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unlofl [Promoted Toot]2d ago

@alice Everyone in the store has some agenda to find certain things and is mildly distracted... I think you recreated that psychology experiment where no one notices the guy in a gorilla suit?

Luke

🏳️‍⚧️2d ago

@alice sounds like people can bearly perceive you!

Vella

@alice I mean, would you want to mess with a bear that wandered into the supermarket for some ice cream?

PalmAndNeedle 2d ago

@captainvellalives @alice No! Absolutely not

Agnieszka R. Turczyńska 2d ago

The Orange Theme 2d ago

@alice This is my sign to go to the store for ice cream. :3

@alice @theorangetheme 🎶 All that she wants is another ice cream 🎵

Big Ben 2d ago

@alice Look, you seem like a fantastic person, Alice. And I mean that in every way possible. But you’ve been vocal enough about living in the Seattle area that for me to read about you craving ice cream and NOT going to #MollyMoons? I’m sorry but that’s gotta be strike 1

@BmeBenji but at the supermarket I can pay 1x Molly's price and get more than 10x Molly's volume.

@BmeBenji It's a simple cost/benefit analysis: it benefits my wallet at the cost of my thighs.

Big Ben 2d ago

@alice Damn if that decision hasn’t paralyzed my indecisive mind a dozen too many times

Legit_Spaghetti 2d ago

@alice I've heard it said that wearing a high-visibility vest and holding a clipboard is akin to having an invisibility spell, but I suppose the bear suit might be a viable alternative... in some settings.

Legit_Spaghetti 2d ago

@alice WAIT!

HOLD UP!

What about combining a bear suit WITH a hi-viz/clipboard?!?

@Legit_Spaghetti too powerful.

Adriano 2d ago

@alice @Legit_Spaghetti That's how you get your Louvres robbed

Artha 🐲🏳️‍⚧️2d ago

@Legit_Spaghetti @alice Reminds me of that D&D story about someone who made their character a bear who pretended to be a human royalty, and no character in the world was able to unmask them

Abhijit Menon-Sen 2d ago

@alice It's pretty normal behaviour for a bear to forage for berries to fill their fairytale basket. I don't think ice cream foraging was documented in folklore, but it stands to reason really. Just like you wouldn't expect a bear to pass up some fresh honey if they came across a hive.

myx 2d ago

@alice yes! A fox suit sort of works the same, in my experience, except with TSA on Halloween. They were very good humored about it but groped my tail and ears very, very thoroughly. I assume that outside Halloween they might have been less good-humored but I have not done the experiment.

Natasha Ekara 2d ago

@alice I would totally make a comment and compliment on someone in a bear suit at the supermarket, except during the Halloween season when everybody does it because "it's allowed and normal".

@alice You're bearly visible! :O

sortius

@alice sounds like a normal night at Coles here in Fitzroy (Australia) 😆

Miod Vallat 2d ago

@alice I suppose these people have been told that, when close to a bear, the only safe move is to play dead.

Joe W 2d ago

@miodvallat @alice most are dead inside anyway...

Richard Johnson 2d ago

@miodvallat @alice

I think it's an indication that the "Be Bear Aware" campaigns are working.

"Leave them alone and they'll leave you alone."

"Bears coming out of hibernation earlier and earlier are hungry. Try to stay out of their way."

“They’re super adaptable, they’re very curious, they’re always looking for the next best meal,” said Jaclyn Comeau, bear biologist at the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.

@tab2space “They’re super adaptable, they’re very curious, they’re always looking for the next best meal”

They even got my pronouns right!

@miodvallat

@tab2space @miodvallat @alice

Juniper 🏳️‍⚧️🌲2d ago

"Bears coming out of hibernation earlier and earlier are hungry."

From some posts yesterday, it seems like they might be thirsty

@eruonna 👉👈

@tab2space @miodvallat

luca 2d ago

@alice I am a bear in any suit, somewhat that's not amazing, and nobody stops to greet me. I presume it's better the disguise.

Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️2d ago

@alice adorable. Why shouldn't bears shop at the grocery store?

Vella

@foone they can bearly afford to sadly 😢

LiquidParasyte 2d ago

Pics? 👀

@liquidparasyte I didn't take any at the store, but you wouldn't be able to see me anyway 💁🏼‍♀️

Mark ⛵️🏳️‍🌈2d ago

@alice they were probably all just in awe of peak AliceBear™️ 🤷🏻

Tobias Klausmann 2d ago

https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/10/menace.html

> This bear suit is like an invisibility cloak 😯 It's kinda amazing.

Careful! Allie Bosh has a story about a similar garment that proved too powerful, after all:

Menace

Power is intoxicating. Everyone loves having the ability to make their decisions into reality — to think "this should be something th...

@klausman I love their comics 😁

Dan (he/him)

@alice it's only weird if you make it weird.

Ryan Clough

@alice Wait, you're telling me "Alice going to the supermarket in a bear suit' isn't a normal Tuesday for you?

* Glances over at Yoshi onesie

Dave Alvarado 2d ago

@alice ok hold up.

You and your partner grocery shop cosplaying as "she chose the bear"?

I love it so much!!!

🤣

@dave omg, I hadn't thought of it like that, but yes! 💯x yes!

Dave Alvarado 2d ago

@alice "the bear gets ice cream with me, why would I want a man?"

Mx. Eddie R 2d ago

@alice
I wonder if my Grinch onesie would have the same effect? I've never tried wearing it in public.

...I wonder if I can find a KN95 in Grinch-green?

🍋 Superball ☀️2d ago

@silvermoon82
You could color it! 😸💚

So there were 3 bowls of ice cream.

One large bowl, but the ice cream was too frozen

One medium bowl, but the ice cream was starting to melt

One small bowl, and the ice cream was just perfect

@Aprazeth so you eat them in reverse order, right?

Aprazeth 2d ago

The last one you eat right away, the other 2 you put in the freezer and fridge.

A fridge will slow defrost the ice cream without it turning soggy. By that time you'll have finished the first bowl.

And the freezer should halt the melting of the second one.

Or you could just grab them all, eat the first one, pour the partially melted over the partially frozen one and eat that.

Walk softly and carry a big spoon - as I believe the saying goes

Julian West🦞2d ago

@alice I once went to the market in a beer suit and I was almost drunk. fortunately I outran them.

Eragon 2d ago

@alice You should (no) rob a bank with it

MrGrumpyMonkey 2d ago

@alice I have the opposite affect when I bring my cat along when I have to shop. I feel like I'm breaking the mold and causing normal NPCs to break character in order to interact with another human carrying something they don't see often. Most people still ignore me, but sometimes I get to interact with other humans. Case and point, I met a fellow Legend of Zelda admirer, just due to wearing a silly Zelda hat. Then they noticed the cat in the backpack. I like breaking someone out of the mundane.

maaneeack 2d ago

@alice I read that and immediately thought of kuma kuma kuma bear: https://myanimelist.net/manga/113752/Kuma_Kuma_Kuma_Bear.

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Fifteen-year-old Yuna prefers staying home and obsessively playing her favorite VRMMO to doing anything else, including going to school. When a strange new update gives her a one-of-a-kind bear outfit that comes with overpowered abilities, Yuna is torn: the outfit is unbearably cute, but too embarrassing to wear in-game. But then she suddenly finds herself transported into the world of the game, facing down monsters and magic for real, and the bear suit becomes the best weapon she has! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

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