1 yr. ago • 95%

me_irl

(Comic I made three years ago. Ignore the twitter logo)

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Heh

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- Heh
  
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  for three years i have seen and loved this comic so much.
  
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  Heh
  
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- Heh
  
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Serious question: Is this how genetics works?

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- Serious answer: eggs have a protective barrier around them, so sperm actually need to group in bunches to break the barrier, and a single lone sperm is incredibly unlikely to do well on its own. As such the ones that have a higher chance of success are actually the ones that are last and get in after the barrier's been weakened.
  
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  There's also evidence that eggs 'choose' the sperm, or at least filter out some sperm based on genetic factors.
  
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  I think this was a plot point in Ender’s Game.
  
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- In addition to the other comments, the egg is, you know, also you. The personification of one gamete or another based on your gender is weird and unnecessarily dismissive of 50% of your parentage.
  
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  I've never even seen this trope done where the egg is sentient. I'd find the twist amusing just for the novelty alone.
  
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- Permanently Deleted
  
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  What if this represents the sperm of two separate donors?
  
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- Regarding fertilization, it was recently discovered that the female body uses only samples of sperm at a time, not the whole "load" at once (you want a source and I do too to refresh my memory, but I don't know how to google this specific thing).
  
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- I can’t wait for these types of questions to be on the rise, seemingly mostly from the south
  
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bepis

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- No conk onli bepis
  
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