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  • cstross@wandering.shopC This user is from outside of this forum
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    #1

    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    Cyanosis follows severe haemorrhaging
    And no amount of sugar will save you

    adriano@lile.clA cstross@wandering.shopC mortonrobd@mas.toM photo55@mastodon.socialP hellomiakoda@pdx.socialH 6 Replies Last reply
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    • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

      Roses are red
      Violets are blue
      Cyanosis follows severe haemorrhaging
      And no amount of sugar will save you

      adriano@lile.clA This user is from outside of this forum
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      #2

      @cstross ahhhh, romance in the air
      Also the sickly smell of death and decay

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      • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

        Roses are red
        Violets are blue
        Cyanosis follows severe haemorrhaging
        And no amount of sugar will save you

        cstross@wandering.shopC This user is from outside of this forum
        cstross@wandering.shopC This user is from outside of this forum
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        #3

        Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

        jwz@mastodon.socialJ jmax@mastodon.socialJ valkenberg@chaos.socialV highlandlawyer@mastodon.socialH jshawthorne@packmates.orgJ 18 Replies Last reply
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        • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

          Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

          jwz@mastodon.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
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          #4

          @cstross Charlie hates cats!

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          • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

            Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

            jmax@mastodon.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
            jmax@mastodon.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
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            #5

            @cstross "Here. Have some dead plant genitals. I hope you like them." used to be my phrase for such occasions. Worked well as a screen for people who could tolerate my sense of humor.

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            • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

              Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

              valkenberg@chaos.socialV This user is from outside of this forum
              valkenberg@chaos.socialV This user is from outside of this forum
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              @cstross You could just say „Sorry, I forgot to get you flowers.“ like the rest of us…

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              • valkenberg@chaos.socialV valkenberg@chaos.social

                @cstross You could just say „Sorry, I forgot to get you flowers.“ like the rest of us…

                cstross@wandering.shopC This user is from outside of this forum
                cstross@wandering.shopC This user is from outside of this forum
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                @valkenberg Naah, I just don't like seeing them stuffed into a display and left to rot away, like the severed limbs of traitors that used to be impaled on the gatehouse of London Bridge

                valkenberg@chaos.socialV quinn@social.circl.luQ sunflowerinrain@mastodon.onlineS 3 Replies Last reply
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                • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                  Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

                  highlandlawyer@mastodon.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
                  highlandlawyer@mastodon.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @cstross

                  havoc_online@mastodon.socialH amro@todon.nlA jamespadraicr@mastodon.socialJ 3 Replies Last reply
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                  • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                    @valkenberg Naah, I just don't like seeing them stuffed into a display and left to rot away, like the severed limbs of traitors that used to be impaled on the gatehouse of London Bridge

                    valkenberg@chaos.socialV This user is from outside of this forum
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                    #9

                    @cstross You just have to make it weird…

                    (Currently very much enjoying The Regicide Report, btw. Well done!)

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                    • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                      Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

                      jshawthorne@packmates.orgJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @cstross Maybe in general but I just started dating this sentience swarm of bees and they appreciate the ready source of food they can bring back to the hive for emergencies.

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                      • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                        Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

                        the_xv@kafeneio.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @cstross Sounds like how topologists view things.

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                        • highlandlawyer@mastodon.socialH highlandlawyer@mastodon.social

                          @cstross

                          havoc_online@mastodon.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @HighlandLawyer @cstross you win Valentines day! 🤣

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                          • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                            Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

                            davidleeholcomb@mastodon.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @cstross -- You say "gift of disemboweled rodents" like it's a bad thing . . .

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                            • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                              Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

                              pionir@masto.bikeP This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @cstross

                              I had a housemate who 3 years in a row had (different) boyfriends turn up on the doorstep on said day in what they thought was a big romantic gesture. One had just ridden his motorbike 5hrs from Devon. She dumped them on the doorstep not letting them in, in what became known amongst our friends as the Valentine's day massacres. It's still unknown whether hermaphrodite genitalia presented was the cause, but it's starting to make sense all these yrs later. More enquires seem appropriate

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                              • highlandlawyer@mastodon.socialH highlandlawyer@mastodon.social

                                @cstross

                                amro@todon.nlA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @HighlandLawyer @cstross
                                No problem, little buddy. I love you too.
                                I know you chuck up it's liver in my bed in a few hours ❤️

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                                • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                                  Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

                                  daburudar@mastodon.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @cstross It's less useful. The cat is making you a gift of food, the most precious resource a cat can imagine. Plant genitals are markedly less precious.

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                                  • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                                    Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

                                    fishidwardrobe@social.tchncs.deF This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @cstross well, yes, it's exactly the same, because it's about the context, not the gift. i know this is stupid, but it's romantic because it's a gift you only give in a romantic circumstance (well, red flowers).

                                    if we had a long tradition of giving disemboweled rodents, then that would be romantic as well (as opposed to, for a cat: look, i'm a family member! i'm providing food too! which i suppose for a cat is quite close)

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                                    • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                                      Listen, I fail to see what's romantic about thrusting a bundle of severed hermaphrodite genitalia at your love interest. They may be collected from sessile photoautotrophs as a traditional human invitation to copulation but it's somewhere on the same continuum as a gift of disemboweled rodents from your pet cat.

                                      angusm@mastodon.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @cstross There's a real double standard here, because people can be really picky about WHICH severed genitalia are acceptable.

                                      Get it right, and it's "sweet" and “romantic”. But make one tiny mistake, and suddenly the person you love most is calling you a “monster" and a "serial killer”.

                                      I hate Valentine’s Day.

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                                      • angusm@mastodon.socialA angusm@mastodon.social

                                        @cstross There's a real double standard here, because people can be really picky about WHICH severed genitalia are acceptable.

                                        Get it right, and it's "sweet" and “romantic”. But make one tiny mistake, and suddenly the person you love most is calling you a “monster" and a "serial killer”.

                                        I hate Valentine’s Day.

                                        darkling@mstdn.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @angusm @cstross Best just to stick to mushrooms. Much safer all round.

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                                        • cstross@wandering.shopC cstross@wandering.shop

                                          Roses are red
                                          Violets are blue
                                          Cyanosis follows severe haemorrhaging
                                          And no amount of sugar will save you

                                          mortonrobd@mas.toM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          @cstross
                                          Quasars shift red
                                          Hot stars burn blue
                                          Space is warped
                                          And so are you.

                                          Ps keep writing.

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