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Spot On - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (www.smbc-comics.com)
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[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago (4 children)

They do, but the scientific phrasing is "ritual purposes".

[–] [email protected] 51 points 11 months ago

That’s academic for “we have no idea what this was for”. Except in the case of “fertility ritual” – that means it’s a sex toy.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Now that you mention it, it's commonly used for the contemporary idiocy too.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 6 points 11 months ago

I have so many ritual purposes