off the cuff ratings of various elements of human anatomy and physiology:
eyes: very nifty design only a little undercut by the viscera horror of something terrible happening to them. 8/10
nose: a lil goofy ngl but it works in context. 6/10
ears: also goofy, don’t like them, why do they produce wax and get infected. but the core concept is fine. 4/10
brain: very cool, does lots of neat stuff without having to gurgle, ooze, or twitch. 10/10
liver: like most good organs it is a calm, steady machine. a tranquil filterer of the blood. don’t like the whole oozing bile thing though. 6/10
kidneys: piss is actually slightly less gross than bile. 7/10
bladder, gall bladder: i strongly feel organs should not grow random rocks in them. 4/10
bones: very aesthetic. functional in sort of a primitive mechanical way but they give us an extremely useful set of imagery for death and time. 8/10
skin: terrifically design, though it does sometimes flake. 7/10
tongue, lips: crudely mechanical but in kind of a cool way. 7/10
digestive tract: why does it gurgle and ooze?? why must it engage in peristalsis and jerk and shudder? it’s not even the products of digestion I object to—it’s that so many organ systems in the body are at least on a macroscopic level serene and still and almost plantlike, quietly performing their function without calling any attention to themselves. and then we have the system that farts and burps and generally reminds you you are trapped in a prison of wet red meat. 1/10, only because eating is often pleasant.
heart, lungs: for such crucial organs the fact they have to continuously move feels so… primitive. we should respire by like passively absorbing air through our skin. our blood should be whisked around our body by millions of tiny invisible cilia in our veins. what is this rube goldberg shit, with an extremely vulnerable single point of failure? 3/10
hair: almost completely unnecessary. mostly functions as a way to further customize our flesh-prisons. that’s actually pretty neat. 8/10
