alarmingly large glaceon girl 🍓

it's really funny to me that people for some reason go "it's weird that october isn't the 8th month" and then when you say "you're going to hate learning about september, november and december" it blows their mind

i wonder what it is about october that makes people notice

Oct 31, 2022 at 1:50pmWeb
Show threadAnkeOct 31, 2022
@monorail octopus
Show threadalarmingly large glaceon girl 🍓Oct 31, 2022
@Anke oh true
Show thread🇹 TiOct 31, 2022
@monorail it's octopi, holly
Show threadMrs Mouse at workOct 31, 2022
@The_T @monorail why not octoped?
Show threadMrs Mouse at workOct 31, 2022
@monorail oct is probably the most recognized prefix b/c of the octagon. we don't learn about the decagon in school (but we do learn about decimals... )
Show threadMrs Mouse at workOct 31, 2022
@monorail we might learn about decimal earlier, more as a word without explanation, then explain it only in the context of learning "roots" or something,
Show thread→ @[email protected]Oct 31, 2022
@monorail seems like other users have already expressed the "octopus" theory i was gonna respond with
Show thread🎄⛄ Morgi Christmas ⛄🎄Oct 31, 2022
@monorail no one is familiar with the sea creature called the septapus
Show threadThe Dog AlsoOct 31, 2022

@monorail

I think it's just familiarity. We know stop signs are octagons, and the "oct" is because they have 8 sides. Sept-, nov-, and deca- are way less common.

Honestly I feel the more fun mind-blowing fact is "it used to be [the 8th month]."

Show threadmrpieceofworkOct 31, 2022
@[email protected] 51 yrs and I never... *mind blown* lol
Show threadEthan 🌒Oct 31, 2022

@monorail this might be a huge reach but i think octo as a prefix is slightly more common than nov or dec, like octopi for example

but idk could just be that it’s earlier than the others?