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samethingwedoeverynightpinky
02/03/09

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Why does everything have to have an evolutionary purpose? I thought the deal with evolution is that their is some inherent diversity of traits in a population, and where some those traists are linked to surival somehow, those traits can increase or die out. But if a trait is jut kind of there in the first place, and doesn't affect survival, there'd be no reason it would go away. And (possible dumb question)-- is belly button type genetic anyway?
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SylvanSylph
02/03/09

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Hmm. If a guy is face to face with my belly button, he has already judged my reproductive potential.
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mommy_dearest
02/03/09

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Belly buttons are just knots to make sure your guts don't fall out at inconvenient times.
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Shamrockette
02/03/09

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My belly button's a gaping hole.

I can store quarters inside it! It comes in handy for the recession. :)
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DoubleExpresso doesn't know what to think....
02/03/09

@Shamrockette has to study, study, study!: OMG, my sig. other has a GIANT bellybutton - - it is SOOOOO HUGE! he is not a big dude either, it is the craziest thing. And you know, I've never paid attention much to men's bellybuttons but his is so unique. Instead of being a tiny fold, it is like bowl shaped with a significant hollow area where you can totally store things. Crazy!
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million.dollar.mouth.
02/03/09

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I would like to know what a man's belly button says about his ability to do whatever......
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stonebiscuit rolled a 1 on initiative
02/03/09

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And here I thought that belly buttons were a remnant of the umbilical cord, so that fetuses could eat. Silly me! Clearly they're yet another way for men to judge my fertility.
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prestocaro fears the culling
02/03/09

@stonebiscuit: There you go, being a woman, making everything about you, when clearly everything is about MEN.
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BlondeGrlz
02/03/09

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I think the current use of my belly button is baby cooking timer. When it pops, this kid is OUT, genetics be damned.
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prestocaro fears the culling
02/03/09

@BlondeGrlz: You could paint the inside of your belly button red so as to resemble those plastic turkey timers.

The resemblance makes sense because you know you're going to nom blondebaby's cheeks and adorable fingers.
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TurtleSpeak
02/03/09

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I hate it when people touch my belly button. It feels funny. Thinking about it makes me slightly nauseous. I hate bellybuttons.
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million.dollar.mouth.
02/03/09

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Leave it to a dude to give us women something else to hate about our bodies. I really don't care what my belly botton looks like, as long as it keep doing what it is doing (and that is spurting Kettle One and Olives).
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rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny
02/03/09

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Ummm... this guy doesn't really seem to have any observations to justify his hypothesis. It's just "Hey, why the heck are belly buttons so weird?" Then he proceeded to make some wild guesses about the umbilical cord getting messed up and leaving different shapes, which he said people would need to research.
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prestocaro fears the culling
02/03/09

@rmric0: so he's the scientific equivalent of a 90's stand-up comedian?

"What is the deal with belly buttons...?"
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amsci
02/03/09

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It's not my belly button that bothers me, it's the donut-like ring of fat that surrounds it. It can make buying clingy tops very difficult. Argh!
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special_boots
02/03/09

@amsci: Here is what you do with that ring of fat: squoosh it between your hands and show everyone your "fat bagel!" This is especially fun when you have a few unself-conscious friends and you can compare fat bagels. Or fat doughnuts, if you're having a bloaty day. No judgment.
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legallynonblonde
02/03/09

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My hubby's belly button is shaped like a cinnamon roll! Cinnamon roll yummy...

I wonder what that says about his fertility? That his sperm swim in circles?
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morninggloria
02/03/09

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I thought that the official naval policy was "Don't ask, Don't tell."
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BlondeGrlz
02/03/09

@morninggloria: BA-DUM-CHING!!!
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Diziet_Sma
02/03/09

@morninggloria: HA!
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
02/03/09

@morninggloria: It becomes a problem when your belly is covered in seamen.
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hello.kitty
02/03/09

@morninggloria: COTD!! Definitely a belly buster!
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anibundel
02/03/09

@lindsaylouhan: But if you already have an outie, how can you tell when the baby's done?
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BlondeGrlz
02/03/09

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I thought belly buttons came out different because of how they were cut at birth. Isn't that how you explain the difference between close family members? I have a normal if slightly deep innie and my sister has the weirdest outie ever.
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hortense
02/03/09

@BlondeGrlz: That's what I always thought, too.
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J.D.Regent
02/03/09

@BlondeGrlz: you think that because it is true.
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MissyMcCLung
02/03/09

@BlondeGrlz: Right - the shape of a bellybutton has nothing to do with genetics. This is ridiculous. If people have a preference for size and shape that seems likely to be socialized, not genetic...
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onestrawplz
02/03/09

@BlondeGrlz: @hortense: @J.D.Regent: @MissyMcCLung: Just to be a pain in the ass, it doesn't have anything to do with the way the cord was cut:

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J.D.Regent
02/03/09

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I really really don't see any correlation between belly button and genitals, except that if you have an innie and don't clean it enough it smells like butt.

"Evolutionary biologists" puhLEEZ spare us your theories.
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rosasparks
02/03/09

@J.D.Regent: I can hold a pencil in my innie. I have been known to write my name with the pencil, too. Also, if you press really hard, which minisparks does when we're in the bath, it sends a shooting pain up my neck. It is NOT connected to my genitals.

My innie does NOT smell like butt, however, it smells like dirt, if not cleaned regularly. It attracts lint, dirt and sometimes down feathers from my comforter.
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hello.kitty
02/03/09

@J.D.Regent: "The anthropologist Desmond Morris has argued that the bellybutton is a miniature image of the vagina.[2] This is a disputed idea, partly due to the fact that navel fetishism is present in some homosexual males and heterosexual females."
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AwkwardTurtle
02/03/09

@rosasparks: i have an amazingly deep belly button but i've never tried to stick things in there. (other than my finger and once qtip) thank you for showing me the way i'm going to kill time at work.
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J.D.Regent
02/03/09

@rosasparks: man I hate when I assume something embarrassing is universal and it's totally not...

in other news, SOME people I have known in the biblical sense have seemed to believe that tonguing my bellybutton provokes a similar feeling to tonguing my genitals. Friends, this is not true. Then again maybe they were just trying to help get rid of the butt smell.
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rosasparks
02/03/09

@J.D.Regent: Tonguing my belly button is not a sexy time for me, and will only lead to a fuzzy tongue for the tonguer. It's not OK.

(I have no shame or am embarrassed by anything!)
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AwkwardTurtle
02/03/09

@J.D.Regent: it's ok. mine stinks like butt too when its dirty. its a big deep butt hole on my stomach.
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formergr
02/03/09

@J.D.Regent: The only correlation I see is that for some bizarre reason if I press into to my belly button, I feel a sharp, stabbing pain in my vag. No idea why, but it has always been this way. Makes cleaning out the lint not quite so fun...
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boxspelunker
02/04/09

@AwkwardTurtle: This is hilarious and I am possibly crying tears of butt-joy. Wait, that sounds like diarrhea.
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