imagine trying to explain this to someone from an only slightly less messed-up society

“well, two of our greatest traditions are ‘do not let kids know about sex’ and 'make up the most ridiculous lie possible whenever kids ask something we don’t want to tell them.’ This has resulted in folklore about babies being brought by storks, which is so well-known by now that a picture of a large bird carrying a bundle, when seen on the wall in a hospital, is immediately recognized as shorthand for 'this is where the maternity ward is’”

“ok but actually I was confused about the direction of the arrow. Why stork walk backwards”

“…breech birth?”