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[–]Thintri 70 points71 points ago

I've heard this joke before in a similar form.

A bunch of engineers are sitting around at a party, discussing the nature of the God, and who designed women.

The mechanical engineer states that God must also be a mechanical engineer because "if you look at all the pulleys and levers that drive the body, how the tendons and muscles and bones all work together, well, it's just amazing."

The chemical engineer says that no, God has to be a chemical engineer because "if you look at all the chemical processes that drive the body, how the hormones and the brain and the glands and everything else all interact, well, it's just astounding."

The electrical engineer says that no, God has to be an electrical engineer because "if you look at the circuitry of the body, how the thousands upon millions of nerve cells transmit signals from one part to another, well, it boggles the mind."

The civil engineer speaks up last of all and says, no, God is definitely a civil engineer, because "only a civil engineer would run a sewer through a playground. "

[–]throwawaygirl121212 5 points6 points ago

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

[–]IAmASpy 23 points24 points ago

Or, every joke book since 1975.

[–]Zorgius 1 point2 points ago

Forgotten.

[–]mermanbeta 67 points68 points ago

I'm kind of pumped to watch him on The Daily Show tonight

[–]PimpNinjaMan 82 points83 points ago

[–]DutchPrisoner 30 points31 points ago

I went to college with a guy who played the green power ranger for awhile. That is all.

[–]xxneoxx3000 12 points13 points ago*

The green ranger in the original series? or the shitty ones after?

[–]spankymuffin 2 points3 points ago

Equivalent?

Equivalent?!

[–]EntityDamage 14 points15 points ago

I did not know this. Thanks. Let me FTFY: I am extremely pumped to watch him on TDS tonight!.

[–]Lampmonster1 6 points7 points ago

Thank you. I might have missed it if you hadn't made this comment.

[–]btse 2 points3 points ago

ty so much for letting me know this is on tonight.

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[–]harabanaz 140 points141 points ago

I suppose if humans were designed the stupidest part of the design would be that the birth canal passes through the pelvis and not out the belly.

[–]theDogsBollux 280 points281 points ago

Women are inferior and have more sin. They deserve pain for carrying man's child, since he carries the burden of obtaining orgasm in order to conceive. Not to mention MEN were created in God's image, and women were just thrown in there to satisfy, pleasure, and carry Man's pain.

[–]DEWSHO 38 points39 points ago

Upvoted for "burden of obtaining orgasm"!

Sneaky ninja edit: I'm gonna go find a burden to bear.

[–]saadakhtar 12 points13 points ago

You must carry the burden to your bunk.

[–]Fractoman 1 point2 points ago

It's a heavy burden.

[–]RoryJ 1 point2 points ago

But remember to share the load.

[–]xaronax 3 points4 points ago

Sssssshhhhaaaarrrrreeee the looooaaaaddddd.

[–]PuyoDead 95 points96 points ago

Seriously? People are downvoting this guy? You people really need to get your sarcasm meters fixed.

[–]theDogsBollux 92 points93 points ago

It's okay, I can't even tell when I'm being sarcastic anymore.

[–]ChiefNugs 14 points15 points ago

You could make some money doing that.

[–]cbSparhawk 30 points31 points ago

I'm sarcastically downvoting him.

[–]ufris 4 points5 points ago

It's good to know that Poe's Law is still true.

[–]XaeTae 7 points8 points ago

People are down voting because some dumb shits ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT.

[–]Sonorama21 4 points5 points ago

I thought you were gonna say "Seriously? People are downvoting this guy? You people really need to listen to the man."

[–]sysop073 1 point2 points ago

You say that as though there aren't people would say those words verbatim and fervently believe them

[–]Overeacting 6 points7 points ago

As I recall, the pain of child birth is the punishment given to women because Eve ate the apple. Citation needed.

[–]modemthug 2 points3 points ago

I've taken my pain out on every girlfriend I've ever had ;[

[–]PuP5 1 point2 points ago

the crazy part is the fundamental self-misinformation that the male of the species needs to perpetuate. it's the female of the sex that the species simply can't do without. us males are just specialized females who have lost the life bearing capacity. is that so fundamental a truth that we need to codify the lie in our most sacred texts? so fucked up.

[–]Cobruh 2 points3 points ago

yeeee haww! 'merica!

[–]oD3 72 points73 points ago

Not to mention, most vaginal births end up leaving the downstairs area looking like a badly packed kebab.

[–]statuslegendary 33 points34 points ago

Thanks for the visual!

[–]SkeetRag 21 points22 points ago

That description of a vagina is only second to the classic, 'ax wound'.

[–]leemill02 6 points7 points ago

My favorite is the "box of cow tongues"

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

suddenly I'm really hungry...

[–]mrgerbek 14 points15 points ago

Passing through the pelvis puts pressure on the child's respiratory system, expelling amniotic fluid. Shortcut that, and you can end up drowning.

[–]greatatdrinking 30 points31 points ago

Chicks would look like jaffa from stargate. I could get into that....

[–]jbenuniv 8 points9 points ago

KREE!

[–]Tattycakes 8 points9 points ago

I simply cannot reconcile their pronunciation of "Jafar" to the spelling of Jaffa. FUCKING JAFFA CAKES.

[–]floomp 6 points7 points ago

If I'm remembering correctly, don't they pronounce it "jah-FAH"? I don't think there was any r.

[–]DrDew00 2 points3 points ago

Actually it wasn't consistent how it was pronounced. It depended on which character was speaking. I remember three pronunciations. JAH-fah, jah-FAH, jah-FAR.

[–]LimitForce 11 points12 points ago

[–]aUsedBaconCondom 3 points4 points ago

What part of giant toothed snake inhabiting the pouch are you forgetting? That's like sticking your dick in a hungry python enclosure.

[–]OddLawnGnome 7 points8 points ago

That was one of the worst Thursdays ever.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

mmm Jolene Blalock

[–]websnarf 1 point2 points ago

So ... you are advocating, the kangaroo solution? (Not that I'm opposed ... seems interesting). We better get Dr. Mephisto on it!

[–]RubSomeFunkOnIt 276 points277 points ago

He fails to take into account that when conditions are right, the sewage system is part of the entertainment complex.

[–]yonicay 85 points86 points ago

DEVIANT!

[–]StankyMung 59 points60 points ago

Relevant username?

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points ago

You fail to take into account that when conditions are right, sometimes the entertainment complex is part of the sewage system.

:3

[–]BrendanFraser 5 points6 points ago

When does this happen? TELL ME

[–]SheaF91 7 points8 points ago

He's talking about periods, dude.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

Are you really Brendan Fraser? Because if you are, you should know what I'm talking about.

[–]SheaF91 3 points4 points ago

And might I say, I admire how quickly you created that account after that happened.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

As soon as I heard the good news.

[–]fool_of_a_took 1 point2 points ago

Tee hee. I see what you did there.

[–]Clayburn 9 points10 points ago

Get out!

[–]Phunk131 5 points6 points ago

Lazy Rick Santorum joke.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Without the sewage system Santorum would be a nobody!

[–]aazav 2 points3 points ago

He still is.

[–]garygaz 56 points57 points ago

Why is there hair in my anus, god, WHY?!

[–]poleethman 28 points29 points ago

To prevent chafing on your skin.

[–]SicilianEggplant 44 points45 points ago

Go ahead and shave it, I dare you. You'd never question it again.

[–]Lampmonster1 15 points16 points ago

I can barely shave my face.

[–]capt_spalding 6 points7 points ago

I was thinking this too...ass shaving has got to be incredibly difficult. How does one go about safely...no, nevermind.

[–]MsMish24 6 points7 points ago

Shower acrobatics.

[–]treefrg426 29 points30 points ago

I keep my whole back area shaved. Never had a problem with it. Can be a bit itchy the first couple times you do it. Beats getting turd dingles stuck in the hair.

[–]hartlocker 42 points43 points ago

Dingleberries*

[–]d4nny 18 points19 points ago

I just googled it, that's the actual definition of diggleberries? wtf

[–]wellthatdoesit 8 points9 points ago

Did you think it was something else? Like some sort of actual berry that one might put in a delicious smoothie?

[–]d4nny 15 points16 points ago

yes

[–]sgt_shizzles 8 points9 points ago

oh god my sides and/or dignity

[–]zenmunster 3 points4 points ago

Add to the list of things I wish I could unlearn.

[–]Blithon 2 points3 points ago

That should not have blown my mind the way it did.

[–]LukaCola 4 points5 points ago

I honestly can't think of a way one would go about this without the help of some friend.

And I don't know anybody I hate that much.

[–]fani 5 points6 points ago

If you ask god, you won't get an answer.

If you think about an evolutionary need for it or an evolutionary result, you will find there is a logical answer.

[–]bamshoulddie 242 points243 points ago

He is so smart and dreamy. Everything he says makes sense. Everything he says and does makes the world a better place. I don't think I'll ever love another man the way I love him. He is the greatest man. If Jeebus was real I think he would be Neil deGrasse Tyson.

[–]aceist 174 points175 points ago

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is so smart and so hip and so Black and....oh science! I think I just liberal'd in my pants...

[–]spankymuffin 36 points37 points ago

Why did you capitalize the word "black"?

[–]Overeacting 16 points17 points ago

I'm so happy "Sittin on the Toilet" is the big suggested video when that ends.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

If Jeebus was real he'd be a chump compared to NDT, just like most people.

[–]colbysax 3 points4 points ago

There's 3 things I love and those are Neil degrasse Tyson.

[–]JasoTheArtisan 9 points10 points ago

your comments today have left me laughing most heartily.

[–]kilo4fun 11 points12 points ago*

Quickly converging on a jerky circle there...

[–]smallfryontherise 2 points3 points ago

The only person I love more is Salman Khan

[–]juke_the_stats 1 point2 points ago

At first I thought he was overrated. But he seems to say clever things about everything all the fucking time. I don't know anybody else who does that.

[–]lemonpjb 1 point2 points ago

The jerkiest of circles.

[–]FBFismyspiritanimal 46 points47 points ago

My favorite example of stupid design is the eyeball. Because the last time I installed a faucet, I made sure that the knobs were behind all the other pipes and plumbing so you would have to reach in through all those to get to them. Also, the hot and cold knobs were set up backward, so you had to turn on the opposite one of the kind of water you wanted. Finally, my finishing touch was making sure that there was a giant gaping hole in the stream of water because the pipe system had to flow under that. But that's okay because you can just splash the water around and pretend there's no gap.

[–]hotcod 29 points30 points ago

It does amaze me that the eye got brought up so much when people where still brave enough to call it creationism. It's an amazing structure to be sure but it's a bit... hap hazard... if you are going to call design intelligent then you've got to admit that the designer more than likely would have a concept of elegance. Achieving a complex task in the most effective and simple manner is a core concept of design so if you have the power and will to design life on a planetary scale are you really go for the first convoluted mess you get working or are you going to strive for an elegant result? I bet they might say "but ah if it was to elegant we'd know it was design and there would be no need for faith" at which point we uncover the fact that this whole mess is not fooling any one in to thinking it's about anything but trying to preserve a given type of faith. They may also just claim that the mind of a designer that powerful is unknowlabe and it must have had it's reason but then you uncover the fact it can't be science if you are going to fall back on that old chestnut.

tl;dr

The eye is amazing but it's also a bit stupid. Which runs counter to the whole "intelligent" and "design" bits.

[–]Lampmonster1 10 points11 points ago

Not to mention that while they claim it simply couldn't have evolved in nature it quite obviously evolved at least twice separately.

[–]FBFismyspiritanimal 8 points9 points ago

Oh yeah. Now a squid eye, that's a decent bit of machinery there. Everything actually lines up the right way so there's no blind spot.

[–]stashu 1 point2 points ago

And my favorite : no presbyopia because the lens doesn't flex to focus in cephalopods.

[–]StankyMung 11 points12 points ago

God invented paragraphs.

He also invented tl;dr, thankfully.

[–]MsMish24 2 points3 points ago

It's only six sentences...

[–]shapsai42 6 points7 points ago

Yeah, but their design is a bit convoluted.

[–]FeistyCrawfish 1 point2 points ago

An equally interesting point to make is how has it not adapted/evolved into something more efficient or sturdier, seeing as it is one of the most delicate and irreplaceable organs of the body. Perhaps we are merely on our way to that. I like to marry that bit of Evolutionary theory with the whole Intelligent Design theory. What if we're just passing through as a prototype of our final design? What if our design is merely subjugated by the context of our external stimuli and made only to meet, not surpass environmental hazard surmounting? It's really riveting when you think about it.

[–]An_Banana 1 point2 points ago

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[–]FeistyCrawfish 1 point2 points ago

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[–]Synexis 7 points8 points ago

"And we so much praise about the human eye? But anyone who's seen the full breadth of the electromagnetic spectrum will recognize how blind we are. Okay? And part of that blindness means we can't see, we can't detect magnetic fields, ionizing radiation, radon. We are like sitting ducks for ionizing radiation." -Niel DeGrasse Tyson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weu7Rh6dYrM&t=3m17s

[–]jbenuniv 11 points12 points ago

Using the eye as an argument for Intelligent Design is doubly stupid when you consider so many of us, myself included, can't see shit without our glasses.

[–]FBFismyspiritanimal 2 points3 points ago

Same. Stupid oversized, football shaped eyes.

[–]RaindropBebop 1 point2 points ago

Don't forget that you'd have a total of three knobs that you'd have to adjust to get the right temperature of water.

[–]Deathfire138 51 points52 points ago

I was about to declare this too long and not bother to read it. I'm glad I read it.

[–]pgomez 52 points53 points ago

tl;dr: I almost tl;dr'd

[–]jimmy_ringo[S] 29 points30 points ago

I'm glad you read it. As I was typing this out, I worried it might be too long for some people -- but Neil delivers like a comedian and rewards our effort.

[–]mtheoryx 5 points6 points ago

Providing a text version for those of us on mobiles would be nice.

[–]Theodore_Brosevelt 30 points31 points ago

"Another are of fuzzy thinking out there is the movement called Intelligent Design. It asserts that some things are too marvelous or too intricate to explain. The contention is that these things defy common scientific accounts for cause and effect, and so they're ascribed to an intelligent, purposeful designer. [...] So let's start a movement called Stupid Design, and we'll see where that takes us. For example, what's going on with your appendix? It's much better at killing you than it is at anything else. That's definitely a stupid design. What about your pinky toenail? You can barely put nail polish on it; there's no real estate there. How about bad breath, or the fact that you breathe and drink through the same hole in your body, causing some fraction of us to choke to death every year? And here's my last one. Ready? Down there between our legs, it's like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system. Who designed that?

~Neil deGrasse Tyson, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Fodder

[–]mtheoryx 4 points5 points ago

Thank you!

[–]Theodore_Brosevelt 7 points8 points ago

You're welcome!

[–]lettucehate 1 point2 points ago

You, sir, are a bro indeed.

[–]not_4_karma 12 points13 points ago

So, the quote is cool, but the punchline isn't quite his.

Maybe it's not even Robin Williams', but it does appear in the film "Man of The Year" which came out 6 years before this book.

And I didn't see it, I bet Tyson has better things to do as well, but it's further referenced in the book "Why Evolution is True" by Jerry A. Coyne, which he may have read.

Not knocking the man, just giving some information for the glory of the hivemind.

[–]jimmy_ringo[S] 2 points3 points ago

Interesting. The chapter in his book where this quote appears was adapted from a speech he gave in 2005, though I'm not sure if the sewer/entertainment center joke is in that speech.

[–]IAmASpy 3 points4 points ago

It's an old engineer joke, and I'm fairly certain if you headed to your local library and thumbed through any joke book with an engineer jokes section you'd find it.

[–]MsMish24 1 point2 points ago

I think it was probably someone else's joke even before the engineer joke developed. I mean, it's a pretty simple concept. Probably an offhanded one liner by someone decades ago.

[–]TheNerdWithNoName 11 points12 points ago

My argument against an intelligent designer: Testicles.

If we are made in god's image, then what the fuck was he doing putting such sensitive organs outside the body in an area where they are likely to be knocked?

[–]emkat 8 points9 points ago

Temperature

[–]TheNerdWithNoName 17 points18 points ago

Yes. I understand that that is the reason why they are outside the body. My point is that surely an intelligent designer would have made them function at the same temperature as the rest of the body, thereby negating the need to have them dangle so precariously on the outside.

[–]emkat 8 points9 points ago

The scrotum is actually a very elegant system.

[–]Pottersville 22 points23 points ago

That's what your Mom said.

[–]kateastrophic 2 points3 points ago

I think that's my favorite "what your mom said" ever.

[–]Grimsrasatoas 18 points19 points ago

in addition to that, the male G-spot is up the ass on the prostate. if there was a god, its as if he wanted us to be gay

[–]Valrek_Machines 11 points12 points ago

This is why I look forward to pooping.

[–]DEWSHO 1 point2 points ago

Proof?

[–]OneManWar 1 point2 points ago

Proof.....??? Really?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Stick your finger up your butt and touch it.

[–]MUGARO 16 points17 points ago

Wisdom teeth, male nipples, hairy knuckles are more that come to mind.

[–]basec0m 11 points12 points ago

I like my tail and nipples...

[–]SadApple 2 points3 points ago

Wisdom teeth were used for the rougher foods homo sapiens chewed on back when humans didn't have cooked foods. Male nipples are actually female nipples that have stayed due to the fact that there is a necessity for female nipples in the reproductive cycle and thus the need for male nipples deteriorates having the female nipples selected as "default". Hairy knuckles, hairy homo sapiens.

[–]MUGARO 10 points11 points ago

Oh I'm aware of the use of wisdom teeth when our ancestors had different diets, before the invention of fire, etc. But the idea that we were created as is today with wisdom teeth would mean god is a dumbass.

[–]iamagainstit 8 points9 points ago

I never got any wisdom teeth. That means god likes me better than you!

[–]kateastrophic 1 point2 points ago

Or you are not wise.

[–]Volpethrope 1 point2 points ago

Yeah...we know. MUGARO's point is that the intelligent design crowd doesn't.

[–]boywithumbrella 17 points18 points ago

Down there (sic) between our legs, it's like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system.

Who designed that?

Neil deGRASSE TYSON

well than you very much, Neil!

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[–]cmalkus 5 points6 points ago

I think he got sic (sic) while thinking about down there.

[–]Methadose 7 points8 points ago

And I've always complained about our teeth.

I mean seriously, if they were designed intelligently they would be made out of fucking titanium, or carbon fiber or something.

[–]Lightslayer 1 point2 points ago

[–]MisterAwesome333 5 points6 points ago

How about our stones just hanging out there? Guys, can you count how many times you've been hit there by accident or even on purpose? Why not put them on the inside?

[–]TheZach314 6 points7 points ago

They need to be kept at a certain temperature. The inside of our bodies is too warm for our gonads to take refuge. With this being said, why did Mr. Sky daddy decide to complicate things by making this so?

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[–]jimmy_ringo[S] 6 points7 points ago*

I found it in Tyson's new book.

EDIT: I'm home now so I pulled the book back out. The quote is on page 203 and the chapter in which it appears ("American and the Emergent Space Powers") was adapted from a speech NdGT gave in 2005. By the way, I'm providing this info for anyone who's curious, not to "prove" Dawkins didn't say this; I agree that this sounds vaguely like Dawkins.

[–]not_4_karma 1 point2 points ago

Oh, you edited close to when I posted this...

So, maybe Robin Williams got it from this speech. Anyway, I'm just letting you know that you might think this is a Dawkins quote having been reading a book on evolution. That book would be "Why Evolution is True" by Jerry A. Coyne.

Or this joke has just been kicking around for a while. Who knows?

[–]lovellama 4 points5 points ago

Admittedly, if we weren't able to drink and breath through the same hole in our head, a few of us might suffocate each year when we get stuffy noses.

Often times it's only one side that's stuffed, but occasionally it's both.

[–]MsMish24 3 points4 points ago

But perhaps then we'd have evolved a much greater resistance to the common cold and allergens - in fact we almost definitely would, if everyone overly prone to sinus problems suffocated and died.

[–]GregLoire 5 points6 points ago

Admittedly, if we weren't able to drink and breath through the same hole in our head, a few of us might suffocate each year when we get stuffy noses.

Natural selection would take care of stuffy noses pretty fast.

[–]Cease_one 3 points4 points ago

Damn, this guys pretty cool. I've only just started hearing about him, but I really want to know more about this guy.

[–]ReasonShallPrevail 1 point2 points ago

He has done two AMAs in the past, and is planning to do another one soon, if you're interested.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

I always wondered why I have nipples

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Because when you were in your mothers womb you were female for a time until the reaction that took place to make you a male. Same for all of us males. We all started out female.

[–]Wheeze201 6 points7 points ago

whoa..

I rarely save images from reddit on my pc. But don't want to ever lose these words of wisdom.

[–]ameanberg 11 points12 points ago

Intelligent Design? Better drink this cup of piss.

[–]17Hongo 4 points5 points ago

Dara O' Briain already did the appendix - and it was fucking brilliant

[–]numb-one 2 points3 points ago

can't wait for cosmos 2.0

[–]F7U12FTW 2 points3 points ago

Watch out, we got a genius over here.

[–]cmu6eh 2 points3 points ago

More like an entertainment complex right next to another, tighter entertainment complex.

[–]bmfbg 2 points3 points ago

Scumbag body.

Stores fat for later.... Gets rid of extra vitamins and nutrients.

[–]Ignify 2 points3 points ago

This made my day. Thank you.

[–]xiaou 2 points3 points ago

How many people do you know with back pain? How about bad knees? Why does the male urethra run through the prostate? A gland which is almost guaranteed to become inflamed, infected and limit his capacity to urinate unassisted with age. It goes on and on.

[–]geekcream 2 points3 points ago

I really really really love this man.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

Am I the only one to notice that Neil's using his lecture notes as a cup holder for what looks like some kind of beer? Like a boss.

[–]ListenToThatSound 2 points3 points ago

My biggest argument against Intelligent Design is who designed the designer? And who designed that designer?

Etc., etc.

[–]rinon 2 points3 points ago

im a believer in stupid design over intelligent design

[–]JohnWL 1 point2 points ago

I sure do like him.

[–]treefrg426 1 point2 points ago

Here's the link to the video of Neil on stupid design http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4238NN8HMgQ

[–]migraine516 1 point2 points ago

I wish he would just run for president already.

[–]cadeonehalf 1 point2 points ago

This is why I love NDT.

[–]gliscameria 1 point2 points ago

I like the example of how the nerve to the top of our mouth goes down around our heart, because we evolved from fish and shit just grew that way.

[–]SamWalt 1 point2 points ago

Silly Neil, don't you know that god works in mysterious ways? He has a purpose for everything, obviously.

[–]flowstoneknight 1 point2 points ago

"And this here invisible sniper rifle is how I like to shoot down bad ideas. With bullets made of science!"

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Shooter of Bad Ideas

[–]DaiGurrenDan 1 point2 points ago

[–]DHumefan 1 point2 points ago

Is that beer on the table?

[–]smacksaw 1 point2 points ago

ROFL, he stole this joke and classed it up to remove the PC part.

Blanche Knott (pseudonym) wrote this joke in "Truly Tasteless Jokes" back in like 1982 or so.

The joke went like this:

Q: How do you know God is Polish?

A: Who else would put the shithole next to the snackbar?

[–]Dereliction 1 point2 points ago

That might just be the funniest thing he's ever said. Love it!

[–]JTurner30 1 point2 points ago

I never understood the point of sleep from an intelligent design perspective where the designer demands worship as the Christian god does. That's around 8 hours of prime groveling time wasted.

[–]linux_add 1 point2 points ago

[–]quarterbag 1 point2 points ago

A bunch of engineers are sitting around at a party, discussing the nature of the God, and who designed women.

The mechanical engineer states that God must also be a mechanical engineer because "if you look at all the pulleys and levers that drive the body, how the tendons and muscles and bones all work together, well, it's just amazing."

The chemical engineer says that no, God has to be a chemical engineer because "if you look at all the chemical processes that drive the body, how the hormones and the brain and the glands and everything else all interact, well, it's just astounding."

The electrical engineer says that no, God has to be an electrical engineer because "if you look at the circuitry of the body, how the thousands upon millions of nerve cells transmit signals from one part to another, well, it boggles the mind."

The civil engineer speaks up last of all and says, no, God is definitely a civil engineer, because "only a civil engineer would run a sewer next to a playground. "

[–]chem_101 1 point2 points ago

I swear, he is just tops!

[–]wroteit 1 point2 points ago

stupid design #20942: aging into weak feeble body and mind. what intrinsic value does this have as so called "intelligent" design? more like retarded design to me.

[–]desmondsdecker 1 point2 points ago

Let me just say that if God was a city planner, he would not put a playground next to a sewage system. - Darald in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"

[–]HeyGirlsItsPete 1 point2 points ago

Intelligent Design always confused me. I mean, God is all powerful and all knowing, right? So his powers are beyond measure; he controls all matter, all existence, etc. He can do anything.

So look at the human body... are you telling me this is the best that an all powerful creature can do? We have the possibility of being born with genetic mutations that are often harmful. We have bones that break, diseases that cost us our senses, organs that rupture inside our bodies, etc.

If I was God, I would just make a human made out of solid stardust or something that never got sick, had no organs that could get damaged, no bones to break, etc. It's just such a crazy thought that humans are so impractical, yet people think that a creator could have made them. Hell, as I just stated before, I could make a better human, and I'm just a wee mortal!

Thinking about Intelligent Design just makes my head hurt. Seriously, how do people believe this?

[–]sueeeee22 1 point2 points ago

He can entertain my sewage system any day.

[–]kateastrophic 1 point2 points ago

He's flattered, I'm sure.

[–]FiftySeven57 1 point2 points ago

The second I finish reading this, a wild Neil deGrasse Tyson appears on The Daily Show! Wha? /Head explodes

[–]HyperGiant 1 point2 points ago

This man offers so many nuggets big macs of wisdom!

[–]hilypo 1 point2 points ago

Please run for office of some kind, we need people like you. (referring to neil here)

[–]Pixelchaser69 1 point2 points ago

Man, NdGT rocked so hard tonight on The Daily Show we were screaming at the TV, in the best possible way. NdGT for 2012!!!!!!!!

[–]Frankeh 1 point2 points ago

That's dangerously close to stand up comedy.

[–]alexthe5th 1 point2 points ago

Did anyone else read that in Jerry Seinfeld's voice?

[–]w00t692 1 point2 points ago

God, i love this quote more than any other one i've ever read from him ever.

[–]AgentSnazz 1 point2 points ago

Can we start a new religion where we recognize a powerful, yet adorably inept god? When bad things happen, we just look up to the heavens and shake our heads in pity, "Oh silly God, I know you just want to help, but really, we've got this, why don't you go char your image into some tortillas?"

[–]wutsaemmy 2 points3 points ago

I just can't stop imagining NDT painting his pinky toe nail bubblegum pink.

[–]47h315m 2 points3 points ago

Tyson made a very interesting point and it's not about the contradiction that something all-knowing can be that stupid.

What I'm saying is that we should focus on what Tyson is actually suggesting than just assuming he says this stuff to get on /r/atheism.

[–]cokedick_louie 4 points5 points ago

Actually the appendix is thought to contain a backup of beneficial bacteria in case your internal flora gets fucked up.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/health/research/17appe.html

[–]Lampmonster1 18 points19 points ago

He didn't say it was totally useless, he said it kills more often than it helps. Which is still probably correct.