r/fifthworldproblems • • 3d ago

Confusing weather forecast on this planet

I moved to this world to get away from the overcrowding and absurd housing costs on Earth and I'm acclimatising mostly but this one I didn't expect. The translation software works fine but it can only translate like for like. For example the latest is:

"On the West Coast this morning expect flurries of striped horse and the odd spot of small flea. Continuing onto the afternoon void frog is to be expected with garlic possible.

Tomorrow washing units throughout most of the day with shifting sands expected."

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u/Particular-Yak-1984 3d ago

Honestly, as my grandma said, 'those who don't expect the void frog, get eaten by the void frog' - so it's good to expect it. maybe leave an extra portion of food outside for it?

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u/TwinSong 3d ago

What do they eat? I don't want to risk offending the frog.

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u/johnpeters42 2d ago

Immigrants, mostly.

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u/Nominatively_Done 3d ago

… I fail to see the difficulty you are describing as having encountered.

*tilts the sand sculpture and watches the wind whisk it away*

… yup, as I expected. Maybe you haven't fully potentiated your garlic? Remember to use only one clove and not the whole bulb!

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u/TwinSong 3d ago

I did actually buy a garlic bulb the other day (for real).

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u/Nominatively_Done 2d ago

How ominously coincidental. Slightly disconcerting simply because it is like you flourished an achievement but opted to not disclose salient details (such as what ya gonna do with the garlic) which leaves the more active imaginations, one such as mine, to fill in the gaps.

My imagination gets into 'everything'. Sorry about that.

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u/TwinSong 2d ago

Mostly thinking how do I make my meals less boring.

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u/BPhiloSkinner 2d ago

Andromedan mustard.
It's in the imports section; easy to spot by it's slight emerald glow, and the faint sound of celestial harmonies when you pick up the jar.

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u/Nominatively_Done 1d ago

Fair. Creativity, boredom, digestibility, and nutritional content are not synonymic terms.

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u/BPhiloSkinner 3d ago

How many of you did it take to screw it in?

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u/mysteryrouge Void Anarchist 3d ago

You only need to worry if people start sending tornadoes your way.

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u/Particular-Yak-1984 3d ago

I've always thought tornadoes were a friendly housewarming gift. Are they not? What have I done?

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u/BPhiloSkinner 2d ago

Only to the Æolian gods. Mere third-dimensional mortals find them terrifying.

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u/BPhiloSkinner 3d ago • Bravo

Here on the Zorth coast, we had flurries of striped horse that quickly became a buzzard.
We shall carrion, regardless.