• Ephera
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    03 months ago

    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

    • @cuerdo@lemmy.world
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      03 months ago

      But in those examples, the bee is pollinating and the bird is conceiving, so it would make sense.

      • Ephera
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        03 months ago

        Ah, I thought there would be a male bird involved still, but I guess that example just explains ovulation. Still quite optimistic that everyone shares the same understanding here, though…

    • @jaybone@lemmy.zip
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      03 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.

  • UnspecificGravity
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    3 months ago

    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”.

  • @quail@lemmy.ca
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    03 months ago

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

  • @folaht@lemmy.ml
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    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.

  • Avid Amoeba
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    3 months ago

    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.

    • RaoulDuke
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      03 months ago

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

      • ComradeSharkfuckerOP
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        3 months ago

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

  • TheAsianDonKnots
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    03 months ago

    “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.

      • TheAsianDonKnots
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        03 months ago

        Honeybee colonies are mostly female. The Queen and Workers are female and the males (Drones) don’t actually do much, don’t have stingers, and don’t collect pollen. They are tolerated in small numbers to well… you know.

    • Hildegarde
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      03 months ago

      All bees are female, except the drones which are only grown when needed.

    • @boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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      3 months ago

      Now try remembering that as a non-native speaker while about to shit in your pants lmao

      Although I do suspect these are just gender neutral one-person bathrooms