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PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 10 days ago

A dick for good luck, my friend!

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A dick for good luck, my friend!

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PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 10 days ago
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    Explanation: Roman cities had significant literate populations, and so those few preserved remnants of buildings frequented by private citizens, such as the buried city of Pompeii, are often covered with graffiti, text and image alike, of varying themes.

    One such recurring theme is drawings of dicks. Normal dicks, big dicks, little dicks, dicks with wings… the penis was considered a symbol of fertility (both kinds) and good luck, so rather than being inappropriate, it was funny and generally complimentary! (Though the sheer amount of graffiti certainly bothered some - as one Roman graffito ironically noted, “O walls, you have held up so much tedious graffiti that I am amazed that you have not already collapsed in ruin.”)

    Maybe don’t draw it over your pal’s newly painted fresco though.

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      Restaurants had real time yelp reviews, but it was a wall, and the dick system was manual.

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        Sadly my dick system is also manual.

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          wtf is “automatic dick system”? :D

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            You’ll find out when you’re older

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              god, i hope not :D

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            Ever hear of autofellatio?

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        “Only three dicks out of five? Let’s try somewhere else.”

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          Dickbutt’s ancestor on a bas relief! :0

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      Great, now I want to see amateur roman drawings of dicks.

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        Carved into a city wall. Empúries, Spain.

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          Wow, even carved in 3D, it stands out. Thanks!

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          I can’t help but notice the stark color difference between the penis area and the rest of the block. An unimaginable amount of hands must have touched that thing…

          … and I get it. I would, too.

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        “So, Speiser0, why do you want to study history at our prestigious university?”

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        pp

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          <=3

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