Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

@Concerned_Catgirl

SQL is pronounced "squirrel"

@squirrel huh, cool

@squirrel ah, so it's like a sql query but heavier for some reason

I have no idea what elasticsearch is or does and at this point I'm afraid to ask

@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