andros_rex@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoThis gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual”lemmy.worldimagemessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1688arrow-down113
arrow-up1675arrow-down1imageThis gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual”lemmy.worldandros_rex@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square78linkfedilink
minus-squareSphks@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111·1 month 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-up62·1 month agoWhich is 36 years after this guy hatched
minus-squaredangercake@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down3·edit-21 month agoCan we all agree to use “Sashayed in” rather than “hatched”?
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 month agoHe’s still more tortoise than he is gay.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 month 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-up7·1 month agoDon’t nail tortoises down. They reeeeally hate that.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoWell then they shouldn’t slowly walk all over the place!
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoBy the degree his life would change were that aspect of him to change.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAh yep. His life would be significantly more different if he stopped being a tortoise.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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-down1·1 month 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-21 month 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-up4·1 month 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.