![]() 02/01/2020 at 12:18 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
Who’s molesting alligators?
![]() 02/01/2020 at 12:25 |
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This feels like the kind of thing that probably doesn’t have many repeat offenders.
![]() 02/01/2020 at 12:28 |
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What happens in Florida stays in Florida, unless it’s on the news than everyone knows Florida man strikes again.
![]() 02/01/2020 at 12:44 |
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Furries, obviously.
![]() 02/01/2020 at 13:10 |
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This guy.
![]() 02/01/2020 at 13:22 |
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“Your honor, I swear the gator looked 18”
- Florida Man
![]() 02/01/2020 at 14:03 |
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I have a feeling it’s a false cognate/bad translation , as Florida has many Spanish speakers. “molestar” is basically “to bother.”
![]() 02/01/2020 at 15:10 |
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It means that in English, too. “Molest” also means to harass, irritat e, harm, bother, etc, it doesn’t just have to be the sexual kind.
Guarantee you there have been drunk or high people who thought it would be super fun to start throwing rocks at a gator or poking it with a stick.
![]() 02/01/2020 at 15:16 |
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Sk ippity pap
![]() 02/01/2020 at 17:54 |
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They call them scalies when it involves reptiles. I wish I didn’t know that, but I do.
![]() 02/01/2020 at 18:07 |
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I guess it makes sense but why did you have to curse me with this knowledge
![]() 02/01/2020 at 23:46 |
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As rwp said, that’s also a valid English definition (from the same Latin root as the Spanish):
The more general definition has fallen out of use, presumably because the rise the sexual assault version creates some really nasty confusion (and some funny signs about alligators).
![]() 02/01/2020 at 23:47 |
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I was ok with not knowing that, tbh.
![]() 02/02/2020 at 00:21 |
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So was I. Alas.
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If I have to suffer with the knowledge of it, so do others.