I almost forgot to mention: this woman came into the penguin enclosure with a KESTREL??? I said “oh my god is that an American Kestrel?” and she said “Yes! She was outside doing raptor education for the kids, but she doesn’t like to get rained on.”
#she was watching the penguins with what I will anthropomorphically project as skepticism
kestrel: i hate rained on!!
human: here is birds in water
kestrel: ......no.....
ok i’m done spamming for now but the universe is so beautiful and i’m glad for my tiny glimpse of it
no i don’t have plans later. i will, however, be taking extensive poison damage periodically for the foreseeable future. but beyond that my schedule is totally open
if you hear me going “haugh.” or perhaps “augh” every so often and see me doubling over. well. Don’t even worry about it.
Allow me to elucidate, @a-sour-nectarine
When most people "roll their eyes", they flick their eyes directly upward, usually as far as they comfortably go, then resume looking normally.
When someone who learned the phrase before the behavior does it, they usually go in a circular (ish) motion. Since most eye movements are lines, it's usually pretty triangular: the key points are usually a diagonal up one way, then to the far other side, then to a diagonal low the first way. Thus, the eyes basically make a loop, so they "rolled".
I've found that when people who learned the up-down way first try the circular motion, they might risk motion sickness, so experiment carefully.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN MOST PEOPLE JUST LOOK UP
IS THIS WHY PEOPLE THINK I’M ROLLING MY EYES WHEN I THINK AND LOOK UPWARD
This is like when my one friend found out that not every muscle movement that happens on a face is part of actual expressions.
People who roll their eyes 🔄 are not doing it more literally than people who do it ↕️. They're just using a different axis.
Okay, legit. You're right. So from now on everyone has to call it an "eyepitch" instead of an "eyeroll."
Also, when you give someone the side-eye that's now called an "eyeyaw."
Also, when you give
someone the side-eye that’s now
called an “eyeyaw.”
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
i... i've been literally rolling my eyes wrong my whole life?
I'M SUPPOSED TO DO AN 'EYEPITCH'?!?!?
WHAT THE FUCK
ARE YOU SERIOUS
I *TAUGHT* MYSELF TO ROLL MY EYES WHEN I WAS LITTLE, LOOKED IN THE MIRROR FOR HOURS. YOU'RE FUCKING JOKING.
