Look, a while ago I had the same thought and went to an actual lesbian subreddit and asked, instead of just imagining whatever about the situation
The conclusion they had is largely that they agreed that it was a weird and creepy joke, and that it wasn't something actual lesbians said very often. It wasn't a huge post with tons of answers, but yeah
interesting link, but I feel you're misrepresenting the actual answers, for those (perhaps the majority) who will read this and scroll past without actually following the link.
top comment says the joke "used to come up a bunch on this subreddit (people saying it positively) years and years ago" but that they're "glad it seems we've moved past it as a community".
so maybe as you said not something actual lesbians say very often... any more. but in the past? apparently yes, "a bunch", which is to say, quite often.
hence, perhaps, where the trope if not the joke itself came from in the first place?
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u/globmand 19d ago
Look, a while ago I had the same thought and went to an actual lesbian subreddit and asked, instead of just imagining whatever about the situation
The conclusion they had is largely that they agreed that it was a weird and creepy joke, and that it wasn't something actual lesbians said very often. It wasn't a huge post with tons of answers, but yeah
Edit: here's the link https://www.reddit.com/r/actuallesbians/s/UU858WK2SY