• @Mango
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      -25 months ago

      No that’s the gay.

      • @davidagain
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        45 months ago

        If being gay (not bi) is so obviously an evolutionary disadvantage, how does it exist in humans and animals in statistically significant numbers?

        • Atelopus-zeteki
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          45 months ago

          Turns out there may be more to this evolution thing than ‘first past the post’. Non-reproductive members of a species can help other members of the species to survive.
          Essentially it’s not about getting “my genes” into the next generation, it’s really about getting the genes of “my species” into the next generation, and beyond.

          https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780124201903000302

          https://theconversation.com/homosexuality-may-have-evolved-for-social-not-sexual-reasons-128123

          • @davidagain
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            25 months ago

            That makes a lot of sense.

        • @Mango
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          35 months ago

          Because we like it and liking things is reason to live.

          • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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            85 months ago

            It doesn’t matter how long you live if you have no offspring. It feels like, statistically, gay people really shouldn’t exist. Yet here we are.

            Hi, it’s me, the strangely existing gay person!

            • @davidagain
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              35 months ago

              And long, long, long may you exist and be happy, NikkiDimes.

              • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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                Live long, prosper, and be gay (and do crime)! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

                • @davidagain
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                  15 months ago

                  You do that. Well perhaps not the crime!

            • @Asidonhopo
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              25 months ago

              Species survive not just as individuals, but as groups.

          • @davidagain
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            25 months ago

            OK. May your life be full of love and… er, … satisfaction.

            • @Mango
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              25 months ago

              The Benny Benassi kind?

              • @davidagain
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                25 months ago

                Well, yeah, whatever floats your boat, gets you going, rings your bell, dings your dong, pops your champagne cork, whatever bangs your drum, tinkles your tonkles, whatever gets into your groove and whatever, quite frankly, bedazzles your vajazzle or spurts your spunk. That kind of satisfaction. Just so we’re clear. Hope that answers your question.