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[–] ShaggyBlarney@lemmy.ca 74 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Finally a return to traditional values!

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 56 points 3 months ago (2 children)

When men were men, girls were girls, and they both raped anyone younger than them to demonstrate their prowess and strength.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago

And priests could show little boys the light of religion is found through their butthole!

......wait, that still happens....

Ah well. Some things never change I guess.

[–] OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ah yes, traditional values where citizens* can be classified as Penetrator or Penetrated

*qualifications apply

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 58 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Nothing better when you’re wrestling your buddy nude and all greased up and you fall and their dick accidentally goes in your butthole but you wouldn’t be a very good buddy if you stopped.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gotta take ~~one~~ several for the homies. No homie left behind.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Butt many in mine

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good luck getting through these shitlocks, buster

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fuck, thanks for that mental image

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

That athlete in the background just getting hit in the balls with a long stick - what sport is that?

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Where did you grow up where you didn't play stickballs?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

Is this the same game as ballsticks?

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He's not part of the Olympics. That's just what he's into

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

Greeks didn't kink shame this sort of thing.

[–] ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

That's fencing right? They have protective equipment now.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 31 points 3 months ago

And those aren't even the contestants

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 3 months ago (4 children)

If I am mixing up stuff on the timeline, please correct me...

But didn't greek older men fuck younger men? Usually teacher, student thing... If I remember correctly... But those athletes probably had a teacher...

So these Athletes weren't just nude, they probably had gay sex.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The gay sex they did back then is what we would call rape today. It usually was pederasty. The young men was often a teen.

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

I am sorry if I made it sound differently. I intended to hint at that in regards of the "trans people are groomer" folks... I am sorry if I failed.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago

For anybody wanting to know more about the history behind this from /r/askhistorians' Iphicartes:

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1372bjg/was_pederasty_really_socially_accepted_in_parts/

[–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Roman yes. Greek I don't know.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

I'm sure they oiled up each other.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I think we should resolve cheating concerns by banning technology at the Olympics. No drugs, no prosthetics, no shoes, no clothes, no cooked meals. Once you arrive at the Olympic village, it's nuts and berries in the nude until the ceremony is over.

You can have access to whatever technology is absolutely necessary for the sport, like guns if the sport is shooting.

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

like guns if the sport is shooting.

Why can't they just throw the bullet with their bare hands as god intended?

[–] Zacryon 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That would probably require some insane bone and muscular structure.

Out of scientific curiosity and for fun, I'm really eager to know now how humans would have to be like biologically/physically in order to throw a bullet with velocities comparable to contemporary weapons. 🤔

Anyone bored enough to answer that?

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

If you can't do it, you just don't want it enough yet!

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[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Head twink inspector in the bottom left had a cool gig

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine the ratings!

Someone go tell the TV networks this. And no one can complain because its traditional.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure the world is ready.

It's been nearly 25 years, and Keith Chegwin's Naked Jungle is still seared into my retinas.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There's a scene from Doctor Who that I adore, where Bill, the Doctor's first openly lesbian companion is in a cave with some Ancient Romans, and when she thinks she so futurey and gonna blow their minds by telling them she is only interested in girls, they laugh in confusion and basically say they think her prudishness of only being sexual with women, as they have no such hang ups and go where their sexuality inspires them to go based on their affection for the person, is adorably quaint and smallminded.

IMHO we're the backwards ones with all of our hangups, modesty, and need to declare/define the walls we've made. I've never stopped cringing since I read about humans that knew better than to wall off and hyper-scrutinize their sexuality, a massive part of who we all are whether we've been successfully taught to be ashamed of it and ourselves as current culture demands or not.

Imagine chasing bliss in plastic shit consumerism while denying and being encouraged to be ashamed of your built in capacity for it. 2 steps forward, 2,000 steps back.

[–] datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Hey guys is it gay to be nude?

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

This is the person I think, is asking this kind of question.

[–] MicrondeMMMMMMM@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It is if you're in a room full of other naked dudes...

[–] datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wtf is the guy in the foreground on the right doing? Kooks like either tying off to ride the white stallion or he's on PCP and degloving himself

[–] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Real answer for anyone curious, he's using one of these.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigil

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It looks like he’s slapping himself with maybe some cattails; maybe to loosen up his muscles?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Such was the style at the time.

[–] TheMirkMan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I am patiently waiting for the return of pankration

[–] Zier@fedia.io 4 points 3 months ago

Well, it's all Greek to me.

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly, they also would wash themselves with perfume made of the sweat of the gladiators, and something with urin.

[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Stop you're making me hungry

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

The classy man's mud wrestling!

[–] Cap@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

In Sparta we open mouth kiss the men to say hello and a handshake for the women!

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Have you even been to a Turkish prison?

[–] christopher@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

do you like movies about gladiators?

[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Fun fact. Ancient Romans married men would have young(like really young) boys that they would have gay sex with and also act as a mentor. Married women did the same with young girls.

The original Olympics weren't gay. They were just more open about it.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Why not make the Olympics fun and interesting?

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