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View submission: People who draw penises on everything, why?
They have been doing this forever. I recall a bunch of ancient Roman stuff they found with dicks drawn on it. It's one of the few jokes that can stand the test of time.
Comment by topasaurus at 25/02/2022 at 18:05 UTC
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That and the Greeks had a temple with penis statues outside.
If I were Emperor, I would probably have giant penis statues on either side of my palace. And maybe matching vagina sculptures across the way with a nice ornamental garden with plants, fountains, and pools in between. Why not?
I mean, we all came through a penis. Why not celebrate it.
Comment by P0sitive_Outlook at 25/02/2022 at 17:46 UTC
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It's one of the few jokes that can stand the test if time.
Along with the fact that OP's mom will do anything for a buck, a dinar or a caliphate.
Comment by spoonweezy at 25/02/2022 at 18:00 UTC
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Years ago I was hanging out with buddies and someone asked, “man, how long do we have til dicks and farts aren’t funny?” Couple of days later I was at work and heard a couple of guys like 20 yrs my senior basically say the same thing. Told my buddies - “guys! we got at least 20 more years!!”
Comment by BeerJunky at 25/02/2022 at 18:18 UTC
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There are tons of them and a lot of crude sayings all over Pompeii.
https://kashgar.com.au/blogs/history/the-bawdy-graffiti-of-pompeii-and-herculaneu[1][2]
1: https://kashgar.com.au/blogs/history/the-bawdy-graffiti-of-pompeii-and-herculaneu
2: https://kashgar.com.au/blogs/history/the-bawdy-graffiti-of-pompeii-and-herculaneu
https://allthatsinteresting.com/ancient-romans-penises
Comment by MadBlackGreek at 25/02/2022 at 19:35 UTC
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Even the old "flipping the bird" gesture was started by ancient Greek philosophers for when they one-upped each other as a way to say, "I just fucked you!", 'cause the middle finger basically represents a penis, with the outer curled up fingers being the balls.
Thinking about a country full of people that speak like my old man, this made perfect sense when I first read it.
Comment by ArmaTM at 25/02/2022 at 18:59 UTC
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As far as i know the roman drawn penises were indicating the way to the brothel.
Comment by RarelyRecommended at 25/02/2022 at 19:19 UTC
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I was stationed in Italy for much of the 80s. Most of the graffiti then were penises.
Comment by Urist_Macnme at 25/02/2022 at 19:39 UTC*
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Puritanical British Egyptologists went around chiselling away all of the many many many dicks they found depicted among the hieroglyphs.
As a side note, one of the expected duties of the Pharaoh was to ceremonially ejaculate into the Nile to ensure fertility of the crops.
Comment by Shaboyyy at 25/02/2022 at 19:46 UTC
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Oh wow, Spider-Man wrote this
Comment by Jack_Dup at 25/02/2022 at 22:14 UTC
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Pour some out for the first caveman to think to scrawl a dick Pic on something. Legend, although whose name was lost to time, shake henceforth be called King Richard the First.
Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2022 at 18:19 UTC
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Roman cocks weren't jokes though. That's just how they liked to decorate.
Comment by MintIceCreamPlease at 25/02/2022 at 19:50 UTC
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I wonder why it isn't as common to see butts, boobs or vulvas even. Why specifically dicks?
Butt ) )
Comment by Mythtery93 at 26/02/2022 at 01:31 UTC
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The Romans used penis like images and models to portray something was good or fair. Particularly in terms of business. If you had a penis drawn outside the store was reputedly good with deals and honesty.
Comment by elebolt at 26/02/2022 at 02:26 UTC
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We can trace it even farther back, apparently it's a tradition that goes to prehistoric times. Some cave paintings have penis drawings and there are prehistoric carvings of penises.
it's been a tradition since humans are humans, why would we stop now?
Comment by Artistic_Brother_303 at 26/02/2022 at 04:00 UTC
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There are penis carvings all over the streets in Pompeii. They were put there by the people of Pompeii and they point to the direction of the whore house. In the whore house, there are ancient paintings on the walls showing different sexual positions. The men would come in, choose the woman they wanted and would point to the pictures on wall so it was understood what they wanted. It was absolutely fascinating to see! The tour guide made a game out of pointing to the penises as we were walking through the ancient streets. If you ever get the chance to visit Pompeii, DO IT! You see molds that were made of the people and animals that have so far been found. It was a bucket list item for me and well worth the money. I was on a cruise out of Rome (Civitacheccia), and one of the stops was Naples, from which you can see Mt Vesuvius.