Azul Crescent's silly scribbles
I'll never stop being amused at the idea that "tea" is also means "gossip."
this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2025
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I think they're trying to reference "spilling the tea" i.e. gossip. Never seen it as "having tea", and I can see why; it's confusing.
You don't have any tea to spill?
I watch over my tea like a british colonialist. Not a drop spilled. Not even for Christmas. Damn good thrashing is what you lot deserves.
It’s tough but fair.
Lol, well, I'm an American. I'll just throw your British tea into a damn harbor, because I can't afford your damn tea. Guess I could've just stolen it, on second thought, rather than... throwing it in the harbor. Shit. We really are a bunch of tea wasters. My bad.
Of course, this means war ol' chap. Wheres's my thrashing cane?!
Yeah. If Azul would have gone for “I like knowing the ‘tea’🤫” the punch🧃 might have landed.
I'd go with "Sometimes it spills. Delightful!"
Why make a new expression when we already have "spill the beans"? Can we stop wasting so much food‽
There's no use crying over spilt milk.
In Renaissance era high society, a tea party is often the place where rumors brews. So basically, "having tea" implies discussing the latest rumors.
The etymology is from “t”, being short for “truth”.
I looked into it, and you seem to be right.
Did renaissance even know about tea?
Tea began to be commercially imported in Europe around the early 1600s.
Ok, That's technically still the renaissance.
This guy kinda looks like Reese from ODS.
My dad owns these streets
Presumably that's a reference, but I don't get it, sorry.
Something Reece used to say back in the older ODS vids
Oh, I see. I never watched the older ones. I'm honestly still not sure whether I like them, but I like some of their (newer) videos.
Thanks for explaining, as well as teaching me how to correctly spell his name!
It's actually Reice. We both had it wrong 😂
I was going off of the subtitles so that makes sense.
I bet if we keep trying we can come up with further incorrect spellings.
I'm having a cup of orange pekoe right now.
Oh BTW, have you heard? @sundray@lemmus.org likes fancy pom poms!
😮 🫢
And I mean pom poms like pomeranians! 🤫
It's true, I can't resist a fancy pom 😍 !
I like to wear pomeranians as well. Very nice in the winter. But why multiple, is someone too fancy for the brown end?
I didn't get this until I read the description, so thank you for providing that.
On a related note, you might like T, but I like U.
😊
I like eating tea.
I like spilling it. 💅