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[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

In German and Dutch it's way worse: "Säugetier" and "zoogdier". Both can roughly be translated to "sucking animals". I was taught in school that it's called that because babies suck on the mother's breasts to be fed and this is a unique trait to mammals. So in conclusion, we all suck.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Same in Slovene. Sesalec - Sucker.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 6 days ago

in swedish it's basically that except we say "nursing animals", which is more specific

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

"fastfouriertransfem" is a great username

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Of the organs that are unique to us mammals, tits are more fun to play with than placentas.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Hair is pretty cool too

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I don't know, I prefer butts. Tits are nice, but only half the population have them.

[–] Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

I've never seen a perfect butt though. I've seen a great one, but it had a crack in it.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 days ago

an amendable issue

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I had to scroll back in my saved posts to a million years ago to resurrect this.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That metaphor (breasts as fruit) transcends language though. Whatever you call fruits you'll end up calling breasts. Here's the song of Solomon which was semetic.

I said, ‘I will go up to the palm tree; I will take hold of the boughs thereof.’ Now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples.

Instead of viewing things like this etymologically, it's better to see them as universal metaphors that transcend language and culture. Similar to light and darkness.

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Thanks for surfacing this one, it's always fun to get the older perspective and realising they're very human.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be fair, tits are pretty awesome.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And the smaller the better.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 days ago

I’m not picky.

[–] Majorllama@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If y'all could please direct me to the thighs and calves galaxies I'll be on my way. I enjoy boobs as do most humans, but I am a legs man.

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

So as a cock and balls man, where do I go?

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

Probably somewhere around Uranus?

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

We should rename it as Urectum to end that stupid joke once and for all.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You know what, take your upvote and get out of here!

[–] goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You're probably gonna want the Meathook/Cobra galaxy or the Gaia Sausage.

I'm afraid the Cigar galaxy is just a cigar galaxy.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ackshully, "galaxy" (or rather, "galaxias") means "Milky Way" already, it's just a translation. It was less ambiguous when the only galaxy we could see was the Milky lights that covered a lot of our sky.

Of course, we realize there's more than one galaxy now, so the meanings have diverged.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

And we didn't realize there was more than one galaxy until the 1920s (I think?)

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

And then she breasted boobily down the stairs.

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

I mean... I think we can all agree that boobs are at least universally non-threatening, even without counting the symbolisms of nourishment, nurturance, life, fertility, etc. At least I don't think we're at the point where hiding machine guns or hellish snakes in boobs is viable. ... Right?

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

You should watch Austin Powers. Machine gun tits back in the 90s, lol.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Hazmatastic@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Bring in the fem- BOOOOTS

My son just called it "the tittieverse" and now I hate ALL of you.

[–] AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Chinese are more interested vagina. More to the point 也。

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 days ago

Yeah this isn't a universal human thing like the post suggests, it's just that terms like "mammal" and "galaxy" are rooted in Europe.

Folks? There are people outside of Europe, and they have different opinions on stuff!

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It was either that or a name based on obscure details of skull morphology.

synapsids have a single temporal fenestra, an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye socket, leaving a bony arch beneath each; this accounts for the name "synapsid"

I'll take the boobs.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How could anyone downvote something so erudite and horny?

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I accidentally downvoted myself.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Literally lol

Thanks

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We're the only(?) species that have evolved them to become more than their basic function. Other species use colors and other features for mating signals, humans use shapes. Definitely wired to be interested in them.

[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hold up, are other hominids interested in boobs? Any other mammal? Any non mammals into boobs? How much tiddy science have we really done here? I need tiddy facts.

[–] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tiddy loving might be a cultural thing. Human species that don't need clothes care little for the boobs. Though they live south, so either they are used to it or it might be Neanderthal(or other varieties) genes that some of us inherited. We certainly are boob fetishists among the mammals.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There's only one extant human species and we don't know anything about soft tissue in extinct species of humans