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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 86 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Reminds me of shit saying I heard when I was 14. "Old enough to bleed, old enough to breed". Even then that was a fucked up thing to say. But I heard it a lot as a teenager. Mostly from other teen boys who didn't know shit about sex.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 65 points 2 months ago (4 children)

There’s also “if there’s grass on the field, play ball”

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When cherry's are red the ripe for plucking, when girls are 16...

You get the rest.

Jimmy Savile and Trump are cut from the same cloth. The fact other people were doing it too doesn't make their behaviour less abhorrent, it just means that abhorrent behaviour was more common.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m with you until this:

The fact other people were doing it too doesn't make their behaviour less abhorrent, it just means that abhorrent behaviour was more common.

Did something I posted indicate I think otherwise or was this just an additional thought?

For the record, I don’t care who the paedophile is, it’s disgusting and perverse regardless. I do question whether the behavior was more common or if it’s just gotten pushed further out of public view because of social norms changing.

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

was this just an additional though

This. Sorry if I made you think I thought you thought otherwise.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

All good, that’s why I checked.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Think I heard that one too, but the other was more popular. Of course I heard fat mommy jokes and "You're so stupid" jokes. Even the dumb blonde jokes. I mean in 90's you didn't have worry about getting canceled for your fuck up humor.

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We really didn’t. Though those expressions, while still wrong, come across a lot different from a 13 year old than they do from a 50 year old man. 🤮

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I remember sitting around with other 10-12 year olds as we told jokes we read in Playboy magazine. Same magazines we found either in the woods, or your step dads drawers. I only remember a couple of the jokes. But I know a couple of them looking back would only be funny to a 10 year old boy.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Whilst I begin to clutch at my pearls,

drawers

refers to cabinets. Right???

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, it a southern thing. But you can say that too.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 months ago

Yeah this is the generation that brought us 4Chan and the Xbox gaming lobby.

I God damn wish there had been consequences for the hate some of my bosses had flung around back then. Just like constantly putting down anyone deemed lesser.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"If not, flip her over and play in the mud."

[–] LilB0kChoy@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I always heard the reply, “a well used field grows no grass”. I don’t like to think about that though, it’s my friend’s dad who I heard it from most memorably.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

That sounds like slut shaming. Never heard it before.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Also have a listen to Lucille Bogan's classic song "Shave It Dry." The implication is by friction, not with a razor.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Oh I'm sure they had an excused lined up for that too. I just don't want hear what it is.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I remember hearing "if there's grass play ball" from fellow kids meanwhile we didn't even have any grass, or any idea what playing ball really entailed. At least those of us who were lucky.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah maybe that was a baseball thing, because I didn't hear that one. Probably saw it in a tweet or something. But as kid no, just the one I posted. Plus knew a kid that his goodbye was. "Got cows to feed, and women to breed" He said this shit everytime he had to go.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah I could have lived without hearing that from a grown-ass man this month.

[–] fushuan@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"si hay pelito, no hay delito" - if there's hair, there's no crime.

"Si pesa más que un pollo, me lo follo" - if it weights more than a chicken, I'm fucking it.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, you only heard the short version.

My stepdad and uncle would say that shit all the fucking time.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Old enough to bleed, old enough for me; 8 to 80, blind, crippled, or crazy.

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

Holy shit! Tell me they were joking?

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, but it is still a pretty shitty "joke"

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I love that people would think, "Well ... It rhymes so it must be true."

"If It Doesn't Fit, You Must Acquit"