Pastelbat @pastelbat@awoo.space

@Doggo I wish it was

but he has his own teaching corp for this stuff

And, (apparently?) quite significant influence in the local NHS.

._.

@hokaze@queer.af Yeah I

The Pepsi comparison really felt like the most appropriate way to describe this

@Doggo Well I mean

If we're taking this bizarre-ass take on evolution where Humankind Is The Ultimate Achievement of mating season at the local zoo

Then.. Heck, why not throw in Neanderthals? XD

I'm just disappointed Grandma Mosasaur didn't make an appearance tbh

I.. Words have failed me by this point

(To be fair, no one even told me "Go be a zebra" was an option, so I'm still reeling from losing out)

As always, Talking Heads have my back on this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3oiIdZyq_8 (shouted verses, lyrics at: https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/141078/)

So, Evolutionary Psychology: Still about as firmly grounded in actual science as you'd expect.

Page 2 lands us in Pooptoot Plaza, buuuut..

I keep my cool! Some people are bad at Powerpoint. Like. Really, really bad. Maybe it's just tha-

..Oh. Evopsych. ..That always bodes well.

And we plunge headlong down the rabbit-hole at about this point.

Holy hell

I'm trying, really, really hard to read up on the local NHS's uh, favourite therapy, without immediately slipping into snark mode, as I tend to quite easily.

Around here this brand is a super common recommendation from NHS psychs. It's got some serious funding pull (local bloke, so no mystery).

But.. Outside of the immediate region, I just get blank looks from people when I ask about it. So. Why not see for myself?

I was a fool. I have regrets.

There's only so much snark one bat can contain, we're in full-on "Pepsi Gravitational Field" country.

And if you think that's hyperbole then buckle the heck in, friendo, cuz it's 8:30am and I got nothing better to do

@theoutrider I'm sorry tonight sounds like it's been especially rough- I hope fish bothering goes well!

@Doggo Sure!

*hears about the seige of Aquillea, where Atilla noticed some nesting storks leaving and took it as an omen to attack*

"Jeez, just how much of Roman history is down to people making important decisions based on 'What I saw birds do today'.."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augury

"..Ah."

An awful lot of bizarre stories make much more sense now that I have a rather vital nugget of cultural context.

-T

@Kaffe@chitter.xyz ferrets are also like hyperactive toddlers with noodle bodies that can and will get into everything, though

also having the musky smell in the entire house cuz they decide 'new, better bed' is gonna be a bunch of torn up cushions under furniture by a radiator (where you'll also find your keys after half an hour searching)

I imagine it's that kinda stuff. (I haven't owned, but have known some ppl who have)

@theoutrider egh, thanks for the headsup!

@zeiroslion@monsterpit.net @Kaffe@chitter.xyz Mr 1730 knows exactly how jealous his coat makes people

(I am so very for bringing back full-skirted coats with ridiculous lavish designs, yes)

@theoutrider This just looks like an elevator pitch for an amphibian pro wrestling game

count me in 100%

It does mean that scrolling through it kinda goes

"Possum nomming fruit"
"Aardwolves chilling in a pile"
"Men's Coats of 17th Century France"
"X Ray of a Viper Eel"
"Possum peeking out of someone's pocket"
"Various flintlock muskets"
"Tiny bat"

My "art ref" folder is also my "cute animal pictures" folder

Not deliberately but just.. The amount of overlap lead to this organically just happening

@Kaffe@chitter.xyz that.. that sounds painful

I still haven't brought myself to the point of masochism where I'll watch the Blame! animation or the live-action version of Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

..I have not heard good things, but that draws my morbid curiosity all the further