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[–] [email protected] 76 points 8 months ago (4 children)

So are people from Lesbos all called Lesbians?

[–] [email protected] 81 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It is literally where the word Lesbian comes from. It meant the people of Lesbos way before it were associated with homosexual women.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But some people from Lesbos are more lesbian than others.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Only people from Lesbos are lesbian, the others are sparkling wine

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I feel like this would work better if you replaced wine with homosexuals, but now I'm ruining it more by adding this...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Probably yeah, but Im not that funny

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you edit your comment, and Cethin deletes theirs, and you delete this one, and I delete mine, you can be a comedic genius for whoever reads it later!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thats the equivalent of thinking of a really witty reply in the shower days after the altercation, Im pathetic but not THAT pathetic

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

in French they call the l'spirit deleted by creator

[–] gravitas_deficiency 2 points 8 months ago

It’s something of a je ne sais [removed]

[–] [email protected] 70 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Gay women are called lesbians because the woman credited with being the first historically confirmed homosexual woman, the Greek poet Sappho, was from Lesbos.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

And Sapphire! All those blue gems are gay as fuuuuck

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

I've seen Steven Universe, I can confirm.

[–] Tar_alcaran 10 points 8 months ago

Probably not. "Sappho" has Greek origins, "sapphire" is Hebrew is origin. They're likely not connected.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah, so because I am a transgender woman, I am a Roman!

[–] Piemanding 3 points 8 months ago

Roman, let's go bowling!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

Yes, technically my father is a straight Lesbian.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

I thought they were American