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[–] clb92@feddit.dk 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

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

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week 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

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

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

Or stops it sinking.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week 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.

[–] jagot@programming.dev 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Julius Cæsar lived during the Iron Age.

[–] RQG@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Both sound pretty metal.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Eh, close enough 🤷😉

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bronze age

Julius Caesar

lol

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week 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 😄

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But they also don't have starfield

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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..

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

octouses

Octopodes 🐙 🐙 🐙

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Also correct. Octopii, too

[–] iii@mander.xyz 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago
[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 week 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.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Seafood, eat it

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 23 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I have half a kilo of cinnamon.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week 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@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week 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.

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A chest with a millipede motif

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Ok well that’s more than acceptable.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I have an electron rubiks cube

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week 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.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Blatant squid propaganda.

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

Be better.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

There is our chance to surpass them!

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've had that, yes. Also dental care

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do octopodes even have teeth?

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] Rutty@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

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