{"id":12258,"date":"2017-05-04T23:47:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T06:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/?p=12258"},"modified":"2017-05-04T23:47:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T06:47:42","slug":"me-me-me-and-my-incredible-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/me-me-me-and-my-incredible-dna\/","title":{"rendered":"Me, Me Me, and My Incredible DNA!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you watch those adds for 23 and Me<\/strong><\/a> and think, Gee, I should really do this because it would be fascinating to learn more about me?<\/p>\n

Same here! I’m so interested in my DNA because I know I’m special. My ancestors are probably special too. My grandparents were all Jews from Eastern Europe but my DNA will probably show that I’m descended from Queen Nefertiti and The Romanov family. I wouldn’t be surprised to find that Albert Einstein is my 11th cousin!<\/p>\n

I’ve often wondered how I got to be me. It can’t just be some shit about my crazy parents and my early childhood trauma. The story of Me is so much more complicated and goes so far back! It’s not about my parents’ divorce or my mom’s psychiatric profile! The wonder of me started millions of years ago in the swampy brine of our prehistoric planet. That’s where the real answers are.<\/p>\n

23 and Me can show me my traits, a whole list of them, because I have never really met myself and thus need to see my traits printed out. Here’s what I can learn from a swab of my saliva:<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>So fascinating! I’ve often wondered about my earwax type, or rather my genetic propensity toward a certain earwax type. Not to mention my photic sneeze reflex. I don’t think I have red hair, but I want to be sure. And I’d like to know where I stand on my toe length ratio. Because then, I don’t know, I’ll just feel more familiar with my feet.<\/p>\n

I want to find out when the depression got into my genetic code. Hundreds of years ago or what? And why do I have so many fillings and crowns on my teeth? What if my sensitivity to smell is inherited?!?!? Then, when I walk into a house and smell a gas leak, I can shout “I smell gas and my ancestors did too<\/em>!”<\/p>\n

Also, what about my-nearsightedness? I know my parents were near-sighted but it must be a long and fascinating tale that didn’t begin with us. There’s just so much I’m curious about!<\/p>\n

Being me has always been kind of meh. “Who the fuck are you” I have asked my self bitterly, with no clear answer. I’m not just a bunch of misfiring neurons, godammit. I am amazing! With a long long history of amazingness.<\/p>\n

I have wasted so much time reading the classics, reading shit about philosophy, psychology, art, culture, politics, without learning anything about Me and how I came to have freckles when I was a kid.<\/p>\n

What a dope I am. Don’t be like me, be You! 23 and Me is running a special for Mother’s Day. Find out why you’re so amazing RIGHT NOW, at 20% off.<\/p>\n

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