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Velglarn
Any bee you see outside the hive is 99% gonna be female so...
MotoCanuck
Take a risk. The worst thing you can do is, in fact, shit your pants.
Imagetap
plot twist: They're gender-neutral.
busterfixxitt
I really hope they're both unisex/gender neutral single occupant bathrooms. That would be funny.
Shinydudenexa
There was a similar sign problem at a pub i was at. This random dudes shouts at the top of he's lungs "I WILL SHIT ON THE FLOOR!!! WHICH ONE?!?!"
Jaqdakloun
Yes
charondaboatman
If you have a stinger then you are probably a bee. 🐝
reichstein
And unless you are the queen you are almost certainly female.
SloppyPotter
unless your a bird or a bee I'm guessing you're shitting on the floor.
eromitlab
Get schwifty
ErectileFunction
Bird for turd and bee for pee.
TapeLeg
LeroyMaddox
kriswinters
Well let me tell ya bout the birds and the bees,
And the flowers and the trees,
And the moon up above...
Wuz314159
Yrmsteak
This is a moment when we reflect upon ourselves and think, "am I a slave to the established rules even when they affect no one?" and remember that workplaces and residents, even when hosting a massive party, have bathrooms that either gender can use and it works just fine. So in this one instance, let it slide in public and announce when you enter that you're sorry if you went into the wrong one.
Or just look inside and if you see urinals, you're in the penis place.
marsilies
The difference is usually that in a residence, and some workplaces, the bathroom/restroom is single-person, with a locakable door. I frequent a pizza place with a single-person restroom, and everyone uses it and it's fine. It's when multiple people are in the room at once it become a concern. I was at a concert venue recently that had relabeled both restrooms "All genders," but had icons signifying if the restroom had toilers and/or urinals. The women preferred the one without urinals, and I,
marsilies
a guy, used the room with urinals. While I was in there, a woman came in, saw the men at the urinals, and apologized, saying "it said all genders." I told her she was fine, but there was a non-urinal restroom just across the hallway, if she preferred that.
CeleryMan7
Ezzy666
Do you poop like a bird or a bee?
Farreg
Do you have a pecker or a honey pot?
90sLego
Split the difference, shit in both.
CapttainKillJoy
Bees, if you have a front stinger
PwnageHobo
Single use then it breaks off and leaves the sack behind
TheMayorOfTittyCity
And bird if you have a... single orifice to expell all of your waste and exchange sperm?
CapttainKillJoy
Now you’re getting it
IlluminaBlade
Imagine they both lead to the same room.
fake40nedeso
kurvarVillain
Assert dominance: use both.
ibuycrap
You use the one that’s unoccupied or unlocked.
swofromtherock
If only we all lived in a logical society...
3Davideo
If they're being this "clever" they probably don't really care. Pick one, and if it's locked, try the other one.
myballshurt
So bird for boys cuz "bird" is slang for weiner. Bees for girls cuz boo"bees"
TypicallyVigo
Bird for Penis...in what culture, Greek?
coloredgreyscale
Male bird = Cock. But the icon could also bee a chick.
EdwardLongshanks
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SayonaraSally
I assume women are birds because that's a slang term for women? Why men are bees though I'd have no idea.
marsilies
It's a play on the phrase "the birds and the bees," but it's nonsensical because that phrase isn't assigning genders to either species.
SayonaraSally
Yep I got that part, but as you say it makes no sense because both species have both genders in that context.
emu314159127001
I'd try bees, they have a stinger and pollinate, even though all the ones doing that are female. "Bird " is old, maybe British slang for woman. But agree, totally stupid. Color code it
Wuz314159
Agreed! Make one green and the other orange.
Howlingowl
Green is next to blue on the color wheel and orange is closer to pink so, not really too difficult to sus out.
NothingPrince
But pink is ordinary a boys and blue girls
bamblebimble
That's like saying republicans didnt swap ideologies with democrats a while back...
NothingPrince
Fuck sake it a fact from QI you American hate history and education
bamblebimble
What?
TypicallyVigo
Birds do the egg thing, bees do the pollinating thing. Seems straight forward. Obnoxious. But straight forward.
LostCaterpillar
Probably every bee you've ever seen has been female while all the most noticeable birds are male. Seems strait forward. Obnoxious. But strait forward.
TypicallyVigo
You're going too deep into this. Keep it children's book level. Birds = Eggs. Bees = Pollinating. I guarantee whoever put these up wasn't considering the distribution of sexes of all the birds and bees we've ever observed.
LostCaterpillar
No, you're assuming everyone makes the same associations you do. If I see a restroom labeled with a bee my first thought is that it's obviously the women's for the reason stated.
I'm not, however, arrogant enough to assume everyone else will come to the same conclusion.
TypicallyVigo
Im pretty confident in assuming the person who put those signs up does not know that almost every bee they've ever seen is female. In fact, Im pretty confident in assuming the vast majority of everyone I've ever known doesnt know that fact. And because I am trying to figure out that person's intentions, and not the most true connection between those signs and the cold hard facts of reality, I'm gonna stick with my first guess.
fake40nedeso
I'd go with your explanation. It centres around the 'action', not the depicted animal. In other words: It's what they do, not what they are.
Randomice
You are a flower. A precious precious flower.
cullingg
I'll find the garden then...
PineappleLoopsBroether
and you also have eggs inside you.
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
Fun fact: "the birds and the bees" is "the bees and the flowers" in German.
swofromtherock
And that makes sense
bikergeek6249
Bobdole010
One known as Titan Arum. Such a beautiful flower...
Randomice
A delight for your eyes.
Targe0
A curse upon the nose.
ThatRaccoonGuy
why is the bee a spider
cousteau
Extra leg? That's my queue!
Alexandraka
It's AI
JetrelPixelArt
BEEZ NUTS. Ha. Gotteeeeem.
Kilo11
It used to work at a nuclear power plant
coyotebob00
Questions to keep one up at night
reichstein
Spider-Bee Spider-Bee
He's confused and needs to pee.
Wuz314159
Dude! Uncool!!! . . . It's 2026. Bees can be spiders if they want.
ParpleBarglarAhrlm
Flying spiders with stingers AND fangs is horrifying
Ryebread91
Chill the fuck out Satan.
MuffinProof
You try being cool in hell
Volpe42
Tiny wings
Snooj
why is the bird doing the cha-cha
NotSomoneElse68
I things the straight across "legs" are supposed to represent the wings.
Harm
Clearly an ant sporting a twig as a bow tie to me.
4Astaroth
Why not. Jay from the YouTube channel Pietsmiet once called bees spiders in their Terraria LP and the others told him "That's bees, not Spiders" to which he replied "Spiders? Where are spiders? " It was a fun conversation. :) Here's the link:
https://youtu.be/xcGNF5lWixk?si=gbz-p9sGHhRVZM2b
RummageSaleBubbler
Maybe it's a praying mantis camo'd as a bee?
ironymus
Always something new with these beasts
Hackmastergeneral
"what is up, fellow arachnids?"
Alexap30
Can confirm. 8 legs = arachnid
hwatL4bloopy
Lol you're right it's an altered spider. Not at all hymenoptera
EverNotRelevant
Two of the "legs" are wings
SecurityBadger
I was thinking antennas.
DwayneTheCrackJohnson
Where are they attached, since it is missing its mesothorax?
CylensTheDiscourse
Has to be the worst representation of wings I've seen.
Nath1194
Since there's 10 appendages, that leaves 8, hence spider
EverNotRelevant
Antennae...
Kilo11
Bees are 99.9% females where birds are closer to 50/50 so idk bro Goodluck
Billy2sweet
I was thinking "bird" is slang for female.
Kilo11
But if I was a woman I'd more likely pick the bee sign as they are all female
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
You also dont get unsolicited bee pics, so there's that as well.
Kilo11
I once received an unsolicited ummmm roastbeef Pic, like you ever notice how horses have very long lips? ........ imagine tossing a grenade behind a deli counter..... the caption was "hungry?" . I still havent recovered
EverNotRelevant
Unsolicited dickcissel pic
Kilo11
Its like a bird but smaller
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
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PwnageHobo
I figure you've probably shat yourself by now, but "bird" is UK slang for a woman.
I hope that helps you for next time.
shalafi71
American slang as well, mostly deprecated.
TheNotGreatDane
"Name a bird with a long neck" - "Naomi Campbell"
swofromtherock
Flamingo
iMcFly
Me bird is me Julie, innit.
KoalaOnTheJuice
Respec
iMcFly
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
Only ~5% of bees are drones though. So if birds are women and bees are mostly female too, where do you go for little honey badgers?
Allrighty
Nah the "bees" or "Bs" stands for "boys" which starts with "B". So does "birds," of course, but "birds" stands for "girls" which does not start with "B". See, super simple.
PwnageHobo
bucket
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
It's pronounced bouquet.
iMcFly
ThatOtherGirlYouKnow
The references in this thread are awesome
iMcFly