• Rudee@lemmy.ml
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    10 hours ago

    I remember reading somewhere that the indigenous people of a SE Asian country believed that orangutans could speak, but chose not to because they would be forced to work if humans found out

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      6 hours ago

      This is different but sort of the same energy.

      I asked my dad one time “Wouldn’t it be awesome if we didn’t need to sleep?”

      And he go wide eyed with a horrified expression on his face and said “Hell no, can you imagine how much they’d make you work??”

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        4 hours ago

        it’s a good myth. i like that the tooth fairy is a raccoon. i’m not sure why. i just like the image of it. got the right size hands.