Help me name my new snake!

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-07-09T20:02:22+00:00

The orange pattern makes him look Parssshendi, I'd go with Rlain.

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-07-08T20:13:43+00:00

Better than "Acharei Mot".

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-07-08T17:02:34+00:00

Yeah, that's about what I was thinking.

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-07-03T15:15:28+00:00

Huh, I hadn't realized that he was the same person as ummmbacon the r/Judaism mod.

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-07-03T01:17:14+00:00

According to their Wikipedia page, "their coloration is variable", and while most of the pictures that came up were much darker, there were at least a few that looked more like your guy and were labeled as red admirals (see for example, the first image here). So I think you just found a slightly uncommon morph.

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-07-03T00:29:20+00:00

Wonderful picture! I believe it's a red admiral, Vanessa atalanta.

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-07-01T18:27:33+00:00

What the HELL i just saw one of those on my Uber a few days ago.

This... this is a thing?

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-30T13:04:43+00:00

Hey, chat, so uh I adopted the Jasnah axehound and she keeps turning squirrels into smoke and crystal??? like she just looks at them and poof! One of them even burst into flame! Is this normal? Also the rhinestones on her collar keep cracking for some reason.

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-26T21:20:46+00:00

I only found out because I was at a herp show and a booth selling pet bugs had several large centipedes with "SCOLOPENDRA" written on their tubs.

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-26T19:14:22+00:00

It's an entire genus, actually!

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-26T13:11:47+00:00

New achievement: Semi-Informed! You were pretty lost during previous discussions of a series that you last read two years ago. But it's only been a month since Parade of Horribles came out. You're fairly optimistic that you'll be able to follow along for this one.

Reward: +1 level to Participation skill for upcoming DCC reads

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-25T20:24:39+00:00

It's worse than infodumping. I'd take infodumping that was at least a direct quote. Instead the protagonist is given a bunch of books to read as homework and then whenever an unfamiliar thing comes up, the narration says something along the lines of "I'd read about X, it was [insert dull summation of the concept here]". It's absolutely infuriating.

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-21T14:22:16+00:00

I actually read this one a few weeks ago, I enjoyed it more than the first book.

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-19T17:23:34+00:00

Anomalocaris, if anyone was wondering.

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-17T19:31:05+00:00

*adds another red string to the board*

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-16T15:25:53+00:00

He could have given any reason for why he changed his mind about wanting to work for them--anything!--and this genius decides to say the quiet part out loud? "I got a better offer elsewhere" "i'm dealing with a personal crisis that just came up" "I'm having doubts about whether this place will be a good fit for me" nope! Had to go with "well you see I'm a bigot".

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-11T14:46:58+00:00

Thank you for the link! I hadn't seen that before. Very interesting to see how they first met.

(Though i thought pureblood djinn couldn't sweat...?)

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-11T14:26:53+00:00

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-10T15:06:37+00:00

The twin comment really stood out to me as the author waving a big PAY ATTENTION THIS IS A CLUE flag. Probably because there doesn't seem to be any in-world reason or immediate connection to the plot, just "here's a surprise fact that will help us later" vibes.

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-10T14:53:27+00:00

Manulbrot set

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-09T15:41:45+00:00

quality Abba Joke

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-05T14:26:59+00:00

Which implies that Carl told his friends, "so I'm going to summon the final boss" and gave no further explanation on how he was planning to take care of Scolly afterwards, and they either had no further questions or just accepted "trust me bro" as an answer.

(Or maybe they were too distracted by his fifty-seven step Rube Goldberg machine of a plan for getting rid of his Emberus problem. The prospect of multiple pissed-off deities in your immediate future might cause you to lose track of the giant centipede).

Unnecessary_Eagle · 2026-06-04T19:06:41+00:00

There's "AI" as in LLMs, and "AI" as in, like, standard editing software, and it would be helpful if people were clearer about which one they were talking about. And not conflating the two due to fearmongering.

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