• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    There’s already a genetic mutation that does that.

    Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy is not known to cause any medical problems, and affected individuals are intellectually normal.

    And it makes you look like this:

    That’s a house-cat, and it looks like that without having to lift weights. Some people have this mutation too, and it’s particularly dramatic in children who would otherwise never be that muscular. (I’d post pictures but I’m not sure about the ethics of sharing photos of other people’s swole toddlers even when they’re already available online.)