• ooterness@lemmy.worldEnglish
    99·
    6 days ago

    The sign in the right says “bees”, but the picture shows a creature with eight legs, two body segments, and no wings. That’s no bee, that’s a spider!

  • UnspecificGravity@piefed.socialEnglish
    23·
    5 days 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” or in the US “chicks”.

    Ironic given that bee sexual reproduction is probably the least analogous to humans in the entire animal kingdom and the VAST majority of bees that you encounter outside the nest (and the only bees with stingers" are sterile female worker bees.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
    59·
    6 days 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.

  • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
    49·
    6 days 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

    • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
      9·
      6 days 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.

    • cuerdo@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 days ago

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

      • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        6 days 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…

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
    30·
    5 days ago

    If that was Poland it would be pretty understandable since nearly every bee is female* while “ptak” (bird) is widely used synonym for penis.

    *i never met anyone who wouldn’t know this, also even the word “pszczoła” (bee) is always feminine in language

    • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
      37·
      6 days ago

      I’ve heard reasons for it like "women’s bathroom needs places to dispose of pads/tampons but, like, it’s a box on the wall. Put one in both.

      Also heard reasons along the lines of “men are faster at using the bathroom so why should we need to share with women” (even though with single bathrooms the washing your hands part is the time bottleneck, not the peeing part) or just general disgust at the idea of sharing a bathroom with the other gender (have heard it from both genders).

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
        11·
        6 days ago

        women’s bathroom needs places to dispose of pads/tampons but, like, it’s a box on the wall

        Isn’t it just a trash can? Why does it need to be on the wall?

        • causepix@lemmy.ml
          2·
          5 days ago

          A can on the floor would be super impractical.

          There needs to be one in every stall (imagine having to find somewhere to set down a soaked feminine product so you can finish up, and then leave the stall with it in your hand 🙃 a gendered bathroom is one thing but either way I imagine you’d have way more folks just opting to flush. Best case scenario, it gets wrapped in a wad of toilet paper that also has to be supplied and attended to.)

          There’s only so many places on a stall floor to put a trash can. Next to the toilet is out of sight enough that you’re gonna have more flushed tampons. Next to the door is in the way enough to get kicked and knocked over. In a larger stall it could easily end up out of reach.

          You’d also be asking a janitor to move a trash can out of the way and replace it in every stall every time they mop, on top of bending down to clean and change each one.

          On that note, anything that gets on the floor will also get on the trash can, meaning any metal will probably be exposed to corrosives (urine, cleaning chemicals, even standing water).

          Even in terms of cost; the ones on the wall can be as cheap as cutting, bending, and installing a piece of sheet metal, and will basically last the lifetime of the stall.

          I honestly can’t think of a single good reason for it to be anywhere else.

          • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
            4·
            5 days ago

            I mean the trash cans are already there in every stall, or are they not in your country? We get them in male and gender neutral bathrooms too.

            The other issues just seem like non-issues mostly. Never have I accidentally tripped one over, nor is it usually hard to reach one - maybe if you’re pregnant, though.

            • causepix@lemmy.ml
              2·
              5 days ago

              I guess I’m not really sure what you’re disagreeing with? You asked, I answered. This is quite possibly the stupidest thing I’ve ever wasted my time thinking about though so literally who gives a fuck put your stupid trash can wherever you’d like it to be.

      • djsaskdja@reddthat.comEnglish
        6·
        6 days ago

        It doesn’t really matter ultimately, but it takes me like 10 seconds to wash my hands. Peeing almost always takes longer.

      • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        My second favorite washroom was a grand all-genders one at a bar. There was never a wait and it had a hang-out area so you could keep an eye on your friends if they got too tipsy, or just do nose drugs with strangers. Mostly nose drugs.

      • Demdaru@lemmy.world
        4·
        6 days ago

        Yeah duuuuh. Women leave their claw marks everywhere, blood splatter, and oh my god throw that tampon to the trashcan it’s literally there for that reason!

        But also yeah duuuh, men take personal offence at the idea of not pissing all around the stall, and washing hands has to include splattering water, somehow, behind the stall. Also never manages to drop the paper towel to bin.

        We are all terrible lil shits <3

      • Anna@lemmy.ml
        3·
        6 days ago

        No most men I know don’t wash their hands or if they do they just hold it under the tap for 2 seconds without any soap or anything

    • unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml
      1·
      4 days ago

      It’s probably due to legal requirements. It’d be unisex if it could, but if not, pick a random gender for the bathroom to identify as. Pretty ironic.

  • TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip
    30·
    6 days 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@lemmy.zip
        4·
        5 days 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.

  • folaht@lemmy.ml
    12·
    5 days 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.

  • quail@lemmy.ca
    8·
    5 days ago

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