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The Butterfly Man (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can confirm, I am said butterfly expert.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Prove it, tell us some cool butterfly facts!

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Uh...butterflies get their essential nutrients by drinking from mud puddles?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

HOLY SHIT TODAY I LEARNED!!!!! GIVE THIS MAN A NOBEL PRIZE!!!!!!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And turtle tears!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And blood!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Also sweat! They literally consume blood, sweat, and tears

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Contrary to their name, they are not, in fact, not made of butter.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

That butterfly expert? Albert Einstein.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So, was he already married or was she not his type? I know cases where this strategy actually worked and resulted in a happy marriage.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 month ago

In my superimposed reality, OP's name is Mariposa, the Web comic is named Nectar, and butterfly guy said he was fluttered not flattered

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago

OP: *posts about wanting to marry a stranger on twitter*
OP: *finds and follows said stranger on twitter*
Stranger: *reads through his new follower’s twitter timeline, responds to marriage comments *
OP:
surprised pikachu

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Hmm. You can see menderash’s comics. Def a little different.