it is also the closely related to the extinct great auk.
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This meme makes me feel so old. It's like English moved on without me, and everyone's speaking a new dialect. Almost like trying to read the Canterbury Tales.
read in old english.
i think farm came from gaming. so farm is generate, and aura is good looks. aurafarm means it generates good looks. i think. fuck i'm old. my niblings could explain this but they're way the shitways away over there.
It means more like being cool rather than just having good looks. Like think of it in terms of video games: the regular enemies you fight don't have aura, but a cool boss enemy with his own boss music does.
Started out meaning that someone is actively doing something for the purpose of looking cool. Here it's just used as a synonym for cool.
What distro is this?
Arch your buntu if you're up for a good time
Better get Minty fresh if it's going Debian exceptionally titillating time. Alpine for those times always.
It's all about composition
Alca torda, aka razorbill.
From this angle, I would say it looks like a puffin here.
I still feel like he’s judging me. And I am lacking.
It do give off major side-eye vibes.
It's a wise animal after all
"Cuntimal"
From like... Cunty-animal???
LOL
That's what we call animals here in Australia.
Futuristic government drone prototype.
I've seen the things the government prototypes. This is too pretty for that.
you work for the irs you just see paperwork prototypes dear
What a gorgeous bird. Good looking dude!
is that the roaring knight
this is how the knight looks like in the light world, chapter 5 will have this bird selling hotdogs during the festival
Sports birb