Are mermaids sexy?
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@evan For the sake of this question I am assuming merb'ys are included, esp these folks from Newfoundland
@jessamyn that's really sweet!
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@evan No, but Manatees are cute as hell
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@evan Have you considered mer-man?
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@evan Have you considered mer-man?
@shtrom yes. I did a Google Ngram search for different mer- prefixed terms. "mermaid" is by far the most common. Also, it's the one I'm most interested in for this poll.
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@shtrom yes. I did a Google Ngram search for different mer- prefixed terms. "mermaid" is by far the most common. Also, it's the one I'm most interested in for this poll.
@shtrom I am pretty sure that bump for "merman" in the middle of the 1900s is due to the popularity of actor and singer Ethel Merman and not Aquaman comics but I could be wrong.
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@evan Unequivocally yes. I mean have you SEEN Daryl Hannah?
@gwcoffey this is a really interesting point. In Splash, she has a tail when she's in the water, but just normal human legs when she's on dry land. Do we count her as a mermaid when she's just donalducking around in a T-shirt being naive and making dolphin noises? I think she's still technically a mermaid then, even though she's not in classic mermaid form. Much to consider!
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@evan Fry: I wish she was the other kind of mermaid! With the fish part on top and the lady part on the bottom!
@stinerman do we think this would be more or less sexy than the classic mermaid style?
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I would think that would depend on both the mermaid and the person looking at the mermaid.
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@evan No, but Manatees are cute as hell
@countablenewt elaborate
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@gwcoffey this is a really interesting point. In Splash, she has a tail when she's in the water, but just normal human legs when she's on dry land. Do we count her as a mermaid when she's just donalducking around in a T-shirt being naive and making dolphin noises? I think she's still technically a mermaid then, even though she's not in classic mermaid form. Much to consider!
@gwcoffey like if the answer is "Yes, but only when they don't look like mermaids" that feels logically inconsistent.