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[-] Darohan@lemmy.zip 75 points 10 months ago

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

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Sutcliffe lookin at his mandibles like

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 10 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.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 46 points 10 months ago

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!

[-] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 10 months ago

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

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 13 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 10 months ago

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!

[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Pilon23@feddit.dk 2 points 10 months ago

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

[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 2 points 10 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 ;)

[-] bazus1@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I do have a few swimming pools

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 10 months ago

What about plankton? Aren't they animals?

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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!

[-] RobotFK 22 points 10 months ago
[-] Jesus_666@feddit.de 7 points 10 months ago

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

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

Oh then I guess...

Let it be, let it beee ee (tle)

[-] Okokimup@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

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

[-] bazus1@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Kafka knew it

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] tja@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

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

[-] merari42@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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

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