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[–] [email protected] 92 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Not all bats, a few species of bats, and it's technically menstration but different from "overt menstration" found in humans and primates.

Most mammals have an estrous cycle where the uterine lining is reabsorbed if pregnancy doesn't occur. If the uterine lining is destroyed instead, its menstration. Here's a paper that has an overview of the other mammals that have menstrual cycles and how they work.

[–] ripcord 39 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

This here is why I come to Comic Strips.

[–] cactusupyourbutt 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

what a weird kink, but hey, YKINMK

[–] Viking_Hippie 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

YKINMK? Lemmy guess:

  • Your Kink Is Not My Kitchen?
  • Yolanda Knows If Neutered Monkeys Kneel
  • Your Kids Invented No Machines, Kevin!
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Ya Know, I Need My Kink.

[–] Live_your_lives 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I assume it's "Your kink is not my kink"

[–] Viking_Hippie 1 points 5 months ago

Nah, at least one of the Ks has to have something to do with kitchens, Kevins or kneeling. Those are the rules that I just made up for no apparent reason.

[–] peopleproblems 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well here I thought I wasn't going to learn anything today and BAM I was wrong again

[–] ettyblatant 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I like the idea of you just sitting on your couch, suddenly looking around and slapping your knees to stand, just saying "WELP THAT DOES IT. I AIN'T LEARNING SHIT TODAY."

[–] Viking_Hippie 3 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure that's standard practice right before turning on Faux News.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some people argue that bats are primates, but I don't know enough about taxonomy to say. I do know that there was a defining feature for primates that had to get deleted from the primate definition because we found it in bats.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_primate_hypothesis

TL:DR : flying foxes' (those really large bats) brains are connected to their eyes in a similar way to primates, but different from all other mammals (including smaller bats). Though apparently this theory doesnt hold up when comparing the DNA from flying foxes with small bats and primates respectively.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Well there you go. I ain't no bat's cousin.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter

[–] irreticent 2 points 5 months ago

*Vampire detected*

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That's not how it's spelt

[–] Origen 34 points 5 months ago

Thanks, I hate it.

[–] shalafi 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Friend of mine had bats in between his attic and the outdoor screen, used to climb a ladder to check them out.

"FUCK! They're fucking disgusting! They just piss and shit all over each other!"

[–] AnUnusualRelic 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

A lot of people pay extra for that.

[–] irreticent 6 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Gonna kink shame a bit here: I’ll never understand that. It’s fucking disgusting.

[–] RubberElectrons 3 points 5 months ago

Same, as a kinky person.

[–] BrokenGlepnir 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Now I will think of this when listening to slayer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah. "Raining Blood" got few extra layers of meanings...

[–] nifty 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I was standing under a tree once and a drop of blood fell on my hand out of nowhere. This makes sense!

[–] LaunchesKayaks 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was in my parents' yard once and something wet fell on my head. I touched it and it was blood red. Totally thought I was bleeding until I noticed tiny berry seeds in the substance. My grandma said that happening to me meant I'd have good luck.

[–] nifty 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Was it good luck for something?

[–] LaunchesKayaks 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

She just said general good luck. I believed her because I'm convinced she a witch or druid or some shit. She has this uncanny ability to know things she has no way of knowing. She's also absolutely incredible with plants.

[–] nifty 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Your grandma sounds hot

/jk

Sorry, didn’t mean to objectify her, I can just imagine her as a Druid growing some bitchin plants 😁

[–] LaunchesKayaks 4 points 5 months ago

Lmao apparently she was hot when she was young. She isn't blood related to me, so I didn't inherit any cool plant powers from her. I'm actually terrible with plants, tbh. Great with ducks, though.

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

Congratulation to thee friend! You hef been splashed by the menstruating bat! You hef many years of great fortune ahead!

[–] nifty 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Hah it happened when I was a wee lass and well life sucked afterwards, oh well 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Oh, you got one of those bad menstruating bats.. 😬

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 10 points 5 months ago

And I'm burning that hat

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Finally Hunter S. Thompson's aversion to bat country has been explained.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

TIL it was because of the menstruation