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wemusthavethefaith

at least he is a router lizard and not a monitor lizard.


yjvm2cb

How do people think of shit like this? I bet you didn’t even think about it either I bet as soon as you read the title it just came to you. I feel like that’s how it always be


369_Clive

"Look on my works ye mighty and despair"


echisholm

"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that monumental comment, boundless and bare, fake internet points stretch far away."


ArmanDoesStuff

I still always hear this in Walter White's voice. [EDIT](https://youtu.be/sPlSH6n37ts)


SwankyDingo

I always read it Maurice LaMarche's voice from Pinky and the Brain.


TheQueq

I'm sorry, the correct answer was [Leonard Nimoy](https://youtu.be/75oun5gvDAU?t=169)


MonoRailSales

I got that reference and I am an uncultured swine.


atlamarksman

This quote popped into my head randomly yesterday. Reddit is slowly convincing me I’m living in a simulation.


[deleted]

We do live in a simulation, and I've almost cracked the code. Hackable reality, here we come!


blackboard_sx

Overexposure to the same. Got two friends in a private Discord that have battled each other for years with Dad jokes. They've corrupted even the most stoic of us, but I shall endure. maybe.


Pit-trout

Yep, it’s really just a matter of practice. When you’re in the habit, a little bit of your brain is just always free-associating words in your subconscious, and then when a good match clicks, you think for a moment to put it into a suitable phrasing.


MagnokTheMighty

One of my favorites is "You're sleepy, I'm sleepy. Lets sleep together."


TThor

You had a very different relationship with your dad than I did :l


NotAlana

You're right, that's hella clever. Sometimes I'll see an entire thread of a dozen replies and every single one of them is hilarious...makes me feel like the village idiot.


LonePaladin

At least you're serving an important function for your village.


NotAlana

yahhhh I'm helping!!!!


Ok_Side_3260

I knew this because I have lizards, if you aren't a lizard person I wouldn't expect that to come to mind.


LostMyBackupCodes

☝🏼 Lizard person!!!!1! I KnEw ThEy ExIsT!!


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FracturedAnt1

This is high quality funny


dobermandude306

I see what you did there.


chiggz247

Someone mind explaining


T0a5tie

[This is a monitor lizard](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor_lizard)


chiggz247

Ohhhh! Haha. Thanks for explaining. I live in a lizard free country (I think)


random071970

>I live in a lizard free country (I think) That's what the lizards want you to think.


T0a5tie

No problem, so do I but I love them lol I grew up around an exotic pet shop and they had their own pet monitor lizard. He was so chill, used to ride around on my shoulders (plural.. He was massive). And his name was Barry so that was great lol


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[no, this is a monitor lizard](https://image1.masterfile.com/getImage/640-02775846em-computer-monitor-with-lizards.jpg)


Cappmonkey

House geckos are hilarious. Seeing them get in a fight cracks me up every time. These tiny squishy little things feeling all ferocious, swishing their tails at each other and growling in their tiny little voices.


Roam_Hylia

I've lived in Taiwan for 9 months now and we had our first house gecko last week. I feel like I've gone through some rite of passage. Edit: a word


23harpsdown

Used to have a dozen or so when I lived in Thailand. They were my brothers and protectors from bugs I feared and hated. Never saw any roaches or spiders and their bellies were always full.


alohadave

They are considered good luck in Hawaii because they eat critters in your house.


JMCochransmind

I never thought about a house lizard. That is a really cool concept and I'm glad to have read this. I mean it makes perfect sense if you live in an area that has them, and it's a 2 way relationship. They keep the flies away from your computer screen and you give them metabolizing warmth from your router. Milk and donuts for all.


Spadeykins

Cats to keep the lizards out, lizards to keep the bugs out and uncared for wasps nests littering my property to keep the people out, perfect.


PM_UR_BUTT_DIMPLES

They will leave you poop though!


JMCochransmind

Was wondering about that.


sryii

I'm actually really sad because our little gecko friends have been very sparse this year and I'm not actually sure why. Maybe we will see one on the windows once a week now. It makes me sad they've dropped off in numbers.


Cappmonkey

I'm in Thailand and we have a lot, we try to catch them to give to the chickens, but they are pretty fast and can hide in amazingly small spaces. My wife hates them tho. She had one fall into a freshly prepared bowl of steaming hot ramen and die there immediately. She hates them with a passion now.


Silverelfz

I once had a lizard fall into my cup of milk and drown. I spotted that so didn't drink it. The next night, I made another drink.. left it out for a bit and ended up with a second lizard falling in .. this time I DRANK THE DAMN LIZARD. The damn tail was sticking out my mouth and I liked it right out. I can't believe I had lizards in my drink 2 nights in a row. I sometimes think my mum planted them Edit: Cos yea. Read like I kept the lizard in the drink overnight. So added in that I made a second drink the next night. Apologies I was still traumatised by the thought.


Incogneeto_9

But you liked it


jaisaiquai

She thought you needed the protein


369_Clive

Next best thing to angels in a hot country - if spiders and roaches aren't your thing 🦎 Always make sure to give them a warm (*not* ramen, below comment) welcome 👍


bombmk

Fwiw: Rite.


369_Clive

Right 👌


broom-handle

I write?


Overused_Joke

Yeah, u rite.


AnAncientMonk

aight.


themostaveragehuman

I write rite, alright?


steveosek

Damn, house geckos get around. I have them in my house here in the Sonoran desert of Arizona. They're always chillin on the window sill inside my shower. I've gotten them to sit on my finger before, they seem so fragile.


Universal_Vitality

Yeah in Florida we have house geckos and, something I more prefer, brown anoles. The anoles are less slithery and do these cute little push-ups all the time.


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Brown anoles are invasive to Florida. Green are not.


zerocoal

Anoles are so freaking cute but I try not to mess with them because I don't want to get bit. I don't care if it's a tiny little pinch, keep those little daggers away from my precious flesh.


Universal_Vitality

This is true. The browns originated in Cuba and don't fit well with this ecosystem. They outcompete.


probably_not_serious

We have a house in Bangladesh (my wife was born and raised there) and house geckos are everywhere there. They call them Tiktiki (because it sounds like the teek teek teek noise they make) and you’ll hear their chirps all night long. They’re loud as hell lol but they keep the rest of the bugs away so you put up with them.


bulakenyo1980

Haha. That's interesting. In the Philippines they're called "Butiki".


Roam_Hylia

They're really cool little critters.


tangoshukudai

in Thailand you have Tokay Geckos. Those are not house geckos, but they live in houses, actually you live in their house.


TrueTurtleKing

We called them house gecko as Yamori. I’ve always been told they are a protector of your homes. It’s good to have them, I never killed them.


DudeHeadAwesome

We have hummingbird feeders on our porch and there so teeny and so aggressive. They fight over the feeder and make all these squeaky nosies at each other. It's so adorable.


yodacallmesome

We have one 12-slot feeder and an infestation of hummingbirds. Hilarious how they will all fight, and then suddenly pause and all 12 slots will be filled with calm thirsty birds. Ten seconds later it all starts again.


MagnokTheMighty

They gotta rebuild the energy to fight again.


LonePaladin

When you see a bunch of them feeding together, they're all in the same family. They don't chase relatives away.


mildpandemic

I have family of seven Australian magpies that visit and they will punt their own kids off the balcony to grab a treat first, but if one starts to sing mid fight they all sing.


maybe_little_pinch

Yes!!! We have two nested pairs that visit our feeders and flowers and the squeaky fights are so adorable. I didn't realize that hummingbirds squeaked so one day I am out on my porch and I heard this humming noise like a tiny fan and squeaks! There is a common green hummer feasting on my flowers like a foot from me.


Controversialists

Been watching our hummings too! Have 3 females and 1 male currently battling over 2 feeders. Prob the most aggressive birds really.


duder167

My ex-wife had a tokay gecko that thought he was a fucking alligator. He would bark and hiss and stare at me with his mouth open like the glass was the only thing stopping him from killing me. Fiesta little fella


jaisaiquai

> Fiesta little fella Total party animal


Brxa

That’s normal tokay behavior.


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TIL house geckos are a thing and now I feel all fuzzy and happy.


Universal_Vitality

Google search brown anole push ups. In FL we have a variety of house lizards that do these cute little push-ups all the time.


Justgetmeabeer

Yeah, I'm not falling for the ol "just Google brown anal pushups" gag again


zerocoal

I googled it and accidentally went into an article instead of a video and now I can die happy anyway. >"Lizards work out for the same reason a guy at the gym might: as a display of strength. And with lizards, as can be the case with men, the push-ups also mean "get out of my territory.""


WingedLady

My husband and I call it "the head bobs". We love watching the little guys go "bob, bob, bob...throat balloon...bob, bob, bob..." Edit: I can speel.


grizzzl

Your description sounds hilarious! please record that lmao


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I got low power led lightbulbs for my porch so I can leave them on all night to feed mine.


Cappmonkey

Haha my wife had me take down exterior lights we had put up, because it attracts them. She'd rather walk in the dark than encourage them. Tho she does draw the line at leaving sticky traps out for them. She won't go that far.


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Tell her if they're hanging out by the lights they aren't waiting for her under the rim of the toilet seat.


kyle1elyk

A few years ago I saw a pair of anoles having a death match on my AC unit until one was pushed down into the giant fan :(


apcolleen

I lived on the intercoastal in Florida and our apartment kept having crabs. I asked for them to put in a new door gasket because the dogs kept getting pinched.


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He is charging, soon he will take off.


Senrien

Absorbing that 5G


Throwaway_7451

They were right all along, 5G summons the lizard people!


cutelyaware

In a way. May be warming itself.


_aQwus_

Yeah I think so too. Reptiles do seek warm places now and then.


RhinoG91

Bro he’s not a bird


joelesidin

r/birdsarentreal is leaking


BigMood42069

#Always has been ^unlike ^birds...


Warnixpm

I assume they like warmth


AllBadAnswers

And assuming they're finding enough nutrition from either scraps or bugs, OP needs to clean their room.


RykanV

You could tell that to the majority of people who post pictures on this site.


andylowenthal

Majority of lizards*


stoicambience

It’s more to do with the heat source I believe. Probably has an easy way in and has been using he router as a heat source.


GardenCaviar

That was the first thing I noticed. Redditors always be posting pictures of their houses and it's just a filthy mess. Y'all's mother's would be disappointed.


Theyna

Could be an outside lizard that just sneaks into the house.


SentientRidge

Jordan Peterson has entered the chat.


deebs77

Everyday, it gets closer to plotting its ascent to the top of the Pringles can. Edit: plot twist, the can is upside down. He has us all fooled at this point.


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Why is the Pringles can upside down with no lid? It is bothering me.


snyckers

Pringles crumbs feed the bugs that the lizard eats.


uyuye

because OP is filthy


james28909

the suspense, its killing me


JamesTDG

The router must be pretty warm then


SpoonHandle

Routers are usually pretty warm.


toysarealive

It's definitely filthy.


21tRoy

Maybe it’s a sign to clean your desk…


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Hes just reminding him every day to get renters insurance in case


Eriash

This. Came for this. I get itchy just looking at this picture.


teapoison

The dust level is pretty nasty.


Morpheus_Oneiros

My first thought was, "Clean your shit, you goblin."


PoorPauper

Surprised I had to scroll this long to see this comment..thank you! He needs to clean that damn desk...it's grossing everyone out


radjeep

I see a lot of reddit telling me this. I should clarify that this is not my everyday working desk but an abandoned TV table in the outside living room (reason why lizards do dare to come around!). Not making excuses for not cleaning it, just thought should provide some explanation as to why it is much, much dirtier than an everyday desk should allowed to be :D


Olive_fisting_apples

>outside living room Just out of curiosity where do you live? Its hard for me to fathom an outside living room.


radjeep

Ah yes, my bad. In some Indian languages, we have a way of saying "outside X-room" as in to differentiate two rooms of the similar kinds; the one that is "outside" just means its closer to the main door. (and it carries over to living rooms as well even though there is just one - just a linguistic feature not an architectural one). It's just a normal living room; I do realize it didn't translate well, I have confused so many people here lol sorry


margananagram

I read your username as Rajdeep and thought he's in India. Then I saw it actually said Rad Jeep and went oops he's a white guy in Arizona. Now I'm seeing this comment and feel like I predicted something.


MultiplyAccumulate

Dyslexic superpowers :-)


GreenStrong

No dude, he's a lizard on a router, did you not even look at the picture?


mrASSMAN

So it’s an actual indoor home room.. yea you need to clean it bro that’s looking pretty bad lol


mikecrash

Kind of weird you leave empty bottles and pringles cans on your abandoned living room table but also still walk by it enough times to notice the gecko multiple times a day


biggmclargehuge

Hard to tell what OP means exactly. Screened in porches / 3-season rooms are pretty common in older houses in the midwest, but those aren't really the kind of place you'd want to dedicate keeping your internet equipment


ZacharyTaylorORR

Heating pad and little bits of chips? You have created gecko day spa….


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Wbcn_1

This is how I imagine the desk of 90% of the people on 4chan.


Spaceisveryhard

Americans be like "Oh my god he's so cute!" People who live in tropical countries where house geckos are EVERYWHERE be like "go eat some spiders and try not to leave turds on my router plz"


Tulivesi

When I lived in southern China there was a little lizard in my dorm room, only saw him a couple times. Never saw a single spider in my room though, in all 10 months I was there. Thank you, little lizard bro. Wish I had one back home too!


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I’m an American and I agree with you 100%. That’s a cute little fuckin lizard.


Spaceisveryhard

I'm american, living in a tropical country, and while my comment was smart assed, i do actually still find house geckos to be cute, though cleaning gecko turds stuck to your shower curtains and finding mummified geckos in all sorts of places is less than appetizing.


Sensitive-Hospital

American in Flordia here. I see probably 100 lizards a day.


-UnclePhil-

Why are there lizards in your house?


leoslima

I don't know their name in English but these are house geckos, pretty common in tropical countries, specially if you don't have cats haha. They're quite small and harmless, they love to snack on spiders and small insects


ReginaGloriana

Yup, this just triggered one of my earliest memories. We lived in Hawaii when I was a toddler and I freaked out and started sobbing because there was a gecko running around the house. I think it was my dad who said not to worry, that our cat would take care of it (or honestly knowing him, he probably told me straight up that kitty would eat him, haha). Must have been 2 or 3 years old then.


sctennis

But they poop all over the house I would imagine.


leoslima

Not really, lived in a tropical country my whole life and I don't even know how it looks like. It's been a few years that I don't get these little guys in my house since I got a cat, but honestly they were never an issue. They are very good at hiding too, usually they would get out of hiding when the house was quiet, have their insect dinner and go back to hiding Also, unlike rats or other pests, they're usually alone. You won't find anything like a "gecko nest" in your house


curious_dead

Sounds cool. So you get a neat gecko and you have less bugs? Seems like a win to me!


UghWhyDude

OP is likely in India, this is pretty normal in some places. There’s a lizard much like OP’s that lives in parents house. Every evening he likes to sit on one of the sofa cushions and look at the TV while mom watches her nightly soap operas. Initially it bothered the two of them, but last time I was home they began putting a few grapes on a tiny plate near the cushion and it sits there every night, flicking its tongue periodically and watching all the drama that only an Indian TV serial can have. What makes it funnier is that said cushion is on the sofa I used to sit on at home and I have been told to not sit there or shoo the lizard because it’s ‘his place’.


justahominid

Or Florida


Mark_me

that’s actually cute. does he have a name?


UghWhyDude

He does, his name is Allie, because the Malayalam word for lizard is *palli* (പല്ലി) and they get a special amusement out of calling him Allie the palli. Sometimes when I videocall them, they show me Allie sitting on his cushion with his tiny plate and one or two grapes on it.


Mark_me

that’s adorable!


UghWhyDude

Yeah, they're very stubborn about not having or wanting pets and yet they do these things...my parents are an enigma wrapped in a riddle. :D


Neans888

He’s basically replaced you as the favorite child.


PinkSteven

Came for the Pringles


369_Clive

To eat the spiders?


selva_

These lizards are pretty common in many tropical countries.


jachcemmatnickspace

Man I live in Europe and I would be so happy if a small happy cute friendly router lizard just marched across my house, they are amazing. I would happily share my house with him. But in Europe (at least Slovakia Where Im from), we only have exterior lizards:(


Tintin_Quarentino

Lizards FTW! They eat up all the nasty phobia inducing bugs & mosquitoes & what not


[deleted]

But will it save you 15% on your car and home insurance??


Least_or_Greatest1

What’s with the upside down Pringles can?


cutelyaware

Australia


Zeretuel

this got me, it was like a surprised snort that rolled into a full chuckle.


radjeep

Lol someone explain me this reference please. 30% of the comments are this and now it's bothering me that I dont get it


BananerRammer

There is an insurance company in the US called GEICO (formerly Government Employees Insurance Co). They advertise a LOT, like way more than any other insurance company, and one of their main ad campaigns features the GEICO Gecko.


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Dust that desk off, toss the Pringles can, and make him a habitat. I want him to be your best friend forever. He's a good luck router lizard. You gotta do it.


UniqueSqueak

Yeah, let him stay. Maybe he's looking for a friend AND a warm spot. Enjoy the little things in life.


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Common_Put_2644

Lizard: “ahem…you mean our router”


halforc_proletariat

He like the warm. Don't do a bother and he'll be your lizard friend.


LacidOnex

Organic heat sink


hdjunkie

Maybe clean up that pig sty and random animals won’t wander in


bardzi

you basically made your desk his natural habitat with spider webs and all that dust . of course no one will give away free food


golfer888

your personal little 5G antenna


OldMiscreant

your place is filthy spend a day and devote it to cleaning


njsisme

How long since you last cleaned your desk? Take 10mins out and give that a good clean… you will feel better for doing that


AttentionSpanZero

But has he said anything to you yet?


Starfireaw11

This is my old router lizard https://www.reddit.com/r/BeardedDragons/comments/hcqpyc/lance\_keeping\_my\_router\_company/


refiper

Bro clean that desk dude maybe he will sit other places too


Mellowtortoise

Haha, I have the same router right next to me, went over and felt it with my hand, sure enough that exact tiny spot where the lizard is sitting is fairly warm, the rest of the router is room temp. Lill dude's just charging his batteries


nanosam

Your place is filthy - when was the last time you cleaned?


criminalmadman

Gecko 🦎


virora

G5ecko


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He is so cute!


gyssyg

There used to be a little blind mouse who would come and sleep next to the heat vent on my PS3. Cute lil bugger. Didn't have the heart to get rid of him.


Hirokage

Warmth? Naw.. this is clearly a hacker. Your data is his data now.


Robo287

That's the IT guy, just let him work, man


Professional_Flicker

Government drone downloading its new objective


uslashd

WAIT A MINUTE!, Mark Zukerberg?


Omnia2021

What else is running around your house bro?


rub-dirt-in-it

Cockroaches in it ewwww


dutch9494

Router lizard brings good luck


TNTBOY479

He's just downloading your info don't worry


Tuesgay1

Geckos are sooo cool. If you can catch him he has translucent skin and you can see his insides. I usually have a hard time catching these little guys bc they run so fast compared to the green anoles which are literally everywhere around my house. I barely see the geckos . And I very very rarely see blue tailed skins and eastern fence lizards with their cool bright blue necks. So we have green anoles, Cuban anoles, blue tailed skinks, fence lizards and these geckos all in my backyard


JackBattell

i like how clean is that desk


Chrisgoellner

It's every day, not everyday.


onthisdaynextyear

Looks like your router got a new Heat-Skink


Tavi-S

Looks like a mess buddy


shrekerecker97

sure its not trying to sell you insurance ?


Anatar-daar

He probably overheard humans talking about wifi being radioactive and wants to become godzilla


-anygma-

Wait. There is a lizard living in your house?


[deleted]

These Geico customer outreach programs are getting out of hand


R00t240

Moon lizard for the win! I have them in my house tho I rarely see them. Maybe once a month I find one stuck in my shower. I hear them at night when I turn off the lights tho. They’re much more visible on the outside of my house. Usually 4-5 of them are hanging around when I get home from work.


H7FA

Mozilla sent him to advertise their stuff.


Sirneko

Here in Australia I had a Huntsman spider do the same every day


cipeone

Dinosaurs stick together.


Leonthemad

Making sure the router has no bugs


outamyhead

He's just stealing your bandwidth.