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[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 198 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It's not gendered, it's birds for turds and bees for pees.

[–] ollie@pawb.social 66 points 3 months ago (2 children)

i like this one, very inclusive

[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 months ago (5 children)
[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 months ago

Not bees, they pees

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[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

What if I need to throw up?

Edit: wait. Obviously. Go into the brirds room and just grab somebody's face. 50/50 its what they're there for, right?

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Kinda nice but I would have never guessed

[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

It doesn't really matter, it's all just sinks inside each one anyway.

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[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 103 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The sign in the right says "bees", but the picture shows a creature with eight legs, two body segments, and no wings. That's no bee, that's a spider!

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

First set is arena, third is the wings, the come out straight with no detents like the other six legs.

[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Oh shit you're right!

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 60 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I've been stuck in this exact situation at a local pub. It's even worse when you've downed 3 pints so you're simultaneously drunk and been holding it for way too long cause you had to finish explaining a friend why Marx was right.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 months ago

So fucking real

[–] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Drinking gives me the superpower of peeing anywhere with no shame.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Pissed in my first bush last summer because I was stupidly drunk . Then behind a dumpster and then in another bush. Diuretics mixed with alcohol are a removed.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 43 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This post made me realize, I've only ever heard "the birds and the bees" referenced, but never actually how it's applied during sex ed.

But uh, turns out this does not make any sense in that context either. It's just two separate examples to explain sexuality, so bees pollinating flowers and birds laying eggs. They're just used as examples, because they're visible in nature and somewhat resemble the mechanics of sex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_birds_and_the_bees

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 months ago

They should have used the eggplants and the peaches. Before cell phone emojis that would have made things even more confusing. Then Piper Perry could do the putting the condom on the eggplant demonstration, and every boy could feel inadequate for the next several decades.

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

If that was Poland it would be pretty understandable since nearly every bee is female* while "ptak" (bird) is widely used synonym for penis.

*i never met anyone who wouldn't know this, also even the word "pszczoła" (bee) is always feminine in language

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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The gendered single person bathroom. I never understood those.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

I've heard reasons for it like "women's bathroom needs places to dispose of pads/tampons but, like, it's a box on the wall. Put one in both.

Also heard reasons along the lines of "men are faster at using the bathroom so why should we need to share with women" (even though with single bathrooms the washing your hands part is the time bottleneck, not the peeing part) or just general disgust at the idea of sharing a bathroom with the other gender (have heard it from both genders).

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

women’s bathroom needs places to dispose of pads/tampons but, like, it’s a box on the wall

Isn't it just a trash can? Why does it need to be on the wall?

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[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

“She’s the bees knees” or “look at that sexy bird” I’m still confused after writing it out. Does the stinger go into the cloaca? If so, I’d guess the bee is the man… but then bees are mostly female. I fucking give up. I’d piss in the alley.

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Birds lay eggs and bees pollinate.

For the traditional story, birds are girls, bees are boys.

Hence the common UK slang of calling girls "birds" or in the US "chicks".

Ironic given that bee sexual reproduction is probably the least analogous to humans in the entire animal kingdom and the VAST majority of bees that you encounter outside the nest (and the only bees with stingers" are sterile female worker bees.

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Shit outside the doors as a protest against unclear signage

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Bird is slang for girl, Bee = B for Boy

[–] NIB@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In greek, bird is slang for penis(πουλί).

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Just pick a random one. They are nonbinary as far as I am concerned.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Only thing you can do is crack a door and take a peak.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 36 points 3 months ago

Bees start swarming out.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Most bees are female so I guess women go in the bees stall

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

OP pic only makes sense when I think British slang for girl is bird.

But then what is a bee?

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

My thinking was that bees are the ones that pollinate, so male.

But they certainly don't pollinate birds, so I don't know where that was going either. 🫠

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

British 1960s slang for a woman is "bird". So, men are bees.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Almost guaranteed that every bee you've seen in the wild is female. So, women are bees

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Great, so they're both for women? Where the hell do I go?

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[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Aliens from outer space that resemble birds and bees have recently infiltrated earth and are slowly but surely taking over earth's restrooms.
You are neither their species, so it's best to turn around and go home.

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm a human being with autism and a number of other conditions that make it hard for me to interact with other people

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[–] quail@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

Gender neutral id wager. Just go in one and do your business. If some people are offended who cares

[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Bees pollinate (boys), birds lay eggs (girls).

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 months ago

Those are both things only the females of the species do

Worker bees (which are female) go outside and pollinate; female birds lay eggs.

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

Birds big (boys), bees small (girls)

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