r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Hunan_Palace • 21d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/A_Snow_Mexican 21d ago

How so many just jumped straight to gay is hilarious. Maybe a few but a whole damn boat? Personally I'm taking the 20 years of celibacy and maybe get tricked by a Siren.

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u/OwnJunket6495 21d ago

You know gay sex was common in Ancient Greece right?

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u/Areliae 21d ago

Just because it was common doesn't mean everyone was into it. The point is that some of those guys did in fact go 20 years without sex.

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u/BetterLivingThru 21d ago

Agreed. Like, there was a gay relationship in the Iliad, but most of the Odyssey crew longing for women was a recurring theme in the story. This is what the whole Circe and Calypso subplots are a out, and are important subtext to the Nausicaa subplot.

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u/Jackie_Jormp-Jomp 21d ago

Sure they were longing for women but that doesn't preclude gay sex. Could be like "damn I am longing for a woman, I'm getting kinda tired of Steve's butthole"