… but when humans do it, it’s automatically NSFW.

I’m not encouraging people to go outside like that, to be clear. I’m just curious. Back before clothes were invented, humans must’ve walked around naked before covering up for some period of time, right?

Somewhere in between that and now, covering up became the norm, and now our brains are wired to complain about how naked we feel if we try to not wear clothes. When did the shift happen?

(Edit: fixed typo)

  • @TitanLaGrange
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    41 year ago

    humans must’ve walked around naked before covering up for some period of time, right?

    Some still do, but they tend to wear some kind of genitalia covering.

    Contemporary humans have disproportionately large penises compared to many other animals. Perhaps when we started evolving larger penises we co-evolved small dick jokes (“I was in the pond!”), leading to habitual use of various types of penis-hiding clothing.

    • @emptyother
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      51 year ago

      If pants are all that keeps massive amounts of dick jokes back, I’m for pants.