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The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body. It also controls language. There’s a theory that that’s why the words for the left hand (and left in general) are usually associated with evil (“sinister” in Latin means “left”, for example), while words for the right are associated with good (“dextrous” comes from the Latin “dexter”, meaning “right side”). The left side of the brain might be literally making fun of the side of the body it doesn’t control, while praising the one it does.

Anyway, I vote for sphincter.

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FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Brain gotta poop.

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- demlet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Someone knows their ancient Latin proverbs.
  
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  - FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Brain still gotta poop.
    
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prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Isn’t that left brain/right brain stuff pseudoscience?

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- VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yes and no: different parts of the brain DO have different functionality and the language center IS in the left half, but you’d need your whole brain to demonize body parts since a lot more than just language would be involved in the reasoning, the decision, the planning and the execution…
  
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  - Zozano@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Minor correction. Features like the language center are shared between both hemispheres, it’s just that typically the left side is more developed.
    
    Though, with the plasticity of the brain, it isn’t necessarily tlalways the case. Brains are very capable of rewiring themselves. If it’s easier to (re)develop language on the right side, due to left side trauma, that’s entirely possible.
    
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Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
A sphincter is not an organ. Muscle is tissue.

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- demlet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Then why does mine sound like an organ sometimes?
  
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