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[-] Darohan@lemmy.zip 77 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

Sutcliffe lookin at his mandibles like

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year 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 47 points 1 year 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 40 points 1 year ago

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

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 14 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] Pilon23@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago

I do have a few swimming pools

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago

What about plankton? Aren't they animals?

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 year ago
[-] Jesus_666@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

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

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Oh then I guess...

Let it be, let it beee ee (tle)

[-] Okokimup@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] tja@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Kafka knew it

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

How long till it's a crab?

[-] bazus1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] merari42@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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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