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clamhurt_legbeard ago

I assume the prevalence of homosexual behavior in prisons is simply due to lack of women. In the same way, long sea voyages (especially in the age of sail) had higher prevalence of homosexual behavior, but you wouldn't assume it takes a degenerated brain to become a sailor.

Conspirologist ago

Faggot. For normal men it's disgusting.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

Sailing?

Being away from women for a year straight?

Conspirologist ago

Fuck off, faggot.

clamhurt_legbeard ago

Ok, but that doesn't address the weakness of your original claims in any way.

Can you explain why there would be a similar correspondence in increased homosexuality on long sailing voyages but no causal relationship between brain damage and the desire to sail?

If not, your original post looks dumb.

trevmon ago

i think you do have to be brain damaged to want to sail, get in a boat with just dudes for long voyages with just dudes.

"Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off- then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me. "

clamhurt_legbeard ago

I, for one, am glad we had brave, brain damaged explorers finding new lands to conquer.

trevmon ago

yeah all major discoveries are from driven insane men, we only have human intelligence because of random mutations