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[-] grue@lemmy.world 77 points 1 month ago

You if bugs didn't exist:

(Grasses are angiosperms and rely on bugs to reproduce.)

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

FTFT:

Me if all bugs went on vacation one week in summer.

[-] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Grasses are angiosperms and rely on bugs to reproduce

Even mosquitoes? Please tell me we can live without them.

[-] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

You dislike mosquitos all you want. Some species rely on them. There's always something. They exist for a reason.

Alternatively you can just install screen doors, wear long sleeves, and use mosquito repellent.

[-] unique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

They exist because they reproduce faster than they die. The fact that they are necessary for some other species is irrelavant to their existance. Such a claim only really makes sense for plants and animals that people farm.

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Some male mosquitoes pollinate flowering plants, but most grasses don't make flowers so grasses atleast probably don't rely on mosquitoes. But who knows, I'm not a grass-ologist.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Grass does make flowers; they're just typically really small (unless it's something we've bred to be big, like corn or wheat).

For example, bermudagrass in flower:

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck, I was right: I'm really not a grass-ologist

[-] Sandouq_Dyatha@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

white people do be invasive, she could've said "me if bugs didn't crawl on me" or something like that, but no, straight up aiming for the nonexistence of an important family of animals

[-] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago
[-] Sandouq_Dyatha@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Krakkker Krakkker Krakkker Krakkker

[-] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

White people are the most oppressed group change my mind ๐Ÿค“

[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 8 points 1 month ago

Ecosystem collapse

[-] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I feel itchy just from looking at this

[-] Owlboi@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

imagine if you could remove bugs from existence and anything that relies on them for food or reproduction such as birds and plants develops alternatives for it.

what a nice place earth would be

[-] embed_me@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

But bugs are awesome so no thanks ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ‘

[-] Owlboi@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

getting rid of mosquitos alone would save a million people every other year ๐Ÿฅ€

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Bugs are bioengineering masterpieces.

The most recent Zefrank video is a great example of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spuO7OpS6zw

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

No bugs to cuddle up with? Try snakes!

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I hate bugs. Well, more so fear them irrationally, not hate.

But when I am enjoying the outdoors, I do much better with them. Thats their turf, I get it. I also expect them there.

But i see one inside at home or work or somewhere else, whew boy ima screech embarrassingly loud.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Me if loratadine didnโ€™t exist.

[-] enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Damn that antihistamine, preventing good hardworking people from being able to enjoy laying in the grass!!1

[-] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

bugs won't exist if you can just do it right the first time

this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2025
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