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Valnao@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago

TIL that Turkey asks gay people to provide explicit photos of them to be exempt from military service

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TIL that Turkey asks gay people to provide explicit photos of them to be exempt from military service

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Valnao@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours ago
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  • Caveman@lemmy.world
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    My Turkish friend says there’s a running joke of “The Turkish military has the largest gay porn collection in the world”

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      it reflects that on the online sites

  • baeb66@lemmy.today
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    The 301st Power Bottom Division was a decorated outfit before the Turkish military instituted this policy.

  • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today
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    Of course the clerical class wants gay porn “for research purposes”.

    The all-holy ones, who only do holy things to their altar boys.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      hey now, this is Turkey, not the Vatican.

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    So apparently tops aren’t gay?

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      iirc greeks like Spartans looked at it this way. funny how people feel the need to make distinctions, we’re a strange species.

    • Xenny@lemmy.world
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      No no no no you misunderstand

      Bottoms are women

    • MML@sh.itjust.works
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      It’s only gay if the penises touch.

    • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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      Yeah this is what really stood out to me! Like wtf??

  • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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    https://youtu.be/1CWZbUst85o

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    Joey, have you ever been to a Turkish recruitment office?

  • finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world
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    Sounds like Turkish military recruiters have a bit of a fetish …

  • freely1333@reddthat.com
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    Boner spurs

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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    What if you’re not gay just a guy who likes having sex with men

    • desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      you get news (ur gay)

      • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
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        It’s not gay if the balls aren’t touching

        • Lain@leminal.space
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          It’s not gay if you say “no homo” first

  • aheartoffire1996@thelemmy.club
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    WTF y’all be fucking creeps!

  • Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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    What kind of tax is this??

    • NannerBanner@literature.cafe
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      Blackmail tax, or ‘we’ll prosecute you under anti-gay laws or something later’ tax.

  • njm1314@lemmy.world
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    Somewhere there is some prevented genius Turrk just getting away with it.

  • Kaput@lemmy.world
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    Turkish oïl wrestling…

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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    Finally an ethical application for generative AI

  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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    And the photos must show you as the passive partner

    So I guess you and your partner have to switch positions and each have a photo to get out of it. No two for one!

    • frostysauce@lemmy.world
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      So I can’t be gay if I’m the one sucking dick?

      • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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        Not according to them!

    • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world
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      You hear that?! It’s only gay if your recieve so you can pound as many man-ass’s your dick can handle!

      • Poojabber@lemmy.world
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        Historically speaking, this isnt wrong… Im not a historian, but I think its recorded that alexander the great and Julius Ceasar were known to bang dudes, but it wasnt considered gay back then because giving dick wasnt gay, only receiving was…

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          Throw in that athenian politician who has a name I never remember… One of the ‘charges’ against him was that he was acting as a bottom despite being older. The athenian pederasty had the older man taking a younger man as ‘appropriate,’ while the reverse was viewed as scandalous.

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        Alternative explanation - the Turkish army is okay with gays as long as they are dominant.

        Which… strangely makes sense.

        • nullify3112@lemmy.world
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          I mean we’re not going to explain bottom shaming to the Turkish military but the bottom does not have to be sub. Dom bottom is absolutely a thing.

        • desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          even between heteronormative gays that logic is normal and that’s why i despise them any time they belittle bottoms

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