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Diplococcus, diplodocus

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[–] SnailMagnitude@mander.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago

Afaiu it was them that passed it to humans just prior to the deluge.

Thankfully Noah invented wine to balance things out.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

how do we know the diplodocus did not cause gonorrhea? what if it was like a giant koala?

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

You did not want to encounter a jurassic drop bear.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 83 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

* Not known to cause gonorrhea

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 22 points 13 hours ago (2 children)
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The same thing they do every night.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

Try to give dinosaurs the clap!

[–] Klear@quokk.au 12 points 13 hours ago

For science!

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Can you somehow make the dinosaur give you gonorrhea?

[–] sness@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's probably happened in one of those Chuck Tingle books.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

You never know. But alas the dinosaur is not alive today so it would not be able to give you gonorrhea

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

DIPLO

  • very medium
  • might cause gonorrhea [citation needed]
[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I came here to comment this

Maybe 20 years ago I went to see RJ D2 and Dipla opened up. I went over to purchase one of his DVD videos and the motherfucker, hit on my perfect ten redhead girlfriend in front of me. Granted, she was fucking beautiful. But he is a cunt. Definitely liked his first album. Anything after that is just drivel.

So yes, he probably has gonorrhea. Again, we'll give it to you or your loved ones.

[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

For the rest of the night he got to watch us dance and love all over each other because we were fucking down and he is a cunt. We wanted to rub it in his face. He was not getting any

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 57 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Diplodocuses (diplodocii?) do not cause gonorrhea? How are you so sure? Have you slept with one?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 14 hours ago

Diplodocuses (diplodocii?)

Diplodocussy

Have you slept with one?

Have you not?

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 26 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I've seen enough of the internet to know an anthropomorphic dinosaur is fully capable of spreading a venereal disease.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 8 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Only if you believe hard enough though

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If you're clappy and you know it, see a doctor

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This Jurassic Park movie is getting weird pretty quickly.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Still, not a bad movie considering current trends.

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 3 points 15 hours ago
[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 24 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

There’s a handy mnemonic for this:

  • DiploCOCcus CAUSEs gonerrhea
  • DiploDOcus DOesn’t
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 23 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

The fact that you have a mnemonic device for this makes me feel like you deserve to be on whatever lists you're on.

Exactly how many museums have you been banned from?

Edit: Spelling

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

you deserve to be on whatever lists you're on.

Holy shit lol.

I'm putting that one in my back pocket.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago

I'm honored.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 13 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I would've went with:

DiploCOCcus has a gonorrhoea infested COC

DiploDOcus open the DOor, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago

Yea, but those are like the only differences.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

It does cause gonnatreea

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 10 points 14 hours ago

Now we arent 100% sure it doesn't cause gonorrhea, someone's gotta fuck one first.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago

Causes diarrhea

[–] MeetMeAtTheMovies@hexbear.net 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

does not cause gonorrhea

[citation needed]

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 5 points 13 hours ago

Do not the Diplodocus

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 3 points 14 hours ago

I could get the same result with ssh-keygen!

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 3 points 15 hours ago

This would explain why nobody has been coming to my discount Jurassic Park.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 2 points 14 hours ago

Somehow i read this as diarrhea and immediatly thought: "No I'd shit myself with either one."

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Is diplobocus the equivalent of atomic lead? (Tiny and very bad for you) How about diploeocus? Some planet somewhere?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

diplofocus is the paleoptometrist

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

But what about just Diplo, does he cause gonorrhea? Asking for a friend.