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[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

It really cuts my gears into pieces reading posts like this where people just take things without checking. My last resort is to go search if its true.

IDGAF if it looks like penis, the Latin name is Megaloblatta longipennis. Longi is the inflexion of longus which means long. Pennis is the inflection of penna which can mean feather, wing or fin.

So "longwings"

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

Long penis go burrrrr

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

So... Biggus diccus?

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

what's the first sentence in the picture

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I can't fucking read omg.

Still, its not long penis

[–] Beetle@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s a joke because it sounds similar

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Not many people know Latin and will most likely actually think it means long penis. Wanted to provide actual information.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

this post was a three-hit combo, but then somebody decided to perform comedy homicide. We need an amputation, stat!

alright did it masel

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's just the rule of Tumblr screenshots, you always have to include one reply too many

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

Need to end the string with a null character

[–] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[…] longipennis is found in [redacted]

Where is it??? Where did the long penis go??

[–] rarWars@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Winged? Where's my flamethrower

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Arent most cockroaches winged?

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So you're saying it's going to be have to be napalm

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've never learned kung fu as fast as I have the times that a giant cockroach has made its appearance on my lanai.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

Idk why but this sounds like a plausible Golden Girls reference.

[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Cockroaches are insects. Insects have wings. Very, very few exceptions.

[–] ouRKaoS 3 points 1 day ago

Everybody gangsta until the roach start flying!

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 25 points 1 day ago

I've said it before and I'm saying it again...

You're holding a roach.

Stop that.

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

THIS. IS. MY. LAST. RESORT.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

SUFFOCATION. NO BREATHING.

DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF I HAVE A LONG PENIS.

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

flapping in the wind

[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It literaly has a penis design in its wing XD

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Heh, yeah, it does xD

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago

"The roach, of course, is called so because it resembles a cockroach."

"What the fuck? This guy's outta his mind... A joint roach doesn't look anything like a fucking cockroach!"

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

You feel like you're going to have a...good time?

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

The only roach infestation I might be okay with. Maybe.