Monstrous
Monstrous People => Mutants, clones and cyborgs => Topic started by: KitsuneFue on December 06, 2008, 09:01:33 PM
-
I had a thought... Are any of you genetically mutated in any way?
The reason I wonder is because I am. My grandfather was caught one mile off shore when they dropped the bomb on Hiroshima in world war 2. He was trapped out on decks of his ship for 15 hours in the radiation fallout and it caused a mutation within his genetic code. That mutation allowed him to live longer than he would have other wise because his mutated genes made an experimental cancer treatment work for him when it had not worked for the other 99 members of his test group.
The mutated genes were passed down to my father and from my father to me. They cause my muscle and bone to be much denser than the normal humans' and it also makes me cystic because my body is constantly trying to heal wounds that aren't there. When I do get a wound I heal much faster than a normal person would.
Anyone have any thoughts, comments, or questions?
-
I'm definitely a genetic variation, cuz I am sterile, and a bunch of other reasons. But I have no idea if I am a flat out mutation. :?
-
I'm sterile too. From the innumerable cysts.
-
Yeah, I haven't even had a period since sixth grade, but I do regularly get the classic PMS mood swings that all girls get. *<:)
-
I have my period, but it only lasts 12-36 hours. And because I have endomitriosis it makes my cysts worse.
-
What's endomitriosis? Sounds painful. :?
-
heh, :evil: technically everybody would be a mutant since nobody's DNA is exactly the same.
-
You say that as if I didn't already know... >.>;
-
Wow, this thread is a great big massive case of "OH MY GOD THAT'S HORRIFIC". I actually got sick imagining ovarian cysts. Nice job Kitsune! Not very many people manage to make me sick!
Now, as for mutations, I don't really know if this counts or not, but I'm HUGE. I'm tall and muscular, but I weigh far more than I look like I should. 315 pounds to be exact. Sure I'm a big guy, but I hardly look that big. My doctor thinks it's because of abnormally dense muscles and bones, but I'm not so sure. Either way, it makes me strong as an oxe so I'm totally fine with it :-D
-
I have something kinda odd. My eyes are two different colors. One is mid/pale blue and the other is mid/pale green. The iris has a gold circle surrounding it with white/silver specks inside. The outside is marked by a dark ring. It's not easy to see but once you see it, it's all you can notice about my eyes.
I have a minor obsession with eyes and could tell you a lot of genetic mutations in the eye I've seen. There's everything from having purple eyes to having an eye split brown/blue. It's really cool.
I also have spots in my hair that are much lighter than the others, but not because of highlights or dead hair, just light/whitish.
Does that count?
-
My dog has a half blue/half brown eye. It's pretty sweet.
My doctor at one point was amazed that when I was little I had really straight, stringy hair. My hair is definitely anything BUT straight now, but he wanted to stick me under a microscope or something... was rambling about a "dormant gene" or whatever. I have no idea what that means, but I got the heck out of there. Not much of a mutation or anything, but just something...
Um... yeah, not much abnormal about me physically; It's all in my head. :-D
-
Amaya and Daemonin, I have oddities with my eyes and hair as well. My eyes change colors if I have too much or too little of certain minerals in my body. And as for my hair, it's natural coloration can only be described as calico... Like a calico cat. I have splotches of orange, brown, blonde, red, and deep grey.
Wow, this thread is a great big massive case of "OH MY GOD THAT'S HORRIFIC". I actually got sick imagining ovarian cysts. Nice job Kitsune! Not very many people manage to make me sick!
Now, as for mutations, I don't really know if this counts or not, but I'm HUGE. I'm tall and muscular, but I weigh far more than I look like I should. 315 pounds to be exact. Sure I'm a big guy, but I hardly look that big. My doctor thinks it's because of abnormally dense muscles and bones, but I'm not so sure. Either way, it makes me strong as an oxe so I'm totally fine with it :-D
I feel special now, Kreep. =P And sweet, someone with at least some of the same mutations as me. I look like I should weigh about 120, or so people have told me, and I actually weigh around 170. Only 28% body fat, too.
-
Isn't that low amount of body fat unhealthy? :?
-
Isn't that low amount of body fat unhealthy? :?
Yes it can be. Too much and too little both cause their own problems. As long as you're in the healthy range or near it thought, I'm pretty sure you'd be okay. The too low is usually posted for people with eating disorders and medical conditions that cause them to lose a lot of weight.
-
Yeah, I remember this super tall girl who didn't look skinny, but she always had to take these pills to make her gain weight. And it wasn't even from being too athletic either.
-
To people that say humans no longer evolve: All these here are examples of evolution in process, people's body mutating and in theory if the mutation helps them survive they'll live and pass it on, however as the world is today it's a lot more complex then that.
-
Isn't that low amount of body fat unhealthy? :?
No, it's not unhealthily low. The healthy range for women is between 35% and 25%. And I don't look unhealthily thin either. Because of my muscle mass I have a very healthy, curvy shape.
-
Ah, okay. Good to know that not all women think scrawny skeletons like super models are the only type of beauty. :laugh:
-
I actually feel if a woman is over 5'5" and under 130 they're unhealthy... And this is coming from someone who's 4'11" and 170. Admittedly I have low body fat, but still. Overtly skinny women disgust me. Overtly skinny men are another matter. :-P :-D
-
I sure know what you mean about that. :-D
-
I actually feel if a woman is over 5'5" and under 130 they're unhealthy
...and that's the reason we have anorexia, ladies and gentlemen. People with a ridiculous expectation for body size.
I, like any halfway sane man, appreciates a curvy woman with some meat on her bones. It's healthy, and it's natural. My ancestors were fierce warriors and hunters who needed a full-bodied woman who could keep them warm during the frozen nights and provide them with many strong sons.
A skinny woman can't birth sons that will bring in elk and boar for the nightly meal and plow fields and route oxen from pasture to pasture for hours and even days on end. A skinny woman gives birth to weak sons who can't provide for their families and weak daughters who give birth to more weak sons.
Hell, a skinny, frail little pathetic excuse for a woman doesn't even have the lungs to play bagpipes with any decent level of skill. Now THAT is pathetic.
So there. The Kreep has spoken. :-D
-
Skinny women are appreciated on the cat-walks because they serve as an excellent canvas for the clothes they model. Women who starve themselves to attain that type of body, do so not to get the attention of men, but to fit into clothes that would earn them the mixed admiration and envy of other women.
-
I actually feel if a woman is over 5'5" and under 130 they're unhealthy
...and that's the reason we have anorexia, ladies and gentlemen. People with a ridiculous expectation for body size.
I, like any halfway sane man, appreciates a curvy woman with some meat on her bones. It's healthy, and it's natural. My ancestors were fierce warriors and hunters who needed a full-bodied woman who could keep them warm during the frozen nights and provide them with many strong sons.
A skinny woman can't birth sons that will bring in elk and boar for the nightly meal and plow fields and route oxen from pasture to pasture for hours and even days on end. A skinny woman gives birth to weak sons who can't provide for their families and weak daughters who give birth to more weak sons.
Hell, a skinny, frail little pathetic excuse for a woman doesn't even have the lungs to play bagpipes with any decent level of skill. Now THAT is pathetic.
So there. The Kreep has spoken. :-D
What lovely words of wisdom. Agreed. You can't really say what is healthy or not for people becuase we have different body chemistry. I've been 5'8 1/2" and 140-145 lbs for four years and that is generally healthy for me. For another person a similar height and weight, that may be over or under weight. There are many things besides appearance and numbers to take in like bone structure, chemical makeup, metabolism. I personally have a faster metabolism and bony body/curvy body structure.
Then again, I suppose I don't really know why people are concerned about their appearance. I don't really dress up often, brush my hair much, or wear makeup at all. I didn't even wear makeup when I modeled for a photographer.... :lol:
-
OMG Amaya, I so know what you mean, I never wear make up at all. :-D
-
Hmmmmmm....... One thing... Really, honestly.... :focus:
*thumbs up* Kay? Thanks.
-
Hmmmmmm....... One thing... Really, honestly.... :focus:
*thumbs up* Kay? Thanks.
My apologies.
My back on topic remark: A lot of people in my area have gold circles around their iris.
-
maybe it's something in the water?
-
Quite possible. It kinda freaked me out because I read somewhere that a long time ago they thought that meant you were born from an incestuous relationship if you had eyes like that. :|
Then again...where I'm from...I don't really wonder, even if it was a baseless theory prescience :oops:
-
My apologies.
Oh no, it wasn't you that was off-topic. Regina was the one that was hijacking the thread.
-
Quite possible. It kinda freaked me out because I read somewhere that a long time ago they thought that meant you were born from an incestuous relationship if you had eyes like that. :|
Then again...where I'm from...I don't really wonder, even if it was a baseless theory prescience :oops:
Technically, all creatures of any species are inbred, somewhere, there had to be that one creature that was unique enough to be it's own new species, then it had babies, and had babies with THOSE babies, and so forth to make the new species of who you are now.
That's all evolution is: genetic mutation in which old genes are used in a new way, creating new attributes.
Anyways, the gold ring is probably nothing more than what I mentioned up ahead, your ancestors where in a mall group, and had this trait amongst them, for as new people came in and bred with them, and they grew in numbers on their own, it became a widespread trait singular to that area. :-)
-
Does that explain why you sometimes get reddish hair among non-Caucasian Melanasian peoples? A throwback to some ancient primordial ancestor perhaps?
-
I don't know about non Caucasian Melanesian peoples, but that's probably exactly what it is. Those peoples parents must have carried just enough remnant DNA with those that it sprouted up as dominant for that child.
See, think of genetics as a deck of cards. Each parent passes on half, so that the child has a full number of cards. But the content of those cards can be anything that both parents had. If your ancestors kept losing certain genetic codes due to predators or lack of breeding, then you will end up with only those that serve useful and are passed on.
So in the case of a very unusual trait popping up, then it's like both parents had a deck with half black cards, and half red cards with all the reds on bottom, and all the black cards on top. So they both passed on half of both the black and red cards. It got shuffled to be the unique gene code that is each person, with just enough red cards from both parents to be on top creating the very rare coloring of that person.
-
It got shuffled to be the unique gene code that is each person, with just enough red cards from both parents to be on top creating the very rare coloring of that person.
So if you carefully isolate that gene code and ensure that people who carry it are only allowed to mate with each other, it'll evantually become firmly established in the wider community,right? Is that what they call selective breeding? Thanks.
-
Exactly!!! That's why breeders make sure their pure bred dogs only breed with other purebreds, so all the genetic codes they spent centuries building aren't messed up or polluted.
Breeding creatures is also an artificial evolution, basically the handlers are acting like an environment, ensuring that only the genes that they want (otherwise known as genes that will ensure survival in the wild) will pass on.
-
Not necessarily... I mean, look at toy dogs... You think they'd survive in the wild? =P I highly doubt you'd see a roving pack of Pomeranians terrorizing someone's live stock.
-
They'd survive in the wild urban settings.
"OMG IT'S SO CUTE! LET'S KEEP IT IN MY PURSE AND NAME IT FIFI!"
Those really tiny genes are what breeders chose to keep the toys cute and puntable. Regina was just making an analogy.
-
Yeah, I'd have to agree with you, Dae. However, without humans around small dogs would most likely be eaten by larger dogs.
Anyway, if someone wants to make a thread about this in Monstrous Animals that would be great, but we really need to get :focus:
Anyone else here have strange mutations?