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Cats, and apparently capybaras are an invasive species on social media. I don't hate them or anything but they show up everywhere in places they have new business being.

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[–] slazer2au 59 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There are no native species that they are disrupting to be classified as invasive.

[–] linearchaos -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Maybe if there are not native species, they are invasive by default?

[–] slazer2au 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The only native species on the internet are bugs but the cats don't seem to care for them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

They're just here for the mouse. And the ergonomically comfy keyboard!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

non-native doesn't automatically mean invasive.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe 22 points 3 months ago
[–] Rhynoplaz 16 points 3 months ago

SO many cats! But still not nearly enough...

[–] jimmydoreisalefty 12 points 3 months ago

What a Catastrophe!

I think people just like showing off their pets.

[–] RebekahWSD 10 points 3 months ago

Because cats are all little babies and I love every single one! I understand it could get annoying if one was only accepting of cats instead of adoring.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If you got a problem with capybaras then you got a problem with me, and I suggest you let that shower marinate for a while, bud.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

As they should be

[–] over_clox 5 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

They are the necessary mental respite between the headlines and bullshit. Working as intended.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

The best kind of invasive!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Okay what happened with capybara's on the internet, what did I miss?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

There have been quite a few cute capybaras on the internet lately, still fewer than cats.

Btw, the only time to use an apostrophe for a plural is for the plural of a lowercase letter:

Strawberry is spelled with 3 r's.

That's because otherwise it's too confusing, especially in a case like:

Individual is spelled with 3 i's.

where is would look like the word is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah shoot, my language (Dutch) always uses an apostrophe for +s plurals if it ends on a vowel (telefoon > telefoons, but auto > auto's)

I've noticed I use those apostrophes too often in English, maybe because of this.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I learned something interesting about Dutch today, thanks!

[–] linearchaos 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They've been all over Instagram and TikTok. People have found the most personable and presentable capybaras. I actually came here to post this from that post.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Instagram and TikTok

Ah, that's what I've missed! I thought it was a Lemmy thing and was wondering where the hell the capybara posts were since I didn't see any, even on All.

Thanks for the explanation!

[–] Sam_Bass 3 points 2 months ago

If you are bothered by it, stop looking. If you are not, welcome to the family

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago
[–] kemsat 2 points 3 months ago

Same with dogs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

If anything is an invasive species on social media, it's bots

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I don't like internet cats. Those low quality gifs don't have anything I can relate to. /srs