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[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 125 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I took a picture of a sparrow once. They’re called Spatz in German. In my local dialect, they’re called "Spotz" ʃpɔts in english it’s pronounced like "shpowts" - which is one of the words used for penis as well. Picture in German is Bild and in the local dialect it’s "büdl" ˈbʏdl in English pronounced like "boodle" (you have no pronunciation for ü).

So in my local dialect, a sparrow-pic is pronounced the same as a dick-pick. Spotzbüdl - ʃpɔtsˈbʏdl - spowthsboodle

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 82 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Here, have some unsolitised tits and boobys
OIP.YwA_KFIKSzEnaKokBxYZ-AHaHa
OIP.0QMfZtr7hYGgtXZG5GF6ZgHaE8

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Those are some nice tits and boobys.

Looking at them really makes my

[–] prex@aussie.zone 29 points 1 week ago

My little bustard is jealous

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 week ago

sadly i'm just a

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago

Woah woah woah! At least post some SFW Boobies!

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Your spotz is adorable! So short and fluffy!

[–] waz@feddit.uk 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We kind of do have a pronunciation of ü The cornish town Bude, would be pronounced by locals as “Büd” It’s how I explained to my kids how to handle umlaut words, if it was the English word “lane“ imagine it’s spelled ‘laen’ and then get rid of the e to make ‘län’. It’s rare but some English words still use æ as a sound not a pair of letters. Spelæological for caving for instance. Often simplified to speleological.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I feel like it’s easier to tell English speakers to make an “eee” sound with their lips and then pronounce the vowel in question (ä, ö, ü) with the rest of their mouth (at least that’s how we do it when we sing in German, I know choral German doesn’t always line up with proper German pronunciation).

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 92 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This felt like hearing one of those hardcore grannies dropping a truth bomb on their spoilt grandchild in public, and all people in a 10m radius shut up and start thinking if it also applies to them.

Doesn't happen often, but Balkan grannies are like Speed Metal when they hit.

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So, you're not sending noods then?

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I do like to send noods (recipe is adding salt & herbs to the noodle water, then adding cheese to herb noodles)
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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

That's hot.

For my spotted dick recipe, I like to let the raisins rehydrate in a bowl of lemon juice. Really gives the flavor a little extra pop of brightness.

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The only dick pix I want to see are dik-dik pix.

https://marybatessciencewriter.com/home/2015/08/03/the-creature-feature-10-fun-facts-about-the-dik-dik

How can you tell a male dik-dik from a female dik-dik?

Look for the dik-dik dick

[–] ODuffer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago

With a prehensile nose. And fangs. And smelly glands.

And yes, so tiny they would probably roll coal in a lifted truck

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[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I sent you my penis pls respond

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Damn, your penis is detachable? I hope they send it back once they're done.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

fool, it's mine now

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
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[–] Ougie@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (6 children)

That career bragging tho... Girl that's a red flag

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[–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

Fermented omelet

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I still have never received an unsolicited dick pic. I’ve never struggled to get men to like me though… I wonder what it is about me that tells them not to bother with the picture.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 15 points 1 week ago

rip ur inbox

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] 474D@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

As gross as it is, the people sending dick pics aren't looking for your approval, it's a numbers game. If you're confident enough to hang that dong, someone is gonna be interested. Like I said it's gross but they don't do it because it doesn't work, you catch a fish with enough throws

[–] sirimeow@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If they did that irl they would most likely get arrested in most countries so it's kinda fucked up that they think it's still fine to do online

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There was a guy in my fraternity who did this. Every time there was a party of some kind he would swing by all the girls and introduce himself. "Hi, I'm Curry, wanna fuck?" (Curry was his nickname). He always went home with someone.

[–] ericatty@infosec.pub 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As long as he was accepting the no's gracefully, and wasn't an asshole to any of them... Then yeah, that's a pretty honest way to play the numbers game and find someone who is also dtf.

And this was at a frat party... not work or church... so appropriate time and place as well

Did he ever settle down?

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He always took the no's gracefully (sometimes many dozens a night). I have no idea if he settled down. We lost contact after graduation. It's been 20 years, so I hope he did!

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[–] sirimeow@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

I mean did he show everyone his dick without asking if they wanted to see it though? That's what I meant by likely getting arrested if doing it irl, comparing it to sending dick pics.

But ye I guess at fraternity parties it's a different vibe.

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 17 points 1 week ago

So why would they get mad of someone doesn't react? The people asking me to help them get their 50 trillion dollar inheritance out of the country don't seem to mind when I don't reply.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We know why they do it. That doesn't make it any less inappropriate. These guys don't care who they make uncomfortable in their quest for validation. It's like a kid that throws a fit to gain attention, uncaring about who they might hurt in the process. Except unlike a developing child, these men should be mature enough to know better.

[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

Does it ever work at all? even 1 in a million times seems too many to me.

I've only known of that working in Grindr or sites like that where thirsty population is high, and where most people are seeking for that. But in normal social media I wouldn't expect to ever work, at all.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 week ago

It is. But the reality of those sites is that for a guy the vast majority of your messages will never be read. You are shouting at the void and hoping for the best. This does not incentivize taking the time and psychological investment to write thoughtful messages, because you will send comparatively few and the lack of response is harder to deal with when you're more invested. It incentivizes sending the quickest messages that you care about the least to as many as possible. The guy didn't send her a dick pic, he sent every woman in a 50 mile radius the same dick pic hoping that with enough sheer volume he'll get a response.

It's basically spam that wants to fuck you, because non-spam options don't get you anywhere.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I've never sent a dick pic and I don't know if my anxiety/insecurity would allow me to send one even if it was requested.

I can't fathom just sending one to a stranger without being asked for it.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've gotten some on Discord. Men don't send unsolicited dick pics to show off, they show them to harass. I only get them from people I'm not paying attention to. Like if someone messages me and I stop messaging back that's typically when I get them. You can't fathom doing it because you're (hopefully lol) not someone who would sexually harass people. They don't feel shame for doing it. To them, getting any sort of reaction to it is the goal. Telling them "you're disgusting" would be giving them attention and something they want.

PSA: When you get unsolicited dick pics, block and report. Don't respond. Don't reward their behavior. If you'd like to go on some crusade to tell their mother (I've seen some people do that lol) that's another topic, but never reply to them directly by saying anything.

It sounds like my experience is a little different from this woman's though, I typically get them after I stop answering. I haven't ever gotten one in the first message. But the "uh, hello??" part tracks with what I've seen. It's attention seeking behavior.

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[–] ftbd@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I don't see the relevance of her day job here?

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

While I agree with the fact that this kind of behaviour [i.e. randomly "hanging brain" (my new favourite idiom), unsolicited, in someone's DMs] is SO many shades of shitty in whichever context it happens, in this case in particular the job description* really does work for building up context and highlighting the dichotomy between the type of people who send dick pics and the type of people they sometimes reach.

As a bottom line, it should serve as a good enough cautionary tale about keeping one's damned junk in their pants unless someone wants to see it, because one'll most likely end up looking like an utter asshole while also potentially ruining someone else's mood for literally no good reason whatsoever.

(still me, blahaj is down)

Edit: to avoid any pointless "but it isn't just men" replies, of course it isn't just men, but women seem to not have such a huge friggin' need to expose themselves to unaware passers-by. This is me, speaking as an AMAB and approximately cishet. And I wouldn't like to see a random centrefold on my phone while checking my messages, either, to be perfectly frank. There's a time and a place, and many more factors before I get to that point.

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 week ago

It's just painting a picture. The story could just as easily been putting together a family dinner and focusing on what everyone's preferences that you've learned over the years. Or something more Lemmy based would be dealing with a production issue as a developer and then BAM dick pic.

It's just story telling to me.

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

Plot twist, some of guys sending might also be similarly educated and employed at her level, but still will exhibit the Neanderthal brain on occasion.

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[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

I would gladly send a dik pic of my own, provided she appreciates diminutive mammalian ruminants.

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