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The Gargoyle Index™ is an indicator of a functioning society (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/funny@lemmy.world
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I know, I know: "grotesque"

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 29 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Fun fact: They are called gargoyles because they gargle water out of their mouths.

[–] macrocarpa@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes! The etymology for both words is the French word gargouille, meaning throat. Gargouiller in frrench means gargle as we know it in English, and a gargoyle has a spout where rain water exits it's mouth when it's raining (via its throat)

From memory if it doesn't spout water it's called a grotesque.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Should have been Disney Grotesques!

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I dont know. They can almost certainly spit water out of their mouths.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have spent way too much time on the internet. My mind went somewhere very naughty halfway through that sentence.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

I almost posted something much worse, but decided to go with what I sent instead. You aren't alone.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Nah, they'd have to provide drainage from their mouths in stone form for it to count.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Wow that show brings back memories.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Grotesques!

Goliath will remember this

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He'll wax philosophical about how humans used such a negative term to describe something they don't understand.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The best part about that show is that most of the Voice Actors were almost all from Star Trek TNG.

I'm sure there's a fan theory out there that it's all a single Holo Deck TTRPG.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That is cool! I saw some gargoyles in China and they were so cool! I just called them dragon gutter spouts because I didn’t know this. Actually, I took some pictures, might as well share one.
Thanks for dropping some knowledge!

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Then why aren't they called Gargwaters? Shouldn't they gargle oil? 🤔

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

gargoyles, a name that came to Middle English from the Old French word gargoule. The stone beasts likely earned that name because of the water that gargled out of their throats and mouths; the word gargoule is imitative in origin.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gargoyle