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Diplococcus, diplodocus

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 3 points 36 minutes ago

It does cause gonnatreea

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 39 minutes ago

Causes diarrhea

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 57 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

* Not known to cause gonorrhea

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Klear@quokk.au 9 points 2 hours ago

For science!

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Can you somehow make the dinosaur give you gonorrhea?

[–] sness@sh.itjust.works 4 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)

It's probably happened in one of those Chuck Tingle books.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 33 minutes ago

You never know. But alas the dinosaur is not alive today so it would not be able to give you gonorrhea

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

Yea, but those are like the only differences.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 47 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Diplodocuses (diplodocii?) do not cause gonorrhea? How are you so sure? Have you slept with one?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 hours ago

Diplodocuses (diplodocii?)

Diplodocussy

Have you slept with one?

Have you not?

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 20 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I've seen enough of the internet to know an anthropomorphic dinosaur is fully capable of spreading a venereal disease.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 6 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Only if you believe hard enough though

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If you're clappy and you know it, see a doctor

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This Jurassic Park movie is getting weird pretty quickly.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Still, not a bad movie considering current trends.

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago
[–] MeetMeAtTheMovies@hexbear.net 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

does not cause gonorrhea

[citation needed]

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 3 points 3 hours ago

Do not the Diplodocus

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 16 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

There’s a handy mnemonic for this:

  • DiploCOCcus CAUSEs gonerrhea
  • DiploDOcus DOesn’t
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 17 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The fact that you have a mnemonic device for this makes be feel like you deserve to be on whatever lists you're on.

Exactly how many museums have you been banned from?

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

you deserve to be on whatever lists you're on.

Holy shit lol.

I'm putting that one in my back pocket.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

I'm honored.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 10 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I would've went with:

DiploCOCcus has a gonorrhoea infested COC

DiploDOcus open the DOor, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur.

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 4 points 3 hours ago

Now we arent 100% sure it doesn't cause gonorrhea, someone's gotta fuck one first.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

But what about just Diplo, does he cause gonorrhea? Asking for a friend.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago

I could get the same result with ssh-keygen!

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago

Somehow i read this as diarrhea and immediatly thought: "No I'd shit myself with either one."

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 hours ago

Is diplobocus the equivalent of atomic lead? (Tiny and very bad for you) How about diploeocus? Some planet somewhere?

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 2 points 4 hours ago

This would explain why nobody has been coming to my discount Jurassic Park.