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weirdmarioenemies · 3 months

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Happy Groundhog Day! I think it is so wonderful that there is an entire holiday dedicated to a specific burrowing rodent. Americans love this thing! And who wouldn't? Their burrows aerate soil, and provide homes for many other critters!

A lot of people wouldn't love the groundhog, actually. In 1883, the New Hampshire Legislative Woodchuck Committee put out a statement calling groundhogs "wayward sinners" whose grooming habits suggest good manners, but who in reality have "not made any material progress in social science". You think the Discourse is bad today? They used to form committees to complain about a squirrel's moral character!

However, this is not the extent of the disrespect toward groundhogs. It happens to this day, and we all take it for granted, and most don't even bother to realize it has to do with a marmot in the first place! Let's talk about...

Name: "Mole"

Debut: Whac-A-Mole

Sorry this picture is not very good. There are just not many pictures available that show that weird old "mole" figure that I have in mind specifically! Here's a green one.

Anyone familiar with the "Mole" series of animals will know that this is very much Not A Mole! The distinct head, the visible ears, the blunt nose, the buckteeth... this, my friend, is 100% Ground Squirrel! And this game is FAR from the only instance of moles and burrowing rodents being mixed up.

It actually makes sense that this mistake would happen, though! Moles are synonymous with burrowing, to the point unrelated burrowing animals are named after moles (including Mole Cricket, perhaps the ORIGINAL mole). But moles spend ALL their time burrowing, rarely if ever coming to the surface, so even though we all know moles, we are rarely blessed with SEEING moles. I have never seen a mole in person... yet! I would love to! Ground squirrels, such as groundhogs and prairie dogs, are also little burrowing critters, but these ones are commonly seen on the surface, ever alert. I think it's reasonable to mistake them for "moles"!

Alas, the popularity of Whac-A-Mole has cemented Ground Squirrel as essentially the "canon" Mole design for this context. And what a context that is! A classic, even GENRE-DEFINING game, all about whacking critters as they emerge from their burrows. So rude! They're not posing any danger, and the player isn't hunting them to eat, either. This is simply a game of spite. How DARE that rodent try to see the sun! This is just like Undertale.

Whac-A-Mole is one of the most straightforward types of game for any device with a touch screen or anything similar. Just gotta tap a thing! Very easy. This has led to such variations such as Whack-a-Monty from New Super Mario Bros., where the player bonks Monty Moles (more like Monty Gopher am I right) while sparing the many, many Luigis. Obviously, the Luigis must surface in order to initiate courtship, ensuring future generations of Luigis.

Now that I think of it, Mario is one of the only times I've seen the ethics of Whac-A-Mole called out, through the endangered Whacka from Paper Mario! I'm surprised the genre is not deconstructed more often (I love that this sentence is about Whac-A-Mole).

I think this is where I will end the post, because this silly game has so permeated human culture that I could go on and on and on! So strange that an entire animal now has a reputation of "pops out and gets bonked on the head". Conceptually, I certainly prefer the "parasitic aliens emerging from an astronaut's body orifices" aesthetic for this kind of game, but obviously kids aren't going out and bludgeoning real rodents because of this game, so whatever.

But still, what if instead of moles, the whacked entities were something humans have no problem attacking with a second thought...?

Get ready for an action-packed new game set in the Bowling universe!

#whac-a-mole #mole #groundhog #groundhog day #not mario #funky friday #mod chikako

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xwhitepolar · 8 months

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how I feel when the new followers aren't bots

#it's become a game of Whac-A-Mole #nonsims #xwp nonsims #tumblr bots

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bylertruther · 1 year

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king of talking shit

#henry #stranger things #turns out he is indeed the bad bitch from the iconic ''i'm a bad bitch you can't kill me'' vine (but this is only bc he hasn't gone up #against another gay teenager in their final form hashtag trust)#it also is objectively funny to say this to someone who has never once died. like girl all u do is whack him like a game of whac-a-mole #he's clearly not dead and instead just evolving 😭#mine

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theworkshopmann · 1 year

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Whac-A-Spy!

Whack them Spies and keep your team safe!

Type: Taunt

Class: Pyro

Accepted in game: No

This taunt was made by steam users Hxx, GT500>JZeeba ジェイシーバ, and Thelazersofa. Posted on November 16th 2022, you can vote for this right here!

#Whac-A-Spy!#tf2 workshop #the workshop Mann #taunt #tf2 #Team Fortress 2 #tf2 pyro #the pyro #red pyro #blu pyro

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sharkpupsblog · 11 months

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Hi hi!!! 🐎🐎🐎 I drew a silly Sabine for the recent quest! :D‼️ spoiler warning for the drawing! Nothing too big really but still spoiler warning!!! Click here to see a silly thylacine being very silly!!!! 🗣‼️

Stop! ‼️🗣 Hammer time! ‼️🗣

Hi hi!! I changed her design up a bit!!! Gave her some markings and feathers on the back legs! And I added the little flame marking on the tail :D nothing else changed! Just this! :D this pose was so fun to draw loved it sm!!! Also i am . Scared for the next quest bcs I’ve seen theories abt what may happen next and . Scary…. 😭💔 anyways my artblock is gone 🗣🙏 I will hopefully be drawing more sillies soon!!! Ik I’m supposed to be writing but I gotta draw while I still can 💔 so sorry everyone 😭

#ssoblr #sso #star stable online #sabinesso #sharkpupsdarkridersabinedesign!#sharkpupsdarkridersdesigns!#sharkpupsblogart!!!#alternate title for this: whac-a-mole #lookingforssomoots💔#sharkpupsbloggetwritting!!!!!

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lgcjaehwa · 2 months

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˚ ୧ .˚ₓ the secrets of whac-a-mole?

ft @lgcsoyoun

can it really be crystallis' second anniversary already? jaehwa couldn't quite wrap her head around it as the group concluded their latest performance. amidst the resounding cheers of the fans, her gaze swept across the crowd, a smile tugging at her lips. she vividly recalled their first fan meet, where the turnout barely filled a concert venue, yet now, tickets sold out within a mere fifteen minutes.

observing her fellow members enthusiastically take turns hitting the mole with a hammer, jaehwa's competitive spirit began to emerge, driving her to aim for the highest score. "is there a trick to hitting them all quickly without missing?" she asked soyoun, eager to master the game.

#lgc:crystallismission #lgcsoyoun #{ *. thread / the secrets of whac-a-mole? .* }

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toadallytickles · 1 year

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You’ve mentioned your worst spots move around a lot, is there a spot that always tends to be super ticklish? I have my guesses but I wanna be sure 👀

I used to describe my tickle spots like they’re a whac-a-mole game because they moved around so often! (〃^▽^〃)ゞ. With the help of Clay, I can now pinpoint and list my worst spots~.

My hips, inner thighs, knees, and calves are always super ticklish and have me pleading if focused on~ 😋

#I can reveal this because no one reads this blog and uses it against me haha! :)#or else I’d be in so much trouble haha ! :)#‘haha i’m in danger!’#but yeah! Different Lers can extract other tickle spots! like my collar bones used to be a bad spot. another Ler found my lower back~ 🙃#I guess the whac-a-mole thing still applies! sometimes a random spot like my neck or ears are bad for no reason lol #and it’s like ‘guess I’ll suffer!’ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#my posts #answered #ask #anon #tickle community #tickles

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bellesdiaries · 1 year

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Honestly if corporations want us to be primed for discerning spam accounts, instead of making us take useless webinars, they should just set us up a tumblr account and have us practice blocking bots in real time.

#random #bots #tumblr woes #bot wars #spam #tumblr is the testing ground site for whac-a-bot

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mar-sibilina · 11 months

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Foreman: What are you writing? House: Nothing. Chase: If you know the diagnosis, why don't you...? House: How are you gonna learn to swim unless I take off your floaties and throw you into shark-infested waters?

#house md #3x08 #whac-a-mole

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hitchell-mope · 10 months

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Oh blow it out your ass Foremen.

#house md #eric foreman #whac a mole

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tgtg6ch · 1 year

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