shenanigans, racism, birdsite, zoology
I pointed out to a white supremacist on Twitter that if you shave a chimp, they're white underneath, along with photographic evidence and gratuitous commentary about the resemblance to their Uncle Dad.
They were real mad. I am very pleased about all this. 
shenanigans, racism, birdsite, zoology
@zebratron2084 wait why would someone shave a chimp?
re: shenanigans, racism, birdsite, zoology
@Leucrotta It was definitely a zoo chimp so I presume it was for some valid veterinary purpose!
shenanigans, racism, birdsite, zoology
@zebratron2084 European people are (generally) hairier, stocky, have had noticably more violence between each other and towards others, and caused a devastating epidemic when they came to the new world (along with genocide) partially because they got diseases from their livestock.
Like they're still people and deserving of respect and protection, but it's funny to me how they're really the "backwards" step of evolution and savagery they think others are.
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@chimerror Hey, give us a break, cold climates do shitty things to a person. :D
Except Italians. We're damn near perfect. *grin* But that could be the food, or possibly all that robust North African DNA? ;D (3/4 of my family's from Rome. I have not entertained the delusion I am descended from ethnic Romans for some time. The historical odds just ain't there. :) )
re: shenanigans, racism, birdsite, zoology
@zebratron2084 I mean that's basically how I think of it, they got up north where it was cold and vitamin D was hard and got mean, and welp, that's evolution, baby
re: shenanigans, racism, birdsite, zoology
@chimerror What always gets me about white supremacists is, OK buddy, if you are absolutely certain racial gaps in IQ testing are (a) meaningful (b) genetic (c) follow neat traditional ethnic categories in statistically valid ways (d) sociologically actionable... why are you not offering to surrender yourselves to the care of Ashkenazi Jews and East Asians immediately, as a clearly and objectively inferior specimen? *facepalm*
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@chimerror More seriously, I read somewhere that (paraphrasing and using hypothetical examples) the typical Spaniard has more DNA in common with the typical Nigerian than the typical Norwegian, and the Nigerian has more in common with them than the typical Ethiopian. That's my current position on race--a big dog's breakfast of cultural fetters lumped inexplicably into one bowl because of skin color and history--and I'm sticking to it. :3
re: shenanigans, racism, birdsite, zoology
@zebratron2084 no definitely, racism is basically folk biology and sociology, elevated into mania.
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@zebratron2084
this seems mean to chimps