andros_rex@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 28 days agoThis gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual”lemmy.worldimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1685arrow-down113
arrow-up1672arrow-down1imageThis gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual”lemmy.worldandros_rex@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareSphks@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111·28 days agoAnd “The first known public appearance of the term homosexual in print is found in an 1869 German pamphlet.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_homosexuality
minus-squaretuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·28 days agoWhich is 36 years after this guy hatched
minus-squaredangercake@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down3·edit-228 days agoCan we all agree to use “Sashayed in” rather than “hatched”?
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·28 days agoHe’s still more tortoise than he is gay.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-228 days agoThat’s probably true. But like, by weight? Surface area? Gay actions per hour vs tortoise actions per hour? Hard to nail down.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·28 days agoDon’t nail tortoises down. They reeeeally hate that.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 days agoWell then they shouldn’t slowly walk all over the place!
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoBy the degree his life would change were that aspect of him to change.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoAh yep. His life would be significantly more different if he stopped being a tortoise.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoHonestly, it’s debatable whether a blind tortoise with no sense of smell is expressing homosexuality just because they seek sexual gratification with an object that happens to be male. He might also fuck rocks.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·28 days agoI’m thinking something in a casual saunter with a touch of hip sway. Or whatever the tortoise equivalent of that is 🤷
minus-squareblazeknave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-228 days agoI want to like this bc I’m almost genx, but I think it’s sexist? What am I supposed to do in 2025?
minus-squaredangercake@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 days agoOh you don’t stop now, you sashay harder. For all of us.
And “The first known public appearance of the term homosexual in print is found in an 1869 German pamphlet.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_homosexuality
Which is 36 years after this guy hatched
Can we all agree to use “Sashayed in” rather than “hatched”?
He’s still more tortoise than he is gay.
That’s probably true. But like, by weight? Surface area? Gay actions per hour vs tortoise actions per hour?
Hard to nail down.
Don’t nail tortoises down. They reeeeally hate that.
Well then they shouldn’t slowly walk all over the place!
By the degree his life would change were that aspect of him to change.
Ah yep. His life would be significantly more different if he stopped being a tortoise.
Honestly, it’s debatable whether a blind tortoise with no sense of smell is expressing homosexuality just because they seek sexual gratification with an object that happens to be male. He might also fuck rocks.
Perhaps he only ambled in.
I’m thinking something in a casual saunter with a touch of hip sway.
Or whatever the tortoise equivalent of that is 🤷
I want to like this bc I’m almost genx, but I think it’s sexist? What am I supposed to do in 2025?
Oh you don’t stop now, you sashay harder. For all of us.