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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What am I even doing with my life... brb, gotta get me an octopus vase...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] EleventhHour 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Woah there, Mr Deep! I see the way you are eye-banging that cephalopod.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

yeah but how many ceremonial buttplugs did they have? not just day to day buttplugs, I'm talking formal occasion ones.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have to ask, what ceremony is that for and does it have a parade?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

my dude the local permit guy has his head deeper up his butt than any of the plugs are supposed to go. I don't even want to try for a parade.

as far as what ceremony, everyone's got their rituals to make them feel special shut up

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Hey I’m not judging. Whatever floats your boat.

Or stops it sinking.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Could they sync it to the baseline of katy perry's roar?

[–] Viking_Hippie 30 points 2 months ago (3 children)

On the other hand, they didn't have Fallout New Vegas and had to contend with the REAL Caesar's legions, so I say we still win.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Julius Cæsar lived during the Iron Age.

[–] RQG 12 points 2 months ago

Both sound pretty metal.

[–] Viking_Hippie 4 points 2 months ago

Eh, close enough 🤷😉

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bronze age

Julius Caesar

lol

[–] Viking_Hippie 2 points 2 months ago

Fun fact: Julius Caesar wasn't the only Caesar by a long shot.

Additional fun fact: It was super late here when my brain farted that out 😄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But they also don't have starfield

[–] Viking_Hippie 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Eh, Starfield isn't actually that bad. It isn't very good either, though, just mediocre.

Which would have been totally fine for an indie or a niche game from a major developer.

5 or 6/10 is worth playing for sure. It's just not worth paying AAA money or "this is going to be the best thing ever" style hype..

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I have half a kilo of cinnamon.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I have ice, on demand, and hot water, flushing toilets, magic boxes that entertain me.

I’d fucking give it all for an octopus vase….

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 7 points 2 months ago

I accidentally spilled about a tablespoon of peppercorns on the floor and could hear my ancestors screaming in horror as I swept them up and threw them away.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But what do you store it in? A vase with an octopus on it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A chest with a millipede motif

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Ok well that’s more than acceptable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I have an electron rubiks cube

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

octouses

Octopodes 🐙 🐙 🐙

[–] NorthWestWind 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] PunnyName 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Also correct. Octopii, too

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago
[–] tamal3 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Words in English that end in "-us" and pluralize to "-i" are from Latin, such as cactus/cacti or focus/foci. However, "octopus" is from Greek, and its correct pluralization from Greek would be "octopodes." In English, we have also adopted "octopuses," which fits our standard pluralization rules.

So, "octopi" is actually a language mix up, though one that's so common that it seems to be accepted in English.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Actually, octopi is the "erroneous" one. Although it is a very common mistake so might make the shift to recognised before too much longer.

Everyone still understands it, so it doesn't matter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Now I wonder how Octopie tastes like. It's probably related to seafood pizza. 🫠

[–] tamal3 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

IMO it's tragic to eat such an intelligent creature. Maybe stick to these guys...? Mmmm.

[–] PunnyName 2 points 2 months ago

Seafood, eat it

[–] FlyingSquid 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You do want to keep octopuses in jars because they're dicks who fuck up the ocean for the rest of us.

And don't get me started on those fucking cuttlefish.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Blatant squid propaganda.

You don’t see me out here disparaging Hares or even jackrabbits do you?

Be better.

[–] glitch1985 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

half breed abomination of nature and ought not be allowed to compete in our sports IMO, but only because they dope so heavily

There’s a reason they’re fast as fast can be … cocaine

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've had that, yes. Also dental care

[–] Klear 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do octopodes even have teeth?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Some of them (maybe all? Idk) have a venomous beak. So. There's that. :|

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

There is our chance to surpass them!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I have plastic vases that can have them on them. Should take 3 days total