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Natural selection has no plan (lemm.ee)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What was the technical term for this? Something like crabbification but more fancy

[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

10/10 Wikipedia rabbit hole right there. Like a delightful snack.

[–] voodooattack 8 points 5 months ago

Just recovered from that honeypot. Holy shit.

[–] RizzRustbolt 7 points 5 months ago

Like a crabcake?

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

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Carcinisation. Presumably rooted in the Cancer crab constellation.

[–] Reddfugee42 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Lol, the term and the constellation both refer to the ~~Latin~~ Greek word for crab

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

That makes perfect sense and 2 seconds of thinking about it probably would have led me to that conclusion. Thanks for the clarification.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Man. Even the damn stars are turning into crabs.

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

Also a carcinogen is something that gives you crabs.