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Beetle Bros (mander.xyz)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 75 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Paul, John, George, and Ringo were 4 friends, and they were all Beatles, so I think they might have skewed this data a little?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Sutcliffe lookin at his mandibles like

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I don't think those 4 friends ever worked with Eric Burdon, Hilton Valentine, Chas Chandler, Alan Price, or John Steel actually, so the data probably isn't being affected.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They choose to be beetles... we should distinguish generically assigned from chosen traits.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Some are born beetles, some achieve beetleness and some have beetleness thrust upon them.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Isn't it one in every four different animals that are beetles? I'd imagine if you picked four random animals they'd mainly be nematodes. Or if it's by mass they'd be humans and cows!

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pedantry is always important! I would argue that ants would be selected over humans by both mass and population

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ah, I was thinking of this xkcd but it's land mammals only!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I did some low-effort Googling and now I’m seeing that maybe some sea critters like krill have the highest non-bacteria biomass.

Either way, none of these are beetles!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But biomass shouldn't be relevant here, right? Individual numbers determine how many friends you might potentially have.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Keep arguing folks, i'm learning so much that i never knew i needed to learn. Quickly turning into my favourite community here <3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The takeaway message: to maximize your number of potential friends, focus on making invertebrate friends and don't bother with the few billion humans ;)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

The world truly belongs to bacteria, and we're just along for the ride.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm considering the hovertext and I consider the pounds of bacteria in me to be Me. How are we dividing this out?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You'll have to have a referendum, consulting each bacterium and asking if they identify as part of the collective known as "you" or as an independent organism

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I am no anarcho-syndicalist commune a watery bint lobbed a scimitar at me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Do the bacteria in you consider you to be one of them (so to speak), or are you just a cruise ship?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I do have a few swimming pools

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What about plankton? Aren't they animals?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Marine plankton include bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa, microscopic fungi, and drifting or floating animals that inhabit the saltwater of oceans and the brackish waters of estuaries

Apparently they're all sorts!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is kafkaesque

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

One day Gregor Samsa woke up and realized he had at least three friends.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Oh then I guess...

Let it be, let it beee ee (tle)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Pssh, look who's bragging about having three entire friends.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

1 out of every four species on the planet is a beetle. Category counts =/= population size.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Think of 3 of your favorite species. If none of them are beetles, you're a beetle.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

No, i am just living in a bubble and all my friends are basically the same.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

google is just making sure no one uses a old browser that still supports ad blocking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Kafka knew it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

How long till it's a crab?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Oh no, now I feel like I have awoken from turbulent dreams and find myself suddenly transformed into a beetle.