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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Homosexual behaviour has been exhibited by every known species. Homophobia has only been documented in one .

Who's fuckin unnatural now?

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Swans are also apparently Hella gay so.....

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 105 points 3 days ago (4 children)
[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

No. They were best friends who lived together. (Don't worry, I know the vine you're talking about haha)

[–] iii@mander.xyz 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Who knows what they were up to when nobody was watching... 😅

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Oh my god, they were roommates.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 days ago

I keep babbling about turtles being shell-friends. But apparently some turtles are more than just friends!

[–] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 75 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

When I was a teen I asked my religious homophobic grandma if animals dont have rational thought but can still be gay, how did they "choose" to be gay? Her response? Gay penguins dont have souls so it doesnt count.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just shows you that people like that just want a neat and tidy (thought terminating) answer, rather than to know the actual truth.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 23 points 3 days ago

To which I'd have been tempted to reply: "Then how is it that they care for one another if they are without souls? Maybe being so callously judgemental of that which you don't understand makes you the soulless one who doesn't count."

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Turtles are the horniest animals on the planet.

If you don't have enough girls per male, they will not be able to eat or drink because they are constantly molested by the fuckmachine males.

If you want to live with turtles, don't mix genders, or get a whole lot of turtles..

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Considering their reputation for lack of speed, the sex must be extremely satisfying so of course they're always wanting more! 🤪

Fun fact, the velociraptor calls from Jurassic Park were based on sounds of turtles mating

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 days ago

The little buggers are not as slow as people think.

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[–] purplerabbit@piefed.blahaj.zone 36 points 3 days ago (5 children)

It's cute and all but... I really hate that arguement. If it wasn't natural, it wouldn't make it any less moral. We don't need to play by their rhetorical rules. I know that this is just a cute thing, but I see this kind of things all the time and I feel quite strongly about it. So what if I wasn't born this way? So what if it's not natural? Does it somehow make things worse? Or is just an excuse to justify hatred of something that just grosses the 'phobes out?... y'know?

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, when arguing with anyone about things not being natural, point out the car they drive, the processed food they cook, the job they work: all very unnatural things that people "choose" to do.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah but cars don't go to hell when they die, and they really just care about gay peoples' souls! They swear!

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Of course it is a dumb argument, but it is to refute the even dumber argument that somehow homosexuality isn't natural.

My point is that we shouldn't even entertain the question in the first place. It doesn't matter if it's natural or not. If it was unnatural, it wouldn't make it any less moral or okay.

[–] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

I've been saying this for years. It doesn't matter if you choose to be gay or not. It doesn't matter how many biological sexes there are. People should do what ever the fuck they want with their own bodies and personalities.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Glasses are not natural, pacemakers are not natural, cars are not natural.

Anyone who uses "not natural" as an argument while not living in a brush hut and cooking over a woodfire is just a hypocrite

[–] Regdok@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We're the only species that can make our own fires. So unless you stumble upon a fire that has started because of a lightning strike or something, cooking over a fire is pretty unnatural. Then again we are part of nature, so anything we do is natural 🤷‍♂️

[–] Tja@programming.dev 12 points 3 days ago

You know what else isn't natural? Clothes, houses, cars, glasses, phones...

It's just a dumb argument to begin with, and it's not even correct. Par for the course for conservatives.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

"Being gay is gay" is the tautology this whole thing will eventually evolve to as all their arguments get refuted one by one.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I wouldn't bet on it. If they cared about their arguments getting refuted via logic and/or facts, then they'd already have dropped their bullshit.

No, they're emotionally still children taught by bullies how to "win" by refusing to back down no matter what, and that "might makes right" so they all back each other up. It unfortunately all too often works for them by simply wearing out their opponents - who can't fathom not giving AF about the facts, and/or just don't know how to defeat such obstinance.

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[–] dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Everything comes from nature so nothing is unnatural.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Well that would just diminish the value of having both words.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Yeah but to him it seemed like about a year and a half.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Where exactly is the line between "natural" and "unnatural" and why should Humans abide by what is Natural anyway?

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 7 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Those who complain such nonsense are almost always those using religion in an attempt to control and/or manipulate others because "God" is in theory "perfect" and therefore unquestionable. They conveniently forget "God" not only isn't the one making the complaint, but is also the one who supposedly created what they're complaining about to begin with.

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[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Chimpanzees are one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.

Chimpanzees are known to be cannibals

Does that make cannibalism "natural"?

[–] bubblybubbles@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 days ago

Aww such a cute couple 🥰💖

[–] boringgus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I was in a band by that name. We only played instrumental national anthems.

In hindsight, both factors might have limited our marketability a bit..

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