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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 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?

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 42 points 1 month ago (3 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

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 38 points 1 month ago (6 children)
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[–] Starstarz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month 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.

Hymen means membrane. -ptera is wing. They have membranous wings, and no carapace like beetles. Not named due to virginity.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Hymenoptera* 🤭

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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Worker bees are female. Male bees only hang around the queen for sex.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Do you give out quests to worthy adventurers?

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 month ago

Then I believe you have a key and are good either way

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 53 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends on which state this happens in. The south? Absolutely!

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago

I'll just bring a few essentials with me...

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[–] Ach@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month 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.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month 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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[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Plot twist.

They're both just unisex single bathrooms

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 19 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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

[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 month ago (1 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.

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What in the world is bouldering?

[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] stray@pawb.social 8 points 1 month ago

To add, it's distinct from regular rock climbing in that you don't use a rope and have to climb back down.

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You forgot the actual issue. The cruelty is the point. They don't want us to have a bathroom at all, that way they can murder/rape/arrest/harass us when we use the rublic restrooms.

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[–] plyth@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

Because public toilets in the US come with bathroom stalls that have doors with gaps. So everbody can see the people who are sitting on the toilets.

[–] knexcar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month 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.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month 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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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I genuinely hope this is the real answer.

[–] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 42 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The good ending: They both lead to the same room

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hopefully the room has a toilet in it.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Both men's and women's restrooms will have a toilet. Actually the women's will have more.

[–] bonenode@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Sir, this is a Wendy's (also with no toilet...)

Is it good because we do hand stuff? Eew.

But I'm in.

[–] homes@piefed.world 35 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social 26 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 24 points 1 month 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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[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's because birds have cloaca just like human women.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh shit, will my stinger fall off if I, umm, sting someone?

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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month 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.

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

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

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] Nanook@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Woman and girls. No men or boys.

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