Comments on: Gay Penguins Turned Out to be the Best Parents in the Zoo http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:26:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: tink http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1328787 tink Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:28:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1328787 Gay....penguins?????????? Okay whatever makes ya happy. Gay....penguins?????????? Okay whatever makes ya happy.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1289930 ted Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:33:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1289930 My point exactly, Rocky. We're anthropomorphizing by calling "homosexuality" what could just be lack of a sex drive. Plenty of guys prefer to hang out with their peeps rather than staying at home with the chicks. Doesn't make em all gay. My point exactly, Rocky. We're anthropomorphizing by calling "homosexuality" what could just be lack of a sex drive. Plenty of guys prefer to hang out with their peeps rather than staying at home with the chicks. Doesn't make em all gay.

]]> By: Jiggles. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1289112 Jiggles. Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:37:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1289112 No need to get uppity at the word gay. We're people (and penguins) too. Vanderleun: we get a lot of bad press. No need to get uppity at the word gay. We're people (and penguins) too.

Vanderleun: we get a lot of bad press.

]]> By: Rocky Rook http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1288867 Rocky Rook Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:02:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1288867 I couldn't find any article that explicitly spells out the reasons for thinking the penguins are gay. All the articles say is that the males prefer male companionship. Is that the same thing as saying the males are boinking the males (in a softer, more pc tone) or are these penguins simply not interested in mating with either sex and just prefer to hang out with the guys? I couldn't find any article that explicitly spells out the reasons for thinking the penguins are gay. All the articles say is that the males prefer male companionship. Is that the same thing as saying the males are boinking the males (in a softer, more pc tone) or are these penguins simply not interested in mating with either sex and just prefer to hang out with the guys?

]]> By: liphttam1 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1288844 liphttam1 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:52:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1288844 So is mamma penguin sitting on a couch watching tv and drinking beer? So is mamma penguin sitting on a couch watching tv and drinking beer?

]]> By: ali http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1288463 ali Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:25:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1288463 @ Jane -- Well it's probably the same way that humans same sex couples use artificial insemination to become parents -- the zoo keepers will take sperm from a male and impregnate a female penguin. I'd assume that they'd use the same female so that the penguin off spring would be half siblings. @ Jane --

Well it's probably the same way that humans same sex couples use artificial insemination to become parents -- the zoo keepers will take sperm from a male and impregnate a female penguin. I'd assume that they'd use the same female so that the penguin off spring would be half siblings.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1287689 ted Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:32:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1287689 Doesn't really matter how they got the eggs, does it? Doesn't really matter if they're "gay" or not, does it? What matters is that they are capable of taking care of the eggs, and the eggs will survive under their care. Perhaps they could have just said "two male penguins" rather than "two gay penguins", since it's probably more anthropomorphism than actual fact. But then, we wouldn't be discussing it if they weren't "gay". And, vanderleun, I would venture to say that not all the news about gay issues is good news. People are still being persecuted and viciously attacked because of their sexuality. I hope you see something wrong with that, vanderleun. Doesn't really matter how they got the eggs, does it? Doesn't really matter if they're "gay" or not, does it? What matters is that they are capable of taking care of the eggs, and the eggs will survive under their care.

Perhaps they could have just said "two male penguins" rather than "two gay penguins", since it's probably more anthropomorphism than actual fact. But then, we wouldn't be discussing it if they weren't "gay".

And, vanderleun, I would venture to say that not all the news about gay issues is good news. People are still being persecuted and viciously attacked because of their sexuality. I hope you see something wrong with that, vanderleun.

]]> By: JamesM http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1285305 JamesM Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:31:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1285305 "Jane December 19th, 2008 at 7:07 am I wonder just how artificial insemination will help two male penguins become parents ??" "DOJ December 19th, 2008 at 7:28 am @Jane - we’re all puzzled" Yes. So easy to become puzzled as males are NEVER used in the process of procreation. There's no way to create a fertilized egg through the process of artificial insemination. Nope. You two are morons. "Jane
December 19th, 2008 at 7:07 am

I wonder just how artificial insemination will help two male penguins become parents ??"

"DOJ
December 19th, 2008 at 7:28 am

@Jane - we’re all puzzled"

Yes. So easy to become puzzled as males are NEVER used in the process of procreation. There's no way to create a fertilized egg through the process of artificial insemination. Nope.

You two are morons.

]]> By: D-san http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1285062 D-san Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:45:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1285062 Don't know about this one. Must be some gay zookeeper around there. Don't know about this one. Must be some gay zookeeper around there.

]]> By: just a guy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1284763 just a guy Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:23:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1284763 The concept 'gay penguin' is just amusing. The concept 'gay penguin' is just amusing.

]]> By: The Other Parker http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1284581 The Other Parker Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:33:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1284581 Ever the skeptic, I do wonder how something qualitative like parenting can be judged the "best." In the human world, you might look at some parents and say they're wonderful for disciplining their children, and I might look at the same parents and say they're awful for abusing/restricting their children. The point being, there's no "right" way to raise kids, and the gray area is a mile wide. This article didn't mention how the zookeepers decided the penguins were the "best," and such a claim seems loaded with bias. Not that I'm taking a side either way, but it's worth pointing out that it's hardly the objective claim I would expect from zookeepers or a newspaper article. They should at least cite some behaviors, things the gay penguins are doing that are "better" than the other penguin parents, to make the statement credible. Just my two cents. Ever the skeptic, I do wonder how something qualitative like parenting can be judged the "best." In the human world, you might look at some parents and say they're wonderful for disciplining their children, and I might look at the same parents and say they're awful for abusing/restricting their children. The point being, there's no "right" way to raise kids, and the gray area is a mile wide. This article didn't mention how the zookeepers decided the penguins were the "best," and such a claim seems loaded with bias.

Not that I'm taking a side either way, but it's worth pointing out that it's hardly the objective claim I would expect from zookeepers or a newspaper article. They should at least cite some behaviors, things the gay penguins are doing that are "better" than the other penguin parents, to make the statement credible. Just my two cents.

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1284264 Gauldar Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:02:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1284264 Sise, just one? Whats the point of it being gay if you only have one? Sise, just one? Whats the point of it being gay if you only have one?

]]> By: sise http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1284114 sise Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:20:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1284114 Awwwww! I want a gay penguin! Awwwww! I want a gay penguin!

]]> By: Reechard http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1284097 Reechard Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:15:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1284097 i have two fathers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qf0puHJ-KM&feature=related i have two fathers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qf0puHJ-KM&feature=related

]]> By: DOJ http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1283163 DOJ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:28:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1283163 @Jane - we're all puzzled @Jane - we're all puzzled

]]> By: Jane http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1283084 Jane Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:07:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1283084 I wonder just how artificial insemination will help two male penguins become parents ?? I wonder just how artificial insemination will help two male penguins become parents ??

]]> By: Evilbeagle http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1282463 Evilbeagle Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:38:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1282463 I agree, violet. Doesn't matter if the gay in question is human or not, the religious fanatics will come. I agree, violet. Doesn't matter if the gay in question is human or not, the religious fanatics will come.

]]> By: violet http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1282371 violet Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:06:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1282371 The only thing sad about this post is the trolling to come. Brought to you by the letters D and uh. The only thing sad about this post is the trolling to come. Brought to you by the letters D and uh.

]]> By: F9Dog http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1281837 F9Dog Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:15:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1281837 It's funny that the penguins couldn't just be stupid--they must be gay! Geesh! YGTBSM It's funny that the penguins couldn't just be stupid--they must be gay! Geesh! YGTBSM

]]> By: vanderleun http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1281688 vanderleun Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:44:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1281688 Isn't it just wonderful that all, ALL, the news about gay is always good? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) Isn't it just wonderful that all, ALL, the news about gay is always good?

(Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1281652 Johnny Cat Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:35:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1281652 <a href="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y252/jdkinkade/01AwcAX0KuNqEAAAABAAAAAAAAAAA.jpg" rel="nofollow">This</a> is appropriate. This is appropriate.

]]> By: Justin http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/comment-page-1/#comment-1281544 Justin Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:08:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/19/gay-penguins-turned-out-to-be-the-best-parents-in-the-zoo/#comment-1281544 I wonder what criteria the zoo keepers used to be able to label them as the best parents in the zoo. Also does anyone else find it hilarious that there was a protest, in china, over penguins? I wonder what criteria the zoo keepers used to be able to label them as the best parents in the zoo. Also does anyone else find it hilarious that there was a protest, in china, over penguins?

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