i know its a stingray but it looks like cthulhu popped his head up to say hi
I thought it was a giant squid.
holy shit they get this big?
They do get this big! They also tame relatively easily and are surprisingly docile animals. Its popular to swim with them in many beachy areas. As long as you’re not stupid and mean to them, your odds of being hurt by them are very low.
I had the opportunity to swim with a school of them on a sandbar once and I must say they are very aggreeable animals, though they do have the tendency to mob you if you have food, and they can be quite heavy. Still very pleasant animals.
ha cthulhu
Humans will pet anything. If aliens come, that might be what distinguishes us from the rest of the galaxy.
“we were going to blow them up, but they engaged in an oddly pleasing patting ritual and, well, it was nice.”
PSA
I’ve been collecting Optimistic First Contact scenarios recently (WONDER WHY) and this one just delights me.
That feeling when Simchat Torah falls on National Coming Out Day!
Here’s me, I’m queer, hope everyone is having a good evening. Behind me are the tablets so I guess they’re queer for the night as well. I love the way the Hebrew is basically one of those No Running, No Food, No Stereos swimming pool rule signs in contrast with the fancypants King James Christian version where thou shalt not, or whatever.
I’m gabbai at my synagogue and I have declared the the Torah scrolls are GIRLS. So I say things like, “Here’s her dress,” and “Be careful with her, there.” Maybe some of them are trans. They haven’t told me and it’s not my business.
@asshai wanted a pride flag icon of Ackmena, the bartender from the Star Wars Holiday Special, because she has just been made canon again in a short story from A Certain Point of View that mentions her having a wife and, listen,
nothing is funnier than the sentence “Bea Arthur’s character from the Star Wars Holiday Special is a lesbian” just being something you can SAY, AND BE ENTIRELY CORRECT, CANONICALLY
I did one with the regular rainbow pride flag too just to have options. thanks everyone.
