“found” (under status) implies to me that some well-meaning local saw this wild lizard and went “oh no, someone has lost their pet! i’d better take it to a shelter right away!”
I had the same thought! I did some digging and this fellow was confiscated. They’re not looking to adopt him out, thankfully; they know what they have, so hopefully he’ll land in a safe place that can look after him.
they need to invent clubbing for boring sober people who don’t like loud music or crowded group dancing. what’s the “she should be at the club” for this hypothetical not-me demographic.
roundup of various common suggestions in the notes:
“the library”: a nice space to hang, granted, but not really the same fun social vibes.
“the night-library that serves pink drinks and tea”: okay okay, now we’re cooking.
“coffee shop”: a bit more social and rambunctious than the average library, but still too plain imo.
“the museum”: still a tad too formal I feel like but definitely not opposed.
“the book club”: again, not opposed, but book clubs do have the catch of requiring you to plan ahead and do some homework to really enjoy it, not a very “I’m bored on a friday and want to go do something fun” activity.
“wine tasting”:
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“dnd/ttrpg nights”: unfortunately I’m stupid and am bad at these games. I mean unfortunately these hypothetical people are stupid and bad at these games.
“arcades with cover fees at the door and then free games”: won’t even lie this sounds killer, gonna see if they have any of those in my area.
“babe the club is wherever you feel confident in yourself, life is a club and I’m just chilling at a bus stop”: beautiful. poetic. heart warming. she should be at the bus stop.
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first good suggestion on this post in years, FINALLY true equality
Really glad hbomberguy took care of James Somerton so I don’t have to hear what surely would’ve been the worst heated rivalry takes in existence from him
white ppl will steal every aesthetic from black culture and then call it something so stupid like bo derek braids instead of box braids or hasbin hotel core instead of black southern dandism. yall will bend over backwards to call my culture barbaric/scary just to drool over the aesthetic the moment no actual black people are involved (21 pilots vs actual reggae). And if ur white/nonblack reading this just reblog. I dont need any comments talking about how not racist you are + speaking up over actual black people.
Obviously a white aristocrat who died 2300 years ago isn’t the most important victim of policies like these, but it is so fascinating to me that we’re at the point that American conservatives are now banning [checks my notes] the bedrock of European culture
And of course it goes without saying that censors rarely bother to read let alone understand the texts that they ban. But just for the record, they’re objecting to the androgynous beings mentioned in Symposium, which, I cannot stress enough, are described by the character Aristophanes, a comedian who is telling jokes because he’s a jokester comedian. Plato doesn’t want you to change your pronouns….
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