Post #2276022
2026-05-07 10:05 UTC
Why is it called an OCTOpus when it's got TENtacles?
Replies (7)
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@scy@chaos.social 2026-05-07 10:06
(I know that octopuses technically don't have tentacles at all, don't @ me, it's a pun)
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@korenchkin@chaos.social 2026-05-07 10:08
@scy@chaos.social it's offsetting the fact that SEPTember is the ninth month of the year
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@skaverat@skaverat.net 2026-05-07 10:09
@scy@chaos.social fun fact: octop(uses|i|odes) have arms, not tentacles
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@henryk@chaos.social 2026-05-07 10:12
@scy@chaos.social It's named for October, the tenth month of the year.
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@felixf@chaos.social 2026-05-07 11:33
@scy@chaos.social octopussies are secretly the inventors of the octal number base.
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@daniel_bohrer@chaos.social 2026-05-07 16:11
@scy@chaos.social i'm gonna get rich and famous after I invent an octopus that has octacles instead
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@odrotbohm@chaos.social 2026-05-07 18:39
@scy@chaos.social Because 10 in octal is 8?