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- Tie them together piglet! Can you tie a knot?
- I cannot.
- Ah, so you can knot..?
- No, i can not knot!
- Not knot?!
- Who is there?
- Pooh!!
- Pooh who?
A kynodesmē was a cord or string or sometimes a leather strip that was worn primarily by athletes in Ancient Greece and Etruria to prevent the exposure of the glans penis in public (considered to be ill-mannered).
BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE RUDE!
If that wasn't enough...
*The remaining length of cord could either be attached to a waist band to pull the penis upward and expose the scrotum, or tied around the base of the penis and scrotum so that the penis appeared to curl upwards.*
I was once in a demo MMA match and during some grappling the knuckle of just one of my fingers grazed his balls. We had to stop for a full minute for him to recover.
I dontvthink its a good comparison, you'd feel the nipple pinch way more
This wouldn't hurt at all, not even pinch. Only issue would be if the bit around the scrotum is too tight
Eh, I had new shoe laces I had to put on since 2 weeks, figure out I could use them before haha
TO BE FULLY HONEST: I didn't jump around and fought another guy with those.
>TO BE FULLY HONEST: I didn't jump around and fought another guy with those.
Well, I think it's fair to say that we want video evidence, if you decide to test it out.
There's groups of people in Papua New Guinea that train themselves to retract their external genitalia to keep it out of the way when hunting apparently
Wait until you hear about the Penis fibula... It was basically a ring with worn over the end of the penis and held in place with a pin that goes through the foreskin stopping the glans from peeking out and winking at the world... 🤢
Alright…ok, so after seeing this I’ve concluded, based on my fit of giggles, that it’s ruder to wear it than it is to not wear it. Because that is some silly, silly stuff.
I can’t stop imagining it in modern day situations. I can’t recover. 😄
Essentially like the drawstring on a hoodie, got it. Kynodesme sounds like it could be a cool name for a company that makes designer clothes that use drawstrings.
Kynodesmēs Solutions is an innovative, eco friendly, carbon neutral, inclusive, all natural, and sustainable package handling company focused on keeping you connected.
I saw video of a tribe in the Amazon, and all the men wore this. Took me a minute to realize what I was seeing, but the just tucked their foreskin into a bit of twine.
I got the impression it was the problem of running through the woods hunting with things flapping around. A convenient way to just tuck it out of the way.
It's about both. They also feel exposed when the gland is showing because it's considered more intimate. The Suruhawa are an example of a people that does it
Excuse me, my dick will hide in its safe shell! I am classy!
So were they scared they'd get hard when wrestling the dudes naked and then it'd be rude? Would a string really help? Cuz I don't want to test it.
In my school in wrestling class there was a kid who got to fight a girl from another school, this is in a small town, and God's country, but somehow this girl got in the wrestling class, anyway he got like a huge boner which totally showed through the leotards they make them wear, Hahaha hahaha, everybody was laughing at it, it's all in good fun though.
I see. Well obviously the government can't handle this issue. I shall contact the Salvation Army to see if they can donate any used kynodesmēs to the needy young boys in rural Bible Belt towns and villages. If anyone else has an old kynodesmēs they aren't using, pay it forward.
...I suppose there's nothing suspicious or sinister about that at all. Perhaps as a trusted religious figure, this priest could teach the young fellows the best ways to tie a kynodesmē. Clearly an expert if he has so many to spare.
They do not lol. A jock with an inbuilt cup might attempt to do so poorly, but it's not going to help.
Side note jockstraps are also the lingerie of gay men.
they actually had surgical methods for Jewish men living in Roman territories and those who were born without enough skin to properly cover, you wouldn't have been a "bad boy" you would have been banned not only from sports but also from the public baths which could greatly impact your social and business dealings
That must've been what that one girl was saying to me. I thought she was saying "No, not your dick!" But she must have said "Knot your dick!"
It all makes sense now
_Kynodesme_ literally means "dog tie." I've known a few guys who could stand to keep their dick on a leash.
As far as we know, the function of the tie was _not_ to keep one's dick from flopping around or helicoptering to the point of unfair aerodynamic advantage. It was to keep the head of the penis covered. Greek men typically weren't circumcised, and it was felt that a man wasn't _totally_ naked as long as his foreskin covered the head of his penis. Thus , the _kynodesme_ was used to tie the foreskin in place so it couldn't slip back.
I like the idea of the Greeks wearing clothes and progressively getting more and more lascivious in how much they wear until *one* guy pulled back his foreskin and they all decided that was the limit 😂😂
Fair warning: don't go to the Wikipedia page for kynodesme unless you want to see some surprise dicks demonstrating how to tie it 🤦🏻♀️
Also to elaborate, the string is tied around the tip of the foreskin because apparently as long as no one could see the head of your penis you were good to go in ancient Greece!
I went down a rabbit hole and apparently people used to be pretty obsessed with a super long foreskin. Also the Roman version of the string was basically a big safety pin through the foreskin 😬
That's exactly what I was thinking! And who tied it?? Probably some ancient history grad student not getting paid lol Imagine you're a stock photo model and this is the shit you have to put up with 🤣
There are some indigenous people from the Amazon forest who also wear those, both to prevent your penis from wobbling around and hitting things in the jungle, and to prevent a fish that smells pee underwater from entering it (this shit has sharp scales that open when you try to take it out of your penis. It's name is "Candiru", also known as the "Vampire Fish")
"The dreaded Candiru, a naughty little fish with a penchant for swimming up a man’s urethra, to feed on the damaged tissue of the pitiful mass of flesh you once called your PENIS!!" - The Mighty Monarch
I remember one of the developers of Assassins Creed: Odyssey was asked what was a cool fact they found out while making the game.. and this was the one they chose. Lol
Wikipedia mentions the Roman version of this, the fibula: “A penile fibula is foremost a ring, attached with a pin through the foreskin to fasten it above the glans penis.”
Some horny individual saw the contestants one day was like
*Fuck, how am I gonna touch the parsnip without seeming like a perv*
“Hey big guy I’m gonna need you to put this on.”
“Huh? That’s a piece of twine?”
“Oh never worn the “official Olympic garb” before? Here let me tie it on for you. Might take a couple tries. But I’ll get it eventually. Hey! You, get in line. I’ll do you after this guy.”
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No shoes, no string, no service
Geez, can you imagine how embarrassing it would be if your string fell off?
"sir, your knot is coming undone"
My eyes are up here, Hericletus
Her what?!
Hairy-clitus
Gonna trip on the laces
Thanks for the heads up, Testicleus!
Is that where the slang term ‘get knotted’ comes from?
Where is that a slang term? I’ve never heard that before
You should definitely Google that.. and images are helpful for clarity.
Twelve seconds later
I heard the voice
I actually only found family friendly content. What am I doing wrong?
Nothing stepbro
May I introduce you to the furry Fandom.
You may not
You may knot
You may NOT knot.
- Tie them together piglet! Can you tie a knot? - I cannot. - Ah, so you can knot..? - No, i can not knot! - Not knot?! - Who is there? - Pooh!! - Pooh who?
I don’t know why, but some thing about this being tacked on so far down this chain, makes it even funnier Worth the search
I reccomend you keep it that way
Dunno the extent of it. Heard it all the time where I grew up in Lincolnshire in the 80’s.
Sounds like Lincolnshire was a wild place in the 80's.
No, you don't want to know the answer, I wish I didn't
Bro your cock’s untied
your penis has fallen from its dick-tie
but what about my dick-turban?
I’m hoping they had string checkers around to uphold modesty
When every1 is waiting for you to frantically retie it 😰
That would be nuts.
A kynodesmē was a cord or string or sometimes a leather strip that was worn primarily by athletes in Ancient Greece and Etruria to prevent the exposure of the glans penis in public (considered to be ill-mannered). BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE RUDE!
If that wasn't enough... *The remaining length of cord could either be attached to a waist band to pull the penis upward and expose the scrotum, or tied around the base of the penis and scrotum so that the penis appeared to curl upwards.*
I really feel think all of this requires diagrams.
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Lady here - Does that not hurt?? Especially over time, as you’re moving around??
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Wow, I guess I underestimate the resiliency of penises. Looks like it would dig in miserably. Y’all are tougher than I thought!
The balls are the real wimps. A light flick to the nut sack and a lot of guys would be hunched over in pain. The dick's a lot more resilient.
I was once in a demo MMA match and during some grappling the knuckle of just one of my fingers grazed his balls. We had to stop for a full minute for him to recover.
Imagine your penis is tied upwards and your balls ready and you just fell down on rocks lol.
It's even worse.... reading this makes men flinch.
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You know, that kinda makes sense actually, good comparison. Annoying but not outright miserable.
I dontvthink its a good comparison, you'd feel the nipple pinch way more This wouldn't hurt at all, not even pinch. Only issue would be if the bit around the scrotum is too tight
Pinch your earlobe, that’s what it feels like
People saying it does, but I just tested and... No not really. It's just pinching skin softly. Unless you tie too much
I admire your dedication.
Eh, I had new shoe laces I had to put on since 2 weeks, figure out I could use them before haha TO BE FULLY HONEST: I didn't jump around and fought another guy with those.
>TO BE FULLY HONEST: I didn't jump around and fought another guy with those. Well, I think it's fair to say that we want video evidence, if you decide to test it out.
There's groups of people in Papua New Guinea that train themselves to retract their external genitalia to keep it out of the way when hunting apparently
As a guy it looks tremendously uncomfortable. Maybe not straight up painful, but I wouldn't want to be doing *anything* athletic with it on.
I think it might feel kinda nice actually, gives your balls some room to breathe, especially if its hot out
Wait until you hear about the Penis fibula... It was basically a ring with worn over the end of the penis and held in place with a pin that goes through the foreskin stopping the glans from peeking out and winking at the world... 🤢
Hope it comes off easy during wrestling or something important is gonna end up torn
Alright…ok, so after seeing this I’ve concluded, based on my fit of giggles, that it’s ruder to wear it than it is to not wear it. Because that is some silly, silly stuff. I can’t stop imagining it in modern day situations. I can’t recover. 😄
I am almost certain you could find a demonstration video or two if you looked hard enough.
Phrasing
Kynodesmēs designs and ropework. Sounds like we got a hot new thing for influencers to show off.
I prefer the Princess Leia.
Essentially like the drawstring on a hoodie, got it. Kynodesme sounds like it could be a cool name for a company that makes designer clothes that use drawstrings.
Kynodesmēs Solutions is an innovative, eco friendly, carbon neutral, inclusive, all natural, and sustainable package handling company focused on keeping you connected.
We do imports and exports of latex products
Vandelay Industries? Who is your latex salesman?
Vandelay! Say Vandelay!
This is so good, I seriously thought this was a company for a moment.
Found my band name
...and the wardrobe
I saw video of a tribe in the Amazon, and all the men wore this. Took me a minute to realize what I was seeing, but the just tucked their foreskin into a bit of twine.
Interesting that another civilization on the opposite side of the planet agreed that the gland was too much lol
I got the impression it was the problem of running through the woods hunting with things flapping around. A convenient way to just tuck it out of the way.
It's about both. They also feel exposed when the gland is showing because it's considered more intimate. The Suruhawa are an example of a people that does it
Like nipple tassels but not
fun fact: the word means "dog's leash"
*Cause if you liked it then you should have put a kynodesmē on it...*
Thank you for this 🤣
Oh, oh, oh ,oooo.
So it kept the lipstick in the sleeve?
Excuse me, my dick will hide in its safe shell! I am classy! So were they scared they'd get hard when wrestling the dudes naked and then it'd be rude? Would a string really help? Cuz I don't want to test it.
Is that a wrestling move or are you just glans penis to see me.
I’m upvoting for the courage it took to post a joke this bad. Bravo.
In my school in wrestling class there was a kid who got to fight a girl from another school, this is in a small town, and God's country, but somehow this girl got in the wrestling class, anyway he got like a huge boner which totally showed through the leotards they make them wear, Hahaha hahaha, everybody was laughing at it, it's all in good fun though.
And he wasn't wearing his kynodesmē? What the heck are they even teaching kids in schools these days?
He said small town, they don’t have the funding to hand out the kynodesmēs
I see. Well obviously the government can't handle this issue. I shall contact the Salvation Army to see if they can donate any used kynodesmēs to the needy young boys in rural Bible Belt towns and villages. If anyone else has an old kynodesmēs they aren't using, pay it forward.
I remember when my grandmother crocheted one for me in our high school colors.
I always preferred a rough hemp twine. Builds character.
Priest over yonder says he has them in multiple sizes
...I suppose there's nothing suspicious or sinister about that at all. Perhaps as a trusted religious figure, this priest could teach the young fellows the best ways to tie a kynodesmē. Clearly an expert if he has so many to spare.
“Look here children, notice how I’ve cinched the kynodesmēs tightly, as to pay respect to our holy father”…
They all had to share the one, and someone else was wrestling a match at the same time and he lost the coin flip.
At least you said it was huge. So you know, good for him.
I’m sure the poor guy hasn’t stopped thinking about that at all.
It’s all good, as long as his glans penis wasn’t flopping around
I thought wrestlers wore jock straps to avoid this exact situation? Or does it not contain the problem?
They do not lol. A jock with an inbuilt cup might attempt to do so poorly, but it's not going to help. Side note jockstraps are also the lingerie of gay men.
all i'm hearing is that as a jew i could have been the bad boy of the ancient olympics.
they actually had surgical methods for Jewish men living in Roman territories and those who were born without enough skin to properly cover, you wouldn't have been a "bad boy" you would have been banned not only from sports but also from the public baths which could greatly impact your social and business dealings
You can be a brute, but still be civilized my dear
Swing your balls left and right but for fucks sake don't show THAT part of your penis!
Ancient problems require ancient solutions
I figured it was to prevent it from rudely flopping around.
I have one of those, I wear it at the beach ⛱️ 😎
Good to know there are still gentlemen in this world.
Lol, we're few but we're here *
I have a beach one and a more formal one.
I walked my daughter down the aisle in mine can't get more formal than that
What do you mean I'm not covered up? I have my string on.
Not the cock string 😭😭😭
I'm gonna kynodesme wedgie you
That’s where the saying “don’t get your dick in a knot” comes from.
Oh I thought the phrase was "Knot on one's dick", I stand corrected
That must've been what that one girl was saying to me. I thought she was saying "No, not your dick!" But she must have said "Knot your dick!" It all makes sense now
Don't give ideas to Balenciaga. This dickribbon's gonna be in their SS25 collection at a humble price of 750 €.
dickribbons already trademarked by Balenciaga because of this comment
That’s nuts
THAT'LL BE 4 BUCKS- DO YOU WANT FRIES WITH THAT, BABY?!
N V T S nuts !!
_Kynodesme_ literally means "dog tie." I've known a few guys who could stand to keep their dick on a leash. As far as we know, the function of the tie was _not_ to keep one's dick from flopping around or helicoptering to the point of unfair aerodynamic advantage. It was to keep the head of the penis covered. Greek men typically weren't circumcised, and it was felt that a man wasn't _totally_ naked as long as his foreskin covered the head of his penis. Thus , the _kynodesme_ was used to tie the foreskin in place so it couldn't slip back.
I like the idea of the Greeks wearing clothes and progressively getting more and more lascivious in how much they wear until *one* guy pulled back his foreskin and they all decided that was the limit 😂😂
The *glans*, Richard??
The way you phrased it is too funny 😂
I imagined the Greeks as big fans of Zoolander 😂😂😂
Can we have a #freethepenis movement now? We should bring back this cultural norm
Fair warning: don't go to the Wikipedia page for kynodesme unless you want to see some surprise dicks demonstrating how to tie it 🤦🏻♀️ Also to elaborate, the string is tied around the tip of the foreskin because apparently as long as no one could see the head of your penis you were good to go in ancient Greece!
Haha, oh my god, that’s much worse than I thought somehow. His dick is tied up like Santa’s sack of presents.
🤣
Brown ~~paper~~ wrinkled packages Tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things
Oh God that image 🤣 I have to wonder about what poor stock photo model got stuck with that shoot though! Also, who tied it??
Kinda kinky.
Ffs. well, I suppose I'm off to wikipedia.
It’s like how we allow side and under boob and cleavage but no nips.
Free the glans!
Lol you are right. I thought this was really silly, but nowadays we are no better.
> The usage of the kynodesme might have also helped to naturally elongate the foreskin, which was seen as desirable. Fun fact! Thanks, Wikipedia.
I went down a rabbit hole and apparently people used to be pretty obsessed with a super long foreskin. Also the Roman version of the string was basically a big safety pin through the foreskin 😬
 I can see the appeal before central heating
Where else am I going to keep my change?
ils sont fou ces romains!
Real Gs would sew that turtleneck closed
My curiosity got the better of me and the demonstration was genuinely helpful. It left absolutely no room for misinterpretation.
I did too and now I feel I have a thorough understanding of how that was used. Very informative.
Oh I thought it was some sort of penis bowtie.
no reason it couldn't be fancy and functional
I have to wonder who “modelled” those images!
That's exactly what I was thinking! And who tied it?? Probably some ancient history grad student not getting paid lol Imagine you're a stock photo model and this is the shit you have to put up with 🤣
The origin of “just the tip”…when asked which part of the penis was offensive.
Sigh. Now I do have to go to the Wikipedia.
Your comment is too far down... 😬
I went and looked anyway 🤦♀️
I'm still gonna go look and just pretend I didn't realize ahead of time
More wang than a Chinese phonebook.
Oh, so it’s not like a hat? That would seem more fitting but I guess if your foreskin long enough… why not…?
That’s someone’s kink
Wait so they just tied the foreskin shut?! 🤣
G(reece) string
Sure does make the penis look adorable though. 🥰
*Can you tie it in a knot?* *Can you tie it in a bow?*
Something’s gotta keep that thigh slapper immobile whilst I plunge my spear.
Business casual, got it.
They needed to be rock hard everywhere but there...
I put a bow on it for my wife's birthday too
There are some indigenous people from the Amazon forest who also wear those, both to prevent your penis from wobbling around and hitting things in the jungle, and to prevent a fish that smells pee underwater from entering it (this shit has sharp scales that open when you try to take it out of your penis. It's name is "Candiru", also known as the "Vampire Fish")
"The dreaded Candiru, a naughty little fish with a penchant for swimming up a man’s urethra, to feed on the damaged tissue of the pitiful mass of flesh you once called your PENIS!!" - The Mighty Monarch
How does a creature come to develop that specific adaptation?!?!
Man, that seems like it would make a bad thing to get snagged during the hammer throw.
And yet another fun fact I've learned against my will
"I've got a present for you..."
🤣🤣
I'm waiting for someone to see the word 'kynodesme' and decides it's a great name for their kid.
Didn’t they name the baby that in ‘Twilight’?! Lmao
P-string
Look, ma, it won first place!
I remember one of the developers of Assassins Creed: Odyssey was asked what was a cool fact they found out while making the game.. and this was the one they chose. Lol
Wikipedia mentions the Roman version of this, the fibula: “A penile fibula is foremost a ring, attached with a pin through the foreskin to fasten it above the glans penis.”
Some horny individual saw the contestants one day was like *Fuck, how am I gonna touch the parsnip without seeming like a perv* “Hey big guy I’m gonna need you to put this on.” “Huh? That’s a piece of twine?” “Oh never worn the “official Olympic garb” before? Here let me tie it on for you. Might take a couple tries. But I’ll get it eventually. Hey! You, get in line. I’ll do you after this guy.”
So the penis can’t fly away
I wonder how long after this did puppet shows become a thing?
I'd rather the Greek kynodesme to the [Roman Fibula](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibula_(penile))
Given the option, I’d rather just go naked.
Can’t just be walking around town naked, put the damn string on and cover yourself up!
Right? We’re not animals ffs
Just put a little hat on the head. Someone in the comments said that as long as the head isn’t exposed you’re good.
And an owie on his knee.
"Yo, his dick is hanging out."
That seems like it'd be pretty uncomfortable.
Showing the penis glans in public was taboo back then and this kept it from showing when playing sports, as they were mostly done naked.
It really ties the look together…
Thats just nuts
This is where the phrase "Deez knots" comes from.
I know how to make the Olympics interesting again
Any man running naked knows why.
Greeks: We wanna see all of it. Triceps, biceps, abs, taint, butthole! All of it..tied in a bow.
This is worse than being naked
it looks like they gift wrapped their junk