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I've been watching a lot of nature shows lately, and I've discovered you can tell how prudish the producers were or what age the show is aimed at by how they talk about sex.

Some shows are all YEAH! DINOSAURS FUCKIN'! LOOK AT THAT! (and let me tell you, brachiosaur sex doesn't look like any fun at all) while others resort to phrases like "they enter into a celebration of life and plenty."

This one also inadvertently implied that sperm whales and giant squid enjoy some interspecies hanky panky -- "At this time of year, male sperm whales join the pod to mate. They are the world's deepest divers, able to reach up to three thousand kilometers below the surface in search of giant squid."

Eh? You wanna separate those two concepts out with more than a pause while a whale dives majestically across the screen, maybe? Because now all I can think of is that the next time I see a hipster or a steampunk with an image like this on their shirt:



I'm going to look at it in a whole new light.

Date: 2011-12-04 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madripoor-rose.livejournal.com
During an earthquake and a meteorite swarm.

Date: 2011-12-04 03:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nutmeg3.livejournal.com
While the tsunami races ashore and cools down the lava from the giganticestest (so gigantic it got two ests) volcanic eruption in the history of ever.

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