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[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 81 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sent to a nurse to ask if that seems real. Apparently, it checks out.

GENTLEMEN, PLEASE for your own sake, please be safe and use something built for that purpose or at least something with a flare that you can't lose up there.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i hope they listen instead of having their head up their asses

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

In fairness you were quite muffled

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

While funny, this is not true.

"Chest radiography remains the most commonly performed radiological exam in the world with industrialized countries reporting an average 238 erect-view chest X-ray images acquired per 1000 of population annually".

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361841521001717

Depending on the country, there's a chance of dental x-rays being even more frequent, but this varies greatly.

Edit: Sorry I didn't directly address the "1/3 of exams". Even adding abdominal, hip, and pelvic x-rays, it's still short of 10% of total. Source.

[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would assume the radiographer working in the ER sees a lot more foreign-body-up-the-butt cases than the one working in a cardiologists office.

Also I've never had a specialist take my dental X-rays, it's always the hygienist or dentist

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The ER chest x-rays are usually for breathing problems, not so much the heart.

Trouble breathing, cough and fever are your ER bread and butter.

Limbs and joints are #2 (accidents).

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I figured the “1/3” number to be hyperbole. The message isn’t that they took hard data and literally mean “1 in 3,” but rather that, “Male patients with items lost up their rectum is much more common than expected.”

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

I have to assume that if you work in a hospital you're not doing an awful lot of dental x-rays. Dentists do those.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 78 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Sounds like there should be a high demand for safe sex toys for men's asses based on those stats. ..... How to normalize ass toys to a homophobic population is all that stands in the way of big ass profits.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago

Sex toy companies just have a hard time to achieve full market penetration with the cishet male demographic. I bet there is a big gaping hole in the market data concerning male sex toy use since men probably lie about that. The sex toy companies just need to find a way to stimulate more interest in toys and stop these men from dicking around with household items. They should just go balls to the wall with their marketing campaigns. But also society needs to stop giving men who like it up where the sun don’t shine the shaft.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“Dude wipes” is already feeling out the market

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

A lot of men have such fragile egos that things like this exist. Most men won't sit to pee either. Most likely because they've never actually cleaned the bathroom.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

prostrate stimulators

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Back scratchers for the itches inside!

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

FLARED. BASE. It's not a joke.

do flare fittings work?

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

FLARED BASE!

IF IT DOESN'T HAVE A FLARED BASE YOU CAN'T PULL IT BACK OUT!

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If the base ain't flared it's getting stuck in there.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What goes up might not come down,
And searching inside can make you frown.
So if it’s not flared, give it a pass -
You don’t want docs digging in your... 🍑

From veggies to gadgets, folks get bold,
But suction’s a force that's tough to hold.
So spare yourself the ER toll -
Get toys that stay out of your... 👌

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Bro the spoiler tags?

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 9 points 1 week ago

And make sure the flare is large enough that it actually does the job, as a flare doesn't help much if it pops inside. Strings help too, like for beads.

That only works if the flared base is outside the body.

[–] user_name@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have a urologist friend who says a huge portion of his job is taking things out of people’s dickholes.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago

Nooo I really did not want to know that

[–] sxan@midwest.social 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I... a third‽ I think I've had maybe 4 things foreign objects in there my entire life; twice were medical exams, and the other two confirmed that that activity is not my bag. But, 30%? Wow.

I never realized I was so sheltered.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are you a radiologist or are you just someone who doesn't stick things up their ass?

[–] sxan@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago

I can see how my comment would be ambiguous.

The latter.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

why is an Xray needed.

I'm assuming the patient knows what's in there already

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So that the doctors can point and laugh.

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

A photograph for memorys sake!

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the funniest part is the 5000$ copay to make doctors laugh at you

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

You have my deepest sympathy.

[–] piefood@feddit.online 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You would be surprised how many people "don't know why they feel bad", and "don't know how that got in there". People will go through a lot to avoid admitting that they like things in the poop-chute

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

The patient sure, but the doctor must know too.

And in what orientation.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago

Well, there may be ladybirds in there.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Username checks out

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A third? Those are amateur numbers. C'mon guys, man up and get in there!

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 3 points 1 week ago

I tried but I couldn't get it stuck. maybe my ass is a tent flap

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That feels high, but I don’t know because I’ve never had a routine appointment with the radiographer, so it’s hard to compare how often that happens.