this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2024
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Are The Straights OK?

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Is someone holding these poor souls hostage and forcing them to be together?

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[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 158 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] dditty@lemm.ee 92 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wife bad amirite fellow husbands

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 months ago

You can always tell when the writer of the latest episode of any show is eligible for retirement but choose not to take it.

[–] celeste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What's with Papa Smurf in the background?

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It looks like he was edited in to cover up whatever text is under him? The mystery deepens

[–] SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Did a reverse image search and I guess that the original image is mirrored horizontally and papa Smurf covers a window for some reason

The original image:

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 44 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think your source has missed a step. I think it went:

  1. Original source
  2. Someone flips horizontally and adds their logo
  3. Someone adds smurf over the logo
[–] SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago

That makes a lot more sense than just covering up the window lol

[–] celeste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

Reverse image search would be too much trouble on my phone where I don't have the browser extension at hand.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thought I saw Saddam as the divider. Your memes are ruining my imagination, Lemmy.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I just imagined a couple having some snuggly time and a South Park like Saddam just poking his head out in between. Thanks.

[–] Whattrees@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I know this is a dumb meme about shitty relationships, but real life pro tip here:

Separate blankets.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fuck yea. 20 years, seperate doonas the entire time. Real secret to wedded bliss right here

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Is a doona a specific type of blanket or just a local term

EDIT: it's Australian for quilt. Now I know!

[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 6 points 3 months ago

Separate blankets is the way to go. We both sleep so much better now.

[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’ve seen these rolled out in hotels that need to turn a double room into two singles.

[–] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was abroad for work, flopped onto the middle of my large hotel bed.

Turns out it was two singles pushed together and the bit where they met was a lot harder than you'd think.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

I've learned to always flop across the bed from a similar experience

[–] NOOBMASTER@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] socsa@piefed.social 9 points 3 months ago
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago

It's because divorce was illegal.

No-fault divorce is a big fucking deal for American culture, because it ended this enforced permanence for relationships that went sour. All of the "wife bad" boomer humor comes from the fact a marriage could not simply end.

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago
[–] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i know this is a joke, but for those who don't know, this is a courtship bed from i believe the Amish culture (either that or Mormon, I'm rusty lol) to preserve virginity before marriage.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

You pull your sinful hand back over on your side of the wall right now, Jebidiah!!

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

What the fuck??

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 6 points 3 months ago

Sad straight married noises

[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

need one of these for hotels where a large party needs individual beds e.g. an overnight school field trip where all the students in the same grade need to share a room with minimal awkwardness.

[–] AdaleiM@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

you know this might help with my weird ability to rotate in my sleep. Husband hates that I'll just... twist sideways and kick him in my sleep instead of lay one direction lmao

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

This is great! But it doesn't match ours! Ours has machine guns and sharks with lasers ok their heads! Nobody is jumping that divider tonight or ever!....oh, who am I kidding 😅, I sleep in the living room 🛋️ couch.

Think about that before you marry. LOL. The sex is fantastic until it's not anymore.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe my first hint that I'm not entirely cis should have been that I've been married more than 5 years, and in a relationship with my wife more than 10, and I still love her more each passing day.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

Me and my partner have been together for 20 years. I finally came out as pan NB about 4 years ago.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

That doesn’t work. The wife gets half the bed, and she’ll take that half wherever she’d like.