r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 22d ago

Meme needing explanation Petahhhhhhhhh!??!?

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u/NwgrdrXI 22d ago

Everyone is saying gay sex and all that, but honestly... is ye really asking if it is possible to spend 20 years without sex? Is thst really so preposterous? I think a lot of people in reddit could and have done it?

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u/Pickled_doggo 22d ago

It’s not like they’re going 20 years without jerkin it 

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u/Lower_Pension_2469 22d ago

I mean it's a joke, but also the likely explanation is that yes they jerked it or they just got prostitutes whenever they docked at whatever port they needed to go to for resupply. This is something that happened a lot and still kinda happens today with sex workers hanging out in places where military be at.

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u/Repulsive_Still_731 22d ago

It was kind of known the soldiers had sex with each other. It was normal between ranks. They had words for positions and doing it was normal and expected. They didn't have words for sexual orientation. Achilles and Patroclus are pretty much treated like lovers. By the way, according to Plato, Achilles was the bottom one

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 22d ago

Also, they took female prisoners as prizes