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lvl 1: the plural of octopus is octopuses because the plural version of a word is the word with an s at the end

lvl 2: the plural version of octopus is octopi because if a word ends with "us" the plural version replaces the "us" with "i" e.g. cactus -> cacti and fungus -> fungi

lvl 3: actually, that rule is only for latin words. octopus is a greek word and the correct plural is octopuses or octopodes

lvl 4: actually, language is descriptive not prescriptive. since enough people over time have used octopi as the plural for octopus, it's a valid plural

lvl 5: the plural of octopus is octopeese, like geese

does anyone else remember when michaels (art supply company) accidentally made omegle again

when they What

michaels added a feature for a while in sept. 2020 where shoppers could ask questions that would be answered live by other shoppers anonymously. which led to some good michaels interactions.

Huli Jing Shen Yuan meeting Shang Qinghua in the northern palace when his clan is speaking about trade routes

He looks nearly 1:1 identical to Shen Qingqiu, but he wears dark robes and glasses while proudly sporting his twin tails, ears, and demon mark, and that catches Shang Qinghua off guard so he goes to speak with him.

It's revealed that, actually, this demon was once a human when he was a child, but he was experimented on heavily by demonic cultivators and is now a fully fledged demon because of it.

They realize they're both transmigrators and get to know each other, and after a while start to fall for one another.

It takes. A WHILE for Shen Yuan to realize his feelings. But he does, eventually. It takes a trip to Madam Meiyin and him being incessently teased by the succubi there for him to realize his feelings.

So the two eventually reveal feelings, and start courting in secret.

And then Shang Qinghua finds something NEW out one night while they're drinking.

While Shang Qinghua has his fingers running through Shen Yuan's tail fur, Shen Yuan reminices about his childhood on the streets, and about his twin brother.

His twin brother Shen Jiu.

Shang Qinghua is shocked. He definetly didn't write this, but he also didn't write Shen Yuan at all. Of course his lucky boyfriend got to be a very important custom made character.

"A-Yuan... I know him."

"What-?" Shen Yuan shoots up, looking at Shang Qinghua. "Where? Take me to him." He grabs the front of his robes and shakes him.

"Wait- We have to plan this! And- you aren't going to be happy, baobei..."

"Why...?" Shen Yuan grows worried

"He's... Shen Jiu became Shen Qingqiu. And Yue Qi became Yue Qingyuan."

"... What...?"

After a while of disussion and planning, Shang Qinghua manages to convince Shen Qingqiu to come with him, alone, on an impromptu mission. It took a lot of work, but he managed.

"Shen-Shixiong, this shidi is sure you're wondering what's so important... But I have someone you need to meet."

"Who could be so important that you interupt this masters-" He trails off as he hears rustling coming from the bushes, and a fox with three tails slips out and stares at Shen Qingqiu for a moment.

Shen Qingqiu is about to pull out his sword, able to tell this is a demon immediately, when the fox transforms into... Into...

"Jiu-di...? Is it really you...?" The ears on his head twitch with interest, and Shen Qingqiu feels his throat dry.

"Yuan-ge...?" The twins stare at one another, both clearly suspicious, before Shen Yuan spoke up.

"You can you up."

"... No can no bb." A phrase Shen Yuan introduced to Shen Qingqiu as a child, in case they ever got seperated. A phrase to call in a crowd to find the other... Or in a case like this.

Their reunion is... A bit messy. There are tears. Shang Qinghua is threatened when Shen Qingqiu finds out they've been courting.

"What do you mean you've been courting a demon behind the sects back-!?"

"I mean- To be fair- It's A-Yuan, I don't think he could exactly be dangerous." "How dare you call him so familiarly-"

"Tell that to the demons I saved you from Hua-ge." He can't, any demons he's saved Shang Qinghua from are dead

Sixth Goal of the kiss meter:

Doughnilla/Puredough 🪽🍴🍦💛

I went overboard again because I took a long time to finish this! Love them lots, and go my hc of doughael with policoria go!

the sillies

(dont look the doctor in the eye)

back in the 00s a single dancing anime chibi gif would feed us for months on end

Here’s the template. Go forth and recreate the dancing anime chibi gif. Revive the old ways.

This fucking thing all over deviantART in the 00s-10s LMAO

The bases on this post are all JPEGs for some reason. That makes them hard to use properly. I will link to the originals and provide some additional ones, along with a tutorial on how to actually make them into a GIF.

I couldn't find the caramelldansen base in this post, but here is a version that should work just as well.

Here is the original lick icon base.

To save these and have them be usable, you have to click the "free download" button underneath the image.

Some other good bases:

Dance Icon

Caipirinha

Run Run Run

You can find many other bases like these through DeviantArt.

How to make them into a GIF:

Step 1. Edit the base however you like (I used MSPaint)

Step 2: Crop and save each frame individually as PNGs (Note for the lick base: It's best to crop them to include the black boarder. This makes the GIF 50x50, which is the standard DeviantArt icon size and can easily scale larger if need be.)

Step 3: Go to ezgif.com/maker and upload all your frames

Step 4: Set "delay time" to 10, then click "Make a GIF!"

Step 5: Right-click the result and save it. Congrats! You used a GIF base!

ID: 1. A collection of early 2000s animation meme gifs and their still images. 2. screenshots of instructions to edit animation meme templates in ms paint and ezgif.com to result in a licking gif. End ID.

A/b/o Scum Villain cumplane with Omega Shen Qingqiu and Beta Shang Qinghua

Until

They stumble across a bullshit, forgotten idea for a plant. One that belonged to the a/b/o draft version of the world they lived in.

And Shang Qinghua fell into a feild of them face first, getting pollen deep in his lungs.

When Shen Qingqiu retrieves him he rushes him to Qian Cao while berating him, while Shang Qinghua writhes from a fever.

Shen Qingqiu isn't allowed to see him for three days, and when he is finally allowed, he opens the door to his patient room only to be hit with the most attractive alpha scent he's experienced since he got to this a/b/o world. His knees nearly buckle beneath him, but he stands tall as he enters and the warm scent of amber, tabacoo, and fir envelopes him, threatening to pull him under.

Where is that smell coming from...?

"Airplane, what happened? They wouldn't let me see you."

"Oh bro... You won't believe it, but uh those flowers kinda... Forced my secondary gender to change? And so my body had to accomidate being an... Alpha?"

"That scent is YOU?" Shen Qingqiu gaped, and Shang Qinghua looked at him in confusion for a . before something clicked and the alpha- the alpha smirked at him.

"Cucumber-Bro, do you smell something you like?" But then it hits Shang Qinghua. Sweet and enticing, the scent of bamboo, sugar cane, and refreshing cucumbers... The last note to the scent made him pause. There was no way that worship-worthy scent belonged to Cucumber-Bro.

The two peak lords stared at each other for a long moment before Shang Qinghua finally opened his mouth.

"I...'ve never been able to smell you like this before. Bro... That's yours?" Shang Qinghua's mouth hung open a bit, almost as if he were trying to catch a taste of what was coming from his bro.

Shen Qingqiu nodded slowly, swallowing hard as a million thoughts ran through his mind, until his omega brain forced one insistant one to the surface that made him act. He stepped forward, reached out, and rubbed his wrist against the scent gland on Shang Qinghua's neck as if in a trance.

He couldn't tell what was going on, but Shang Qinghua had been around in this world long enough for him to know.

Quickly he called for Mu Qingfang, who rushed in.

"I don't know what happened Mu-shidi, I- I think my scent sent him into pre-heat-?"

"Pre-heat? Don't flatter yourself Shang-shidi, this master can't have a heat cycle-"

"Shen-shixiong- Shang-shixiong is correct, it appears that your body had entered pre-heat. With your conditions this can truely only mean one thing, and congratulations are in order."

"What do you mean...?"

"Well you see, the change from beta to alpha made Shang-shixiongs scent much more obvious to your omega senses, and they can now recognize him as your fated mate."

"My WHAT?" "HIS WHAT!?"

Let me tell you a story.

I am an archeologist. I specialize in a somewhat obscure but by no means boring or meaningless Neolithic culture in Germany.

It has a Wikipedia page. A well curated, surprisingly extensive Wiki page that encapsulates all the important information about the culture, including literature references for further research.

One day, we asked Chat GPT about this culture. W were curious which details it would get wrong.

ALL OF THEM, except for the fact that it's a culture in present day Germany.

It didn't even get the chronological time frame wrong and called it a celtic culture.

When we told it it's wrong, it came at us with made up literature sources. Literally made up. It took two well known German archeologist who weren't even active at the same time, added a year - both were already dead - and sold that as source.

And it LITERALLY would only have had to quote Wikipedia to get everything right.

THAT is how unbelievably shitty and wrong all those AIs are.

They are making shit up. They are not sourcing information, they're just slapping words together by their most like relative occurance.

Do not trust ChatGPT or any other so-called AI ever.

The post about angel wings not needing to be purely white to be beautiful reminded me of a picture I LOVE

This pigeon is an angel

If anything, the colors add contrast so the individual feathers are emphasized! Gorgeous!

thank you ao3 for being an archive and not an algorithm. thank you for letting me like things without consequences, thank you for being free with no ads, thank you for having lawyers to defend our freedom of speech. thank you tag wranglers. thank you to all authors and thank you ao3

AO3 should have an Annotation Mode where you can click to view all of the author's commentary and thoughts about certain parts of the work. A little comment that says "I spent five hours researching vintage radio mechanics for this and didn't even end up using it" or "this is an ancient Hebrew literary technique!" would make my day

So, one way to do this using HTML on Ao3 is to use the author notes, combined with links & mouseover text - some instructions under the readmore.

A once-in-a-lifetime shot — the moon perfectly framed by a rainbow. Caught at just the right time. 🌈 🌕

Joy and whimsy detected! This post is joyful and whimsical!

Yesterday, Disney asked users on Threads to use Disney quotes to show how they are currently feeling. To say that this did not go according to Disney's plan would be an understatement 😂

They deleted the thread, but they should know that this doesn't help because now the videos are making their rounds 🤣😂

why haven’t I seen anyone posting about that giant fucking baby penguin in Melbourne that’s bigger than some of the adults already

his name is Pesto <3

this bastard weighs 46 lbs at 9 months old. he’s 22 lbs heavier than his PARENTS

OMG I SAW THIS LAD IN PERSON AND LOST EVERY OUNCE OF SHIT I’VE EVER POSSESSED

Look at him!

Also he was separated with one of his parents when I saw him but obviously wanted to Be Where The People Penguins Are so they’d set him up with a little rock stool so he could gaze upon his brethren:

Which enabled me to capture the single funniest video I’ve ever taken of anything in my life:

All hail Pesto! The king of chonk!

He's adventurous, cheeky, sings to the caretakers who clean his enclosure and has been seen CANOODLING with a penguin named Pudding.

And fucking handsome too—look at him striking a pose with his new look!

And fucking handsome

too—look at him striking a

pose with his new look!

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

Y'all omg, look at him in his awkward teen phase

Light of deceit if they weren't playing around

Mobei Jun, your taste in men is... questionable at best.

I based this loosely off of a true story, honestly.

ALT TEXT for the comic below:

[IMAGE ID:

PAGE ONE: Modern AU: Luo Binghe turns to Mobei Jun and says: "You never told me how you met your boyfriend."

Mobei Jun smiles warmly in response before speaking up to a confused Luo Binghe. "We met on the day that I was robbed," he explains.

Luo Binghe is confused and asks, "You were robbed? Did he save you?" Mobei Jun is smiling at the memory in the background.

PAGE 2 In a cheerful tone, Mobei Jun responds with, "No. He was the ROBBER."

"HA????" Luo Binghe is a staring, concerned, and confused chibi looking at Mobei Jun.

The last panel is a flashback of Mobei Jun gripping Shang Qinghua by the neck, screaming, "Did you grab my butt?!" Shang Qinghua is comically choking and crying under Mobei Jun's grasp. There's a text box over this flashback stating: "Mobei Jun thought he was cute." END ID]