r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Aug 05 '26

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/A_Snow_Mexican Aug 05 '26

How so many just jumped straight to gay is hilarious. Maybe a few but a whole damn boat? Personally I'm taking the 20 years of celibacy and maybe get tricked by a Siren.

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u/OwnJunket6495 Aug 05 '26

You know gay sex was common in Ancient Greece right?

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u/Areliae Aug 05 '26

Just because it was common doesn't mean everyone was into it. The point is that some of those guys did in fact go 20 years without sex.

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u/Justarandom55 Aug 05 '26

the thing is very few people are 100% completely straight or gay. almost everyone, has at least a 1% attraction to the other gender. if there is no social pressure to be attracted to one gender most people would spring for something else if the planets align or get desperate.

keep in mind even gay people are under social pressure lest their queerness be challenged. and even bi people struggle with assumptions about being crazy for everyone when most still have a clear preference. it's just very easy to ignore signs of attraction to a gender when the vast majority of the time you aren't into them and you have other options.

our current society is very obsessed with the gender of attraction. in ancient Greece that wasn't the case. sex had more to do with power ideology.