Boko

used to think it terribly silly (and kinda funny) when fantasy or sci-fi stories would have people refer to major recent historical events as The Flood or The Incident or The Revolution, and im sure historians fucking hate that because it's not helpful or descriptive, but we sure do be calling it The Pandemic

The End

official linguistics post

To the five people who regularly like my posts: ilysm

You can never leave after eating fae food because you get radiation poisoning and also you're now a walking biohazard

It’s not a Discworld joke unless you read it, don’t parse it as a joke, and then carry on with your life for ten years until someone stops you to say something like “It’s a pavlovian response because the dog ate a pavlova” and you scream Terry’s name with enough indignant rage you hope it rattles the pillars of the multiverse so wherever his soul is he’ll hear it.

When I was informed that “Vetinari” is a pun on “Medici”. That pun was so painful I couldn’t even see it.

OMG I FUCKING *KNEW* VETINARI WAS A JOKE ON FUCKONG SOMETHING I JUST COULDNT GRASP IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A REFERENCE TO WIND SOMEHOW

I am not a talented punster so I was today old when I realised about Vetinari.

Discworld Heritage Post

they're hiring me at the extra virgin olive oil factory as the oathsworn knight who protects the chastity of the olives

many dishonourable knaves in the notes of this post

You know how some people talk about timeless themes in literature and you kind of low-key think they're full of shit? Sometimes they're not.

i hate it when people mistake "etymology" with "entomology." like, i know where they coming from but it still bugs me

my theory is that chicken nuggets (crunchy outside, meaty inside) satisfy the primordial urge to eat bugs

Okay but consider: M&Ms.

m&ms are a GREAT bug food

Most people get their exoskeletal cronch satisfaction from deep fried or sugar coated snacks. Spiders Georg who li-

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