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One of my favorite things in Inscryption was finding out what the game constituted a "misplay"
The answer: >!nothing. At the start of each turn, the game rolls an amount of D20s equal to the turn number. Any that get a 1 cause the misplay to tick up by one. It's functionally random.!<
Yup! [Someone went through the code to figure it out](https://www.reddit.com/r/inscryption/comments/rhla7e/does_the_misplay_stat_represent_the_amount_of/horpz3l/)
The game Inscryption has a card game, similar to Magic: The Gathering. One of the first cards you get is a Stoat. It talks to you and will sometimes critique your moves, calling it a total misplay.
They aren't stoats, they are actually *[baby weasels (least weasels)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_weasel)* which are the smallest of the mustelid family.
This picture was taken in Achiltibuie in Scotland.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-44560891
Sea Otters tryna fight rn
Edit: [OH SHIT, HONEY BADGER IS A FUGGIN' WEASIE!!!](https://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg?si=yvenfIYcJLNXbbrg) Nvm, Honey Badger is the most weasel. He's the most mammal. Hell, Honey Badger is the most animal on this whole damned planet.
He was my avatar on a message board for like a decade! Some asshat signed up years later *and chose the same avatar*. I messaged him and was like "dude...no...change it, there's only a few hundred members here and I've had this for like a decade...you can pick something else"
Here's the thing. You said a "stoat is a weasel."
Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.
As someone who is a scientist who studies mustelids, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls stoats weasels. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.
If you're saying "weasel family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Mustilide, which includes things from badgers to stoats to weasels.
So your reasoning for calling a stoat a weasel is because random people "call the brown ones otters?" Let's get ferrets and martins in there, then, too.
Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A weasel is a weasel and a member of the mustilid family. But that's not what you said. You said a it was a baby weasel, some think it is a stoat, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the mustelid family weasels, which means you'd call wolverines, badgers, and other and other weasel like things weasels, too. Which you said you don't.
It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
unidan ~~is~~was a very popular redditor, and scientist that studies crows/corvids
They went a bit overboard years ago with this post below; and later got banned for vote manipulation.
Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow."
Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.
As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.
If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens.
So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.
Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't.
It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
Ah okay, I remember unidan. Their posts were always making it to the front page. I didn’t know about that particular corvid comment, though, so you just looked…extra passionate rather than satirical. haha
My perception was that they did not "get it", funny is a subjective measure as well.
I apoligize and welcome you to reddit as I noticed you have a very young account. The best redditors are those that welcome, and thanks for being here and providing the feedback on my comment.
Well I think skunks living under the barn floor is what gets rats. Minks live in water but they are as likely to eat the chickens as the rats. Yes they are like small badgers.
Yeah it's a nasty crew from top to bottom. It's basically a whole family with the strength and fierceness of a caniform, but the speed and agility of a feliform.
Strength, agility and all that doesn't have anything to do with caniformia or feliformia. The only difference between the two suborders is the structure of the auditory bullae.
Nope! [They're much smaller](https://predatorfreenz.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_0294-932x1024.jpg)!
Also [stoats will turn white](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc75d83e4afe931ade4f0d8/1616449861856-QH3IVIJYV0BBTYK2R11A/ermine.jpg?format=1500w) (except their little black tail tip) in winter and ferrets don't
These are actually baby (least) weasels, not stoats.
They're closely related and difficult to tell apart, the main differences being that least weasels are somewhat smaller, and that stoats have a distinct black tip to their tail.
Also: *[See my post](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/16a7g97/pair_of_stoats_on_the_road/jz68i8z/)*
Stoats in the Road
Good band name, and they could buy the rights to this pic for the cover of their 1st album.
Edit...or Stoats on the Road...whatever works
They're not particularly vicious, unless the only people you talk to are chicken farmers that hold grudges. They're completely normal carnivores and have more than their fair share of redeeming qualities. They're very playful animals and can be quite friendly.
Weirdos!! I run into these creatures all the time, yet I never knew they were called stoats. I've always called them weirdos, so weirdos they will stay lol
It's dangerous being out on the road, the cameraman should drop everything and make a Stoat moat!
Oh, side note! They should make it big enough to let a boat float...
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They're mad about that total misplay you made
I'm so pleased this is the top comment.
/r/Inscryption gang rise up
Stotal misplay.
Stop! Now, let's begin! You're in too deep to go back again!
Wish I could cut his card on subsequent playthroughs
One of my favorite things in Inscryption was finding out what the game constituted a "misplay" The answer: >!nothing. At the start of each turn, the game rolls an amount of D20s equal to the turn number. Any that get a 1 cause the misplay to tick up by one. It's functionally random.!<
Wow really?
Yup! [Someone went through the code to figure it out](https://www.reddit.com/r/inscryption/comments/rhla7e/does_the_misplay_stat_represent_the_amount_of/horpz3l/)
Oh my god that is amazing lol
I was wondering what that was!
Average backseater's feedback.
Goddammit I’m too late
Stroat GOAT
I didn't expect another player here
Could you please explain the joke?
The game Inscryption has a card game, similar to Magic: The Gathering. One of the first cards you get is a Stoat. It talks to you and will sometimes critique your moves, calling it a total misplay.
lmaoooo
They aren't stoats, they are actually *[baby weasels (least weasels)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_weasel)* which are the smallest of the mustelid family. This picture was taken in Achiltibuie in Scotland. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-44560891
Q: How do you tell the difference between a weasel and a stoat? A: They are weaselly distinguished because they are stoatally different.
I kept hoping this would get better. It didn’t. But did remind me of an old friend who told excellent dad jokes.
Worst dad joke of all time. How did Hitler tie his shoes? In little knotsies! Hey, admit it, you did Nazi that coming!
Ha this joke doesnt work in AU english >\_<
I heard it like: *What's the difference between a weasel and a stoat?* *One is weasliy recognised but the otter is stoatally different*
(the real answer is the stoats have black tail tips!)
Username checks out. Also a noodle mammals.
And longer tails in general.
Take my upvote and get out!
What's the *most weasel*? 🤔
Wolverines.
Sea Otters tryna fight rn Edit: [OH SHIT, HONEY BADGER IS A FUGGIN' WEASIE!!!](https://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg?si=yvenfIYcJLNXbbrg) Nvm, Honey Badger is the most weasel. He's the most mammal. Hell, Honey Badger is the most animal on this whole damned planet.
Never tell a honey badger it isn't the most.
It's gotta be the adamantium skeleton.
Of course!
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He was my avatar on a message board for like a decade! Some asshat signed up years later *and chose the same avatar*. I messaged him and was like "dude...no...change it, there's only a few hundred members here and I've had this for like a decade...you can pick something else"
Ok that made me laugh out loud. 🤣
Here's the thing. You said a "stoat is a weasel." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies mustelids, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls stoats weasels. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "weasel family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Mustilide, which includes things from badgers to stoats to weasels. So your reasoning for calling a stoat a weasel is because random people "call the brown ones otters?" Let's get ferrets and martins in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A weasel is a weasel and a member of the mustilid family. But that's not what you said. You said a it was a baby weasel, some think it is a stoat, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the mustelid family weasels, which means you'd call wolverines, badgers, and other and other weasel like things weasels, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
You're triggering my reddit ptsd
I'm going to leave it up despite people downvoting and not gettting the joke and reference; it took me a bit to modify!
10 years. Its been 10. Years.
I KNOW! There really do have to be people that carry on our spoken stories.
Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man...
What on earth is this a reference to? lol
unidan ~~is~~was a very popular redditor, and scientist that studies crows/corvids They went a bit overboard years ago with this post below; and later got banned for vote manipulation. Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow." Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that. As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing. If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens. So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too. Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't. It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
Ah okay, I remember unidan. Their posts were always making it to the front page. I didn’t know about that particular corvid comment, though, so you just looked…extra passionate rather than satirical. haha
Jokes are hard to tell over the internet sometimes! I apologize for any confusion, but the best jokes are all based around redirection! Be well!
So we have come to the time where people no longer get this reference. It is a sad sad day indeed.
People get it. It's just not funny anymore
My perception was that they did not "get it", funny is a subjective measure as well. I apoligize and welcome you to reddit as I noticed you have a very young account. The best redditors are those that welcome, and thanks for being here and providing the feedback on my comment.
Honestly at this point, the longer it's been, the funnier it is lmao.
Comedy, is best when you make jokes holding hands.
You should probably stop using reddit.
Thank you for your sincere input, reddit is the best place for that sort of thing.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcQJhbi4wpU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcQJhbi4wpU)
I don't think we have shoats in Ohio but we have minks. And they are totally vicious creatures.
Don't people use minks to clean up rat infestations in chicken coops, etc? They're super aggressive, right?
Well I think skunks living under the barn floor is what gets rats. Minks live in water but they are as likely to eat the chickens as the rats. Yes they are like small badgers.
It’s called ferreting. Lots of them use ferrets and greyhounds in combination. They have to do it for bunnies in Europe.
And I *just* got where the term *ferreting it out* came from. 💡Thanks for this.
Stoats ate my chickens. So much of the chicken carcass remains it’s infuriating.
I refuse to believe the cute critters in the pic above could be capable of such... Good day. (kidding, btw...but I am shocked)
IKR?!
Stoats are also violent
The whole Mustelid family can be pretty nasty in general.
Don't make me kick your ass for spreading such lies!!!
Watch out, I may weasel my way out of it!
Yeah it's a nasty crew from top to bottom. It's basically a whole family with the strength and fierceness of a caniform, but the speed and agility of a feliform.
Strength, agility and all that doesn't have anything to do with caniformia or feliformia. The only difference between the two suborders is the structure of the auditory bullae.
With a cute face like this ? Never!
Not the stoats too! I'm still recovering from finding out that sea otters are assholes :(
Road Stoats
Are these fully grown? So smol
Stoats are naturally very small, but the look of their head and legs would suggest they are juveniles. Mom must be having to move house.
We had a family of them living in our garage last summer, they're so absurdly tiny even as adults 🥺😭
I always assumed that they were the size of a ferret.
Nope! [They're much smaller](https://predatorfreenz.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_0294-932x1024.jpg)! Also [stoats will turn white](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc75d83e4afe931ade4f0d8/1616449861856-QH3IVIJYV0BBTYK2R11A/ermine.jpg?format=1500w) (except their little black tail tip) in winter and ferrets don't
Oh wow, I never knew they were that small! I've only ever seen ferrets in real life.
A blessing in itself!
These are actually baby (least) weasels, not stoats. They're closely related and difficult to tell apart, the main differences being that least weasels are somewhat smaller, and that stoats have a distinct black tip to their tail. Also: *[See my post](https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/16a7g97/pair_of_stoats_on_the_road/jz68i8z/)*
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Double awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Triple awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Quadruple awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Stoatally adorable.
Five awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
So smol. Just plop em in your pockets. (Don't actually)
Nice marmot
ve cut off your **johnson**!
He fixes the cable?
the story is ludicrous
What are you, a fucking park ranger now?
Clearly, you are not a golfer.
Total misplay
Get those lil buddies out of the road!
I just made a noise you would never expect to hear from a grumpy 42 year old bearded man
Te he Where yall headed towards big guys
Stoats in the Road Good band name, and they could buy the rights to this pic for the cover of their 1st album. Edit...or Stoats on the Road...whatever works
smol babies
**SIR, PLEASE REMOVE THE WEASELS FROM THE ROAD!** ######**Thank you for your cooperation**
S'toatally awesome
STOATS AND ROAD, STOATS AND ROAD, I GOTTA HAVE ME MY STOATS AND ROAD.
Elf on the Shelf is so 2019. 2023 is all about Stoats in the Road.
What's next, goats on the boat?
I want to see a pair of stoats riding a goat sitting on a boat floating in a moat.
I said awwww…then I read about them. Vicious little animals.
They're not particularly vicious, unless the only people you talk to are chicken farmers that hold grudges. They're completely normal carnivores and have more than their fair share of redeeming qualities. They're very playful animals and can be quite friendly.
*Stoats on the road, Where'd they come from? Nobody knows, Where they'll go...*
Kodo and Podo looking for trouble
Came in here expecting inscryption, not disappointed
Hard to believe these boys are parked. I expect they are normally constantly moving at the speed of light.
This is perfection. I would die if I came across these stoats. They're so dang cute.
What an absolute superb picture! Well done and thanks for sharing 🙂
Great, now I have two guys who keep bothering me about my play style
Is…is this a metaphor?
What's the bands name of this album cover?
I thought they were weasels at first... Then I realised they were stotaly different.
My whole life I thought "stoat" was just a word made up by Monty Python. Next you're going to tell me that voles are real too!
I melt. So cute. 
fuck yeah
Stroad
I like how stout the stoats are.
🎶All in All, you’re just a Pair of Stoats in the Road…🎶
Stoats killed my chickens. They waste so much of the bird it’s sickening.
But they sure are cute!
Just discovered something: Stoat = Kitten x Baby Otter
Pokemon graphic is so realistic now.
Stoats Magoats
Oh so that's a stoat. I had been wondering while I was playing Inscryption.
Weirdos!! I run into these creatures all the time, yet I never knew they were called stoats. I've always called them weirdos, so weirdos they will stay lol
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The title sounds like something you would eat at a small place in Scotland
Aww I want some road stoats
You better lift off litte stoats! Get out of the road!
Those teeny tiny tails are adorable. Cute little land otter.
Perfect. One for each hand to pet.
💙💙
Looks like if stuffed animals came to life.
"Stoats...Stoats.." "Stoats are weasels, Bart - they don't come in cans" "Must you embarass me?"
World's cutest species of vicious predator.
So q00t
I need these pocket stoats!
Nice marmot
never heard of a stoat before but omg theyre so cute
Adorbs
The cute aggression is real right now
AWWWWW
I would take them as my pet
Don't be fooled, Brian Jacques has exposed the evil nature of these critters.
Stoats on the road is the name of my Jazz band
J WILL DIE FOR THEN DONT EVEN TRY RUNNING THRN OVER OH MY DIOS I LOVE THRM DO MUCH HOLY SHIT I. NEED. ONE. OMG YES
Cool dogs
2 questions. 1. What is a stoat? 2. Where do I get one?
Copy paste
Aw! They're just a couple babies!!
So cute! Little itty bitty gremlins!
How adorable!
Now THAT is a road.
Get outta the road stoats
Stoats on the Roads = the new 'Elf on the Shelf'?
This picture is stoats ahead.
Theyre just sooo middle of the road.
They’re so cute 🥹
It's dangerous being out on the road, the cameraman should drop everything and make a Stoat moat! Oh, side note! They should make it big enough to let a boat float... TA-DA!
What did they want?
These stoats are Magnificus
They better moved or they’ll be rolled stoats.
Tracy Morgan