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Firuthi Dragovic

World Serpent, overly defensive
And all who step in to make excuses for it are just as cold and callous. I can almost guarantee we have such people lurking around this very forum.

Okay, given some of my weird stances on greed (that time and again seem to be completely detached from reality), I hesitate to even give the people who supply the wildlife trade the generous labels of "cold" and "callous". My brain keeps thinking that even the greediest and most heartless prick would NEED to care about the animals and would see a basic business-model threat of harvesting an endangered species (ESPECIALLY for just one part, in the case of rhinos).

The suppliers for the wildlife trade apparently lack the brain cells for even something as self-serving as THAT. This is something far worse than being cold and callous.

Evidently people in some countries believe it to be a potent aphrodisiac.....

And even as much as I take things literally, I'd consider them too simple for interpreting "horny" that way.

I decided to look up and see when the rumor started - and if Scientific American is to be believed this time, apparently the aphrodisiac thing is actually a stereotype and most of the rhino horn desire is for art pieces in some form or another. Article was 3 years old but I'm NOT sure the reasons changed much.
 

Kit H. Ruppell

Exterminieren! Exterminieren!
I decided to look up and see when the rumor started - and if Scientific American is to be believed this time, apparently the aphrodisiac thing is actually a stereotype and most of the rhino horn desire is for art pieces in some form or another. Article was 3 years old but I'm NOT sure the reasons changed much.
Another famous use for the horns is material for making the handles of daggers called jambiya , which are a part of traditional men's dress in some countries (particularly on the Arabian Peninsula).
 
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Deleted member 134556

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It's okay to have romantic or sexual feelings for more than one person because we are human beings and sometimes we come across multiple people that reach to our hearts. We shouldn't feel guilty or ashamed of it.
 

Saokymo

Art Cookie
It's okay to have romantic or sexual feelings for more than one person because we are human beings and sometimes we come across multiple people that reach to our hearts. We shouldn't feel guilty or ashamed of it.

Polyamory is a thing! Monogamy isn’t for everyone, and that’s okay. As long as everyone involved has full consent & open communication, there’s nothing wrong with having multiple lovers & partners.
 

Connor J. Coyote

Well-Known Member
If social media gives one too much "anxiety", then - it might be time to pack it in, hun. :cool:
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tuxedo_fish

how i mine art?
Bicyclists should be heavily fined for running stop signs.

I say this as (prior to quarantine) an avid urban cyclist.

Light runners are a danger to themselves and everyone else on the road. Even a non-cyclist-aggressive driver might react poorly to Suddenly Bike, and then you're picking your Shimano crankset out of someone's grill.
 

AceQuorthon

International Man of Mystery
The world is too terrible to bring children into
 

Kit H. Ruppell

Exterminieren! Exterminieren!
If you're an asshole hiding behind a protected class to get away with being an asshole, I have few qualms about attacking it to get to you.
 

Minerva_Minx

Explosion loving skooma cat
My SUV + free candy = AWESOME!
 

Charleslr'93

Well-Known Member
What are your unpopular opinions?

My unpopular opinion is the American pit bull should only have handlers who have a special permit to own them. I hate when people say “the reason why he attacked was because he was abused” because that isn’t always the case with American Pit bulls. You see, animals have instincts. Pit bulls were bred to have certain qualities and instincts specifically for ripping each other apart in dog fights. Sometimes those instincts come out no matter how much you treat that dog well and how much you love it. Like a tiger (or any other wild animals), you can love it but sometimes they can bite back.It’s not the dog’s fault it has instincts, but we should all be aware that special people who have the time to train their pit bull should only be allowed to have one.

I use to not think this and believed that pit bulls were harmless if they had good owners. But then an experience changed my life. I was walking to the school bus stop and I heard growling. I looked and before I could even react two pit bulls jumped on me. My older brother stood there because there was no way he could help me (pit bulls are very powerful animals). I ended up freeing myself and the school buss pulled up. I hopped inside while the dogs were trying to paw through and kill me. The owner of those pit bulls were not abusive toward their dogs. In fact, they treated their dogs better than most dog owners. However, they neglected to think that their dogs have a natural instinct to lock onto prey. I was a small child at the time walking to the school bus so both the animals instincts kicked in and tried to attack me despite the owner screaming for them to stop. That is what made me have my unpopular opinion.

Tell me your unpopular opinions or stories. I’m curious
Money can't get you common sense. It can buy temporary happiness, but not common sense.

Also.. go to trade school, instead of college. College drama with people who get classified as "SJW's" often teach you their side of what they want you to know, and they get all hot under the collar if you bring up anything that goes against their view/ something that challenges their view/ broadens their mind.
Welding, metal fabrication, building/carpentry, wood working, programming.. etc etc... Definitely that over being taught one side of something and being brainwashed to join or support one side and being narrow minded. Trade school is where the true everyday working person has a legitimate chance of a successful life goes.
Unpopular opinion indeed.
 

Lucyfur

United forever in friendship and labour
Banned
If you aren't one to eat the rich the next best thing you can do is buy a catapult to Yeet the Rich.
 

DergenTheDragon

The cutest derg
My unpopular opinion, we all should be able to exercise TRUE freedom of speech, irrespective of what is considered 'politically correct' I should be able to say whatever I want, and people should be able to say whatever they want. Speaking your mind no holes barred is an incredibly effective stress reliever and learning hard truths is a way of becoming a better citizen.
 

Kitsune633

Artist Agent/Manager and Writer.
My unpopular opinion is that at times, we are terrible people and we refuse to come to terms with it. Sometimes we do something or say something, or act out in a certain way.
 

DergenTheDragon

The cutest derg
I thought that was a universal opinion? Maybe this is just the cynic in me talking *bashes underbelly* "Keep it down in there!"
 

Lucyfur

United forever in friendship and labour
Banned
My unpopular opinion, we all should be able to exercise TRUE freedom of speech, irrespective of what is considered 'politically correct' I should be able to say whatever I want, and people should be able to say whatever they want. Speaking your mind no holes barred is an incredibly effective stress reliever and learning hard truths is a way of becoming a better citizen.

counter unpopular opinion?
no one is stopping anyone from saying whatever they wish
You and anybody else can say whatever they want. Political correctness is merely a suggestion to being less virulent or toxic to your fellow “citizens”.
Now while anyone can say anything they want this does not mean they are free from consequence.
 

VeeStars

uh I can explain?
counter unpopular opinion?
no one is stopping anyone from saying whatever they wish
You and anybody else can say whatever they want. Political correctness is merely a suggestion to being less virulent or toxic to your fellow “citizens”.
Now while anyone can say anything they want this does not mean they are free from consequence.
^This.

Just as you can use your free speech for whatever, I can use mine to disapprove of it.
 
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