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fwankie
@fwankie

being bipedal is fucked
basically zero other animals risk dying instantly if they trip over something


jaidamack
@jaidamack

the fact that standing height is a potentially deadly fall is an absolutely bonkers evolutionary trait, oh boy i can reach high and grab things whOOPs i fell over slightly wrong and cracked my brain case


fwankie
@fwankie

And we're less stable to start, loads of animals can stand around fine if they have a leg caught in something, most humans fall over immediately if you unexpectedly can't move a leg, and yeah potentially die


fwankie
@fwankie

like you are statistically more likely to die because you just fell over than you are to die because of a car crash, and car crashes are a wacky physics lesson we invented that kill a shitload of people, being bipedal is just that fucked


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in reply to @fwankie's post:

Don't most large animals like ungulates have big and very lethal issues if they do manage to fall over? Since it requires them to get caught in such a compromised position that one of their legs just breaks and humans are really the only creatures who bounce back from stuff like that.