Flickertail@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoit's about damn timelemmy.worldimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1720arrow-down16
arrow-up1714arrow-down1imageit's about damn timelemmy.worldFlickertail@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareXEAL@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 year agoWhy is it called “bite” tho? They use their pointy tube-like mouthpart to poke into our skin and get the blood. Isn’t that closer to stinging?
minus-square_CottonCandyUnicorn_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoWould you rather we call it penetration?
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoDoes Dracula bite or sting?
minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year ago singing Is that how you sing? Sticking your mouth to others’ skin?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoFor the same reason we say a snake is poisonous, I guess.
Why is it called “bite” tho?
They use their pointy tube-like mouthpart to poke into our skin and get the blood. Isn’t that closer to stinging?
Would you rather we call it penetration?
Does Dracula bite or sting?
Bite.
Is that how you sing? Sticking your mouth to others’ skin?
For the same reason we say a snake is poisonous, I guess.
Snakes are venomous…
Yes, that was my point.