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tiye ([info]tiye) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2006-06-18 20:58:00

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Current mood:*sporfle!*
Current music:Marble Train Wreck: Hypocrite Land

Anthropology Wank!
My very first wank report!

Over in the anthropologist community on LJ, Yarinaosu posts about hir thoughts on yaoi the Out of Africa theory. S/h/it deleted the original post and reposted because "no one had respect for credible discussion." In the repost, s/h/it give detailed instructions on how readers are to respond, with threats of comment screening if these guidelines are not observed. S/h/it goes on to defend hir brilliant argument about the theory itself thus:

First of all, if you want to respond, respond to what I posted. This is proper evidence. Everything I say is either common knowledge or backed up through logical reasoning from common knowledge. "Research" is meaningless, as its just a word used by people to not actually target the issue, but instead avoid it. Since it is all theory, research can only lead one towards a thought, but cannot prove it. Furthermore, "digs" and "finds" in different places do not prove a thing, however, the lack of said finds or the lack of certain patterns can suggest that such a thing cannot happen.

The argument itself is a bit on the tl;dr side, but it is worth the read and contains much logic of the non-earthly persuasion. The wanking sets in immediately in the comments, and there is a bonus stern followup post by one of the mods.

ETA: Thanks to several folks for pointing out that the wank has continued in mock_the_stupid! Also, Yarinaosu himself now seems to be with us in mouse form, trolling the threads here in otf_wank.



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