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Tobermory posted:Thanks to the glory of the internet, there's one on instagram. jasper_the_coydog Oh he is adorable. Probably a miracle he even exists given how rare coydogs are even with a stray parent.
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I call this philosophy 'apartdom'
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credburn posted:I went to LA recently and was amazed and the incredible volume of tiny dogs I saw. Every fifth person walking the street had a tiny dog on a leash. It is the city of tiny dogs. Tiny dogs are popular just because yeah, but I also imagine the sheer number of them is due to rental units generally only allowing 'small' animals as pets. So you can either get a cat or a chihuahua/etc.
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Tobermory posted:Thanks to the glory of the internet, there's one on instagram. jasper_the_coydog you can't fool me, I see the green sprouting bits. that's a Chihua Pet.
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Waste of Breath posted:you can't fool me, I see the green sprouting bits. that's a Chihua Pet. Eee Chihuahua 
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When I worked for T-Mobile, we won like 13 JD Power and Associates awards in a row. T-Mobile tried to brand this in ads as being a "13-peat winner." What the gently caress does 13-peat mean? Its very stupid etymology comes from winning the award twice, which we called a "repeat," then winning it a third time, where we applied the very clever play-on-words "three-peat" (like "re-peat") So four became "four-peat" and five was "five-peat." This was fifteen years ago so like it doesn't really matter and it didn't really hurt the company any, but everybody who worked for the company hated it (the THIRTEEN-PEAT!!!!!!) posters were everywhere), and I hated having to explain it to customers. e: it frustrates me because it's the laziest of lazy lazy low-effort word play and I feel the company should have been punished for it.
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When all 13 Petes clash, it will finally open the way to Kingdom Hearts.
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credburn posted:When I worked for T-Mobile, we won like 13 JD Power and Associates awards in a row. T-Mobile tried to brand this in ads as being a "13-peat winner." it should infuriate you even more because the JD Power awards are fake pay-to-win-an-award nonsense
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Improbable Lobster posted:Chee-hoowa-hoowa Years and years ago, I was on a trip to the southwestern US, finding all sorts of fun places to hike around and see the sights. I was excited to read out the name of one place we visited, the CHEEHOOWAHOOWAN DESERT, only for everyone in listening distance to start laughing. And that's how I realized I'd only heard, and never read, the name of those tiny little Mexican dogs. No, that doesn't still make me curl up in embarrassment close to three decades later 
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Somebody was so proud of inventing the rhyming pun “three-peat” that they used it for thirteen instead. One of your bosses really loved dad jokes I guess
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It's an intentionally doofy thing as a joke It's actually p decent marketing, honestly because people pay attention to things that are odd
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A fifth-third better! 166%!
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Captain Hygiene posted:Years and years ago, I was on a trip to the southwestern US, finding all sorts of fun places to hike around and see the sights. I was excited to read out the name of one place we visited, the CHEEHOOWAHOOWAN DESERT, only for everyone in listening distance to start laughing. And that's how I realized I'd only heard, and never read, the name of those tiny little Mexican dogs. If you're American you've definitely heard Chiricahua said out loud at same point since they were an important Native American tribe, but my brain just didn't connect the two. Google pronunciation surprisingly gets it right: https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=es&text=Chiricahua&op=translate
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credburn posted:When I worked for T-Mobile, we won like 13 JD Power and Associates awards in a row. T-Mobile tried to brand this in ads as being a "13-peat winner." The New Orleans Zoo has a banner outside that says it's the 6th best zoo in America. I mean, points for honesty, but why wouldn't you just say "top 10" or something. All "6th best" does is make someone hit up their phone to see what the 5 better ones are.
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We Got Us A Bread posted:The New Orleans Zoo has a banner outside that says it's the 6th best zoo in America. I mean, points for honesty, but why wouldn't you just say "top 10" or something. All "6th best" does is make someone hit up their phone to see what the 5 better ones are. Maybe they have a grudge against the 7th best zoo.
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HopperUK posted:Maybe they have a grudge against the 7th best zoo. In your FACE Saint Augustine Wildlife Preserve!
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We Got Us A Bread posted:The New Orleans Zoo has a banner outside that says it's the 6th best zoo in America. I mean, points for honesty, but why wouldn't you just say "top 10" or something. All "6th best" does is make someone hit up their phone to see what the 5 better ones are. Do you think anyone in their life has ever been outside a zoo and thought to themselves "actually, do i want to go to this zoo, i could drive a few hours to go to a different zoo"
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It's even worse when you learn that there is only six zoos in America.
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Alaois posted:Do you think anyone in their life has ever been outside a zoo and thought to themselves "actually, do i want to go to this zoo, i could drive a few hours to go to a different zoo" People in NYC with multiple zoos to choose from?
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What fuckin life are you living where you think people are picky about zoos
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Why would I go to the zoo? I ALREADY LIVE IN ONE 
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Alaois posted:What fuckin life are you living where you think people are picky about zoos "If we go up to tier 5, you can see a red panda!" "Cool! What does tier 6 have?" "Dead panda." "...well poo poo."
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Alaois posted:What fuckin life are you living where you think people are picky about zoos
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So where can i get quality zoo reviews Is there a Yelp for zoos?
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Fishstick posted:So where can i get quality zoo reviews The top tier zoos are, in no particular order, San Diego Omaha National Zoo in DC. Georgia Aquarium All worth traveling just to go there. Second tier is Columbus Oakland SF Philadelphia Disney's Wild Kingdom Most other zoos Madison Wisconsins Henry Vilas Zoo is free, cute, and very nice.
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I was not prepared for how good the Omaha zoo was going to be. I only traveled there for another goon's wedding and then we decided to use the day after to go to the zoo and, like, drat, I could've used a couple of days just to see the whole thing. The cave system was one of the coolest things I've seen.
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This is the (reader poll) that the sign seems to be about : https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-zoo/ As a resident of Orlando I can confirm that Brevard Zoo is spectacular, so this list might hold water. There's a separate list for aquariums.
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Beachcomber posted:The top tier zoos are, in no particular order, Detroit and Toledo both have great ones and they're like an hour apart.
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poo poo Fuckasaurus posted:This is the (reader poll) that the sign seems to be about : https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-zoo/ About that list, I was really surprised to see Indianapolis on there, but the last time I visited it was about 2006. Anyone know if it has significantly improved in the last 15 years?
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:I think Brevard is ok, and feeding giraffes from above is neat, but we used to live near Omaha so … Seventeen!
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Don't forget to check out your local library! Ours has a family pass to a local zoo that you can check out during the summer
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Henchman of Santa posted:Detroit and Toledo both have great ones and they're like an hour apart. Toledo zoo is REALLY underrated and has a way cool splash garden for the kids. Columbus zoo is right up there with San Diego in my book. One of the benefits of living in the Akron/Cleveland area is the access to all the zoos. Columbus, toledo, Cleveland … even the Akron zoo has its charm, and the Erie PA zoo does as well. Plus the drive thru safari in Sandusky!
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:I think Brevard is ok, and feeding giraffes from above is neat, but we used to live near Omaha so … The big thing with Brevard at least the last time I went was the overhead course. You can do an overhead obstacle course between the trees and go through or very close to several of the enclosures, and that's just neat as hell. Sometimes you can also kayak. Just very different ways of experiencing the animals, and you'll often have their rapt attention which is cool. If you don't do that it's probably closer to 6/10 than top 10 in the country.
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GPTribefan posted:Toledo zoo is REALLY underrated and has a way cool splash garden for the kids. I live in the Akron/Canton area and I'm real stoked to be able to take the baby Len to the various zoos. Maybe next summer? I don't know how babies develop
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Beachcomber posted:The top tier zoos are, in no particular order,  Including an aquarium in a list of zoos, technical foul, 10 yard penalty, repeat second down.
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poo poo Fuckasaurus posted:This is the (reader poll) that the sign seems to be about : https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-zoo/ Huh. The aquarium I used to work at cracked the top ten! (Mystic) Impressive. There was a video circling around from there awhile back of a Mariachi band playing for a beluga, who was very into it. That was also at Mystic.
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Captain Hygiene posted:Sea animals > land animals, it counts Lots of aquariums have other animals, too. Plenty of birds at the Tampa Aquarium, for instance. The KC Zoo just added a massive aquarium addition and rebranded as the KC Zoo & Aquarium. I haven't been yet but it looks pretty cool.
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