Nobody Told Me About Adulthood

Things NOBODY told me about being an adult that I wish they had: • When you get to the top of the river you're going to want to find a shallow stretch of riverbed with relatively calm water and sediment pieces that are gravel sized, not cobble, sand or mud. This is critical; test it with your nose if you're not sure! when you have this, you're going to want to flip on your side and slap the gravel as hard as you can with your tail to dislodge it; you're gonna want to alternate between digging the spot out and doing some more slapping until you've got a nice little cone shaped depression for the eggs.

The image presents a deadpan list of supposed adult-life advice, explaining how to prepare a gravel nest at the top of a river by digging and slapping the gravel with your tail. The punchline is that the advice is actually for a spawning fish, absurdly framed as information nobody told you about being an adult. It is used as a reaction to bizarre, unexpectedly specific responsibilities or hidden facts about adulthood.

• @memetutorial / 17641 2023-09-03