Donkeybear: The Story Of Inbreeding
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Independently published, 2020
Serie: Libro 80 de 134 - Rejected Children's Books (Funny Books For Adults)
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- Título
- Donkeybear: The Story Of Inbreeding
- Autor
- Toons, Vector
- Editorial
- Independently published
- Año de publicación
- 2020
- Estado
- As New
- Encuadernación
- Encuadernación de tapa blanda
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 13
- 9798610236995
- Serie
- Libro 80 de 134: Rejected Children's Books (Funny Books For Adults)
Donkeybear: The Story Of Inbreeding... A Genetics Lesson With Uncomfortable Family Implications
Sometimes your mom is something more than just your mom. She may be your cousin. This makes certain family dynamics considerably more complicated, and those complications compound across generations in ways that Donkeybear embodies completely. Donkeybear is the product of a specific series of choices made by people who were, based on the evidence before them, not thinking about the long game. Donkeybear exists. Donkeybear is unique. Donkeybear is, in many ways, exactly what you'd expect from the circumstances that produced him, and the book documents this with cartoon art and the patient neutrality of a genetics textbook that has fully accepted what the data shows.
This adult parody book takes a subject that most illustrated books avoid with complete determination... the hereditary consequences of romantic choices made within an uncomfortably small gene pool... and addresses it head-on with rhyme, cartoon animals, and the specific energy of a book that decided to go there and isn't coming back. Donkeybear is unique. Not all forms of unique are equally intentional. The book is honest about which kind this is.
This Book IS For:
- Adults who appreciate dark humor that goes to places most content creators have collectively agreed not to visit
- Anyone who took a genetics class and immediately started thinking about historical examples the professor wasn't going to raise
- Fans of animal-based parody humor that uses cartoon creatures to address human tendencies that human-based storytelling finds awkward
- Gift-givers who want to hand someone something that generates a specific, recognizable laugh... the one that sounds like disbelief followed by acceptance
This Book Is NOT For:
- Readers who have personal family history that makes this subject not yet far enough away to be comedic
- Anyone who took their genetics class seriously and found it upsetting rather than immediately applicable to social satire
- People who believe certain hereditary subject matters should be handled exclusively in medical or documentary contexts
- Gift recipients in families where this could be interpreted as a specific rather than general comment and that would be a problem
Appropriate For:
- White elephant exchanges where the humor can be as dark as the group collectively decides it can be
- Gag gifts for biology teachers who have seen their curriculum generate unintended audience engagement and appreciate it
- Anyone who loves dark humor about genetics, family, and the specific consequences of specific choices
- Situations where you want a gift that's shocking enough to be memorable but interesting enough to have a second read
Why Buy This
There are many books about unique animals. Most of those books celebrate uniqueness in a way that does not examine its origins too carefully. This book examines the origins. The origins are the point. Donkeybear is here because of specific events, and the book documents those events with the clarity that only cartoon art about animal genetics can provide. It is honest in a way that most nature books lack the courage to be.
It costs about what a semester biology textbook costs per page, which is to say it's considerably more affordable and covers the relevant material in a fraction of the time. Donkeybear exists. The situation that produced Donkeybear exists. The book documents it. You can buy it, read it in four minutes, and then spend the next four hours thinking about what you just read, which is frankly the best return on investment biology has ever offered.
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