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Cake day: November 18th, 2023

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  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoWitchy Memes@lemmy.worldcrow diplomacy
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    2 days ago

    The term “democrowcy” originates from the Greek words “dēmos,” meaning “common people,” and “crow” from Old English “crawe”, which is imitative of the signature Corvidae cry. (Compare Old Saxon “kraia”, Dutch “kraai”, Old High German “chraja”, German “Kräke”. Also other imitative bird-names such as Greek “krex”, “krekos”.)







  • TBF, not only would that same Italian person you envision also die every time a “pizza” is made, (IRL, they’re far hardier as a people) but I personally reached a similar point in my impression of “proper” sushi. 🤷🏽‍♂️ For decades now, I’ve looked down on cream cheese, et al, used as ingredients in rolls of all kinds. That eventually evolved into other disdainful opinions on adjacent foods’ contents, but I’ve fairly recently discovered a simple fact: in its culture of origin, sushi is known to on occasion include ice cream as an ingredient.

    Therefore? Such quixotic prescriptionism is worse than useless: it restricts access to experiences based on fabricated and imaginary rules (or, face the piercing judgment of… actually no one at all).

    Fuck what “people” say. Engage with your wife’s view, and maybe even join her in exploring what other curious ways one can enjoy weird shit. 🫀🖖🏽










  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoWitchy Memes@lemmy.worldCorvid art
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    11 days ago

    That’s fully-caffeinated me, yep, and thanks 🙇🏽‍♂️ I do like words, it’s true.

    (So does one of the crows that visit the copse behind my house here, in fact. Earlier this summer, he surprised us all with a spontaneous and unprovoked “hello”, but he’s not encored it yet. Maybe some day I’ll hear him clearly again, and I’ll know that invisible bridge between worlds exists.)