this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2024
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Today I Learned (TIL)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

To be fair, carving a stick to be semi-smooth is an easy task that can be done on a horny whim

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

This is why you polish your knob

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago

The wheel as a tool is an abstract, mathematical contraption that takes a couple of conceptual steps to get there, especially when you put an axle in there.
This, on the other hand... this is something quite immediate, tactile, instinctual.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

Priorities.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

The oldest one we've found is 30,000 years old. I'd be willing to bet they've actually been around almost as long as we've been using tools and enjoying sex

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Makes you wonder what type of lube they concocted to make a frigging siltstone dildo slide with ease.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Rendered fat is very slippery

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "rock hard"

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago

The real reason we domesticated animals