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reasons mastodon elephant is named florence:
1. starts with F which stands for federation
2. it's a good name
3. i called dibs on naming her (source: cybre.space/@HTHR/999513635607)
4. she looks like a florence

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masto elephant is named florence pass it on

every instance this toot touches gives florence more strength

@jordyd i don't know what that means, so not me

@HTHR I feel personally honored to hear that the Mastodon elephant mascot is named after my maternal grandmother Florence, who was born on the first of July 1900 and lived through most of 1999, assuring me that there would be no Y2K problem.

@HTHR does that make mastodon as an entirity 'Florence and The Machine'?

@HTHR Plus, a Masto instance is Florence and a Machine.

@HTHR it doesnt matter if I already did the thing, like if you get in the front before you call shotgun you still get the front

@zeezeemoomoo that's fair -- it is out of my hands at this point though. we will see which name... will name..... in the name

@HTHR basically you did the exact same joke as me but because you have a ridiculously high follower account your toots can go viral easier :/

@zeezeemoomoo i'm sorry that i didn't see your joke, but at this point people have taken it to the point where deleting my post won't stop folks from calling her florence. there's not really anything i can do.

@HTHR The name of Florence is excellen, but surely... it's not a mastdon elephant, it's just a mastodon?

@HTHR Elephant friend is what people are still saying.

@HTHR Florence is ok, but isn't that name already taken by a city or something?

@Wayves every name's taken by something else

@HTHR Yeah I guess so. Besides, Florence is a lot easier to say than something like eiedjfhbtie