kinda wish i could make the general public aware of the word “hypertype” so i could maybe stop hearing people say that a dog “looks inbred”
for anyone who’s unaware, “type” refers to having features that make a dog recognizable as belonging to a certain breed. “hypertype” refers to having exaggerated features.
for example
nice typey great dane head on the left, hypertype head on the right
typey neapolitan mastiff (left) vs hypertype (right)
typey american bully on the left, hypertype on the right
hypertype doberman on the left, typey doberman on the right
““MAGA stands for trying to erase trans people from existence. MAGA stands for resegregation and racism. MAGA stands for censorship and book bans. MAGA stands for firing air traffic controllers while planes are crashing. MAGA stands for firing the people overseeing our nuclear arsenal. MAGA stands for firing military veterans and those serving them at the VA, including canceling research on veteran suicide. MAGA stands for cutting funds to education, including for disabled children. MAGA is profoundly corrupt, unmistakably anti-democracy and most importantly, MAGA is explicitly a Nazi movement. You may have replaced a swastika with a red hat, but that is what it is.””
Radio Rex (1922), Elmwood Button Co., Stratford, Conn. “Radio Rex was the first commercial toy to respond to voice commands. Produced in 1922 by the Elmwood Button Co., Radio Rex predates computers by more than 20 years. Rex is a brown bulldog made of celluloid and metal that responds to its name by leaping out of its house. The dog is controlled by a spring that is held in check by an electromagnet. The electromagnet is sensitive to sound patterns containing acoustic energy around 500 Hz, such as the vowel in "Rex.” The acoustic trigger interrupts the current to the electromagnet allowing the spring to propel Rex out of its house.“ – Toys That Have a Voice, by Judith Markowitz, SpeechTechMag.
”The little toy called “Radio Rex” is familiar to everybody. The toy dog that comes out of his little kennel when you speak to him does not really work by radio, but he does exemplify a prophecy of radio. Anyone who feels like it can build into his house, tomorrow, a radio device, for example,that will open a door if you speak to it. Set this device for the words “open sesame” and you can emulate the master of the forty thieves.“ – Will Radio Do Our Housework?, Popular Radio, April 1924 (p.358).
Top row: both Raccoon Mario (left) and Tanooki Mario (right) have distinct ringed tails. In Japanese, Raccoon Mario is called ?????? (Tail Mario), while Tanooki Mario is called the same, referencing the tanuki, or Japanese raccoon dog (an animal visually similar yet unrelated to the raccoon).
Middle: a raccoon. Note the ringed tail.
Bottom: a tanuki. Note the lack of rings on the tail.
Curiously, it appears that despite the original Japanese name of Raccoon Mario not referencing raccoons at all, his tail was in fact based on a raccoon tail instead of a tanuki tail. In addition, this also means that Tanooki Mario is not entirely based on a tanuki, and instead mixes the traits of both animals.
