Looks like this one got recaptioned in the Complete Far Side collection. The original had the slugs chanting nonsensically.

That 2002 movie just got the title wrong. Looks like it was supposed to be 22 Years Later

After how Japan mangles names and words into katakana I can’t get too worked up over languages without (formally transcibed) vowel length forget a macron or double letter in publications for non-speakers.

Besides, I don’t think the h thrown into Ohtani is gonna make Dodgers fans say his name any different than without it. It would be similar to trying to get a random Japanese person to use vowels outside the five sounds they have.

They’ve discovered that farmed puffers don’t have toxic organs. The poison comes from the food they naturally ingest, so farming them on a special diet makes them safe.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/new-improved-fugu-now-without-poison-81301903/

Right, I only fly once or twice a year, but I’m not sure how frequency of flying relates to whether reclining a seat is acceptable on a long flight.

I moved roughly halfway around the world from my hometown. Any time I want to see my family I fly 10-14 hours followed by a 3-5 hr connection. Just got back from a trip home that was 29 hours door to door, which was the first time since the pandemic that the airlines didn’t fuck me with delays and missed connections. The last two times were 40+ hours.

No reclining? Fuck that shit-- most of my flights are long as hell and I’m not sitting ramrod straight for 14 hours. I can barely sleep as it is and those extra few degrees of tilt (plus a few beers) are the only thing that lets me get a couple hours passed out.