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[recollecters]

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Comments

[matsuura]

Kanan Matsuura shared a photo. 7/3 near Recolle Zoo & Aquarium

Dear Janet, The sky used to be blue? How did I forget this? It seems to wrong now, this is awful! How am I supposed to keep working knowing everything used to be blue? Do the fish know their tanks used to be blue? What about gray tangs? Do they know that they used to be blue tangs? These poor fish! Please change it back, this is not an improvement or a feature!

[invocate]

Li-Na Yiu Oh no! That poor fish!

[matsuura]

Kanan Matsuura It's sad, isn't it? They were so beautiful before!

[invocate]

Li-Na Yiu It is terrible. Everything looks so strange now.

[matsuura]

Kanan Matsuura I think so too! Having only blue flowers and fruit is even weirder.

[invocate]

Li-Na Yiu Exactly. Why flowers and fruit and not anything else?

[matsuura]

Kanan Matsuura Right?? Does this Janet lady have something against the sky and the ocean?

[trappingheart]

........
i can't be the only one who thinks they look cooler like that

[matsuura]

But gray and yellow don't look good together at all. It's actually a good thing the ocean looks gray now too, at least they can still camouflage themselves. But still!

[trappingheart]

you think so? i think theres an interesting contrast
it may not be like vibrant
but it's still cool

[matsuura]

I guess so. But they were so beautiful before! And the aquarium used to be so vibrant and blue! Now it's gray...
I'm worried about the fish, though. Do these strange changes apply to them, too? Do the fish find all this normal?

[trappingheart]

im not a fucking fish expert so i dunno if they're like behaving differently
i mean theyre fish do you think they give a shit? they got places to be and things to see
do they even see in color

[matsuura]

Their behvaiour at the aquarium didn't change, so they must think it's normal... But fish are very intelligent! Well, some fish, anyway.
And for your information, most species of fish *can* see color. Some can even see in the ultraviolet range.

[catsudon]

Sunset doesn't totally suck at least.

Plus those aren't even called blue tangs right now are they

[matsuura]

Yes, that's the only time the sky looks normal... I wish that was enough to fix the ocean.

They call them gray tangs now, but at least their proper name hasn't changed. They're also called surgeonfish. They used to be such a vibrant blue...

[catsudon]

Wishing helps nothing, as far as anyone's concerned.

Wait, why are they called surgeonfish?

[matsuura]

[ While she agrees with that... she'd rather talk fish. ]

They're sometimes called surgeonfish because their dorsal fins can be extremely sharp, like a scalpel. When they become excited, their dorsal fins and tails can cut through flesh no problem. They may not look it, but blue tangs can be quite dangerous to humans if they're not handled properly.

[catsudon]

( ... he is reluctantly deciding that at least this fish may even be kind of... cool. )

So they're aggressive knife fish?

[matsuura]

They wouldn't do it unless they felt threatened, but yes! Knife fish isn't too far off. They can also be poisonous, though their toxin isn't life-threatening.

[ The more you know... ]

[darkgame]

apparently they're working on what can be fixed

[matsuura]

With the flowers and fruit, right? Does anyone know how people are doing that? I'd love to help if it meant bringing back more blue!

[darkgame]

your guess is good as mine since frustratingly vague seems to be the preferred communication method [She's really hung up about the color blue, isn't she?]

[matsuura]

[ Wait until she remembers she had blue hair, she's gonna be even more upset. ]

Yeah, it doesn't seem like they know what's going on either. Or if they do, they're pretty good at hiding it. Either it's their fault or they're trying to fix it, right? It can't be both...

[darkgame]

[gotta have that blue hair] actually, it can be both. you'd be surprised how often that's the case with incompetent devs, especially if they are the ones who broke it in the first place. [He doesn't design software but clearly he is an expert.]

[matsuura]

[ You know it. ]

That would be awful. Can't they break something people use less? Or a different color, maybe? Blue is kind of important!