In America, The Stupid Touches You.
Feb. 12th, 2008 08:06 amDear Gods, please tell me this man hasn't bred:
If it took "millions of years" for man to evolve from a rock with all of his complexities, what probability is there that a compatible female would arrive by the same process at the same time and place to propagate a human race?Arrgh! The stupid, it burns!
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Date: 2008-02-12 05:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-12 05:34 pm (UTC)Y'know, I make this rant every once in a while where I see someone use "male" and "female", which are adjectives, when what they really mean are the more precise nouns "man" and "woman."
What I find interesting in this particular sentence is how he juxtaposed "man," which is precise: a human male, with "female," which is imprecise: a female what? Earthworm? Pigeon? Bonobo?
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Date: 2008-02-12 09:38 pm (UTC)Just sayin'...
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Date: 2008-02-13 08:58 am (UTC)He might be able to breed with a female bonobo, though the offspring would probably be sterile. Earthworms and pigeons are Right Out.
He seems not to grasp that a "species" includes both sexes.