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View submission: People who draw penises on everything, why?
Take a look at original Roman graffitis (not "Romane eunt domus"), you will see A LOT of penises drawn.
Even the very first human graffitis were crude depictions of penises and vaginas.
I think it's hardwired in our brains.
Comment by iodameba at 25/02/2022 at 11:29 UTC
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It reminds me about the famous Biggus Dickus.
Comment by ravs1973 at 25/02/2022 at 08:01 UTC
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Romani ite domum
Comment by Impossible-Row-8602 at 25/02/2022 at 11:20 UTC
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I went to Naples and the street sellers sell literal carvings of penises. Life sized and all
Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2022 at 09:17 UTC
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Before we had college textbooks to teach sex education, we had phallic graffiti carved into stone, it was preserved for future generations to learn how to do the very nice sex good.
Comment by Prinzern at 25/02/2022 at 08:51 UTC
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People who are called Romans they go the house
Comment by FIR3W0RKS at 25/02/2022 at 09:43 UTC
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Dick jokes have been funny since the dawn of human civilisation, and I stand by that fact
Comment by Additional_Meeting_2 at 25/02/2022 at 11:11 UTC
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It would still be nice to hear people who do it actually explain why they think they are doing it.
Comment by ukayukay69 at 25/02/2022 at 10:08 UTC
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Romans were known for their immature humor. Especially Claudius.
Comment by wintremute at 25/02/2022 at 11:05 UTC
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People called "Romane", they go to the house?
Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2022 at 11:14 UTC*
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Comment by mikey_lava at 25/02/2022 at 09:57 UTC
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Old medieval books had penis graffiti in the margins as well.
Comment by Orpheus6102 at 25/02/2022 at 09:50 UTC
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Can’t remember the details but I’ve heard that a lot of the “graffiti” you see in ancient Roman cities are actually indicators for brothels.
Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2022 at 12:36 UTC
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Ancient romans? How the *fuck* are we supposed to ask **them**?
Comment by Mithrawndo at 25/02/2022 at 12:55 UTC
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If you vist Orkney, they have burial mounds dating back several thousand years. When the Norwegians came Viking at the end of the first millenium, they would use these burial mounds as temporary shelters and they absolutely covered them in runic graffiti: Stuff like "Olaf wos ere" and "Eirik is a nobber".
We haven't changed much.
Comment by logicalbuttstuff at 25/02/2022 at 14:18 UTC
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My 30-something professor got kicked out of a museum on a class trip to Naples because we went in the room almost exclusively displaying dick art, carvings, clay models, etc. Every subsequent display she had less and less control of her laughter until she saw a tripod statue at which point a security guard promptly escorted her back out to the lobby. I would have put my money on one of the 20 year old guys but it was the prof who lost it. Sorry Herculaneum and Pompeii got destroyed but mad props for saving some good dick art.
Comment by thatminimumwagelife at 25/02/2022 at 16:42 UTC
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As far as I'm concerned, drawing cocks on anything and everything is a human tradition dating back to our oldest ancestors. When we draw penises, we connect to our collective past.
Comment by deeeevos at 25/02/2022 at 11:57 UTC
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this is the way
Comment by No_Comedian_9677 at 25/02/2022 at 12:05 UTC
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I wanted to say that, but yeah. Roman graffitis. And also Michelangelo, who painted a bunch of penises in the church.
Comment by Peiple at 25/02/2022 at 14:36 UTC
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We’re pretty sure phalluses were believed to confer some kind of protection against evil spirits in Ancient Greece and Rome—if you look back at classical bath house decoration, amphora artwork, and wall decorations, penises were a really common theme (especially really giant ones). They also recovered phallic necklaces from the wreckage of Pompeii…it stands to reason that the phallic graffiti may have originated as something regarded as a good thing, rather than defacement.
Edit: example from the met: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255087
Comment by Tarquin22 at 25/02/2022 at 15:31 UTC
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When I took a tour in Italy, we stopped at Pompeii and got a chance to walk the cobblestone streets that were cleared of all the ash from 79AD, and on the road there were dick and balls carved into one of the cobblestones every 20 meters or so. This was the mark put on the roads to make people aware of which buildings were indeed brothels, which the dick would point directly to. So at least back then it had some sort of purpose to put dicks all over the place, and maybe was practiced throughout the Roman Empire.
Comment by Feezec at 25/02/2022 at 15:31 UTC
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The graffiti from Pompey brothels is great. "Go with livia, she gives the best head" "Begone thot, I'm only into bussy now" "Marcus wuz here" "lucius is an asshole" "penis"
Comment by FrostingIllustrious8 at 25/02/2022 at 16:22 UTC
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I remember watching the HBO show Rome, I think episode 1 even, and one of the characters was in a holding cell drawing a dick on the bench. We've come so far.
Comment by t1m_b3nz3dr1n3-0 at 25/02/2022 at 13:24 UTC
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People called Romanes they go the house??
Comment by shockingdevelopment at 25/02/2022 at 13:30 UTC
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Does it need to be wired in when penis vaginas are the most interesting things in the world...
Comment by Utterlybored at 25/02/2022 at 13:32 UTC
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It's the original art form.