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[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago

working as a bagger as a grocery store I interact with hundreds of people daily. In an ENTIRE 7 hour shift I only had 2 customers say sir and ma'am respectively.

it's honestly crazy to go from constant "thank you sir"s to literally only 2. And it's always 50/50 which one they say 😭. It's not that they don't respect me either, they're all really respectful! they just like aren't confident enough in their guess to give a solid answer

my favorite person ever is when I helped an old guy put a package of water into his car and he said "oh thank you "sir-uh-ma'a-....they-uh....Quinn?" while I just stood there likeπŸ§β€β™€οΈ

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Isn't it snails where 'male' and 'female' is decided by who wins the slow-motion penis-knife fight?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 3 points 23 hours ago

I did not know rats were... aficionados of the struggle-snuggle.

[–] Vigge93@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I think that's flatworms iirc

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 213 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'm a cis white male with hair long enough to ponytail. Playing with my daughter at the park, a little one asked me if I was her mom or dad. When I told her that I was her father, she asked me why I had a ponytail. Without missing a beat I responded with "because my hair is long." Little girl thought for a moment, put on a "yeah, that makes sense" look, and went about to go play.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sibling and I were visiting my mum. Neighbour kids were playing outside when we arrived. They loudly asked 'why does the boy have long hair and the girl short hair?' Mum said 'Because they each like their hair that way!' and the kids were also like 'yeah that makes sense'. Kids love learning new stuff, it comes easily to most of them to learn that humans can differ.

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Cool thing about kids is that they're not prejudiced before they learn something new. Not so cool thing is that parents often pass prejudice onto their kids.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 153 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They're not women's clothes. They're my clothes. I bought them.

~Suzy Eddie Izzard

[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 21 points 2 days ago

That's an adorable answer

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 73 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The next question I’d expect from a little kid would be β€œwhy is your hair long?”.

And another why, and another, and another…

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A good way to break the unending question sequence is to ask them what they think about whatever they asked.

"Why is your hair long?" "Well, why do you think someone might have long hair?"

[–] taxet_@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As a dad of a three year old with a VERY ravenous appetite for knowledge, I can confirm this. It somehow also feels like that kinda seems to be developing some thinking skills because the kid is sometimes surprisingly profound and has a magnificent imagination.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

I love hearing my six year old's thought processes for the same reason.

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 24 points 2 days ago

As a dude with hair past my shoulders, the answer is that it looks fly AF

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As someone who owns snails, who told you that? I have a tank with females and one with males

Lots, but not all, of snails are hermaphroditic.

[–] chisel@piefed.social 136 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Huh, TIL

https://www.kqed.org/science/1446777/everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-snail-sex

When snails copulate, two penises enter two vaginal tracts. Both snails in a pairing transfer sperm, but whichever snail got in the best shot with the dart has a better chance of ultimately fertilizing eggs.

First they stab eachother. The better the stab, the more effective the stabber's sperm will be. Then they exchange fluids. Then they settle down, buy a minivan, and waste away in an office until they die.

[–] notabot@piefed.social 66 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They're snails, they are the minivans.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's 2025. Even snails are renting their homes these days.

[–] ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Unless they're.. (pause) .. disco snails! πŸŒπŸ•Ί

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Between that and their anus being on their forehead you have to realize that if there is intelligent design he's an evil fucker

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Sounds like they were designed by a Spore player. πŸ˜‚

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

its like flatworms, they do the same. i think earthworms and relatives are more mutual, they fertilize each other at the same time without fighting.

If you fertilize mine I'll fertilize yours, baby.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

When snails copulate, two penises enter two vaginal tracts.

That reminds me of this sweet old love song by an old cowboy band.

[Outro]
Criticize what you wreck
We're fucking you back
Fucking you back

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 114 points 2 days ago

My niece saw my earrings and asked β€œif you’re a boy why do you have earrings?” (They are from a very conservative upbringing).

I simply asked, β€œWell do you like them?” and of course she said β€œYeah!”

β€œThat’s why, because they’re awesome.”

[–] _druid@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My friend said they were being drilled by some guy for over an hour who needed to know, male or female. My friend is genderfluid, and they had a great time making that guy look like an idiot. He even threatened to inform the authorities. I hope they do, because anyone who reads that conversation will realize how stupid that guy looked.

[–] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If I was going to drill someone for an hour, I'd probably want to know who I'm drilling too ;)

most people ask before, or don't really care when the drilling is already happening for an hour

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 62 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 56 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Until it is abused out of them, on Sundays, at a special building.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I went to church and sunday school for years and they never mentioned homosexuality. Or sexuality really.

[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For those that don't get it this is survivorship bias.

During World War 2 they were attempting to figure out how to better equip the planes they had to survive. A certain statistician by the name of Wald figured out that the holes in the planes that they could track weren't that important because those were the planes that returned. Instead it was safer to assume that everywhere else needed better protection, as the planes that received damage in those areas weren't returning.

Sorry if I ruined the funny, but I saw the downvotes and was concerned.

Exactly. In this context, the phrase "I never had any bad experiences with the church" contains survivorship bias, because those who did might no longer be around to tell the tale.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I grew up in the Bible Belt and churches in my hometown would put up homophobic messages on those outdoor notice boards that you see as you drive by. Not every single one, but not none of them, either. This was going on until the late 2000s at least, I’ve heard it’s marginally improved.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 13 points 2 days ago

Well that's rather disgusting

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Yeah, it's the parents. Their views are passed on with every minute in the household. Children absorb.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago

No way - shame begins at home:-D.

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know where the adorably precocious children in this screenshot are purported to come from. Every kid I've ever met who questions me about my gender has been an argumentative little shit that wants to make a point out of not believing me.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I only interact with kids who don't have shitty parents

[–] Iteria@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not shitty parenting. Kids at a certain age just don't take correction from people who they don't feel have a right to correct them. Sometimes that person is no one. My kid refuses to believe the sun is not a planet. She will argue until she's blue in the face. She has argued that she's a boy. Later that she's a girl. She misgendered people all the time and wasn't open to correction from anyone including me for a while. You think, "call people what they want to be called" is an easy lesson to teach. It is not. It took over a year to make it stick. Kids are just dicks sometimes.

tbf the sun is a planet if you define "planet" appropriately

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Don't fucking compare yourself to snails unless you can stab your lovers with spears from your own body.

At best, you're a clown fish or a frog.

[–] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I can stab lovers with a spear from my body. Also: my spear could use a polishing... Where's that Argonian maid?

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Anyone can stab their loved ones with spears from their own bodies. It's just a matter of time and sharping your nails well enough

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

God, this explains SO MUCH about snails.

[–] File@crazypeople.online 10 points 2 days ago

I told u that, snails are hermafrodites.

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