I see the ongoing slide into labelling anything mildy analytical as autistic is in full swing.
Christmas Animals
Submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Redacted@lemmy.world 2 months ago
AstaKask@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
Disability as a subculture or identity is just really cringe. Especially the deaf/blind organisations lobbying against curing childrens deafness/blindness.
dustyData@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not arguing here. But just want to point out that disability subculture usually arises as a survival response in the face of discrimination and segregation. Everyone has a need for community and a sense of belonging. When broad hegemonic culture rejects you and your presence, belonging is found in the one distinctive feature that it the cause for the rejection. See also gay subculture as a response to homophobia, US black culture as a response to racism, feminist sorority subculture in response to misogyny, etc. So it is not rare to see disability subculture as a response to ableism.
caradenada@feddit.cl 2 months ago
Context is important. In this case, it wasn’t the place for that kind of analysis.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 months ago
I can’t say I’ve ever seen penguins in relation to christmas
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
I’m part of the problem. I have a penguin inflatable in my lawn. (I also have a dragon and a dinosaur, also not known for Christmas)
Cascio@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Apparently you haven’t seen the seminal classic from 2014, “The Christmas Dragon”. Lovingly covered by Mystery Science Theater 3000 in season 13 episode 13.
Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The latest Coca Cola slop ad probably.
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I thought Coca Cola used polar bears
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You don’t recall “Topper” from Santa Claus is Coming to Town?
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 months ago
First time hearing of santa claus is coming to town ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Una@europe.pub 2 months ago
Yes, but
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 2 months ago
Not sure I wanna know what comes out when you finally… um… … reach your peak.
genuineparts@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Core dumps.
someguy3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 months ago
To be fair, neither are reindeer IRL.
Santa’s sleigh should be pulled by 8 murderous polar bears.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Murderous flying polar bears.
someguy3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Above the Arctic Circle at least.
InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Am I missing something? A few penguin references / associations with Christmas, sure I’ve seen that. But, at least in my part of the world, they’re not a major part of the lore – or am I having a moment?
Either way, this can be easily explained: It’s called being inclusive. The last thing you want is a north pole versus south pole world wide Christmas turf war, best to extend an olive branch andlean into that diversity and inclusion metric for the good of the world’s children and the fate of humanity.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Santa essentially has teleportation. Space is meaningless to the entity we know as Santa.
Tja@programming.dev 2 months ago
What has the north pole to do with Christmas? Santa lives in Rovaniemi, Finland. Jesus was born in the middle east. Presents are made in China. Your house is whatever it is, surely not on the north pole.
moody@lemmings.world 2 months ago
Santa lives at North Pole, Canada. Poatal code H0H 0H0. You can write him a letter and he will reply.
Tja@programming.dev 2 months ago
Fake news! maps.app.goo.gl/2aYT9gQfh29zr8V58
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Puffins are cuter, usually less, ahem, fragrant, too.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Puffins are penguins if they didn’t give up on the whole flight thing
militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Snow and cold weather is christmasish to me
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well, Topper the penguin, did help Santa when he was trying to deliver his toys in Sombertown.
Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Aren’t they only called penguins because of there resemblance to the now extinct great Auk, which was a Northern pole bird?
SoyViking@hexbear.net 2 months ago
My mom bought some awesome South American Christmas ornaments way back in the day. One of them is a parrot and it has been on the tree as long as I can remember.
Parrots are Christmas animals now.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If ranting about cultural associations of animals makes me autistic, I don’t want to be autistic!
Egonallanon@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Penguins are a Christmas animal because they’re all catholic.