The "I don't want to talk about AI" thread, and the new topic is: half animal, half man

[ElectricBlue]

It's mildly offensive and marks you out as chronically under-exposed to anything later than the late 80's.

"Birds" always reminds of old Brit copper shows, like Softly Softly and Barlow at Large. And The Likely Lads. As you say, very 1980s.

 

[nice90sguy]

Ooh, a bird thread. I've always wondered, for those of you who are more versed in the art of being British...

Is calling a woman a "bird"...a good thing?

That's not really something you hear these days in the UK. Not so much because it's considered sexist, I think, but its just fallen out of use. Among older people (like me) it would cause a laugh, almost a nostalgic reference to how people used to speak. I guess it's like usuing "chick" -- so out of date, it's slightly funny.

 

[TheLobster]

anything later than the late 80's.

I object, Your Honour. Please peruse the following evidence dated to mid-2000s:

 

[onehitwanda]

I object, Your Honour. Please peruse the follow

 

[StillStunned]

There's a line in "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira that goes, "I can see your body moving, half animal, half man." Sounds very sexy, until you start wondering what kind of animal.

Panther? Cobra? Sexy!

Kangaroo? Rabbit? Well, I'm sure there's *someone* who likes it...

 

[Z_TheWriter]

There's a line in "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira that goes, "I can see your body moving, half animal, half man." Sounds very sexy, until you start wondering what kind of animal.

Panther? Cobra? Sexy!

Kangaroo? Rabbit? Well, I'm sure there's *someone* who likes it...

Final Fantasy XIV begs to differ

 

[YmaOHyd]

There's a line in "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira that goes, "I can see your body moving, half animal, half man." Sounds very sexy, until you start wondering what kind of animal.

Panther? Cobra? Sexy!

Kangaroo? Rabbit? Well, I'm sure there's *someone* who likes it...

In Saints Astray, the main character is the product of genetic manipulation using some sort of animal DNA. Another character, the product of the same process, says that while the research is available he never wanted to read it.

"Okay, maybe you think Loup is a little bit wolf, a little bit leopard. That, you like. What if it’s not? What if it’s a little bit chimpanzee?”

 

[StillStunned]

Final Fantasy XIV begs to differ

Fine, but how do they move?

 

[TheLobster]

Fine, but how do they move?

Based on the armor, I'm guessing this bunny could be a dragoon — in which case they'll charge into combat with their twelve-foot-long spear, jump around like a, well, Duracell bunny on crack, get smacked once, and then spend the rest of the fight with their lifeless body decorating the floor.

 

[YmaOHyd]

(not original art)
If a giraffe was a centaur which one would it be like?

 

[Off_base]

 

[onehitwanda]

(not original art)
If a giraffe was a centaur which one would it be like?
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This is awful. I hate you.

 

[onehitwanda]

selkies are underrated, except by razor-blade reviewers.

 

[StillStunned]

selkies are underrated, except by razor-blade reviewers.

Just the other day I finished a book that features selkies prominently. And the Aberdeen oil industry.

 

[onehitwanda]

Just the other day I finished a book that features selkies prominently. And the Aberdeen oil industry.

I have so many questions.

 

[StillStunned]

I have so many questions.

"Stone and Sky", by Ben Aaronovitch. The latest instalment of "The Rivers of London", about the "magic" division of the Metropolitan Police. They go on a busman's holiday to Scotland.

 

[onehitwanda]

"Stone and Sky", by Ben Aaronovitch. The latest instalment of "The Rivers of London", about the "magic" division of the Metropolitan Police. They go on a busman's holiday to Scotland.

There's a moderately amusing series called Kings Watch that does something similar.

 

[StillStunned]

There's a moderately amusing series called Kings Watch that does something similar.

Thx, I'll check it out. I'm in between books just now anyway.

 

[onehitwanda]

Thx, I'll check it out. I'm in between books just now anyway.

It's not particularly high brow, but it does touch on mythology in an entertaining way.

If, however, you want something awesome, there's the Assassin Trilogy by Robin Hobb (if you haven't already read that).

 

[StillStunned]

If, however, you want something awesome, there's the Assassin Trilogy by Robin Hobb (if you haven't already read that).

Read it when it first came out, and enjoyed it, and the Liveship Traders. I hated the Fool trilogy though: too mopey.

@Bazzle recently put me on to "Pagans", by James Alistair Henry, set in an alternative Britain where the Norman invasion never took place. Also not highbrow, but very entertaining. London is such a backwater that it only has one Indian restaurant.

 

[onehitwanda]

Read it when it first came out, and enjoyed it, and the Liveship Traders. I hated the Fool trilogy though: too mopey.

@Bazzle recently put me on to "Pagans", by James Alistair Henry, set in an alternative Britain where the Norman invasion never took place. Also not highbrow, but very entertaining. London is such a backwater that it only has one Indian restaurant.

Ooh, if you like "What ifs", then "The Years of Rice and Salt" by Kim Stanley Robinson is a must-read.

It's not easy reading, but I found it really compelling.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

Half animal, half man... Sounds like Don Omar back in the 00s.

As if The Batman wasn't bad enough for bringing that awful song back to the surface, now I hate this thread.

 

[TheRedLantern]

Birdperson gets my vote for Time's Sexiest Half Man Half Animal of the year

 

[StillStunned]

The mermaid from Red Dwarf is half fish, half woman.



Lister: "Somehow I thought it would be the other way round."
Cat: "Why? That's stupid!" *Wicked smile*

 

[YmaOHyd]

The mermaid from Red Dwarf is half fish, half woman.

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Lister: "Somehow I thought it would be the other way round."
Cat: "Why? That's stupid!" *Wicked smile*