There are 17 species of cottontail rabbits. Each can interbreed with the other 16, and as far as I know all combinations are viable. But this isn't considered a barrier to being considered different species because they aren't considered to do so 'often'. The 'can interbreed' definition is absolutely out of fashion, it interferes with creating new barriers to construction and industrialization.
Neandertal were fucked out of existence and yet no scientist seriously argues they are the species as us. Yet if we Jurassic Parked a few thousand of them up tomorrow, how many years do you think it would take before calling them a different species became a hate crime and got Ye kicked off twitter?
If we applied the same standards to humans, we'd probably have a few dozen species. I mean, christ, the 'unlikely to breed often' metric would let you make a case that Plenty of Fish users are a different species from Grindr users despite a complete overlap of territory and diet.
I often say, to those who think that orcs are a caricature of black people, that they can't be, because they have no racial bonus to thievery, they have a racial increase to strength which increases their ability to swim, and they are often very proud of their lineage and stick around to raise their children.
"orcs are black-coded" meets "orcs are a different species than humans"
Man they really can't stop kicking themselves in the dick, can they?
In fairness, blacks wouldn't even be considered the same species if not for interbreeding.
There are 17 species of cottontail rabbits. Each can interbreed with the other 16, and as far as I know all combinations are viable. But this isn't considered a barrier to being considered different species because they aren't considered to do so 'often'. The 'can interbreed' definition is absolutely out of fashion, it interferes with creating new barriers to construction and industrialization.
Neandertal were fucked out of existence and yet no scientist seriously argues they are the species as us. Yet if we Jurassic Parked a few thousand of them up tomorrow, how many years do you think it would take before calling them a different species became a hate crime and got Ye kicked off twitter?
If we applied the same standards to humans, we'd probably have a few dozen species. I mean, christ, the 'unlikely to breed often' metric would let you make a case that Plenty of Fish users are a different species from Grindr users despite a complete overlap of territory and diet.
I often say, to those who think that orcs are a caricature of black people, that they can't be, because they have no racial bonus to thievery, they have a racial increase to strength which increases their ability to swim, and they are often very proud of their lineage and stick around to raise their children.
But remember, around elves... watch yourselves.
Solid advice.
I thought elves were stand-ins for the chosen now? All thanks to Seth Rogen.