Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

My parents... rent out a house

They were going on about the new regulations coming into effect and about how it was "just making it harder and more complicated for people to rent out houses" and how "a lot of landlords might just not bother, sell their properties and then there would be no places available to rent"

I did point out that they're getting a cheque once a month for effectively fuck-all but apparently that's not the point

@scarly gives me an easy way to fade back into comfy obscurity if I get strangely relevant though, but I'm probably one of the very few who might consider that a feature

@maple same

Older person: turn the tranny on would you?
Me: you fucking what?... oh, that generation still calls a transistor radio a "tranny" doesn't it

@Jo alternatively you could use these wonderful things called words which are free

Holy crap, someone just came up with the perfect idea to fix the live-action aladdin

s/will smith/terry crews

that dude has the right energy for the role

If you want to watch a production of Aladdin but don't want nightmares of Will Smith as a smurf I can recommend the 2000 ITV panto version they're still doing reruns of

ACAB: assigned cephalopod at birth 🐙

@noelle @maple if Jafar comes out with massive red, black, and white flags with some symbol in the middle then totally an indiana jones theme there

@noelle @maple oh yeah, I see the similarities now

but fewer nazis in aladdin, I think nazis are a pretty important part in the majority of the indiana jones films

I mean, I assume so, I don't know what disney have messed with in the script

.png is pronounced "PUNG!"

@halcy is that dutch?

I don't know about mice liking cheese but all of our cats love it

@maple octo-cuddles are required!

*cuddles*

Autotuned Tom Scott isn't something I knew I wanted to see, but it's very good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i09V6SkVkz8

@legendaryjoeb now that's something I'd watch but this is just terrible

I have literally seen panto productions with more genie-looking genies

I've just seen pictures of Will Smith as the genie in Aladdin

What the fuck.

@scarly I'm also a terrible human being

which makes it quite lucky I'm an octopus

@noelle just carrying on the British Isles tradition of naming places after rude stuff

Particularly good examples are Bell End in England, Fannyfield in Scotland, and Tart's Hill in Wales

Ireland get in on it too with the town of Muff

Yes, there is a diving club there

Yes, they do sell "Muff Diving Club" merchandise