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Beetle Bros (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 weeks ago (11 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] 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 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!

[–] bazus1 3 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 2 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 3 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] AnUnusualRelic 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 1 points 3 weeks ago

I do have a few swimming pools

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