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more about #bellybuttons samethingwedoeverynightpinky: 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 po... more » SylvanSylph: Hmm. If a guy is face to face with my belly button, he has already judged my reproductive potential. more » mommy_dearest: Belly buttons are just knots to make sure your guts don't fall out at inconvenient times. more » Shamrockette: My belly button's a gaping hole. I can store quarters inside it! It comes in handy for the recession. :) more » million.dollar.mouth.: I would like to know what a man's belly button says about his ability to do whatever...... more » stonebiscuit rolled a 1 on initiative: 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 m... more » BlondeGrlz: I think the current use of my belly button is baby cooking timer. When it pops, this kid is OUT, genetics be damned. more » TurtleSpeak: I hate it when people touch my belly button. It feels funny. Thinking about it makes me slightly nauseous. I hate bellybuttons. more » million.dollar.mouth.: 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 d... more » rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: 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?" The... more » amsci: 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! more » legallynonblonde: 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 c... more » morninggloria: I thought that the official naval policy was "Don't ask, Don't tell." more » BlondeGrlz: 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 membe... more » J.D.Regent: 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... more » sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): My navel is shaped like dodecahedron and is designed to deter assholes by judging me by my reproductive potential. more » hortense: Well, this is bad news for Kyle XY, I tell you what. Also, sometimes when you're feeling thrown about by Angelina Jolie's perfectness, it's best to th... more » tscheese: Oh goody, gut phrenology! more » PrettyNotPretty: Oh good. Another minuscule body part to be self conscious about and obsess over. more » misspie: what, exactly, would make an "abnormal" belly button abnormal? i mean, they're all kinda weird, so i'm thinking an abnormal one would have fangs or so... more » -
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Navel Gazing
We've always assumed our navels are just for piercing, but Aki Sinkkonen has a new theory on the belly button: he believes that they served the evolutionary purpose of signaling fertility to potential mates. More »
