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[โ€“] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

To be fair, I think people looked at the folks who were into mermaids as outlandish too. "Been around for a long time" doesn't mean the same thing as "totally accepted socially".

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But weren't mermaids seen as dangerous, irresistible sirens also. So the blame was on the evil mermaid, not the person.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Picture this, we were both butt naked, banging on the sea bed floor.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

She caught me with the flounder

Wasn't me

Saw us making chowder

Wasn't me

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I came to say this. When has being with a mermaid been an acceptable thing. Furries are much more accepted I think than that just in numbers alone.