undergroundoverground,

Its against nature

No, not that nature

dumbass,
@dumbass@leminal.space avatar

Man I had a cat who would only try to bang my female dog, hated my other cat and dog, just specifically had eyes for that one dog.

Asidonhopo,

Haven’t seen the documentary but would be great to have an annotated list of accounts of gay animals from throughout history to point people towards so they can’t say its chemicals in the water or microplastics turning animals gay in the current era.

Neato,
@Neato@ttrpg.network avatar

en.wikipedia.org/…/Homosexual_behavior_in_animals

Various forms of this are found in every major geographic region and every major animal group.

Like, all of them. But for specific examples:

en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_animals_displaying_hom…

Asidonhopo,

It doesn’t mention any historical examples from before 1990 due to cultural prejudice but I’d be shocked if the Greeks and Romans didn’t write on the subject, being such avid observers of the natural world. Sounds like a fun research project for a historian, I’m sure it’s out there.

HonoraryMancunian,

Tbf I wouldn’t mind them thinking microplastics turned animals gay, maybe they’d be inclined to do something about it

Asidonhopo,

Alex Jones’ well known statement that “they’re putting chemicals in the water that turn the fricking frogs gay” isn’t enough for them to support even the most basic environmental regulation.

A nice thought that there are inroads on the environment among the paranoid set of conservatives, maybe worth exploring. I recall studies showing some kinds of chemical effluent having gender based effects on fish at least, which might be the origin of Alex’s bizarre theory.

UraniumBlazer,

How dare the animals engage in such unnatural behavior!!! /s

jas0n,

Easy. They need Jesus.

TheLowestStone,
@TheLowestStone@lemmy.world avatar

Holy shit… Conversion Therapy for pets.

Did we just stumble on a billion dollar grift that will only harm particularly awful people?

mPony,

yeah it’d also harm the pets, you fool. Set that idea in the dustbin, where it belongs.

TheLowestStone,
@TheLowestStone@lemmy.world avatar

Well, we’re not actually going to do anything besides hang out with other people’s pets then tell the owners they are “cured.”

mPony,

aah, clever.

III,

The really awesome pets are “more difficult to cure” so we are going to need them to stay longer.

TheLowestStone,
@TheLowestStone@lemmy.world avatar

^ this person gets it

disgrunty,

I have no doubt that some crazed conservative is out there shock-collaring their dogs or worse for “homosexual behaviour.” They’re absolutely deranged.

SeveralAnts,

This is such an absurd “article”. Picking out a couple of comments from the internet to literally brew conflict for clicks is not sound journalism.

You guys seem to love living in an echochamber. Lemmy really has become very unwelcoming to anyone centrally aligned or learning about the world.

Abird1620,

Yea it kinda sucks. You and I can be central together. Right here.

Knoxvomica,

“stuck in the middle with you”

funkless_eck,

I don’t get what’s centrist about LGBTQ+ rights.

Anything restricting equal rights for all based on sexuality, gender and orientation, color or creed is surely a far right, extremist position?

Whats centrist about “gay people exist?”

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

They already knew about the frogs years ago.

Toldry,
@Toldry@lemmy.world avatar

The trailer for the series is full of comments criticizing Peacock (the publisher) for releasing this documentary and saying they’ll delete their Peacock accounts.

I’ve never heard of them before and I might open an account specifically to watch this! It looks genuinely good from the trailer

SpacetimeMachine,

If you didn’t know Peacock is the same as NBC. It’s their online streaming service.

thorbot,

Conservatives are freaking out about I don’t care, they’ve proven they are idiots and will believe anything

fukurthumz420,

yawn… why do we still sit around and talk in flabbergasted bewilderment about how dumb conservatives are? WE KNOW THEY’RE FUCKING IDIOTS. the question is ‘what are we going to do about it?’ - continue to let them have a say in democracy?

say what you want about them but they’re doing a pretty good job of forcing their agenda on US because most of YOU are too chickenshit to do anything to stop them.

scutiger,

what are we going to do about it? - continue to let them have a say in democracy?

Yes, because without their voice, it’s not democracy anymore. That’s how democracy works. The only thing you really can do is try to educate the ignorant.

fukurthumz420,

yeah, that’s not working, and i’m more interested in avoiding the consequences of their policies than i am protecting their freedom. they’ve been educated for the last 2 decades and they’ve only dug their heels in deeper. there’s only one solution at this point.

JasonDJ,

I’ll hear what they have to say, but if it’s not grounded in science/reason/common sense, it has no place in law. And their votes shouldn’t be worth a staggering amount more than everyone else’s.

shani66,

It’s still democracy if it has entry requirements, and it’d probably function better.

AdrianTheFrog,
@AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world avatar

Voting tests in the US were abolished for a reason

shani66,

Because they were explicitly created to disenfranchise black people.

afraid_of_zombies,

Lazy reporting. Three comments on X is not a freak out. What happened to journalism? When did it become copying and pasting comments from social media?

EatATaco,

It’s lgbtqnation, one of the most crappy outlets when it comes to unnecessarily charged language when it comes to pushing an agenda.

I’m willing to bet the majority of it’s supporters shit on foxnew viewers for being easily manipulated.

jas0n,

Some poor excuse for journalism is better than anything fox news ever has to say. The time where they had any credibility at all has long since passed. At least those Twitter posts are real…

EatATaco,

I’ll give you foxnews is worse, but that’s faint praise.

BigMacHole,

LGBTQNation has an agenda? That’s ABSURD! It’s OBVIOUSLY a very balanced outlet as you can CLEARLY see in it’s name! Anyways I’m going to go watch Fox NEWS.

YaksDC,
@YaksDC@lemm.ee avatar

I guess they weren’t fans of Parks and Rec, they covered penguins years age. ☺

babypigeon,

They’re just learning it now? Lol, talk about being late to the party. That research has been around for decades.

superfes,

What’ll really freak them out is learning that people are animals too…

SwampYankee,

IF PEOPLE EVELEVEVOD FROM MONKEYS WHYARE THEREA STILL MONKEYS!?!?!

CHECKMEAT ATHEASTS

Whirling_Cloudburst,

I was told that all these things happen because Eve ate the forbidden fruit and doomed the world to fall into sin. I guess that is why they hate women so much.

Also, I am glad to hear about another interesting documentary. I’m going to add this to my watch list.

Spitzspot,
@Spitzspot@lemmings.world avatar

Wait until they Google “bilateral gynandromorphism”.

Viking_Hippie,

Bold of you to assume that they can spell either to a close enough approximation that the Google suggestion is correct…

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