As I've gotten older, I mean.

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because after the point of fertility, our genetic code is a trashbin of terrible genes. Your genetic code is the product of millennia of selective pressure for breeding, and once that period has passed, we are left with a number of genetic disorders that, as irrelevant as they are to reproduction, become more pronounced.

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