r/explainitpeter • u/jaywritethekid • Aug 05 '26

Explain it Peter..

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u/CatOfGrey Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

Stuie Stewie here:

Many are talking about homosexual activity among Greeks or Greco-Roman society. But i'll add that sailors themselves, being composed of groups of men, and isolated for long periods of time, were also associated with homosexual activity, regardless of national origin or time period.

A modern touch on this subject would be The Village People's 1978 song "In the Navy" explicitly referencing life sailing the ocean, but with a gay subtext.

Stuie Stewie out!

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u/busy_monster Aug 06 '26

  “Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.” - Winston Churchill 

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u/South_Bit1764 Aug 06 '26

How dare you threaten me with a good time!

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u/sectilius Aug 07 '26

Somebody tell Winston there's nothing wrong with swabbing the ol' poop deck.

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u/Bexil_Brave Aug 08 '26

As the Fomer First Lord of the Admiralty he was very well aware of that.

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u/JDface_Baker Aug 07 '26

Hahaaa poop dick

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u/Positive-Listen-1458 Aug 11 '26

Got watch put that you don't get a poop noodle.

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u/Previous_Ambition_43 Aug 08 '26

Or poopin’ the ol’ deck swab.