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Re:Animal Sex Determination Is Weirder Than You Think by flippinburgers on Friday April 14, 2023 @11:42AM (#35570805)
The fact of the matter is that if someone is missing a leg they are absolutely human but they are broken nonetheless.
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Re:Animal Sex Determination Is Weirder Than You Think by ben_w on Friday April 14, 2023 @01:49PM (#35572442)
That analogy illuminates nothing.
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Re:Animal Sex Determination Is Weirder Than You Think by flippinburgers on Friday April 14, 2023 @06:03PM (#35575395)
To be sterile is to be broken but it doesn't reduce ones humanity.
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Re:Animal Sex Determination Is Weirder Than You Think by ben_w on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @10:49AM (#35614741)
Nobody's suggesting that it might.

You're the one who wrote:

> Mammals on the other hand have males that impregnate the females.

We're all saying "that's not a very useful definition".

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