Post AbtydWNhEpj4A6pWlM by BrianBinh@dice.camp
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 (DIR) Post #AbtydUYxzxYKWU5V3I by BrianBinh@dice.camp
       2023-09-20T19:31:30Z
       
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       'Tis the season, so I'm thinking about #vampires. In Bram Stoker's "Dracula", he repeatedly refers to the garlic used to ward off vampires as "flowers". Dr Van Helsing has them delivered from the Netherlands, where they know about growing flowers from bulbs. When Lucy wears a necklace of garlic, it isn't a string of papery white bulbs like you might have in your pantry for cooking. She has a garland of these blooms.
       
 (DIR) Post #AbtydWNhEpj4A6pWlM by BrianBinh@dice.camp
       2023-09-20T19:40:06Z
       
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       Also, it isn't the 1890s anymore. If you're going to hunt vampires, please obtain a permit and obey the legal limits. Despite a brief period of recovery in the mid-20th century, wild vampire populations have dwindled to historic lows due to poachers and the prevalence of UV blacklights in Goth nightclubs.