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[scrdest]

Yeah... Intelligence and strength, the two things most racists say are different between the races (whites being smarter, of course) were decided before Homo Sapiens left Africa,  and then went on to diversify into the various ethnicities. Everything else is either cultural or just stereotyping. (Such as Asian men being good at math.)

Huh? People from Northern Germany are definitely taller (and more blonde) than those from Souhern Germany - why should such differences not exist with, let's say, muscle strength? A slight mutation of the gene responsible for testosterone production would be sufficient...

High muscle strength is a universally beneficial trait, unless it would be coupled with something negative - like sickle cell anemia in reverse. So, there is a selective pressure that eliminates extremely low strength and favors medium and high. Meanwhile height and melanin levels are beneficial in certain climates and detrimental in others, so in one region evolution might select for low height and in other for high height.

[Helgoland]

Yeah... Intelligence and strength, the two things most racists say are different between the races (whites being smarter, of course) were decided before Homo Sapiens left Africa,  and then went on to diversify into the various ethnicities. Everything else is either cultural or just stereotyping. (Such as Asian men being good at math.)

Huh? People from Northern Germany are definitely taller (and more blonde) than those from Souhern Germany - why should such differences not exist with, let's say, muscle strength? A slight mutation of the gene responsible for testosterone production would be sufficient...

High muscle strength is a universally beneficial trait, unless it would be coupled with something negative - like sickle cell anemia in reverse. So, there is a selective pressure that eliminates extremely low strength and favors medium and high. Meanwhile height and melanin levels are beneficial in certain climates and detrimental in others, so in one region evolution might select for low height and in other for high height.

I assure you, Lower Saxony and the Rhineland are not so different that that explanation would hold. That explanation also demands that peoples with a common (recent) ancestor who settled in similar regions should stay identical: Again, that is not the case.
(And height is not universally beneficial: Just ask my spine.)

[Culise]

Yeah... Intelligence and strength, the two things most racists say are different between the races (whites being smarter, of course) were decided before Homo Sapiens left Africa,  and then went on to diversify into the various ethnicities. Everything else is either cultural or just stereotyping. (Such as Asian men being good at math.)

Huh? People from Northern Germany are definitely taller (and more blonde) than those from Souhern Germany - why should such differences not exist with, let's say, muscle strength? A slight mutation of the gene responsible for testosterone production would be sufficient...

High muscle strength is a universally beneficial trait, unless it would be coupled with something negative - like sickle cell anemia in reverse. So, there is a selective pressure that eliminates extremely low strength and favors medium and high. Meanwhile height and melanin levels are beneficial in certain climates and detrimental in others, so in one region evolution might select for low height and in other for high height.

Well, one thing I can immediately think of is increased metabolism - the brain and muscles are some of the most resource-intensive organs in the body as far as food consumption is concerned.  A genetic predisposition towards increased muscle density would increase the risk of starvation in times of dire need, as the body would effectively be forced to consume itself sooner in order to feed that increased muscle mass per the same unit volume, and in genetic terms, it's not very long ago that we left behind the risk of starvation due to one bad harvest even in the First World alone (completely neglecting those parts of the world where this threat is still a thing).  It's also something that cannot be simply selected since it presumably relies on a wide range of genetic alleles that may vary in a myriad of permutations, and thus would be difficult to select for even over multiple generations. 

[BlackFlyme]

The weather was not bad today, so there is that. Though it's still cold, and I lost my gloves. And my step-dad is bitching me out about wearing boots, and that I should be wearing running shoes, even though there's still snow everywhere.

My project looks like garbage. It literally hurts my eyes to look at. And there is nothing I can do about it, since the partner who currently has the slideshow thinks it looks great. I point out a flaw, and it gets ignored and/or I get insulted. It breaks just about every presentation rule that my teacher taught us.

[Yoink]

My project looks like garbage. It literally hurts my eyes to look at. And there is nothing I can do about it, since the partner who currently has the slideshow thinks it looks great. I point out a flaw, and it gets ignored and/or I get insulted. It breaks just about every presentation rule that my teacher taught us.

You should weaponize it! Use your project to burn out the teacher's eyes, that way they can't give you bad grades.

[BlackFlyme]

My project looks like garbage. It literally hurts my eyes to look at. And there is nothing I can do about it, since the partner who currently has the slideshow thinks it looks great. I point out a flaw, and it gets ignored and/or I get insulted. It breaks just about every presentation rule that my teacher taught us.

You should weaponize it! Use your project to burn out the teacher's eyes, that way they can't give you bad grades.

I don't think grades work that way. Plus the unintended casualties and the risk of self-immolation would be too high.

[Knit tie]

So, uh, you guys want to hear how I tested my iceaxe on wolves?

[Yoink]

Not particularly.

[NAV]

I have a 5 foot long claymore resting about a foot from my bed. I also have a shield, ball-peen hammer, spiked knuckles, and a dart gun in my room.

So, uh, you guys want to hear how I tested my iceaxe on wolves?

yes

[My Name is Immaterial]

So, uh, you guys want to hear how I tested my iceaxe on wolves?

Yes, please.

[penguinofhonor]

I was under the impression that Black Americans benefited genetically/physically from slave breeding as well.

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I feel like I need a different word than ''benefited'' there :p

I don't think there's much evidence for that. This seems like a good post explaining why that's not true.

[MagmaMcFry]

So, uh, you guys want to hear how I tested my iceaxe on wolves?

* MagmaMcFry is listening.

[GiglameshDespair]

So, uh, you guys want to hear how I tested my iceaxe on wolves?

* MagmaMcFry is listening.

+1

[Helgoland]

So, uh, you guys want to hear how I tested my iceaxe on wolves?

*eager nodding all around*

[Darvi]

Any bets on this being a "Psyche!" thing or something?