Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

@squirrel I always think of the other maple as "otherMaple", you're the original maple so you're the proper maple

and maple is certainly a good

@noelle yeah, the stereotypes about us are far more accurate than we'd like

The latest controversy in the UK

http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2018-03-10/national-trust-forced-to-apologise-after-mothers-day-cream-tea-advert-sparks-fury-in-cornwall/

The National Trust posted a promotion for a Mother's Day cream tea

They included a picture of said cream tea

The venue is in Cornwall. A Cornish cream tea has the jam below the cream

The picture they posted had the jam above the cream, which is a Devonshire cream tea

This has caused widespread outrage

@squirrel wasn't the account "nonbinary@whateverItWas"? So... nonbinary and denying that trans women are women?

I have no fucking idea how that works

@Elizafox @colon_three no, that's a penile colony

@squirrel hey maple!

@vantablack obviously just needed to pick up some cash before going out to party like it's 1399

If cybernetic enhancements with integrated weapons were a thing I'd probably try to make a living selling them on the black market just for the "arms dealer" pun

@Jo @chosafine@instance.business That's the current wisdom as far as I can tell

Although if you do that then there's no real reason to mention it at all

@Concerned_Catgirl idea for a colour scheme: bright pink daisies, flower power vw bus type thing

It'd be from a community of people who heard tanks were meant to be painted like foliage but didn't quite get the whole memo

What I want to know about the Shkreli thing is if the "Wu-Tang heist with Bill Murray" clause is still in effect after the album's been seized by the US Govt.

@jessiscah24 I think it's the fact that it's behind a dennys putting people off

@squirrel *offers hugs* owt I can do to help things?

It's Instance Admin Appreciation Day?!

*massively appreciates @squirrel for she is an instance admin and also otherwise cool as heck*