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That looks thematically kind of like SCP.

I once was buying an energy drink in the absurdly early morning on my way to work. In the pursuit of doing so, I stopped at a convenience store I had never visited before. I ended up the second customer in a line of two; the first was very visibly on … Something. Not in his right mind, is the point. He turned around and greeted me as the cashier scanned his items; I nodded and said hello, then made no effort to further the conversation.

After a surprisingly long pause during which I both suspected and hoped he had forgotten I was there, he refocused on me and said “HEY. Look at me when I’m talking to you.”

As I had done so, I was trying to figure out the least provocative way to respond. A moment later, the cashier said something - I don’t remember the exact words, but in essence it was a very calm “don’t bother customers in my store.” She didn’t yell or threaten, but the other customer immediately backed off. I was pretty impressed, to be honest.

Much as I was grateful for that cashier’s intervention, I never went back to that store.

Don’t forget backslashes as an option.

That sounds manageable. The first time a friend and I played Minecraft, he took a shot of Everclear. I was never brave enough to try that, but I was drinking it mixed 50/50 with Monster.

Everclear is, incidentally, 190 proof. I don’t drink it anymore, but my wife has used it as cleaning fluid.

There was no doubt in my mind that this would be a pretty prompt response.

Which ones will?

My mom lived in Greece for a few years - long before I was born. She once told me a story of that timeframe: she bought a fish, stored it in a clay pot, and put a brick or heavy rock on the lid of the pot so her cats couldn’t get it.

According to her telling, she then left the house. When she got back, the lid and stone were in place but the fish was gone. Apparently, she never found an explanation.

Her cats must have been more clever than mine, who regularly find challenge in walking over the top of a blanket.

I thought it was called Urrectum.

At least for my EV and in my state, it’s only required to simulate a noise up until a certain speed - 30mph, I think. I guess after that they assume you’re in a non pedestrian area or the car is making enough noise that it wouldn’t matter anyway.

Whoo whoo!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ftJX_HZ5S4g

Somehow when I first saw this it didn’t seem like an ad.

Well, if they’re babies, it would make sense that they wouldn’t fully consider the sartorial ramifications.

Pretty much the only time I regularly sign anything these days is when I pick up my medication at the pharmacy. Their touch pad for doing so is so bad and at such an awkward angle that the result never resembles my actual signature. In fact, yesterday I had to use it and the result was just two straight - though differently angled - lines.

I guess you could have described it as some very abstract art.

I’ve said to coworkers in the past: I don’t really know my passwords, but fortunately my fingers seem to. It’s just the path they know. It’s kind of the same thing for my signature (on the rare occasion it’s needed).

I’ve heard signatures described more as art than handwriting. You’re drawing a picture of your name, not writing it out.

For several reasons, I wouldn’t know.

Waydot also does this (as well as other, related content).

Don’t confuse this with the movie simply titled Room.

I’m in north east US. I’m pretty certain both coyotes and foxes are around here. It seems likely that this was a fox, though. Thanks for the answer!

Sadly, they didn’t stick around long enough for me to interview them.