Title Text: “your catfish friend” by Richard Brautigan

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I have other blogs. It’s pretty easy to figure out who it is if I reblog from you. I’m just annoying.

I enjoy dichotomies, false dichotomies, comparisons & oxymorons. Most of my tags run double duty.

Anyways! Enjoy scrolling and remember to hydrate or diedrate :^]

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catboybiologist
catboybiologist

Hi do you still like me

xxsunfishlover69xx

you're cool. no sunfish but you're chill

catboybiologist

How could I ever stack up to the largest boney fish in the world....

catboybiologist

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yes my tits are amazing but can they compare to the glorious dorsal fins of the mighty Mola Mola

ladyofspoons

you have nowhere near the amount of parasites that a mola mola has, and that’s gotta count in your favor

catboybiologist

I think that works against me, I can't support nearly as diverse a community of my peers

cipheramnesia
amnhnyc

A photo of a red triangle slug on a tree. The slug is a pale color. The red triangle for which it’s named is located close to the slug’s tentacles. There are also red markings on the sides of its body.ALT


Did someone say filet of fish? Well, we didn't, because this critter is actually the red triangle slug (Triboniophorus graeffei)! This Australian inhabitant lives in forests and woodlands, where it might be spotted on the bark of a eucalyptus tree feeding on microscopic algae. Its namesake red triangle is where you’ll find its breathing pore. Hungry predators might want to reconsider taking a bite out of this slug because it has a unique and effective defense mechanism. When in danger, it can “superglue” foes to a surface by emitting a sticky mucus! This sticky substance can stop threats in their tracks, so please… just order takeout. 

Photo: Justin Cappadonna, CC0 1.0, iNaturalist 

1queerengineer
homunculus-argument

Hm. So apparently people with epilepsy can learn to sense when they have a seizure coming. I wonder if you could use that as a plot device thing in a story somewhere.

Like there's some big-ass Great Public Council Meeting about some important politicial issue, Roman Senate style, and there's two opposing sides about the issue, but also a big chunk of undecided people who could be persuaded to vote either way. And there's someone in attendance, who hasn't spoken out loud about the issue anywhere but sides strongly with one of the options. And just when the dispute is about to swing to the wrong direction, they sense a seizure about to happen, and it's too late for them to try to get out of there or really even warn anyone.

So instead they just stand up, boldly announce, "I, for one, am sure that [option they do not want] cannot fail! If I am wrong, let the Gods smite me right where I stand!" and then the fucking seizure hits.

silverthief22

I used to get really bad nose bleeds but sometimes could feel when they were starting. One day in middle school this guy in geography class wouldn’t shut the fuck up about that conspiracy theory that Delaware doesn’t exist, so when I felt one coming on I loudly interrupted the rant our teacher was inexplicably allowing to derail the class by saying “if you don’t stop I’m gonna have an aneurism!” The guy of course just kept going so a second later a small torrent of blood gushed out of my head and, being a dramatic bitch, I collapsed face down onto my desk into a nice little puddle of blood. Anyway apparently outside of intense Roman Senate-esque debates, these stunts apparently induce panic attacks in educators and end up with you getting lectured about how traumatizing it is for your classmates when you “fake your death for dramatic effect”

homunculus-argument

I believe this falls into the "I don't think people should be punished for objectively funny crimes" category.