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[–] clb92@feddit.dk 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

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

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 34 points 10 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.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 31 points 10 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.

[–] jagot@programming.dev 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Julius Cæsar lived during the Iron Age.

[–] RQG@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Both sound pretty metal.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Eh, close enough 🤷😉

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bronze age

Julius Caesar

lol

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 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 😄

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But they also don't have starfield

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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..

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

octouses

Octopodes 🐙 🐙 🐙

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Also correct. Octopii, too

[–] iii@mander.xyz 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 10 months ago
[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Seafood, eat it

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 23 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I have half a kilo of cinnamon.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 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@lemmy.world 7 points 10 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.

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A chest with a millipede motif

[–] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Ok well that’s more than acceptable.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

I have an electron rubiks cube

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 points 10 months ago

There is our chance to surpass them!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 10 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.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've had that, yes. Also dental care

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do octopodes even have teeth?

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] Rutty@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

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