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- inactive, on 04/08/2009, -0/+17How many double hand transplants have actually been performed? I'm surprised they have that much data on the subject. I mean this is based on just 2 cases. You've got to wonder.
- AnimaStomp, on 04/08/2009, -0/+12Lefties are superior obviously....
- sockpuppets, on 04/08/2009, -0/+9I bet you wouldn't need another person for a dutch rudder.
- ousthouse, on 04/08/2009, -0/+8You're telling me the left hand works first? I didn't even know hand transplants were possible. Cool.
- Chompy, on 04/08/2009, -0/+5Indeed. It's a little know fact that all humans are born right-handed.. only the greatest of them are able to overcome this flaw.
- zyklon, on 04/08/2009, -1/+6Could be a bottleneck in the nerve system. I mean, *****. The hands were transplanted. There's GOT to be serious nervous instabilities now.
- PaulClayberg, on 04/08/2009, -0/+4Lefties are sexier.
- Fishn2, on 04/08/2009, -1/+4I agree with the goat button guy up there.
I don't care, but mostly because all I can think about now is how to rig up those four extra arms I've always wanted. - akchrs, on 04/08/2009, -0/+3I'd rather have super strength bionic hands but I would only use them for good..... unless someone broke into my house or something then I'd have to throw down.
- XnotAcitizenX, on 04/08/2009, -0/+2I was to see pictures of this ... it is almost useless without them.
- roddack, on 04/08/2009, -1/+3now we need to attach the hands in reverse and see if the new right works first
- i4ybrid, on 04/08/2009, -0/+2A sample size of two is hardly enough to conclusively say "the left hand usually begins working first"
- FredFredrickson, on 04/08/2009, -0/+2Yeah, arthritis at age 13 would rock!
- Jeepinator, on 04/08/2009, -0/+2Were the hand donors left handed? That would be cool to find out that the hand actually controls handedness and not the brain, or the brain chooses the better of the two hands.
- Methusalah, on 04/08/2009, -0/+2pretty sure that would still be using them for good.
- Chompy, on 04/08/2009, -0/+2..it got into my hand and it went bad.
- billricardi, on 04/08/2009, -0/+1Repathing in the brain is one of the single most amazing feat of the human brain. As in this case, the brain, in essence, created new circuitry in the motor region. That's damn close to miraculous.
In my case, I received a sharp blow to the back of the head in high school, stopping my breathing and heart for almost a minute. Even though I still have minor memory issues, my brain actually created bizarre new pathing that awakened some sort of lucid dreaming that apparently helps me remember important things, long term. Whenever I see stories like this, I'm reminded of the freakish and fantastic things that a brain can do when it needs to! - jba68, on 04/08/2009, -0/+1The Brain.... Its Awesome
- akchrs, on 04/08/2009, -0/+1Do you wade through empty cans of Miller Lite to get to your PC?
- billricardi, on 04/08/2009, -0/+1Hmmm. I wade through piles of porn to get to my couch. Is that close?
- jba68, on 04/08/2009, -0/+1what a fun joke it would be to put the right hand on the left wrist, and the left hand on the right wrist.
that would have to ***** something up. especially with their thumbs in the wrong spot..... - AlienMushroom, on 04/08/2009, -0/+1Perhaps they are only good at transplanting left hands.
- petedee, on 04/08/2009, -3/+4Dammit, i wanted to be the first one to make a wanking joke :(
- Alli3388, on 04/08/2009, -0/+1So what?
- ryrocker, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1i had a dyslexia moment and i thought it read, "in double penetration, left hand works first"
sorry...
ive got dicks on the brain. - cfuse, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1It's easier to hook up something that's less sophisticated than a pirate's hook.
- cfuse, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1By the same token, all available data supports the hypothesis.
- ryrocker, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1you know i googled "all humans are born right-handed" to see if there was any truth in what you said...
and you were this thread was the first result. - ryrocker, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1wtf? i googled what a dutch rudder was, according to urban dictionary it is
"When a man masturbates, and another person grabs his arm and makes him do the motion. It's sort of like a cross between masturbation and a handjob. He is still holding on, but the other person is still moving your arm."
that doesnt sound very pleasant... if anything this sounds like a compromise a husband makes with his wife when she doesnt want to have sex anymore.
haha and i like how they use the word "other person" in the defintion
"hey jimmy... tug on my arm..."
"k... why is your hand in your pocket?"
"dont worry about it" - cfuse, on 04/09/2009, -1/+2If they go to all the effort to stitch 2 hands on they're going to be watching the patient like a hawk. They probably have statistics for how many times a day they fart.
- the8thbit, on 04/08/2009, -0/+1But can they give me robot hands with the dexterity of a classically trained holophonor player?
- Chompy, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1That's because I made it up as part of the joke.
- cfuse, on 04/09/2009, -0/+1Your hands have the same degrees of freedom that his do, it's your brain that's deficient.
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- benderillo, on 04/08/2009, -1/+1Imagine if you were a teenager and they gave you a pair of 80 year old hands. That would be awesome.
- gkiltz, on 04/09/2009, -0/+0If the person is biologically right handed, the part of the brain that controls the right hand may be so much more complex that it takes a while longer to figure things out!
- LogicBomB, on 04/08/2009, -3/+2Because modern medicine is evil and the left hand is the devil's hand!
/sarcasm - cshipley, on 04/08/2009, -2/+1Ok, for all of you who are confused about a 'dutch rudder'
http://guglit.com/GTRgs - gizram84, on 05/30/2009, -2/+1what a worthy cause to use research time for...
yeahhhh for France!!!!!!!
ohh geez, aren't the french too busy hiding from the world financial crisis? - Narcism, on 04/07/2009, -14/+9Right-handed male hands transplant recipients left sexually frustrated, performing strangers.
- bromanct, on 04/08/2009, -14/+6WHO CARES GOAT BUTTON http://www.poolhousemedia.com/g
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