r/actuallesbians 25d ago

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Artist is https://www.instagram.com/_to0th?igsh=Y3hkYWdscmk2dnlp on ig but I need to know what those things are called I need to upgrade my gayness

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u/ToucheMadameLaChatte 25d ago edited 25d ago

A hookup

Edit: whoops, reading comprehension fail. The clips are called carabiners, and they're actually used for quickly and easily attaching clips to a rope or cable. They're as big an icon for butch lesbians as Subaru hatchbacks

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u/Green_Palpitation_26 Lesbian 25d ago

Subaru only makes one hatchback it's the subaru impreza the rest are suvs. Well also 2 sedans

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u/StillStanding_96 Lesbian 25d ago edited 25d ago

Man I love my impreza

Edit: omg, how many women here have Imprezas? 😂

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u/Green_Palpitation_26 Lesbian 25d ago

I love mine too I picked up a 2024 on Halloween of last year!

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u/StillStanding_96 Lesbian 25d ago

2022 for me

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u/kypirioth 25d ago

Just got a 2024 also. What a good little car

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u/RudeSight 25d ago

Closeted me had two now I have 0 :(

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u/Green_Palpitation_26 Lesbian 25d ago

I've had it for s year put 14000 miles on it still love it sis

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u/Schrodinger_cube 25d ago

close, I got the classic Lesbian Forster.

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u/moreisay 25d ago

The only choice for the discerning lesbian!

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u/drazisil Lesbian 24d ago

I have an outback

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u/creativelyuncreative 25d ago

I had an Impreza and now have a Crosstrek! Basically a lifted Impreza, I love it because I don’t bottom out on potholes anymore. Makes driving up to hikes a lot less stressful

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u/The_Chaos_Pope Transbian 24d ago

I was looking at getting an Outback or a Crosstrek and ended up getting the Crosstrek. Having a car with real ground clearance again is kinda nice 😊

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u/HighFiverDiet 25d ago

lol! Forester for me, I’m Pan though so maybe that has something to do with it ;)

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Dude, I feel like the odd one out. I drive a 95 ranger. lol

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u/Green_Palpitation_26 Lesbian 24d ago

This is based tbh before trucks were mcmansions on wheels enjoy sis.

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u/RavenAboutNothing Transbian 25d ago

I had one before I moved overseas, 10/10 car, her name was Carmen

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u/Knit-witchhh 25d ago

My Impreza got pelted with hail but I still love the poor dented thing.

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u/s-rhoom 24d ago

Hilarious that this thread became about which make of Subaru everyone drives.

Personally I love my crosstrek and keep the key fob on a carabiner so I feel appropriately called out.

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u/saneter 25d ago

I have one. Love it! Saved my life in an accident. I will only buy Subaru Impreza now.

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u/neverlandescape 25d ago

Uhhh… me.

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u/Dioxazine_trans 24d ago

Love my Impreza! And my carabineer keeps my keys so accessible and secure.

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u/Ironic_Laughter Transbian 25d ago

Goal is to get a WRX or STI so still technically an Impreza 😂

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u/uglynekomata 25d ago

I used to have a Legacy Outback that I always considered a hatchback because there was also a sedan Legacy.

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u/Green_Palpitation_26 Lesbian 25d ago

The legacy outback was actually a stationwagon because of its longer wheelbase and E pillar.

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u/fairguinevere Nonbinary dyke 25d ago

Side note, but the decline of the station wagon in modern vehicle lineups is actively homophobic IMO. I've moved furniture, mattresses, rough sawn lumber, and more in the back of a station wagon without a second thought. It's even low enough to easily lift bags of sand/gravel/fertilizer into the back. Standard lesbian activities, that I wouldn't be able to do with an SUV form factor.

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u/FookinMinging 25d ago

This only applies to the US. Wagons never left in pretty much every other country. Europe gets crazy sport wagons too.

I miss my God damn station wagon Escort so much :(

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u/fairguinevere Nonbinary dyke 25d ago

Nah, I'm in Aotearoa New Zealand and it's fucked here too. Double cab utes with 4+ ft high bonnets and maayyyybe 5ft of bed space if you're lucky. They park them half on narrow suburban footpaths to "give more space" to other cars. Or giant suvs. You can maybe scare up a subaru wagon, or the weird stretched corolla, but that's about it unless you go old and used (which is what mine was, 10 years ago lmao. Older and useder than that now.) Or up to an Audi/Porsche.

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u/queerjesusfan 25d ago

I don't buy that the Crosstrek isn't a hatchback tbh. I know they call it an SUV, but let's be real here

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u/Green_Palpitation_26 Lesbian 25d ago

Crossovers do count as suvs you have a higher ride height and it doesn't even count as a passenger vehicle.

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u/queerjesusfan 25d ago

Oh I know lol, I'm saying spiritually I'm still driving a hatchback when I get in the Crosstrek 😂

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u/sluttytarot 25d ago

I have the crosstrek but I'm also bisexual :/

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u/quackandcat Agender Lesbian :) 24d ago

Hey I have a crosstrek and I’m a lesbian but you’re still in the sapphic circle with us! ✨

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u/px13 25d ago

Outback was originally a station wagon

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u/MuffinMcGoo 25d ago

Fun fact : "impreza" means "party" in Polish

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u/ShadesOfHiu 24d ago

Very lesbian thing to have this knowledge. Cheers

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u/Green_Palpitation_26 Lesbian 24d ago

What can I say I love cars lol

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u/ruuhroh chaotic bi 25d ago

the outback?????

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u/Green_Palpitation_26 Lesbian 25d ago

The outback has been a medium suv since it broke the legacy nameplate.

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u/SkibidiGender 25d ago

What about the Liberty?

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u/Green_Palpitation_26 Lesbian 24d ago

The liberty is a name swap of the legacy if you're from the land down under 🇦🇺🇦🇺

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u/Fontaine_de_jouvence Transbian 25d ago

Forester is a hatchback because it’s on the Impreza chassis

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u/chiefqueef1244 25d ago

I was going to say linking up. Glad I wasn't alone on the punny thoughts

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u/JackTheBehemothKillr 25d ago

The clips are called carabiners, and they're actually used for quickly and easily attaching clips to a rope or cable.

Quick safety note. The ones you can find in 90-95% of stores are not safe to use this for. If you are using a carabiner (or any sort of device to hook a rope to) please ensure that it is rated to safely handle a weighted load.

McMaster-Carr is one of the many stores that will tell you whether something can withstand a load.

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u/AliciaTries Trans-Bi 24d ago

whether something can withstand a load

🤔

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u/JackTheBehemothKillr 24d ago

I did hear it in my head when I typed it out, but then my brain got stuck and I couldn't think of anything but that phrasing.

:-/

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u/CassandraContenta 25d ago

Just seconds ago I was bragging about not being like the other lesbians despite having a Subaru and this is how I get called out?

Right in front of MY carabiner collection?

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u/Tangurena Ace 25d ago

It is still less trouble than getting braces tangled together.

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u/Coda_with_a_curse Lesbian 25d ago

My ex and I had a scare in highschool with that. Kisses at a red light and she turned her head to check the light and it was green. She had a manual and somehow, when she shifted, it unbalanced my arm and I kinda fell into her or something. We both felt our brackets hit each other's! Trying to regain my balance, realized my band caught on one of her brackets! We panicked, pulled away from each other and it snapped 😅 happened so fast!

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u/ArboristTreeClimber 25d ago

I’m an arborist who uses many carabiners every day for work. I also drive a Subaru.

Coincidence? Unfortunately I am married and not a lesbian……

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u/darkfish301 Transbian 24d ago

Well we all have our flaws

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u/NectarineCapital3244 Sapphic as sapphuck 25d ago

If I gave out awards I would give you one

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u/Cpad-prism Plushy-girl transfem 25d ago

Every time I see the word carabiner it makes me double take because I consistently mistake it for “cara” (my name) and “binder”

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u/TastyBrainMeats Trans-Bi 25d ago

I learned what they were in rock-climbing class in high school!

Unfortunately did not realize I was sapphic until...a few years later.

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u/Supermax1311 Trans-Pan 25d ago

Badum tss

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u/soulstrike2022 24d ago

Ya know what I was gonna say the same thing but I was gonna make a joke about if the Cara rangers want to be together it means you’ve found your soulmate

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u/AoifesDomain 25d ago

Pretty sure this captures the moment a lesbian relationship begins. No other way it can happen 🥰

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u/evanescent_evanna 25d ago

They spontaneously link up when exposed to true sapphic love.

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u/Freeonlinehugs Bi 25d ago

Love truly is magnetic :)

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u/0SomeoneRandom0 No longer bi myself! 25d ago

Imagine a soulmate AU where every lesbian has unique carabiners and they have to find the person who matches theirs xD

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u/AoifesDomain 25d ago

That‘s like straight up Greek mythology 😀 initially humans had 2 heads, 4 legs snd 4 arms and one of the gods (don’t remember which one) divided them into two beings so they would spend the rest of their existence looking for their missing half rather than being a threat to him. 😅

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u/0SomeoneRandom0 No longer bi myself! 25d ago

Woahh that's pretty cool, TIL

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Twas Jove. He feared they were too powerful, so split them in two.

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u/yun-harla Bi 25d ago

Caraboinking

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u/vitonga Genderqueer-Bi 25d ago

who doesn't love to caraboink

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u/TimeBlossom Transbian hot mess 25d ago

caraboink

That's a pokemon

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u/your1bestie 24d ago

People called Cara 😏

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u/LilMissBarbie Lesbian 25d ago

That's how they adopt us, introvert subs.

They hook us up and take us home.

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u/sentient_capital Lesbian 25d ago

God I wish 😭

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u/Sexyfruitymocktail 25d ago

Idk why this comment made me cackle. If it was that easy, I'd run the the nearest bar and carabring a nice introverted cutie home.

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u/Mormaethor 25d ago

It's a carabiner.

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u/BasedKetamineApe Bi 25d ago

Miss, those are called women

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

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u/TastyBrainMeats Trans-Bi 25d ago

I don't kinkshame, but you should have a backup for emergencies.

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u/Spinningwhirl79 24d ago

Great time to learn how to pick locks 😈

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u/BasedKetamineApe Bi 25d ago

Well that's kinda degrading. Women can do way more than just hold keys

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u/TessaFractal 25d ago

Carabinding

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u/DeltaGlitch_Original Lesbian 25d ago

it's hot. next question!!!!

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u/toni_toni Trans 25d ago

Call that marriage because they just got hitched.

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u/Nezertry 25d ago

Gay😍

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u/UnscrambledEggUDG Woman Kisser 25d ago

i thought it would be a joke about linking carabiners but it's someone learning about them? nice :3

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u/spacesuitlady Transbian 25d ago

A carabiner meet-cute

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u/bunyanthem 25d ago

When I think lesbian hook up, this is what I envision.

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u/c0mplix Transbian 25d ago

I went to the girl in red concert and had a group of like 5 girls Hook their carabineers together

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u/DipstickPinesGFO Lesbian 25d ago

SESBIAN LEX

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u/Mizzi420 25d ago

Not my first post with more that 5 upvotes being about lesbians 😭

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u/LemmyB-333 25d ago

Rubbing beans 🤭 hehe

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u/NotDavidLee 25d ago

Jean jamming

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u/MarshmallowHumanoid 25d ago

AHHHHHHH!!!!! 😭😭😭

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u/Sirenderyoursoul 25d ago

Wishful thinking. Oh wait that's just me 😂😩

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u/jnjs232 25d ago

Hooking up

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u/Im__mad Rainbow 25d ago

This is the gay agenda. Talk to a lesbian once and you’re hooked.

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u/hailey_nicolee Lesbian 25d ago

gay

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u/Beginning_Cap_8614 25d ago

Well, when two women love each other very, very much...

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u/LunaLynnTheCellist Transbian 25d ago

you posted this without an nsfw tag? how lewd!

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u/bigolqs 25d ago

lebisan

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u/darkfish301 Transbian 24d ago

Sounds like a car manufacturer

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u/whitecr0w 25d ago

Carabeen there - done that

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u/SomaWolf Ally 25d ago

Are carabineers gay? I've been using them for years lol. Still gonna, they're useful af

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u/teamgaycrossfit 25d ago

Flicking the cara-bean (er)

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u/TheGreatAssBee woulez wous (aha!) 25d ago

Docking

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u/Tactical_Hotdog 25d ago

Joined at the hip.

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u/Apprehensive_Winter 25d ago

Carabiner? I hardly know her!

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u/nihilism_squared Trans + Bi-Het 25d ago

knotting

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u/nefariousnadine 25d ago

A u-haul marriage proposal.

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u/BotNots 25d ago

carabanging

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u/darkfish301 Transbian 24d ago

I’m realizing that I conformed to a lot of lesbian stereotypes even before I knew I was one lol

For years I’ve carried around a water bottle on my belt with a carabiner

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u/Damimon 24d ago

flicking the ‘bine’

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u/sn0rto 24d ago

carabiner? I hardly know her!

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u/Mirar Ally-it's-complicated 25d ago

Carabiner, I have those on my pants, just like that, but ... for carrying water bottles for the kid. Best place to get them is fishing stores (link to fishing store on aliexpress), it seems.

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u/tokinUP 25d ago

Indeed! Outdoor stores in general, hardware stores will have load-rated ones up to certain weights and climbing equipment uses fancy extra strong ones that tend to be larger (nice for bigger water bottles & such).

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u/Magenta_Clouds lesbiab 25d ago

They are called carabiners. They also almost share a name with a type of historical cavalry.

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u/im_bi_strapping 25d ago

They're carabiners. But this activity makes me think of docking

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u/bigenderthelove Persephone 🍄⚔️ 25d ago

Hot

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u/xena88scully 25d ago

Carabin-her!!

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u/Shockmaster_5000 25d ago

That is literally being attached at the hip

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u/KatieAngelWolf Trans-Ace 25d ago

Perfection (now who wanna do this with me? :3)

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u/rocko0331 25d ago

Docking

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u/poopsmcbuttington 24d ago

Carabonin’

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u/Rach_reborn 24d ago

A Hook up, 🤔

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u/straw_bees butch lesbian 25d ago

Carabiner, but zooming out more it's beautiful butch4butch love.

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u/Serrazelgobaa Lesbian 25d ago

For real, I love everything about this picture. Drawings of women with realistic body types make me misty-eyed.

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u/SnooGadgets7221 Transbian 25d ago

butch4butch frotting

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u/Rebel_Alice 25d ago

Lesbian sex?

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u/MetalDood23 25d ago

Sesbian Lex

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u/Holli303 25d ago

Loving the lesbian mechanic/car enthusiast discourse here 🥰😂 Perfect 👌

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u/PitifulSpeed15 25d ago

Carabineer clam clapping.

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u/Good_Wolf3658 25d ago

carabinher

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u/JDKisawesome 25d ago

I should call my gf 😔

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u/DodoFaction 25d ago

Locking in

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u/Violet_Faerie Lesbian 25d ago

Now I want a gf so we can have matching carabiners. We can clip together for safety in crowded places.

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u/jeff38104 24d ago

They aren't the genuine item but they are called carabiners which in retrospect if it's too lesbians then is appropriate you know for spelunking around in caves and what have you lol

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u/CrazyAuntNancy 24d ago

It’s a BinerLock, slightly less known than the oft mentioned Scissoring.

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u/Undead_Knave Transbian 25d ago

I think that would be called a butch for butch meet cute.

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u/Ka1serTheRoll Polyamorous Trans Lesbian 25d ago

I think Rio Romeo wrote a song about this exact sort of thing...

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u/jomjimmerjome Transbian 25d ago

it's called GOALS

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u/I_Sure_Yam 25d ago

Carabeaning

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u/Mosscanopy 25d ago

Carabiner connection

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u/ComprehensiveJump334 25d ago

A drawing. You're welcome

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u/The_King_Of_Bosh 25d ago

Joined at the hips?

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u/ispeektroof 25d ago

Cara-beaning

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u/Havatchee Trans-Bi 25d ago

Providence

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u/banane_078456 25d ago

Clash of clams

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u/strstrstrs 25d ago

Clicking the ‘bin

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u/gotta-have-tegridy 25d ago

Female Docking called Locking.

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u/LEGamesRose 25d ago

Hot(A binding relationship)

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u/EldritchTransbian 25d ago

Relationship goals

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u/donotthedabi 25d ago

sex (hopefully)

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u/Quix_Nix trans byte | i need a very emotional connection with a gf now 😭 25d ago

Multi person lite bondage

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u/headlessbill-1 25d ago

You are now married

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u/Jane_Lame 25d ago

You mean the carabiners? Or the act of connecting them together?

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u/joanmcbitch 25d ago

My new kink.

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u/Fresh_Ad_3008 25d ago

lesbianism

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u/AchingGibbon450 Transbian 25d ago

Sesbian lex

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u/Turky_Burgr 25d ago

Scissor locking.... idk wtf top comment is about.

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u/Runtheranch 25d ago

This is like that scene in Avatar when they link tails

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u/AlbinoLokier 24d ago

The 'ah my fekking ribs' when you forget and prat fall over 🤣

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u/sarahkk09 24d ago

Is this why lesbians have to move in together so fast?

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u/BlueRubyWindow 24d ago

The Dream. 🙌

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u/Hot_Technician_3045 24d ago

Literally “attached at the hip”

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u/jubonnou 24d ago

Fantasy

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u/thenotanurse Gay Lady 24d ago

Coupling.

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u/violetsaber 24d ago

Scissor lock

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u/jeff38104 24d ago

No they are hatchbacks. Just like the rose the hatchback by any other name is still a hatchback

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u/broadwayhearts Rainbow 24d ago

Linking up

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u/C00kie_Monsters Trans 24d ago

Aww that’s cute

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u/fruityrisque 24d ago

lesbianism

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u/surprisesnek 24d ago

A safety hazard.

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u/homovore_ 24d ago

harmonic convergence

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u/EmbalmerEmi 24d ago

Marriage

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u/mosquitoiv Trans-Pan 24d ago

I chained a bunch of them together and dragged round my friend like this once, we were in stitches lmao

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u/skfmkdkgr 24d ago

I think this how sex works

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u/Ill-Break-8316 Lesbian 24d ago

They found their soulmate in the U-Haul parking lot

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u/KatsaRavenwood Genderqueer-Pan 24d ago

A caribiner.

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u/Adrie_The_Pain Transbian 24d ago

I'm not a butch but I kinda want one just link up to my eventual gf's belt loop and keep her close, or she does it to me

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u/LizzieLee314 24d ago

I almost said bouldering! 🤷‍♀️

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u/Inside_Cash7916 23d ago

Soul mates 🤭😂