• bitchkat@lemmy.world
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      Are those the ones that basically convert based on what potential mates they run into?

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        Yep. They basically have a social hierarchy where the dominant fish in a group is female. If the alpha female dies, then another female may become alpha, or a male will switch and become the alpha female. There are actually quite a few species where gender isn’t determined solely by genetics. So essentially when Coral died, in reality Marlin would’ve changed to a female. Just imagine the reaction of the conservatives had they been more scientifically accurate in that movie…

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        If a male clownfish’s mate dies, the male will change sex and mate with its offspring to continue the family line.

        Presumably why Marlin was so desperate to find Nemo.

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

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    Conservatives are freaking out because they learned that some animals are gay

    Are we seriously doomed to have this stupid ass homophobia shoved down our throats by conservative bigots every 5-10 years because they keep getting mad about the same thing all over again? I’ve been listening to this shit for over 20 years now.

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      Just know that these asshats take extreme pride in their hate. They will subject people to it until the day they die. Christianity is an eternal well of hate and ignorance. And they want to make sure no one is ever happy, the miserable fucks!

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      Given their history, I’m thinking yes. And they have more plans than just poutrages on their alternative reality cinematic universe, they want to force their worldview of xtian Sharia Law on everyone.

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      I think we’re doomed to have it shoved down our throats way more frequently than that with their recent freak outs.

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        Also, he mentions 20 years, I have seen it going on much longer than 20 years, sadly. If they seize power via a Ronald McDonald presidency, they will make things far, far worse. I remember things being very hostile toward gays (trans, etc., didn’t really get a mention other than for comedy) at the height of the fear over AIDS. I think the boot lifted a bit from their neck during the 70s, a whole lot of people seemed to view the 80s as their comeuppance for daring to be who they are…

        And anyone that votes for Republicans, and yet is not a fully white, xtian, far-right cishet male is absolutely kidding themselves. They’ll have you up against the wall eventually no matter how much Ronald McDonald regalia you might have purchased.

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    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.

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

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        Holy shit… Conversion Therapy for pets.

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

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

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

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

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    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.

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    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

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    Oh, this sh*tfest is hilarious.

    We’ve known about gay penguins since 1912, and regressives are just now cottoning on?

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      The conservative education system makes a special effort to misinform/occlude information about certain natural facts of life for generations of people. So every graduation cycle or two, you’ve got a fresh faced cohort of brainwashed kids who have to find out about the gay penguins from 1912 for the first time, ten years after they’ve cemented their bias against homosexuality on “rationalist” grounds.

      We’ve been playing similar games with evolution since the fucking Stokes Monkey Trial. Identical debunked arguments showed up in The Panda’s Thumb over a century after they were ostensibly put to bed.

      You’ll periodically see this show up in regards to phrenology and eugenics, as well. All sorts of inane long-dismissed claims about how physiognomy clues amateur race-sleuths in to someone’s criminal intent or intellectual fitness or breeding capacity.

      Recycling pseudoscience and vaguely sourced gossip is also very popular in anti-abortion circles, giving us all sorts of zombie lies about pagan blood sacrifice of fetuses and elaborate plots to cull the white race.

      The dogmatism of western bigotry is baked into conservative ideology. You can find people dredging up the same old tired lies from the 19th century in arguments made before the US Congress and the Supreme Court to this very day.