On: Mastodon Renaming “Toots” to “Posts”

[imwillofficial]

In the US, “toot” is not only a word used for something you might do with a horn. It also means “a fart.”

A hilariously bad name if your humor is like that of a child. (Mine is)

[wombatpm → imwillofficial]

My wife, exasperated at our two teenaged boys, asked me if men ever outgrow fart jokes. I laughed, said maybe, then asked her to pull my finger.

Though when primed with the word Mastodon, I did think of the large trunk and a cartoon-like trumpeting of that trunk. Right after thinking how my grandmother would call her farts toots.

[xnyan → wombatpm]

Fart jokes have always been found funny at all age and maturity levels. Even Martin Luther made fart jokes:

"When the argument that the Christian is without the law and above the law doesn’t help, I instantly chase him away with a fart."

[bobthechef → xnyan]

Don't forget Mozart. He even went further with his shit jokes (it was a family affair).[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_and_scatology

[tesseract → xnyan]

The oldest known recorded joke, from ancient Sumeria, is a fart joke.

[userbinator → imwillofficial]

A horn played badly also sounds like farting, so perhaps that's where the second meaning came from.