Current Events > What do you think would happen if the rate of homosexuality flipped?

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From the next generation onwards (Basically everyone born after 2010) 95% are homosexual, 2% are bisexual and 3% are heterosexual.

I am well aware that it's near impossible to get "correct" figures so for the sake of this topic the ballbark generalization is 5% of the population of Earth are gay with 2% of them being bi.

But what if that all changed? Suddenly 5% were straight and 95% were gay?

https://i.imgur.com/iSatFcZl.jpg

After a few decades how do you think that would effect society, religon an the economy? How do the think the older generations would react? How would you react?
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Society crumbles due to lack of reproduction

AssultTank posted...

Within 200 years, the human population of earth would be almost gone. Drastic measures would be taken to force procreation...

Not really, owmen can stil lget pregnant via sperm donation
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The number of humans would drop DRASTICALLY
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AssultTank posted...

Within 200 years, the human population of earth would be almost gone. Drastic measures would be taken to force procreation...

So we're gonna be doomed by a problem that has already been solved by science?
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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...

Not really, owmen can stil lget pregnant via sperm donation

Assuming they would want too.

That would be fabulous.
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Natural pregnancy would end, so let's not pretend that the population wouldn't plummet by some extent, but... maybe that's a good thing lol. There's, what? 8 billion of us?

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Populations don't need to drop that far, what with IVF and proxy pregnancies.

On one hand, it would be a lot harder for single straight folk to find relationships, but on the other, I think I'd make a killing selling my sperm.
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Ill accept being a minority and complain about all my hardships on the interwebs
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the problem with assuming that humanity would go on with Artificial insemination and proxy pregnancies is that those cost a lot of money.

and most of the world are in an economic situation where they can't afford that, which might possibly mean that having children would suddenly become a class issue, or people would basically have to have sex with people they have no desire for, just for the purpose of procreation

and i don't even want to think on the effects of that
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Yeah population would go down but there are perfectly feasible ways of continuing the human race without the literal sexing.

My daughter is a test-tube baby. >_>
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WashYourHands posted...

Ill accept being a minority and complain about all my hardships on the interwebs

How old would you have to be to become the minority here? like 112?

All the already straight people are still around
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I wonder what the population and birthing rate would look like with that low of a percentage of straight/bi people. That's like, what, only a few million people?
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Dyinglegacy posted...

Natural pregnancy would end, so let's not pretend that the population wouldn't plummet by some extent, but... maybe that's a good thing lol. There's, what? 8 billion of us?

Basically Demolition Man
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Just means there would be no more accidental babies. Being gay does not eliminate the desire to have children.

There was a "movie" (like a lifetime special on youtube or something) kinda like this. Some chick was bullied to suicide for having a crush on a guy because the whole world was gay except during mating season.
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DoomSwell posted...

There was a "movie" (like a lifetime special on youtube or something) kinda like this. Some chick was bullied to suicide for having a crush on a guy because the whole world was gay except during mating season.

Sounds awful
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I doubt it would be much different other than the production of children would be a commodity. That would lead to poorer nations dying out over time.

metallica846 posted...

ROBANN_88 posted...

the problem with assuming that humanity would go on with Artificial insemination and proxy pregnancies is that those cost a lot of money.

Only because not a lot of people use it. If the entire world needed it, it would be cheap as fuck.

when has an increase in Demand ever made Supply cheaper?
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fair point
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though, on the other hand, it is a medical procedure, so at least in the US it would probably increase in price anyway
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You see having children incentivized

Its a dumb hypothetical, no ones gunna be gay if you get a free ride for having kids

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China would switch from a child limit to a child minimum requirement.

One of Anthony Burgess' best novels, The Wanting Seed, is about almost every human becoming homosexual to lower birth rates to save the world from problems caused by overpopulation. "It's sapiens to be homo!" is the rallying cry of the government. It's a great read if you actually want to ponder shit like this instead of just trolling.
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It feels that way already TC.
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...do people seriously think that if 95% of the population were homosexual, then we wouldn't still fuck purely for reproductive reasons?

Intercourse would just become another job or chore, something we do because we HAVE to rather than because we WANT to.
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AssultTank posted...

Within 200 years, the human population of earth would be almost gone. Drastic measures would be taken to force procreation...

Big hit, yes. Almost gone, no
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Awakened_Link posted...

I wonder what the population and birthing rate would look like with that low of a percentage of straight/bi people. That's like, what, only a few million people?

160 million, which is still a decent amount.

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metallica846 posted...

ROBANN_88 posted...

when has an increase in Demand ever made Supply cheaper?

Solar power, electric cars, cell phones, tv, food.

Thats more so because they found ways to mass produce it, thus supply increases to meet demand, not just because people wanyed it more

Not to mention all those things you mentioned are still pretty expensive
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There would be a sudden uptick in homophobia from people born before the switch. Homophobic countries where homosexuality is punishable by death would have cultural crises.

Message boards like this would improve drastically.
The population would drop, but not catastrophically since gay people are fertile and the world would just change the way we view procreation and courtship.

Certain areas would become "male areas" and "female areas" where you'd mainly just see people of that sex.

When the new kids grow up there wouldn't be homophobia any more and "heterophobia" might even be born.

Best of all: The Bachelor and The Bachelorette would cease to exist.
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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...

AssultTank posted...

Within 200 years, the human population of earth would be almost gone. Drastic measures would be taken to force procreation...

Not really, owmen can stil lget pregnant via sperm donation

Yeah was gonna say im sure plenty enough would willingly donate sperm when it started to actually become a problem.

I'm not a woman or a lesbian woman for that matter so idk I could be way off, but id think the real issue would be with homosexuality that high how many women would be willing to carry a kid? Can they do it without the woman carrying the kid?
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metallica846 posted...

Wetterdew posted...

Best of all: The Bachelor and The Bachelorette would cease to exist.

Wut?

It would just be flipped. All guys and all girls. Maybe a few bisexuals.

Which would destroy the entire show immediately since the whole point is to have a dozen hot straight people competing for the attention of one person of the opposite sex.

Gay bachelor would quickly turn into a big orgy and the contestants would just hook up with each other instead of all competing for the one they're supposed to fight for
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Wetterdew posted...

Message boards like this would improve drastically.

oh u
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Does this ratio maintain itself for offspring too?

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MrPeppers posted...

Does this ratio maintain itself for offspring too?

yes
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DoomSwell posted...

There was a "movie" (like a lifetime special on youtube or something) kinda like this. Some chick was bullied to suicide for having a crush on a guy because the whole world was gay except during mating season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnOJgDW0gPI

IIRC, the "mating season" is just a small mention. It is pretty bad though.
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