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damn these rocks gay. good for them. good for them (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Reclaim?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

they're called dykes (or dikes) which is a slur for lesbian

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

I'm a geologist and will save you some googling: it probably looks like a very large phallic obiect forcing itself into one phat rock formation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Am geologist. No one I've ever worked with or been in a class with has cared. I didn't think I've ever heard anyone even snicker. Although we're in USA which spells it dike.

I have seen a Gen X straight white man have to correct someone's spelling and then stammer over explaining that spelling it 'dyke' has another meaning here but is the way it is spelled in Europe.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Duckduckgo didn't make it funny, I had to actually Google.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

all you have to do is call it a dick, then of course when you lick rocks because you are a geologist you ca

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I've just remembered it says straight geologist, mission failed

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago

A vertically oriented ignaceous intrusion is called a dike

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Hold on I need to look sth up

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

yeah this is funny

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I don't get it

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Dike/Dyke

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

You also can't mention it to the Dutch, they'll get way too excited.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Dyke what

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I still don't get it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Dyke is also a slur for lesbian

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Now it’s funny.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago

And you never will.