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[–] suxen_tsihcrana@anarchist.nexus 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When basic biology is labeled NSFW....

[–] Emotional_Engi@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

we don’t get PPE or healthcare, so biology is scary

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 1 points 1 week ago

Not this American.

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well do you want to be the guy at work reading about sperm?

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The NSFW doesn't help when the title also has the word sperm in it

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 1 points 1 week ago

Well the URL doesn't, but the original link does.

[–] suxen_tsihcrana@anarchist.nexus 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Eh, I'm lucky enough to work alongside other intellectually curious adults who can be open and mature with such things. TBH I don't think it would bother anyone or be considered weird at all. I'd have to have actual porn up on the screen in the shared working area to cause a problem.

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Big companies have network monitoring and filtering enabled.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

And smart employees only browse with VPN on.

[–] MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Damn , your mom must have CTE from all the shots to the head .

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even faster if you're doing it in a plane

[–] socsa@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Well the planet already moves around 1,300,000 mph through the universe

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is why you should not ejaculate in a school zone.

[–] Patnou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably in bad taste...but that give new meaning to Watch For Slow Kids.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago

Bad taste? Pineapple should help.

[–] remon@ani.social 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That's 45 km/h for the non-burger world.

[–] Bipauler@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reminds me of that 'joke' about Superman lol

[–] KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You just told yourself, and only yourself, a joke.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

it's called the Superman:
you jizz on their back when they're still asleep, slap the sheets down, and when they get up.. voilà

[–] Bipauler@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well I don't even know if it's a joke, but just something about Superman's spunk traveling as fast as he can, and how it would wreak havoc during some intimate moments causing some carnage or something to that extent. I don't even know. Maybe it's just something my dad was joking about when I was younger.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

That was a risky click.

[–] Bipauler@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Holy crap. Well that explains a lot with that memory. Dad used to read a ton of sci-fi. I was actually just commenting about Larry Niven and my dad in another post, The one that was asking why nobody has redone Dante's inferno in the 20th century.

e: I think he either must have read me the story or paraphrased it to me when I was younger, I'm going to have to bring this up next time we're having a meal together lol. I read the entire short story you posted (very short! I read it while eating a carrot for breakfast!), and so much of it brings back more memories :) what a fun concept it explores, thank you so much for sharing the link, this made my morning!

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Glad to hear it! Maybe you can get into reading short stories with him :)

[–] Bipauler@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Living up to your user name in being awesome <3

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Picturing the Mythbusters team with a radar gun.

[–] joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I swear there is a George Carlin bit about this but I can't find it in my super quick search, I heard it on a record when I was like 11 or 12 so it's possibly my memory is foggy lol.

[–] Uair@autistics.life 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@joeljoelle @Patnou

Are you thinking of Sammy the Sperm? Always working out so he gets to win the race and fertilize the egg? "Go back, go back! It's a blow job!"

[–] joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Humm I'm not sure, I thought it was a bit about condoms or something, haha.

[–] UpAndAtThem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Not if you're Homelander...

[–] Ozymati@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

Now go dig up an antique essay titled "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex"

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago


That would be a fantastic wrapping paper for birthday.