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Try finger but hole

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Slang for cloaca. It's what all the kids are saying. The fish kids.

[–] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

"Get in here! New asshole slang just dropped!"

[–] plyth@feddit.org 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ok, but then where does the human anus come from?

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago

That explains tartar sauce.

[–] mimic_kry@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Obviously the mouth

*I don't actually know

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

give the fucking paper NOW

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

science alert has the only good science journalist apparently

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's actually a little offended because he still doesn't have fingers.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I fuckin love fish sticks, just shove em in my mouth

[–] Chef@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

You’re a gay fish?

So, fingering butts makes it a full circle.

what a tittle

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

TIL fishhole is cloaca

I don’t get it we evolved fingers to finger fuck fishes assholes?