Notices by eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social), page 5

@zenheathen I'm afraid that an actual zen priest using a four-letter word is too much for corporate America to handle.

@evdelen "Oh yeah?! Well, my inner senerity can beat the SHIT out of your inner serenity!!!"

@ArneBab So long as I hit my KPIs and we ship on time, I have their blessing. Or to put it another way, no fucking way.

My employer's email inviting all employees to practice mindfulness and do yoga reminded me of this classic:

By the way, shout out to @v_for_verbosity for having the most appropriate username to favorite this toot.

@srfirehorseart Some "streets" are barely wide enough for one (skinny) person, and the buildings on either end are three stories high --somewhat claustrophobic.

Once in a while, an alleyway will open into a small square with a random church, but there's nothing even remotely like a thoroughfare. Well, apart from the Grand Canal.

I really think this is what Paris was like before they tore it all down to build the big avenues.

The difference between Slovenia and the Netherlands:

In Slovenia, supermarkets sell hard liquor (like vodka and whisky). While you're waiting in line to pay, they have them in the "impulse-buy" section, next to chewing gum and candy bars, as small bottles, like you'd get on an airplane.

In the Netherlands, two grey-haired French ladies were trying to talk to the checkout girl. I acted as interpreter. They wanted cigarettes. Dutch supermarkets are banned from selling cigarettes as from 2024.

Superimpose - To impose in a really great way. #WrongDefinitions

After we had visited the Basilica di San Marco in Venice, we decided to make our way back to the train station on foot. The journey took us through a seemingly endless maze of narrow streets. As dusk fell, we ran into a group of Spanish-speaking tourists with a guide, blasting Latin American music on a speaker as they navigated the alleyways. It took me a while to realize that the music served a practical purpose: it was a way for stragglers to find the group again in this labyrinthine city.

#Art A rare Japanese scroll painting depicting a dissection scene by Dutch doctors. Edo period, early 19th century, artist unknown

At first my vore fetish was pretty harmless, but recently this obsession has become all-consuming. #puns

Keel-snouted Tree Frog (Sarcohyla mykter), photographer unknown

@caity @BlippyTheWonderSlug Number 2 is the fully operational Hepbot 2000 with eyes cut from the finest Egyptian glass.

#Art Title unknown, artist unknown

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Mixe streamside treefrog (Sarcohyla labeculata) photographed by E. Zarza et al.

Decades from now, if someone asks you what the 2020s were like, you can tell them that when one person asked another if they had a good holiday, the answer, “Yes, I did absolutely nothing” was not only socially acceptable but also completely understandable.

#Frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Hazel's Tree Frog (Sarcohyla hazelae) photographed by Elí García-Padilla

Checked in to our hotel in Italy and they gave me a card with instructions on how to connect to the hotel wifi.

The text on the card reads “spotty wi-fi.” Like, that’s the brand name of the service or provider. Either Italians have a dark sense of humor, or their English is not as good as they think it is.

Excellent quote I came across: "People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Art #Sculpture "Nightcap" by Marjolijn Mandersloot, 2024