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[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 39 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

It really cuts my gears into pieces reading posts like this where people just take things without checking. My last resort is to go search if its true.

IDGAF if it looks like penis, the Latin name is Megaloblatta longipennis. Longi is the inflexion of longus which means long. Pennis is the inflection of penna which can mean feather, wing or fin.

So "longwings"

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

So... Biggus diccus?

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Long penis go burrrrr

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

what's the first sentence in the picture

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I can't fucking read omg.

Still, its not long penis

[–] Beetle@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s a joke because it sounds similar

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

Not many people know Latin and will most likely actually think it means long penis. Wanted to provide actual information.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Winged? Where's my flamethrower

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Arent most cockroaches winged?

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So you're saying it's going to be have to be napalm

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've never learned kung fu as fast as I have the times that a giant cockroach has made its appearance on my lanai.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago

Idk why but this sounds like a plausible Golden Girls reference.

[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Cockroaches are insects. Insects have wings. Very, very few exceptions.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago

Everybody gangsta until the roach start flying!

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

this post was a three-hit combo, but then somebody decided to perform comedy homicide. We need an amputation, stat!

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 days ago

alright did it masel

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's just the rule of Tumblr screenshots, you always have to include one reply too many

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago

Need to end the string with a null character

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 25 points 3 days ago

I've said it before and I'm saying it again...

You're holding a roach.

Stop that.

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

THIS. IS. MY. LAST. RESORT.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

SUFFOCATION. NO BREATHING.

DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF I HAVE A LONG PENIS.

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

flapping in the wind

[–] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

[…] longipennis is found in [redacted]

Where is it??? Where did the long penis go??

[–] rarWars@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It literaly has a penis design in its wing XD

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Heh, yeah, it does xD

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 3 days ago

"The roach, of course, is called so because it resembles a cockroach."

"What the fuck? This guy's outta his mind... A joint roach doesn't look anything like a fucking cockroach!"

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

You feel like you're going to have a...good time?

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

The only roach infestation I might be okay with. Maybe.