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cassowary@lemm.ee to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago

Natural selection has no plan

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Natural selection has no plan

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

    • can@sh.itjust.works
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      Carcinisation

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

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          Just recovered from that honeypot. Holy shit.

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          Like a crabcake?

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        Thanks!

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      Carcinisation. Presumably rooted in the Cancer crab constellation.

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

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

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        Man. Even the damn stars are turning into crabs.

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        Also a carcinogen is something that gives you crabs.

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      *The encrabening

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        Sounds like a horror movie. I like it!

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          The Claw Snips for Thee featuring Dr. Zoidberg!

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          It feels like it would be an Australian horror movie specifically

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            They have other unique animals, crabs are universal. But I’m not into Australian horror movies, maybe it fits there

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        Excuse me, but encrabbening is supposed to have a double B.

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          Get thee to the Crabbery!

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    Humans are just imperfect crabs

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      This is going in my profile description.

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    No phylodiversity, only Khlav Kalash.

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      I’ll take a crab juice.

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    Craaaaaaaaabs!

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    The question is, is it actually a crab?

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    evolution is convinced that carcinization is the shit, top of the tier list every time.

    it’s not, but evolution is convinced lol

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