Armadillidium vulgare.

That's the name for pillbugs. And you thought "roly poly" was an adorable name! The family is Armadillidiidae, of course.

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But that doesn't make much sense to me. As far as I've ever used it, Keep Away is bullying, and Monkey in the Middle is more of an organized game with three people, where (hopefully) everybody is evenly matched and the monkey keeps switching around, and all three got together and said "Hey, let's play Monkey in the Middle!" and counted out who'd be it first and whatever. (Plus, Monkey in the Middle is limited to three people, and Keep Away isn't, you know?)

What say you?

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I'm feeling: pensive

Right now, they're in the midst of a roiling of articles about etymology being used to make a point.

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I'm feeling: bouncy

I hate that argument. And do you know why? Because it's stupid.

Not Worksafe is a phrase used to describe things which you don't want your boss seeing while you're at work. It also describes things you don't want your parents seeing when you're home for a visit, and things you don't want the librarian seeing when you have no internet at home, and things you don't want cute little kiddies seeing when you're in an internet cafe. It also means things that you don't want yourself seeing, ever.

So why do people keep coming up with this pedantic argument about why they should be allowed to post uncut porn wherever they like without getting called out for being rude?

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I'm feeling: annoyed