Very random, but do you guys notice a lot of Somali people tend to have overbites in some capacity?

[Einar68]

Is this a historic ethnic feature of ours, or is it something relatively new?

 

[Yaraye]

 

[Einar68]

I was thinking to myself what makes us so distinct looking since from as old as I can remember I could spot a somali from miles and miles away. Whilst thinking about our features it kinda dawned upon me at random lmaooo.

 

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[Einar68]

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Don't think I've noticed that to be fair (how do you make your comment a spoiler)

 

[OPIUM KHAT]

Don't think I've noticed that to be fair (how do you make your comment a spoiler)

tap on the crossed out eye

 

[Abu Hesi]

thumb sucking into adolescence

 

[Einar68]

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[Sophisticate]

The decline in jaw strength, facial structure is happening across all populations. Not just Somalis. It’s no more common in Somalis than in any group consuming an industrialized diet. If orthodontics didn’t exist, overbites and narrow jaws would be widespread among ajnabis too. Let’s stop attributing these features to ethnicity and creating baseless narratives. Thanks to meanspirited and ragebaiting trolls online.

Many Somalis of old did not have large foreheads or narrow jaws. This isn’t something I’ve seen in my family either. What we’re witnessing now is the result of modern lifestyle factors. Such as, shorter breastfeeding durations or not at all, poor tongue posture, and diets high in processed foods and lower in key nutrients like vitamins A, D, E, and K. The long-term chewing required by traditional diets is missing too.

People aren’t factoring in proper child spacing, long-term breastfeeding, or the importance of tongue posture in facial development. Every generation is becoming less attractive than the one that proceeded it because of these and other modern shifts.

 

[Garaad.XIV]

Exaggerating

 

[olore]

The decline in jaw strength, facial structure is happening across all populations. Not just Somalis. It’s no more common in Somalis than in any group consuming an industrialized diet. If orthodontics didn’t exist, overbites and narrow jaws would be widespread among ajnabis too. Let’s stop attributing these features to ethnicity and creating baseless narratives. Thanks to meanspirited and ragebaiting trolls online.

Many Somalis of old did not have large foreheads or narrow jaws. This isn’t something I’ve seen in my family either. What we’re witnessing now is the result of modern lifestyle factors. Such as, shorter breastfeeding durations or not at all, poor tongue posture, and diets high in processed foods and lower in key nutrients like vitamins A, D, E, and K. The long-term chewing required by traditional diets is missing too.

People aren’t factoring in proper child spacing, long-term breastfeeding, or the importance of tongue posture in facial development. Every generation is becoming less attractive than the one that proceeded it because of these and other modern shifts.

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[Moon-]

I don’t think it’s that common and I work in an area with a lot of Somalis

 

[Hotchick12]

Is this a historic ethnic feature of ours, or is it something relatively new?

no it’s the filthy mouth breathers

 

[Cartan Boos]

”Generalisition” such many cases all so tiresome

 

[Einar68]

I'm making a general observation, i know it's not everyone

”Generalisition” such many cases all so tiresome

 

[Namekian]

It’s not an overbite . A lot of Somalis suffer from teeth being overcrowded which is a result of the palette not being wide enough . Being a mouth breather is the main for cause for this .

 

[Einar68]

It’s not an overbite . A lot of Somalis suffer from teeth being overcrowded which is a result of the palette not being wide enough . Being a mouth breather is the main for cause for this .

So from these comments all i'm getting is that everyone in our ethnic group is a mouth breather, How??

 

[gasara]

So from these comments all i'm getting is that everyone in our ethnic group is a mouth breather, How??

Nose gets clogged a lot. Sinus and allergies.

 

[Juliet]

So from these comments all i'm getting is that everyone in our ethnic group is a mouth breather, How?

You’re either a self deprecating idiot or an ajnabi larper, I’m leaning towards the latter

 

[Yeri]

I don’t think most of us are mouth breathers we just have naturally elongated face. You tend to find east & southeast asians with square faces and jaws, you tell me at least some of them aren’t mouth breathers? A lot of you unironically have bought into the looksmaxxing bs.