• 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙
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    11 months ago

    Because the tradition of wiping until it’s red is deeply rooted in american toilet culture.

    It’s refered to as “better red than dead”

    • KrisND
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      611 months ago

      I have never heard that and it deeply disturbs me because this does seem like it’d be an American thing…

      • Cethin
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        1011 months ago

        It’s a joke. The phrase is “better dead than red” and is an anti-communist phrase.

      • 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙
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        11 months ago

        “better red than dead” is a joke - that’s usually a play on political parties or football teams. But what isn’t a joke, something that I’ve heard from american women, is that they’ve dated some american men who:

        • don’t masturbate because touching a penis is gay
        • don’t wash their penis with soap and water, just water, letting the water run down the penis, but not touch it, because you’d be holding a man’s dick in your hands.
        • if they do masturbate, they might just leave their mess on the floor, even if it’s carpet, for years and never clean it. Stains under a computer desk should be treated with a hazmat suit. This is different from the american men who save their mess in jars… I have no comment for that.
        • don’t touch their penis when they pee. that’s what the zipper in the front is for. I mean, doing this in public would mean other men see you with a man’s cock in your hand. That’s … uh you know…
        • don’t get prostate exams (this one may be more self-explainitory, doesn’t make it right though).

        And then they (guys who say this stuff) wonder why american men have a mental health crisis. Well (addressing the guys who say this stuff), buddy, part of it is you.

        • KrisND
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          211 months ago

          And then they wonder why american men have a mental health crisis. Well, buddy, part of it is you.

          What part of any of that makes it partly because of me? This seem more like an off-topic rant.


          I am an American and the only two I’ve heard is:

          “don’t masturbate because touching a penis is gay”

          Every time has been religion driven homophobia related.

          don’t get prostate exams (this one may be more self-explainitory, doesn’t make it right though).

          Goes back to the last one as well.

          Probably why religion has been on a decline.

            • KrisND
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              111 months ago

              Nah, I understand. I just didn’t comprehend lol But yes, I agree!

          • @rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works
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            11 months ago

            I think that by “you” he means American men.

            “Damn, we’re having a mental health crisis.” “Part of that is on you.”

            Am I making sense? Sorry if I’m not.