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[–] 55 points 10 months ago* (12 children)

Bird is slang for women.

I can only imagine Bee is for men because "penis = stinger?" 🤷‍♂️

What if I ain't got no penis due to an unfortunate gold smelting accident?

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  • [–] 40 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    Traditionally birds = women because they make nests

    Bees = men because they pollinate.

    Please do disregard the fact that bees make hives/nests AND birds pollinate

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  • [+] 35 points 10 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Right, but it’s a metaphor not a science experiment

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  • [+] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yes. I pointed that out in my original comment also.

    Since birds pollinate and bees make nests, it as youve pointed out sexual dimorphism in birds tends to have them as the pretty ones.

    It’s a weak metaphor

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Yeah the talk kids get is often called “the birds and the bees”

    The birds are used to signify mommy making her nest and laying an egg and bees “pollinate flowers”

    It’s a metaphor for little kids.

    The scientific aspects of the species are moot because it’s a very basic metaphor for how sexy times works.

    I’d also like to note that because of how ambiguously and interchangeably everything fits in the analogy I’m POSITIVE the version I’m familiar with is not the only version so it could likely be flip flopped elsewhere.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    It's impossible for me to forget that all bees (& wasps & ants) are order HYMENOPERTA, literally named for them being 99% virgin females

    So I am totally stumped.

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  • [–] 50 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    In the USA, will I be deported to El Salvador for picking the wrong one?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    The real silver lining of them wanting to start being able to deport American citizens is if they do it en masse, El Salvador will end up full of physicists, doctors, professors, etc and be catapulted into a futuristic utopia.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    The year is 2113. I've just graduated top of my class at the Santa Muerte penal colony in El Salvador. Like my classmates, I will begin my mission to find any remaining survivors in the North American wastelands next week.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    So far I've only heard of them being Epstein'd - can't risk knowledge of nuclear fusion falling into others hands... (/s, as if anything it was likely either capitalism or sheer blind & dumb stupidity that did this one)

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  • [–] 40 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    The good ending: They both lead to the same room

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  • [–] 34 points 10 months ago

    If they can’t bother to label their doors correctly, then they clearly won’t mind which one I go into.

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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago

    I’m whichever one doesn’t have anybody in it! Not my problem that they can’t label the doors clearer.

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  • [–] 43 points 10 months ago (20 children)

    Plot twist.

    They're both just unisex single bathrooms

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (18 children)

    Honest question: how is this not the solution to the whole "trans bathroom" barking? It solves literally every issue for both sides.

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    I love bouldering. In my bouldering gym they have labelled the bathrooms with "bathroom" and "bathroom & urinal" and it works beautifully. I can definitely see that not working out in some other places though.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    What in the world is bouldering?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    So as a 5'3" man.......would I always be bouldering?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Other way around. Whoever gets on top of you is bouldering. Have fun with the new sex positions!

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    Unisex bathrooms have a worse capacity-to-space ratio compared to regular ones - aka they can’t handle as many people. Which means they’re not a suitable replacement for places with a high volume of bathroom visits.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    in most Nordic countries, they don't care about gendered bathrooms in a large number of places. the solution is easy- extend the doors lower and higher on the stalls. they also don't have a problem with seat pissers for whatever reason

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    You're thinking of single occupancy bathrooms. Unisex bathrooms have the same capacity as segregated

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    The original comment said unisex single occupant, and unisex multi occupant bathrooms are almost unheard of. I only know they exist because one arcade bar near me made their bathrooms all gender but I feel like they only get away with it due to being in a very liberal area.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

    I don't mean to have one toilet in one larger room, but to have several(more than two) small rooms with one toilet a piece along like a hall or something. Same total square footage as a traditional public restroom, just structured to be a single occupant. Think like a line of portapotties.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    Do the small rooms still have sinks though, or are they shared? I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a bathroom like this. Are the “rooms” the same size/layout as standard bathroom stalls, just more private?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I've seen this before. The rooms are like "traditional" bathroom stalls in size and amenities, with the sinks in one place outside. It ends up being structured a lot like a normal multi-person bathroom, just with real rooms for each stall.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Ok my next explanation is going to assume a few things which I'm going to list up front.

    • You're American.
    • You've seen a handicap stall.

    They were usually the size of a handicap stall with a small sink and a hand dryer/paper towel dispenser. They weren't opulent by any means but they weren't cramped either.

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  • [–] 24 points 10 months ago* (6 children)

    Normally bees are female, right? Worker drones are sterile female, and only when it's queen swarm time do males get hatched.

    But honestly, as long as the stalls are enclosed, who the hell cares? We all have to do our business, and it doesn't matter who is in the room or other stalls.

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  • [+] -11 points 10 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Ok... Why? What's your reasoning that it matters?

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago

    A guy who wants to creep is not going to be stopped by a sign.

    Maybe he will sit at a table and track who goes in and out of women's room and wait till there is no one in there, to go to "the wrong door by accident" and hide in stall.

    A sign won't stop them. Punishment will...if you experience that report it. Get them arrested. If they try to make it physical punch scream kick scratch.

    Its like locking your car doors. A car thief is likely to just break the window. Or just steal your catalytic converter.

    It makes you feel safe but doesn't prevent crime.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    Go in one and make your decision based on whether or not you see urinals.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago*

    Obviously birds are women, so so are Queen Bs. Just go on the floor outside.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago

    I kind love these. It's a little taste for the rest of us what a few of us must feel almost every time they enter a public bathroom.

    I ran into one and I felt afraid I would be judged for choosing a room that others didn't expect me to.

    So I rehearsed a quick meaningless apology and took a guess.

    No one actually bothered me, but it was still a little stressful.

    And then I thought, "Oh, that's what it feels like."

    I also learned the same place had plenty of other bathrooms clearly labeled in a "for use by anyone" manner. So I guess if I had chickened out, I could still have found those.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I'm a large lizard and very hungry.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Woman and girls. No men or boys.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    Assert yourself, shit in your hands and smear it on the door handles. That'll teach them (and get you arrested).

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