It's like that embarrassing thing where you go to the supermarket and buy a six-pack of large free-range eggs because you want to make a tortilla and when you get home they start hatching and the baby velociraptors eat all the pancetta you were going to add to it and look at you with googly eyes like, "mooom! hungry!" and now you have a kitchen velociraptor infestation and they love you and refuse to move out
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Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 21:41:10 JST Charlie Stross -
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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 23:36:21 JST Aral Balkan @cstross Sounds like a typical Tuesday to me.
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Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2024 02:52:53 JST Charlie Stross @StrangeNoises @Cuprohastes Basically velociraptors (the real ones) were avian housecat analogues. ("Bite the prey and hang on while kicking to disembowel with talons on hind legs"—where have I seen that hunting method before?)
Alternatively, cats are just velociraptors in fur coats with good PR.
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Rachel Greenham (strangenoises@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2024 02:52:54 JST Rachel Greenham @Cuprohastes @cstross not to forget, they won’t be like in Jurassic Park, they’ll be smaller, covered in feathers, possibly in gorgeous colours, and snuggly. Still with murder talons though…
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Cuprohastes (cuprohastes@dragonchat.org)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2024 02:52:55 JST Cuprohastes @cstross
And you complain and gripe but six months later there’s pictures of you asleep on the couch with a sixpack of velociloafs snuggled up with you, and they all have collars and names.
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