, but at least I can say that millions fought to the death for one half of me, and that the other half of me was the meanest, toughest, fastest sperm in town. |
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Mar 27, 2013 16:32:54 GMT -5
I thought we looked more like a baby squirrel then became Alienish looking.  |
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Mar 27, 2013 16:34:21 GMT -5
Speak for yourself!
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Post by kent on Mar 27, 2013 16:55:53 GMT -5
Thanks Virgil! A really moving and beautiful presentation.
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Post by kent on Mar 27, 2013 16:58:01 GMT -5
Beautiful! The film is also quite accurate, except for one little detail ... sperm don't swim like that. The majority of those that aren't going the wrong way are swimming in circles. It's a wonder they ever get where they're supposed to be going! We (men) have a real thing about asking for directions so now you have proof of why that's the case - it's in our genes...... |
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Post by Jaguar on Mar 27, 2013 17:31:11 GMT -5
That's why ova have steel doors! That's something we can boast about at least. Sure I may have a dead-end job, no love life, and $500,000 in debt I have no way of paying back, but at least I can say that millions fought to the death for one half of me, and that the other half of me was the meanest, toughest, fastest sperm in town.
And then that half of you woke up.
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