Show HN: Bodily Oddities
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The gist
A developer posted "Bodily Oddities," a site cataloging strange things bodies do, to Hacker News.
The thread's main dispute is whether the writing and layout were AI-generated.
Background
The site collects strange things the human body does, organized by body part (brain, nerves, eyes, ears, skin, muscle, bones, heart and blood) and by kind (trick, involuntary, perception, sound, variation, reflex, rare ability), with entries such as ASMR, afterimages, ambidexterity, attached and free earlobes, and cervical rib. The author says the list grew out of personal collecting and was finally put on a page, with a form for visitors to submit new items. It reached Hacker News as a "Show HN" post, where the discussion turned to how the site was produced.
How it unfolded
- Sep 6, 2026The Bodily Oddities page is dated on vester.si, listing categories and recently added entries.
- Sep 10, 2026A Reddit r/hackernews thread points to the Hacker News discussion of Bodily Oddities.
- Sep 11, 2026The Show HN post appears on Hacker News, credited to user vesterde, with 21 points and 17 comments.
- Sep 11, 2026Commenters question the writing and the site layout, and one commenter discusses BPPV and the site's mention of tiny crystals.
Who’s saying what
- Caution
- One commenter called the site fascinating but said the writing was LLM-assisted and the layout apparently AI-generated.
- Public
- Another commenter engaged with the content itself, noting BPPV was previously used for all benign cases of vertigo regardless of origin and crediting the article for mentioning tiny crystals.
Still unverified
The claim that the site's writing and layout were AI-generated comes from a single commenter and is not confirmed by the author or other sources.