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1y ago

TIL Sex toys were invented 30,000 years ago which means they were invented long before the wheel.

The 30,000-Year History of the Sex Toy

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To be fair, carving a stick to be semi-smooth is an easy task that can be done on a horny whim
- Splinters ouch
  
  This is why you polish your knob
  
  Pain kink
The wheel as a tool is an abstract, mathematical contraption that takes a couple of conceptual steps to get there, especially when you put an axle in there.
This, on the other hand... this is something quite immediate, tactile, instinctual.
Priorities.
The oldest one we've found is 30,000 years old. I'd be willing to bet they've actually been around almost as long as we've been using tools and enjoying sex
Makes you wonder what type of lube they concocted to make a frigging siltstone dildo slide with ease.
- Rendered fat is very slippery
Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "rock hard"
The real reason we domesticated animals

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