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[-] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

It took me a while for this to click. I feel like i havent heard that terminology since the early 2000s. Any idea if its still how the youths talk?

[-] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well they mainly text so probably not

[-] sem 3 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

In the classic baseball sex analogy, a home run is full intercourse. There is a progression of bases 1 through 3 on the way to home plate, different people will call different foreplay sex acts different base numbers.

The joke here is that the poster is calling being vulnerable enough to show a potential partner their panicked state is equivalent to the level of foreplay immediately before intercourse.

Hope this helps and/or ruined the joke

[-] BootyEnthusiast@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Good explanation without being demeaning.

To add on to this, there are a bunch of variations to the joke in either direction of each extreme.

Example:

1st base: Eye contact

2nd base: Said your name

3rd base: Accidentally touching hands

4th base: Intentional hand holding

[-] sem 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you kind stranger! I didn't understand how panic attacks could fit into the analogy but that kind of makes sense.

[-] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Why the sparkly background?

[-] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's how I found it

[-] Master@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Wait... Does your third base not look like that?

[-] Sivecano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

I find this more relateable than what seems healthy

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