*checks etymonline*

1670s, alteration (influenced by wood (n.)) of Cree (Algonquian) otchek or Ojibwa otchig, "marten," the name subsequently transferred to the groundhog.

...well, that doesn't offer much inspiration for humor at all.

maybe we'll just say the marten is the woodcatch and call it a day.

the ... platonic ideal ... of our platonic ideals? is that what you mean?

probably this:

it's bad to harm people. it's worse to refuse to learn better.

Ooooo, that's a tricky oneeee...

...okay, so, you know how there's lots of different kinds of plastic utensils, and lots of them are extremely cheap, but some are a bit stronger and sturdier and more substantial? Not like silicone, a hard plastic. I'm gonna say it's like one of those.

Mainly, inspiring constraints. Because PICO-8 is not very capable, it feels like a success to accomplish very simple tasks, but also:
- it's not too hard to accomplish those simple tasks (we made a countdown timer!), and
- if you really want, you can really push it (we made a polynomial interpolation function for smoothly animating motions of objects!).

(We haven't tried pygame, though - we don't actually know Python, so.)

okay so we were gonna be like "sometimes its either" but I think no-longer-blue purple is probably either burgundy or pink to us? we might be wrong, we're going off a sample size of "objects in our eyeline"

meow! mrrow mow

collection please! we will sometimes call ourselves a sack or heap but that feels very casual in a way that would be uncomfortable from a mysterious masked inquirer. system is the formal term, which is also good

also, that's so sweet! glad we can be a positive thing in your life!

we've never had coffee! it's on our to-do list.

we regularly have tea, though - usually green, usually plain. black tea with jam is delicious, though!

That would depend entirely on if the hour is Nones. nods sagely

We used to play a ton! We actually have a small collection of boardgames and card games - Carcassonne, Power Grid, Abalone, Brawl, a number of others - but, well, covid. Mostly we've been playing solitaire lately.

we don't usually go for rainy days, I think

but we do remember sitting on the screened porch as the rain fell just vibing with the atmosphere

so sitting outside but sheltered, probably

Where we live? Growing up, it was autumn - intermediate in temperatures, but relatively steady temperatures instead of the big swings of spring - but for whatever reasons, so far this year we've been enjoying the summer heat.

but then I would be able to make use of the things I have stored inaccessible in boxes under a pile of old clothes