I once read that octopi were historically prepared for cooking by beating them against rocks. I used to feel sorry for them, until today.
That sure adds another dimension to that scene from Oldboy.
I thought it had been decided that all three plurals were cromulent?
Just FTR, Kraken/Octopus caricatures of greedy capitalist/industrialist conglomerates have been extensively used to de-humanise Jewish people during and before the Nazi reign in German-language use.
Personally, I thus refrain from using them.
Uhhh. . . . “oops.”
No crime, just my turn to be pedantic
Just make your own:
So did SPECTRE choose the logo for this reason, or other reasons?
I’m Jewish btw (by some definitions of the word), and love the symbol of the octopus as a global conspiracy. But that’s because I believe in interdimensional octopi that control the world. They’re not Jewish, for what it’s worth.
There’s a good article on Strange Maps about the history of the ‘Cartographic Land Octopus’. Most of the examples they give seem to involve Russia being the octopus, for what it’s worth.
I think you might have fun on Bruce Schneier’s blog. On Fridays, at least.
Also, Humboldt squid are a source of nightmares, but I didn’t realise they had interdimensional siblings.
Oh, well…I did… But…
Octopoodles.
Wait so we’re not meant to just look at bananas, we’re meant to chew them as well?
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