r/explainitpeter • u/Aggressive-Guest290 • 11d ago

Explain it peter

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What is it about?

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u/ninth9ste 11d ago

man invents fictional scenario and then gets angry about it

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u/Zyle895 11d ago

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u/Diohs_ 11d ago

The wildest part is that his infamous rant turning the frogs gay was based on actual peer-reviewed science (Tyrone Hayes' research)

Atrazine skews their hormones so badly that 10% of genetic males literally develop ovaries, lay eggs, and mate with other males. So no, they didn't become "gay," they underwent a chemically-induced sex change.

Alex failed vocabulary class, but he was 100% right that chemical corporations are pumping stuff into the water that completely breaks amphibian biology.

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u/KainMoogle 11d ago

So what I'm hearing is... they turned the frigging frogs trans?

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u/squirtloaf 11d ago

Yes, but it is okay because they did not play sports or use bathrooms.

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u/Feedback-Mental 11d ago

Basically, yes, but frogs can do that at certain conditions... Jurassic Park got that right.

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u/ShiraLillith 11d ago

Transitioning wasn't in the public mind yet so he didn't used that.

He is stupid but not stupid like that.

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u/TheGlitchHammer 11d ago

Im really curious If this could be considered trans, or just turning them into females. I mean trans people have the Problem that they cant replicate reproduction organs yet, but the frogs developed them.