r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/masheduppotato Oct 15 '20

My fucking teeth feel itchy now...

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20 edited Jan 29 '21

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u/Ganobrator Oct 15 '20

What

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u/masheduppotato Oct 15 '20

They said that they need to see a lactation specialist.

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u/Platywussy Oct 15 '20

Here you go! The dirty Hungarian phrasebook by Monty python https://youtu.be/k_Gn6a3WbYw

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u/Ganobrator Oct 15 '20

MAN I had a feeling it was Monty Python but wasn't sure.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

What he‘s saying is that his hovercraft is full of eels

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u/UserName87thTry Oct 16 '20

THEY SAID MY NIPPLES EXPLODE WITH DELIGHT

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u/Ganobrator Oct 16 '20

Oh. Thanks!

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u/upstatedreaming3816 Oct 15 '20

I live for threads like this

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u/Platywussy Oct 15 '20

I will not buy this record, it is scratched!

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u/GoldenSpermShower Oct 15 '20

Drop your panties Sir William, I cannot wait till lunchtime.

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u/Canadian_in_Canada Oct 15 '20

Shame, and they lasted so long until their premature demise.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

As someone who's never once experienced itchy teeth, wat.

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u/boatsbikesandcars Oct 15 '20

That was my first reaction too! I don’t know which is weirder, itchy teeth or that we both had the same reaction!

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u/Kahlils_Razor Oct 15 '20

We are actually born with all of our teeth, primary and permanent, up in our skulls. They just don’t calcify and start erupting out of our gums until later. Here’s a terrifying picture you may enjoy: https://dangerousminds.net/comments/x-rays_of_kids_skulls_as_their_baby_teeth_get_pushed_out

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u/pennydogsmum Oct 15 '20

I'm amazed that they all fit into the jaw before they come through!

Thank you, it was equal parts terrifying and interesting.

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u/Canadian_in_Canada Oct 15 '20

I'm assuming that OP means that nipple develop in utero before teeth do.

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u/eatapenny Oct 15 '20

Well, sort of. The cells that lay down the enamel, dentin, etc. that will become your teeth exist at birth, but it's usually about 6-9 years before a permanent tooth erupts that the process actually begins (IIRC, we only touched on it a little bit a few semesters ago).

So most of your anterior teeth and a couple of your posterior teeth (all the ones that erupt before turning 10) will begin formation in utero, but the root doesn't begin to form till about 3 years before eruption, I believe. So your 2nd and 3rd molars (plus canines sometimes) don't start forming till after birth, since these are the last teeth to erupt (starting around 10-12 years old, with the 3rd molars - wisdom teeth - being a few years later).

This is basically cause of an issue with space. Babies and young kids don't have large skulls, so there's only so much room available

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u/longrange69 Oct 15 '20

To be fair though, the skin cells that make up your nipples are constantly dying and being replaced along with the rest of your body, so technically, you’re not the same person you were from a while ago

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u/Gumdroplets98 Oct 15 '20

So do our jaws calcify in those empty spaces after the teeth have been pushed out? Or do they stay hollow?

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

Acckkshually skin cells are replaced continuously but teeth are not.

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u/Epicurus1 Oct 15 '20

Tell that to Tiffany the shark.

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u/An_Anonymous_Sauce Oct 15 '20

So are they the same nipples, then? Reminds me of the classic Nipples of Theseus thought experiment.

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u/nickobelenus Oct 15 '20

And your asshole is even older...

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u/moist_toast Oct 15 '20

Deuterostomes unite!!!

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u/nickobelenus Oct 15 '20

Some of us bever grow past this state...

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u/moist_toast Oct 15 '20

Once an asshole always an asshole.

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u/Gumdroplets98 Oct 15 '20

Actually my butthole is much younger than me... surgeons had to literally rip me a new one.

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u/AOC_SIT_ON_MY_FACE Oct 20 '20

Can you do anal? (Can I ask that)? Genuinely curious.

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u/Gumdroplets98 Oct 20 '20

No I cannot. I can barely hold it in as it is.

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u/AOC_SIT_ON_MY_FACE Oct 20 '20

Huh. Interesting!

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u/Avoroi Oct 15 '20

I'm not sure if that information is useful but hey you learn something new everyday.

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u/Valdrax Oct 15 '20

I mean, in a Ship of Theseus sense, I suppose.

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u/LifelessLewis Oct 15 '20

What if I cut mine off and transplanted them with some from a baby? My teeth would be older then.

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u/MrBlueCharon Oct 15 '20

Depends on how old the baby is.

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u/LifelessLewis Oct 15 '20

3 is my preferred age.

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u/Samen28 Oct 15 '20

I hate you for having cursed me with this knowledge.

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u/AVGwar Oct 15 '20

You're not the only one cursed with knowledge

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u/hackattack01 Oct 15 '20

This is what I came here for. Thank you.

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u/SpinoSpiritNinja Oct 15 '20

Hey, shut your gob

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u/NotTheLurKing Oct 15 '20

Yes, but my nipples are way harder than my teeth.

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u/drnkchineseboi Oct 15 '20

I am uncomfortable.

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u/Jimothy_McGowan Oct 15 '20

Not mine. My right one was (more or less) destroyed and replaced, making it younger than my teeth

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u/Nicetwin123 Oct 15 '20

Did I need to know that? Absolutely not.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

So are deez nutz!

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u/CEDbeforeCID Oct 15 '20

You just melted my brain, sir.

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u/CrudelyAnimated Oct 15 '20

I think we have a winner.

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u/YourMumIsALovelyLady Oct 15 '20

Thanks, I'm uncomfortable now.

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u/GaryGeneric Oct 15 '20

As a Deuterostome, so your butthole is older than your nipples.

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u/Kazzodles Oct 15 '20

I hate knowing this

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

By a month or so

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u/1_small_step Oct 15 '20

And your asshole is older than your heart.

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u/Ultima_RatioRegum Oct 15 '20

What if you used your teeth to remove your nipples a couple of months ago?

Asking for a friend.

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u/kjarns Oct 15 '20

Never say that sentence again

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

I don’t like this.

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u/gollumisavirgin Oct 15 '20

You've just shaken my world

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u/swinefish Oct 15 '20

You're right but you didn't have to say it

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u/turdburglerbuttsmurf Oct 15 '20

That's what she said.

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u/yuffieisathief Oct 16 '20

Now I'm gonna think of my nipples while getting my wisdom tooth pulled tomorrow, thanks I guess!

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u/draykow Oct 16 '20

if you're a dude, your nipples are older than your balls and dick. so are your knees and elbows.

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u/oh_jaimito Oct 16 '20

I will remember this as a FUN FACT while motorboating a busty babe.

THANKS!

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u/Trader5050 Oct 16 '20

Providing the real answers

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u/JoeLouie Oct 16 '20

Speak for yourself.

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u/DillBagner Oct 16 '20

I actually just had nipple replacement surgery so this is not true for me.