Belly Buttons: Are you an Innie or an Outie?
Okay, so a while back a kid (whose name I'll keep anonymous for his/her safety), had the nerve to ask me if I had an innie or an outie... and this kid asked it as if that single characteristic alone would dictate what type of person I was! It was outrageous! Anyhow, I told him/her that I had an innie, and this kid kinda looked at me weird.....
Well it bugged me enough that I decided to go and research the my question: why does being an innie or an outie really matter? The answer I found was kinda interesting....
First of all, the kid shouldn't have looked at me funny when I said I had an innie since around 90% of all people supposedly have innies. That means, obviously, that only around 10% of people have outies, making people with outies a minority in the total population of human belly buttons in this world.
Second, I came to the realization that the belly button is the center of the human body and, even more important, it's "the sole button on your birthday suit" (www.salon.com). According to a Japanese spiritualist, Hogen Fukunaga, "the navel is the core of everything about [a] person." To many people the belly button tells what kind of a personality a person has: outies are outgoing, energetic, and stick out in the crowd; and innies are more quiet and laid back.
To me, this system seems a bit shallow, since there are so many different types of people in this world with so many different personality types, yet only two types of belly button. Furthermore, I discovered that what type of belly button you get when you're a baby is totally random. No one can decide what type you get.
Although, this whole belly button thing does bug some people, so some of them have a plastic surgeon do a special operation called Reduction Umbilicoplasty Belly Button Surgery, and totally resculpt their belly buttons.
Personally, I think the whole thing's absurd, but what do I know????
Okay, so a while back a kid (whose name I'll keep anonymous for his/her safety), had the nerve to ask me if I had an innie or an outie... and this kid asked it as if that single characteristic alone would dictate what type of person I was! It was outrageous! Anyhow, I told him/her that I had an innie, and this kid kinda looked at me weird.....
Well it bugged me enough that I decided to go and research the my question: why does being an innie or an outie really matter? The answer I found was kinda interesting....
First of all, the kid shouldn't have looked at me funny when I said I had an innie since around 90% of all people supposedly have innies. That means, obviously, that only around 10% of people have outies, making people with outies a minority in the total population of human belly buttons in this world.
Second, I came to the realization that the belly button is the center of the human body and, even more important, it's "the sole button on your birthday suit" (www.salon.com). According to a Japanese spiritualist, Hogen Fukunaga, "the navel is the core of everything about [a] person." To many people the belly button tells what kind of a personality a person has: outies are outgoing, energetic, and stick out in the crowd; and innies are more quiet and laid back.
To me, this system seems a bit shallow, since there are so many different types of people in this world with so many different personality types, yet only two types of belly button. Furthermore, I discovered that what type of belly button you get when you're a baby is totally random. No one can decide what type you get.
Although, this whole belly button thing does bug some people, so some of them have a plastic surgeon do a special operation called Reduction Umbilicoplasty Belly Button Surgery, and totally resculpt their belly buttons.
Personally, I think the whole thing's absurd, but what do I know????
posted by dr.scholl at 17:52
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