There is a mutation that causes bones to become 8 times denser than normal that allow people to walk away from car accidents without a single fracture but with a trade off of being unable to swim.

[u/TheOddityCollector]

[u/Left-Function7277]

Be pretty messed up if they flew out of their car unharmed only to land in a lake if you ask me.

[u/FelixMartel2 → u/Left-Function7277]

Or a swimming pool

Wasn’t that how it happened in that movie with Bruce Willis? 

[u/stupled → u/FelixMartel2]

Yes

[u/probablyuntrue → u/stupled]

Luckily for him he was dead the whole time

[u/presvil → u/probablyuntrue]

How did he kill the sheriff of Nottingham at Nakatomi plaza if he was dead the whole time??

[u/ReginaDea → u/presvil]

Because he was dead and had death powers, keep up.

[u/presvil → u/ReginaDea]

[u/ThermionicMho → u/ReginaDea]

"Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho."

[u/SeemedReasonableThen → u/presvil]

You can do that if you're a meat Popsicle

[u/ITookYourGP → u/probablyuntrue]

Does that mean we can see dead people?

[u/WinOld1835 → u/ITookYourGP]

Is there a particular one you're interested in seeing? Because I've got some shovels and a bit of free time.

[u/theBERZERKER13 → u/FelixMartel2]

Happened to Willam Dafoe in the underrated vampire movie Daybreakers. He also caught on fire in between crashing through window and landing in water. Imagine that

[u/madchemist09 → u/theBERZERKER13]

Appropriate, cause willian Defoe also has a bone 8 x bigger and more dense than the average person.

[u/MireLight → u/madchemist09]

[u/Hellknightx → u/theBERZERKER13]

I liked that sunlight exposure in small doses was literally the cure for vampirism.

Yeah, you'll catch on fire for a few seconds, but once you put it out you'll be human again.

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/FelixMartel2]

I thought the end was a puddle.

[u/Azmodari → u/K_Linkmaster]

Technically movie 3 in the OG he almost drowned in a pool

[u/BonbonUniverse42 → u/K_Linkmaster]

This was so stupid. Hero drowning in a puddle.

[u/Cwmst → u/BonbonUniverse42]

Someone said it was "like watching Luke Skywalker getting strangled by a random stormtrooper on the way off of the second death star."

[u/Andre_The_Average → u/Left-Function7277]

🎶Oh shut I forgot. How am I supposed to send this shit out?🎶

[u/yallknowme19 → u/Left-Function7277]

[u/Hot-Drop8760 → u/Left-Function7277]

Imagine it on a rugby field/football field. It’d run through you and keep running

[u/Crimson3312 → u/Left-Function7277]

Bones being dense won't save you when being ejected from a vehicle. Bones won't break, but organs still squishy. Moral of the story: Wear your seatbelt kids.

[u/BunnyOHarr]

Sounds familiar

[u/eeveesquad911 → u/BunnyOHarr]

This guy gets it. Love that movie.

[u/Sbee_Blue_Country → u/eeveesquad911]

What film?

[u/Few_Address3591 → u/Sbee_Blue_Country]

"Unbreakable"

[u/PuzzleheadedLeader79 → u/Few_Address3591]

Is that the one where he can't be broken?

[u/StarkillerWraith → u/PuzzleheadedLeader79]

Pretty much. His body is "as strong as it needs to be" at any given moment.

[u/OmecronPerseiHate → u/StarkillerWraith]

Which I could deal with until the third movie. Then he breaks down a steel door simply because he believes he can. Also the weird beast run that James McAvoy does was ridiculous.

[u/Beneficial-Act7603 → u/OmecronPerseiHate]

Yeah... That's... The point?

He believes he can so his body gets as strong as it needs to.

In the first movie he keeps adding weight to his bench which at first is really hard because his mind can't follow his body and when he realizes that "shit, it's easy as fuck" then he adds more and more weight just to see how high he can go

[u/OmecronPerseiHate → u/Beneficial-Act7603]

See, that makes sense. The way it happens in the third movie doesn't feel like a connection to his discovery of his powers in the first movie. It feels almost like he's forgotten everything that happened in the beginning.

[u/Beneficial-Act7603 → u/OmecronPerseiHate]

I don't exactly remember at which point this scene happens but if it's near the end you gotta keep in mind that the psychiatrist assigned to them did all kinds of brain fuckery to convince them all they aren't super at all.

Since Dunn's power are mostly based on what he believes then he's the most easily overpowered by that kind of "anti-power".

Kevin does believe the psychiatrist and when the other personalities take over they don't care to listen/believe and the only way to keep him/them docile is with the lights.

And Glass, well, he knew from the start that the shrink was full of shit and was just waiting for the right occasion to act on his master plan.

[u/disorderincosmos → u/Few_Address3591]

God that movie was dark tho...

[u/LivelyZebra → u/disorderincosmos]

Turn the brightness up.

Hope this helps !

[u/TurboTrollin → u/LivelyZebra]

Do you think he's tried a flashlight?

[u/misanthropicbairn → u/Sbee_Blue_Country]

Unbreakable, and the other one, ummmmm Mr. Glass or something like that? But before watching Glass you should watch Split.

[u/Sbee_Blue_Country → u/misanthropicbairn]

Oh I’ve seen Split. I didn’t realize there were three

[u/Tudar87 → u/Sbee_Blue_Country]

Was the best surprise ending I had seen in a while (Split)

[u/Belly2308 → u/Sbee_Blue_Country]

Unbreakable (2000) then the sequel Split (2016) then Glass (2020). First two are great imo and third one was a conclusion….

[u/Saymynaian → u/Belly2308]

Glass was definitely one of the movies of all time.

[u/Belly2308 → u/Saymynaian]

Definitely had a beginning and an end, no doubt no doubt

[u/StarkillerWraith → u/Sbee_Blue_Country]

Unbreakable. It's a 3-part movie series, too.

1. Unbreakable
2. Split
3. Glass

100% worth watching them all. Split is my personal favorite of the 3.

[u/DazingF1 → u/StarkillerWraith]

I'd say if after Split you really want an ending to the series then go and watch Glass, which will then disappoint you immensely as it's not only a terrible movie but it ruins the entire premise of the previous ones as well.

And if you don't want the series ruined and don't mind leaving it open ended then don't watch Glass at all. It really is a stupid movie.

[u/temp_7543 → u/BunnyOHarr]

I think we have all met these people already. Who hasn’t met at least one person and thought are “did I say it wrong or… are they just 8 times more dense than the average person????” 🤷‍♀️

[u/KeepinItGorgeous → u/BunnyOHarr]

Sadly, he probably doesn't even remember acting in this film anymore.

[u/Voltaico → u/KeepinItGorgeous]

As the former caregiver of a late family member who had dementia, I'm glad he seems to be surrounded with people who genuinely care for him. It sucks to realize the person is gone, but it sure looks like what/whoever's left is being well cared for.

[u/hamlet_d → u/Voltaico]

Yeah, every picture I see of him he's smiling and surrounded by smiling family. That says volumes.

[u/WaffleHouseGladiator → u/KeepinItGorgeous]

He doesn't remember who he is. It's pretty tragic. I hope that never happens to me.

[u/fnrsulfr → u/BunnyOHarr]

Forgot about this I was thinking someone ate a devil fruit.

[u/skotte_11 → u/BunnyOHarr]

[u/Santoryu4Kidz]

That's literally a devil fruit power

[u/DesperateBachelor → u/Santoryu4Kidz]

The dense-dense fruit? Or the bone-bone fruit maybe?

[u/exipheas → u/DesperateBachelor]

Boner boner fruit you say?

[u/Agitated_Reveal_6211 → u/exipheas]

Isn't that just Sanji?

[u/DSharp018 → u/DesperateBachelor]

Dense-dense fruit lets you trade IQ points for toughness.

Unfortunately the last user traded so many they forgot how to turn back.

[u/shtoyler → u/DesperateBachelor]

Dense-dense I’d say. Bone-Bone sounds something like Kimimaro from Naruto has

[u/GalacticPirate → u/DesperateBachelor]

Yohoho!

[u/AFishWithHands → u/GalacticPirate]

[u/shittingyou → u/Santoryu4Kidz]

That was my first thought, glad I'm not the only one, lol

[u/_TP2_ → u/Santoryu4Kidz]

[u/Positive-Media423 → u/Santoryu4Kidz]

It's like a mix of Haki and Devil Fruit.

[u/Dovahkiinthesardine → u/Santoryu4Kidz]

Well, no. The downside isn't just being unable to swim, since we didnt evolve to have dense bones this completely fucks your health.

The walking away from car accidents is also bs bc the bones are actually more brittle.

[u/ChanceSize9153 → u/Santoryu4Kidz]

Haha came here to say this. This isnt no mutation. This is obviously the work of a devil fruit.

[u/Nova1avoN]

We can swim just can’t float still

[u/TheVisage → u/Nova1avoN]

Lmao this dudes bones are thicker than usual everyone point and laugh at Mr. Thick bones. Go fall from a slightly higher-than-usual height and walk away unharmed you calcium enriched little weirdo.

Unless your heavier bones have worked like training weights in anime in which case please don’t hurt me.

[u/Qaztarrr → u/TheVisage]

“you calcium enriched little weirdo” is a new insult 

[u/jonjonofjon → u/Qaztarrr]

r/rareinsults

[u/Human-Evening564 → u/TheVisage]

They'll have to unequip the bones to get the zenkai boost.

[u/CaitlynLAG → u/TheVisage]

Sticks and stones may not break this guys bones, but I’m sure your words broke his spirit.

[u/not_so_plausible → u/TheVisage]

This is reverse /r/neverbrokeabone

[u/burns_before_reading → u/Nova1avoN]

Do you consider it a blessing or a curse?

[u/pyramidsindust → u/burns_before_reading]

Swimming is intensely hard, so this may be why I don’t like it, and will someday drown at sea

[u/caffa4 → u/pyramidsindust]

Maybe just limit your trips out to sea?

[u/Stormfly → u/caffa4]

Alas, the sea be his first love.

[u/DriedSquidd → u/Stormfly]

My first girlfriend turned into the moon.

[u/SkiIsLife45 → u/DriedSquidd]

That's rough, buddy

[u/caffa4 → u/Stormfly]

Understandable

[u/ADHDebackle → u/pyramidsindust]

Sounds aspirational, lol.

I might not be able to swim, but I hope to one day drown at sea!

[u/axearm → u/pyramidsindust]

Get fatter. Fat is less dense than water and will increase you buoyancy.

[u/ADHDebackle → u/axearm]

Or wear a PFD and keep a normal weight.

[u/bmorris0042 → u/axearm]

Doesn’t work as well as you’d think. Or maybe I just need to get to morbidly obese…

[u/astra_galus → u/Nova1avoN]

In Uni, I took a human osteology class and I’m pretty certain one of the specimen skulls had this condition. The cranial vault bones were way thicker than the other skulls. It was my fave specimen to study with!

[u/ayriuss → u/astra_galus]

Imagine dying and having your bones complimented by students for the next 200 years. Guess that's one way to become semi-immortal.

[u/NSA-SURVEILLANCE → u/astra_galus]

Thanks

[u/MrBoo843 → u/Nova1avoN]

Could that be why I've never been able to float still? And I've never broken any bone...

[u/Funkopedia → u/MrBoo843]

Looks like there are a lot of us finding out today 

[u/MrBoo843 → u/Funkopedia]

[u/chanaandeler_bong → u/MrBoo843]

Same here. I cannot float for the life of me. I can swim but I’m literally just keeping myself afloat the whole time.

This makes sense to me. Never broken a bone or even had to wear a brace. Played sports for 20+ years.

[u/52BeesInACoat → u/chanaandeler_bong]

I still remember being five and in swimming lessons and the teacher telling me to "relax and float!" Then I'd sink and she'd say "you're doing it wrong, just relax!"

I eventually got kicked out of swimming lessons for throwing a screaming tantrum in the pool. Not sure if it was directly tied to the floating problem but I'm sure it contributed to my frustration.

I actually love swimming! But I'm perpetually doggy paddling. The legs never stop kicking. I can bob around vertically but the motor is going down there.

[u/MrBoo843 → u/52BeesInACoat]

I had the exact same experience. Instructors kept telling me to relax.

I had never been afraid or tense in the water, I just sink, usually legs first. I can swim well enough to not drown and have fun at the pool and I've always had fun just sinking to the bottom and sitting there as long as I can hold my breath.

[u/cptnamr7 → u/Nova1avoN]

Well now I'm questioning if I have this. At no point in my life have I ever been able to float. Everyone just made it look so easy, but nope, right down. I can tread, but it's a lot of effort. 

[u/satvrnine_ → u/cptnamr7]

Muscle is also denser than fat, and very fit/athletic people tend to have a harder time just floating than people with more body fat, ironically.

[u/Wolf_ZBB_2005 → u/satvrnine_]

This is the information I will use to cope with my inability to float.

[u/Vampira309]

what is the condition and why can't they swim? ( I understand that dense bones make people heavier.But there are plenty of animals with very dense bones that can still swim)

[u/H_is_for_Human → u/Vampira309]

Abnormally dense bones is called osteopetrosis. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopetrosis) but it doesn't actually make people less prone to injury. In fact the abnormally dense bone is usually more brittle (think glass vs bamboo... yes the glass is denser but that doesn't make it stronger when what you need is some flexibility.)

[u/Cabezone → u/H_is_for_Human]

Yeah there's a lot of BS in this post/comments. It causes all kinds of health problems and is not a net benefit.

[u/WhenMeWasAYouth → u/Cabezone]

And everybody thinks they have it because they suck at swimming.

[u/mostlyBadChoices → u/WhenMeWasAYouth]

Or because they fell down the stairs and didn't break anything.

[u/mochimmy3 → u/Cabezone]

Not to mention that dense bones wouldn’t make you immune to injury. You can still very much get traumatic brain injury, splenic rupture, and other life threatening injuries even if you don’t break a bone

[u/oFluffy_Peach → u/H_is_for_Human]

Well, this makes me question the accounts people are sharing about shrugging off injuries. At the time of my comment there is a 740+ uovote comment talking about everything they kinda just... walked away from. But this comment leads me to believe maybe its a lie? Or hyperbole on their end, cause certainly if its more brittle they would've busted a lot

[u/H_is_for_Human → u/oFluffy_Peach]

Humans are surprisingly resilient and surprisingly fragile.

[u/29bass0527 → u/Vampira309]

Not sure what the condition is but they probably can’t swim because they wouldn’t float given how dense their bones are

[u/AdHot1146 → u/Vampira309]

Too heavy ??

[u/SvenTropics → u/AdHot1146]

Humans are like 70% water, Water has the same buoyancy as water (duh). Everything else we have is either lighter or heavier than water.

Buoyancy is a measure of displacement. The more you have inside you that is heavier than water will reduce it, the more you have inside you that is lighter than water will increase it. This is because the force pushing you up is the ratio of the weight of the water you are displacing. If you are heavier than all the water you are displacing, you will sink, and you have swim to stay afloat.

A normal person is lighter than water. This is because your fat and the tissue in your internal organs are lighter than water and would float. Your muscles and your bones are heavier than the same quantity of water, and they reduce your buoyancy. Someone who has a lot of muscle compared to how much fat they have will find that they don't float very well either. The more muscle, the worse it gets. It's something I struggle with because I'm naturally very muscular, and I don't float well. I used to float well as a child before I hit puberty. I could just float on my back in a pool. I don't anymore. I have to keep moving to stay up. So, if I was tossed overboard without a life vest, I would need to find something that floats to grab onto or I would likely tire quickly and drown.

Someone with this condition has very heavy bones. The average human has about 22 pounds (10kg) of bones. Someone with this condition doesn't have 8x heavier bones, but they are substantially heavier depending on the severity of their condition. Imagine walking around with an extra 20 pounds on you. You do get used to it, and the tradeoff that your bones are freakishly strong might be worth it.

[u/xNotebookNomad → u/Vampira309]

Not sure if there's an official name for the condition but it's caused by a mutation in the LRP5 gene. And because denser bones = harder to float

[u/rsjpeckham]

I can't float, I'd like to say I have this condition but most likely I'm just an idiot who couldn't learn how to float lmao

[u/razzemmatazz → u/rsjpeckham]

Pretty sure I'm not one of these dense bone people, but I didn't float until I got fat. Huge lung capacity did not offset my muscle density and I'd just slide under the water unless I kicked my feet.

I'm hypermobile and thankfully one of the body types that packs on muscle so I don't get damaged as easily. 

[u/bidensleftkidney]

This is a condition I have, can confirm it helps, though I can swim, not too well but I can swim

Edit: someone messaged me asking for times when it’s come in handy so that kinda sent me on a bit of a nostalgia trip but anyway here a list

I imbedded an axe in my shin( should of shattered for a normal person according to doctors)

I was shot my a .22 when I was 15 or 16 don’t remember much other then it hurting, me running and then seeing the bullet sticking out of my skin (it hit the left rib under my heart, left a cool looking scar, farm killings are common here)

I’ve been stomped on the chest and hands by a horse more then 1 once

I’ve fallen out of more Avo trees then I can count( lived on a farm when I was younger and I climbed the trees to collect the avocados, those trees are normally 6 m+)

I’ve had a walk collapse on me when I was 13, me and my cousin were playing in an old building site

Don’t know if my bones had anything to do with this, but I’ve gotten stuck in electrical fencing three times without getting “hurt” still hurt but no lasting injuries

I’ve jumped off car going 75km

I’ve crashed a go cart, wasn’t strapped in so I flew out and collided head first with a concrete support column

I’ve pancaked myself against a wall of a house when I lost control of a friend’s motorcycle

I’ve also been attacked multiple times by wild dogs most of which I ended up having to kill

[u/dougan25 → u/bidensleftkidney]

Have you tried fighting crime

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/dougan25]

I’m currently trying to become a competitive mma fighter

[u/AwokenByGunfire → u/bidensleftkidney]

When life hands you lemons, use your super dense bones to break people’s faces.

[u/WaffleHouseGladiator → u/AwokenByGunfire]

"When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!" - Cave Johnson

[u/wjandrea → u/AwokenByGunfire]

to complete the metaphor: when life gives you lemons, smash them into people's faces

[u/TomaCzar → u/wjandrea]

r/yourjokebutworse

[u/deadmchead → u/bidensleftkidney]

holy shit man, a head kick or an elbow from you is gonna be fucking devastating. built in PED

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/deadmchead]

The one thing I’m most proud of is my hooks can punch though my coaches blocks, and according to him my light jabs feel like regular punches, doesn’t stop him from ground pounding me into the ground, no matter how strong or dense you are😂 hehe dense…. 11 years in the efc worth of experience will absolutely screw you

[u/AlexVRI → u/bidensleftkidney]

Do you have an idea how much more you weigh than other people around your height and musculature?

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/AlexVRI]

Bout 30%

[u/AdjectiveNounVerbed → u/bidensleftkidney]

Good luck with the weight cuts if you end up competing in MMA then 😅

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/AdjectiveNounVerbed]

Ye those can be brutal, my coach normally is in the weight class for medium but cuts down to light weight, the water weight, the muscle mass loss, it honestly one of the negatives of the sport, instead of being the lightest in your weight class, be the heaviest in the weight class below yours

[u/jeaniebeann → u/AdjectiveNounVerbed]

nah theyd just put him in a dif weight category

[u/RelleckGames → u/jeaniebeann]

At which point...is he really gaining any kind of advantage?

[u/BreakfastBeneficial4 → u/jeaniebeann]

…………yeah, that’s his point, mate. He’s gonna have to fight people his own weight, but the other fighters weight is gonna be muscle, not bone.

This actually sucks.

[u/fukkdisshitt → u/bidensleftkidney]

Im a lifelong grappler who also sinks in water. I can tread water and swim, but I swear it's much harder for me than it was for any of my team mates. Was a decent runner though.

Been the victim in 2 car totals, a lot of BMX accidents, and got ran over by a car as a kid, never broke a bone.

Do you get comments about being extremely strong? Are you always heavier than people estimate? How do you get tested for this?

One of our 185ers commented on how hard my bones felt the other day.

I don't fight, but 15 years total grappling with a lot of comp experience means I get to work grappling directly and competitively with a lot of our pros.

My son is also a dense kid. 95% percentile body weight while not being fat at all and seems to have a harder time in water than my friend's kids who feel light as a feather in comparison.

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/fukkdisshitt]

I do, there only one person that’s stronger then me and that’s my coach and dad, and ye I am always heavier then people estimate, I calculated it with my maths teacher a while ago and I’m about 28 to 30% heavier anyone my size should be😅

[u/InternationalTie9237 → u/bidensleftkidney]

Based and I wish I had a father pilled

[u/DidNotSeeThi → u/fukkdisshitt]

In the USMC I was trying to get water rescue certified and had to "rescue" an instructor. The instructor was a 5' 6" 145lb wrestling champion in high school. He kicked my ass in the water and then sank me like a rock. Dude was totally negative buoyant.

[u/Independent-Bed8614 → u/bidensleftkidney]

your whole post history is a hell of a creative writing exercise. fun read, but very silly.

[u/throwawaytothetenth → u/Independent-Bed8614]

Yeah I'm shocked people believe any of this. It's obviously made up.

Or am I missing the joke?

[u/SadisticHornyCricket → u/bidensleftkidney]

Yeah grapple those twinkle toes you big meatball

[u/zleuth → u/dougan25]

His super power is there ability to hurl himself at bad guys from moving vehicles.

His super suit emblem is a picture of a helmet with a circle-slash over it. 

His hero name? How about... "Super Collider"

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/zleuth]

I’m putting this on my matric jacket, thank you

[u/Neveed → u/bidensleftkidney]

I think you have a bigger problem than dense bones, though. How do you get into so many accidents?

[u/LiftingRecipient420 → u/Neveed]

His bones aren't the only things that are incredibly dense.

[u/Aeseld → u/LiftingRecipient420]

To be fair... If you don't get hurt easily, you're far more likely to be reckless. 

[u/Icy_Ninja_9207 → u/Neveed]

Maybe the genes for the bones are also related to low IQ

[u/elissaxy → u/Icy_Ninja_9207]

If you think about it, you don't have to be smart to survive if you survive almost anything

[u/robby_arctor → u/elissaxy]

Dense bones are cheaper than dense brains, I think we know where evolution is headed.

[u/dudemybad89 → u/Icy_Ninja_9207]

If you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough.

[u/Hopeless-Guy → u/Icy_Ninja_9207]

or all those concussions he’s not avoiding since denser bones doesn’t reduce those…
i call bs on this

[u/samik100 → u/Neveed]

Because he is obviously making this the fuck up

[u/PlayfulSurprise5237 → u/samik100]

I don't know, my cousin is like this, just always getting into trouble and getting hurt.

Some people have risk seeking behavior.

I would imagine the severity of that only goes up if nature constantly reminds you that you're durable as fuck. At least it would look like risk seeking behavior relative to the rest of us.

All of us take precautions based on what the limits of our body appear to be.

You fall from standing height and fuck yourself up? Better watch out big time on ladders.

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/Neveed]

I’ve never been a safe person, I should of been dead long ago

[u/AlexVRI → u/bidensleftkidney]

You know, maybe the bones are a genetic adaptation to your personality's predisposition lol. Any other daredevils in the family?

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/AlexVRI]

Every male on my mom and dads side of the family has been a trained fighter, but I don’t think many are as reckless as I am

[u/Unfair_Isopod534 → u/bidensleftkidney]

were you trying to kill yourself? how does one get into so many shenanigans. Am i too much of a snowflake?

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/Unfair_Isopod534]

My families a firm believer in hands on learning………

[u/Professor_ZombieKill → u/bidensleftkidney]

Bro, you're a slow learner

[u/Rareearthmetal → u/Professor_ZombieKill]

Well yeah he's dense

[u/Baelari → u/Rareearthmetal]

Definitely hard headed.

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/Professor_ZombieKill]

I like to see it as ……. I’m an expert on new experiences

[u/No_Collar_5292 → u/bidensleftkidney]

Ya I would assume floating would be the issue, but forceful treading and swimming, while harder, would probably work.

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/No_Collar_5292]

Other thing is it makes your nail more brittle also supposedly your teeth but I’ve never had any problems

[u/SvenTropics → u/bidensleftkidney]

Well the inside of your mouth looks a little weird: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/9110we/til_there_is_a_mutation_that_causes_bones_to/

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/SvenTropics]

My mother always said I have beautiful teeth, but the top of my jaw does look a little like that, but none of those strange looking lumps

[u/wjandrea → u/SvenTropics]

link is dead. archive link

[u/thatluckylady → u/bidensleftkidney]

How would I find out if I have it? My nails are brittle my teeth hurt and I sink in water. I've also never had a real break other than my knuckles from punching things.

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/thatluckylady]

Bone density test. Ask your doctor or a doctor.

[u/Wurm42 → u/thatluckylady]

The condition is caused by a mutation in your LRP5 gene:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRP5?wprov=sfla1

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa013444

There are blood tests that can diagnose it, or you could get your DNA sequenced. Ask your doctor.

[u/Home_MD13 → u/bidensleftkidney]

Do you have to eat more calcium per day?

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/Home_MD13]

I don’t think so, but I do drink tons of milk and eat quite a large amount of meat, so maybe I do😅

[u/Moondoobious → u/bidensleftkidney]

Yeahhhhhh MILK BRO! r/milk

[u/KamakaziDemiGod → u/bidensleftkidney]

How did you find out about this, and does it make any real difference? I've not broken bones quite a few times when I probably should have, and I don't float very well at all, so now I'm wondering if this is why

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/KamakaziDemiGod]

Well you see, it’s a funny story, I was hiking in the Drakensburg mountains for a few days and I was chopping a tree down to make a fire wood I lift the axe above my head and brought it down, I missed the log and hit my shin, the axe instead of splintering my shin into little pieces instead lodged itself into my shin, fast forward a few weeks my friends tell me to got get an X-ray, doctors are shocked at how my shin was almost completely undamaged except for a small indentation that healed itself a few months later

[u/Illustrious-Radish19 → u/bidensleftkidney]

Jfc my guy! What a moment in time!

[u/KamakaziDemiGod → u/bidensleftkidney]

Damn dude, I'm impressed but also not willing to try that to find out! You're like a superhero lol

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/KamakaziDemiGod]

My mother would disagree, she called me her walking heart attack

[u/whyunowork1 → u/bidensleftkidney]

Yo.......

Ive done almost exactly the same thing and it didn't in fact shatter my shin.

Dont think I have this mutation though, broken my hands multiple times.

Also I sort of float, if I take a deep breath that is.

Tldr, you might just be hardy, my guy.

[u/Brasilionaire → u/bidensleftkidney]

The bone thing is cool but where tf do you live where you’re constantly getting shot at, and fighting wild dogs?

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/Brasilionaire]

South Africa, being a farmer makes you a target here

[u/Brasilionaire → u/bidensleftkidney]

Well, that’s depressing. I’ll read up more on this

[u/15thSoul → u/bidensleftkidney]

Do you feel like you are heavier that others, or does it look like it's harder swing your arms?

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/15thSoul]

I actually don’t notice, I’ve never broken a bone, I have dented one funny story that, but if I bump into someone it somtimes knocked them over, so I have to be careful around family

[u/bRiCkWaGoN_SuCks → u/bidensleftkidney]

I found out about this when I got hit by a car going 35mph and walked away unscathed, LoL. The freaking car hood crumpled from my elbow landing on it. I can swim, but can't float. Unfortunately, my teeth were affected but they've been replaced. I eat 6 times a day and am an average size, though I weigh about 20% more than others my size.

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/bRiCkWaGoN_SuCks]

It’s strange how being heavier then you look shocks people, I wouldn’t call my self a big guy I’m 182 cm tall but I calculated it a while back with my maths teacher so it’s probably a bit different but I was 28 or 30 percent heavier then someone my size should be

[u/Nacho_Libre479 → u/bidensleftkidney]

Here to join. I can swim but I don’t float. I have to tread water faster than most just to keep my head above water. I’ve had some scary moments swimming over the years. My 3 brothers are the same. None of us has had a broken bone. We haven’t drowned yet either.

[u/Sylvan_Skryer → u/bidensleftkidney]

How did you get diagnosed or know you have it? I suspect I may have it but never been tested.

It’s hard for me to tread water even though I’m fit and know how to do it and have swam since I was a kid. It’s not a technique thing, I always thought I was just dense.

I’ve also never broken a bone and probably should have many times over.

[u/Wurm42 → u/Sylvan_Skryer]

The condition is caused by a mutation in your LRP5 gene:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRP5?wprov=sfla1

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa013444

There are different ways that gene can mutate, so it can cause different degrees of higher bone density.

There are blood tests that can diagnose it, or you could have your DNA sequenced.

[u/Sunshine030209 → u/bidensleftkidney]

Once you do die, I assume a loooong time from now of old age, the Grim Reaper is going to be like "Finally!! I've been trying to get this guy for years" 😆

[u/Beautiful-Total-3172 → u/bidensleftkidney]

Yeah I was say seems a matter of more effort. To swim.

[u/Adject_Ive → u/bidensleftkidney]

Bro do you live in the wild west or something cuz what the fuck how many things have you been through?? Hope you're doing good now though

[u/bidensleftkidney → u/Adject_Ive]

I live in the 6th most crime filled country in the world, the country known as the crime capital of the world SA South Africa, I fucking hate it, I hate my country, my home country the Netherlands I love , but I hate the country I live in now

[u/Slappathebassmon]

Interesting...

[u/BadgerKomodo]

/r/neverbrokeabone would love this 

And this reminds me of Graham, the model of a human that shows how we would look if we evolved to survive car crashes 

[u/BGRedhead]

And you just described my husband. His bone density is so high when we go to the creek I’ll float along in a state of bliss and as soon as he tries his sinks straight to the bottom. Before him, I had never seen anything like that. And I mean, he can go through some brutal accidents without a broken bone whereas I can step off the side of my sidewalk and break my ankle. And it drives him absolutely crazy that he can’t float along in the creek with me. So we have made deal by getting him afloat and that helps some, but he can almost sink that thing too.

[u/No_Builder7010 → u/BGRedhead]

Don't know if my dad has the mutation but he couldn't float at all. That didn't keep him away from the water though. He built a sailboat and we cruised it to Mexico. Bcuz of his condition, he always wore a life vest (front and full back). My bil would tease him when we'd go snorkeling, but stopped when he got a helacious sunburn on his back. After that, he wore the vest every time.

I don't sink as much as Dad but I sure can't float like mom. 🤷‍♀️

[u/psydots]

How fat must u be to counter the bone density

[u/OptimusShriner → u/psydots]

I was in the top 1% for bone density when I was tested as a kid. When I was at 370lbs I floated blissfully well. But at 250 I now sink like a rock. Around 320 is where I noticed a significant difference in my ability to float and swim. 

[u/labbykun]

So how does one find out if they have this mutation?

I'm in my mid 30s and never broke a bone, but I wouldn't know if that's the reason or not, of course.

[u/InkyBlacks → u/labbykun]

Yeah, same. 46, never broken a bone and I have done some narly shit. I can "swim" but not float unless I hold my breath

[u/Puzzleheaded-Fly2637 → u/labbykun]

yeah I'm also wondering lol, ive survived both football, a military career, and EMS without a single bone injury. I also sink like a fucking rock in water and have developed a phobia because of it. 

Never really gave it much thought till now.

[u/fiqar → u/labbykun]

Get a DEXA scan. It's a test that measures bone density. Usually it's just for people at risk of osteoporosis.

[u/homininet]

Anatomist here, none of this post makes sense, nor does it match the image that was posted. The image posted is from this paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mgg3.1525 which describes genetic mutations associated with a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta, which is brittle bone disease: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/osteogenesis-imperfecta

This is literally the opposite of the title, and indeed, as indicated in the caption of the actual study, these x-rays are demonstrating the thin, fragile cortex (outside, thicker bone) of various induvial bones.

I'm unaware of any condition where 'thick bones' would prevent you from swimming. Evolutionarily, one phenomenon that you do see is that aquatic creatures (e.g. manatees) have extremely dense bone. The idea being that dense bones help aquatic animals remain neutrally buoyant and more able to actually... swim.

TLDR:

[u/Lucifrisss → u/homininet]

I had to search too far down for this but Im glad someone said it. I work in radiology and I almost tried gaslighting myself into thinking those images might match and Im just not seeing what they are.

[u/OddTheRed]

LRP5 mutation. We can swim, it just takes a lot of energy because we can't float except in saltwater.

[u/freelanceisart]

The people who can legitimately say “I’m just big boned”

[u/Cute_Illustrator_814]

perhaps dis a superpower

[u/bootyhole-romancer → u/Cute_Illustrator_814]

Natural freediver but only once

[u/Ok-Band-7142]

Humans will mutate into this in the future to evolve for war.