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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The dude is only 8 inches tall?

[–] SnowmenMelt@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's not their height 😉

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

It's 8 seconds?

[–] aya@leminal.space 9 points 5 days ago

I immediately thought of

[–] hopeleft@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

Biblically accurate angelsss

[–] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I thought maurice was a giant funny rock 🗿

[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] phuntis@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Can I be your Maurice 🥺

[–] SayYes2Depress@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

How I be with "Maurice" In my bio

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 3 points 6 days ago

Not enough tentacles, but otherwise perfect.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 6 days ago

The Joker Lyrics [Verse 1] Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah Some call me the gangster of love Some people call me Maurice 'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love

[Verse 2] People talk about me, baby Say I'm doing you wrong, doing you wrong Well, don't you worry, baby, don't worry 'Cause I'm right here, right here, right here, right here at home

[Chorus] 'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner I'm a lover and I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun I'm a joker, I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I sure don't want to hurt no one I'm a picker, I'm a grinner I'm a lover and I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun I'm a joker, I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I get my lovin' on the run Woo-ooh, woo-ooh

[Verse 3] You're the cutest thing that I ever did see I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time Oee, baby, I'll sure show you a good time

[Chorus] 'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner I'm a lover and I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun I'm a joker, I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I get my lovin' on the run I'm a picker, I'm a grinner I'm a lover and I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun I'm a joker, I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I sure don't want to hurt no one

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 2 points 6 days ago

B̶̛̩̪̱̼̙̻̞̩̖̬͉̒͗̋̔̏͘͜Ę̶͇̮̮͚̏̍̽̉̈̃́̓̈́̆͐ ̴̟̱̎̋͂̎͊̇̀̈̽́̏́̚ Ṅ̶̨̧͇̼̤̣͖̱̣͈̰̗̭̻̟̋̃̈͛̔͌̀̌̑͆̎̃̇̕͘͠ͅǪ̴̧̢̧̢̛͕̪̣̼̫̠̫͉̻̯̂̎̉́̀̐̽̈́Ţ̴̨͇̺̿́͐̀͗̕̕͘ ̵̧̨̹̳̰̠̘̩̫͙̥͍̠͑̒̽̓̔̅̓̋̊͋̎̋̍̽̕Ą̵̧̝̬̪̲̻͖̬̝̜̭͍̙̐͒̓̀̊̇́͑̿̎͛̓̓̾̾̐F̴̦̑R̴̘͔̘̭̳̙̹͕͑̿̈́̏͜͝A̵͎̱͉̺͔̙͚͗̉͘͠͠I̸̛̛͓̻̱̖̝̳̦̪̲͓̗̝͈͔̲͊̾͒̏̿͗͑̆̽̎͌̈́͊̕D̵̢̘̝̪̻͉̜̜̙͗̉̀́̀͋͂̄͊͜͠͝

[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago
[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 6 days ago

Okay both of them can stay, but I don't fuck with no spiders Maurice has gotta go.

[–] riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 62 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

many dont know this, but maurice is the official biology term for a babies in species where sexual dimorphism only evolvs in adulthood

another fun fact: biologically speaking, the bigger creatures in sexually dimorphic species are usually referred to as females, because they usually produce bigger egg cells due to, yknow, being bigger!

subscibe to my rss feed for more made up fact i spread on the internet <3

[–] HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have no idea if you're lying to me -_-

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They're not. All the facts are indeed made up

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

You made that up.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
Cause I speak of the pompitous of love

[–] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

You never, ever go wrong with Cicierega.

I identify with Maurice :3

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wish there was a game like that

[–] Lezcubus@ani.social 19 points 1 week ago

Hollow Knight gets you a good 2/3.