this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2025
485 points (99.0% liked)

Memes

8960 readers
1185 users here now

Post memes here.

A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


Laittakaa meemejä tänne.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] MTK 109 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Theory: symbiotic relationship. mermaids produce excessive milk at all life stages so the starfish drink it making the starfish well feed and the mermaid milked (which is important in over production of milk)

You are welcome.

[–] sylver_dragon 21 points 2 days ago

Alternate Theory: Mermaid babies look like starfish. That "bra" is actually the normal process for mermaids to carry and feed their young.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I decided unilaterally that this is canon. Bring in the lorebooks gents we got some corrections and addendums to make.

Edit: wait so we stabilised that mermaids are ovviviparrous and mammals, like a platipus? The evolution tree needs a few reconsiderations maybe

[–] Whats_your_reasoning 42 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I always figured mermaids would be more like cetaceans than fish. Having scales on their tails would be inaccurate, but breathing air, growing hair, and having a horizontal tail fluke are all in-line with mammals/cetaceans.

Not to mention, it would mean mermaids would have regular genitals (albeit hidden inside a genital fold, to increase hydrodynamics.) It would also mean they’d have normal placental pregnancies.

So that’s, uhh… a thing to consider.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This may very well be the weirdest comment I've ever upvoted

[–] Whats_your_reasoning 14 points 2 days ago

I'm glad to be of service.

[–] MTK 10 points 3 days ago

Umm man had sex with a fish and some very very unlikely offsprings endedup being the humans of the sea and so they dominating it.

What evolution do you need?