Bears Discover Internet
I dreamed that I was visiting the apartment of a friend I had met online, meeting him for the first time, and -- it turned out -- he was a polar bear.
Other than that, he was pretty much like every scruffy intelligent gamer-dude I've ever met (and that includes you, Zak.) We were getting together to discuss starting up a table-top RPG, and he introduced me to a friend who would likely be joining in -- a grizzly.
While the polar bear was in the kitchen, I chatted with the grizzly and mentioned how I'd met the polar bear. The grizzly informed me that my use of "polar bear" was offensive. Only humans call them that. He told me the proper word that bears use among themselves, but I could not for the life of me remember it or pronounce it. I apologized and resolved to refer to my new friends -- in any other conversation I happened to have with a bear -- by their first names.
I suspect this dream reflects something about my age and my anxiety about culture change.
Other than that, he was pretty much like every scruffy intelligent gamer-dude I've ever met (and that includes you, Zak.) We were getting together to discuss starting up a table-top RPG, and he introduced me to a friend who would likely be joining in -- a grizzly.
While the polar bear was in the kitchen, I chatted with the grizzly and mentioned how I'd met the polar bear. The grizzly informed me that my use of "polar bear" was offensive. Only humans call them that. He told me the proper word that bears use among themselves, but I could not for the life of me remember it or pronounce it. I apologized and resolved to refer to my new friends -- in any other conversation I happened to have with a bear -- by their first names.
I suspect this dream reflects something about my age and my anxiety about culture change.