Post AkSinMCb59z6Cy0lOq by danblondell@masto.nyc
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(DIR) Post #AkSdwx1H49HJEMTES8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-07-30T15:58:53Z
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I do not have six legs. Or four legs and two arms. Or four arms and two legs. I do not have six limbs.
(DIR) Post #AkSe62OoQxdCWOoTo0 by danblondell@masto.nyc
2024-07-30T16:00:13Z
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@futurebird Knowing all you know, would you be an ant instead?
(DIR) Post #AkSeDpxaZ9RIG7nZZI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-07-30T16:00:22Z
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It's really weird, if you think about it, how both arthropods and vertebrates evolved jointed limbs with two major segments and hand-like appendages with "fingers" or "claws" on the end.
(DIR) Post #AkSeGpPJ4uXDPfBoxM by sennoma@chaos.social
2024-07-30T16:00:47Z
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@futurebird That's just what a giant ant pretending to be a human on the internet WOULD say, though, innit?
(DIR) Post #AkSeItdwIeIL871JXE by funkula@goblin.camp
2024-07-30T16:01:06Z
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@futurebird my four-sleeved "I do not have six limbs" t-shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt
(DIR) Post #AkSeOmA71kJRfIs9Dc by RogerBW@emacs.ch
2024-07-30T16:01:41Z
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@futurebird The majority of the welcome inhabitants of your home have six legs.
(DIR) Post #AkSeQf48Nm3AEdyWe0 by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2024-07-30T16:02:01Z
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@futurebird How about four legs for walking, two legs for jumping, and wings for flying?
(DIR) Post #AkSebsGvccF0NaJ3Zo by adriano@lile.cl
2024-07-30T16:05:57Z
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@futurebird the weird thing is that this didn't evolve (afaik) from "single-segment limbs" but if anything it came from a reduction in complexity from tentacles and cilia.
(DIR) Post #AkSeiUJF73hu5UXh6e by vanecx@mastodon.pirateparty.be
2024-07-30T16:07:30Z
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@futurebird I guess we'll have to take your word for it
(DIR) Post #AkSep8UqbvnESn8mOW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-07-30T16:07:31Z
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@danblondell If it couldn't be a vacation where I got to be human again I think probably not. But, that's also just a strong bias my present perspective. Could one even remember such and experience in a comprehensible way?
(DIR) Post #AkSeshZ4gVUM5tomAK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-07-30T16:07:45Z
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@sennoma Oh no no no. Nonsense.
(DIR) Post #AkSf8iIliDT70spH72 by jrconlin@soc.jrconlin.com
2024-07-30T16:12:09Z
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@futurebird I mean we're all on our way to become crabs, anyway.
(DIR) Post #AkSfO0bfw9sS82xlCK by sennoma@chaos.social
2024-07-30T16:14:20Z
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@futurebird Uh-huh. Suuuuure.
(DIR) Post #AkSfPsonrfIsYLzslU by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-07-30T16:14:24Z
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@futurebird it is, but there are an awful lot of digitigrade tetrapods (all dinosaurs, many other reptiles, and most mammals, aside from some weird exceptions like primates and bears ), and digitigrade tetrapods functionally have 3 major segments in their jointed limbs.
(DIR) Post #AkSfSSqQtHfyrjzRWC by catselbow@fosstodon.org
2024-07-30T16:14:53Z
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@futurebird The Litany Against Carcinisation.
(DIR) Post #AkSgUjqClmJM71X1v6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-07-30T16:27:20Z
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@tonicfunk no! no no no way.
(DIR) Post #AkSiU0w9vBPWkm6Coa by ItsJenNotGoblin@goblin.camp
2024-07-30T16:49:39Z
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@futurebird @danblondell I have a silly question and I apologize if you've gotten it before but:When did you acquire such an intense interest in ants and their world, and does it stem from watching Honey I Shrunk the Kids and being fascinated by the ant scenes??
(DIR) Post #AkSii976JmfQANxJUO by squirrellybob@mastodon.social
2024-07-30T16:52:09Z
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@futurebird very dr seuss
(DIR) Post #AkSinMCb59z6Cy0lOq by danblondell@masto.nyc
2024-07-30T16:52:49Z
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@futurebird Leaving behind comprehensibility would (I assume!) be part of the trade, but maybe it's a nice genie offering it who has different price tiers (Premium package: 2 weeks, full awareness; ant memories kept).
(DIR) Post #AkSk8L8EMCYovKXQOm by irizoris@hcommons.social
2024-07-30T17:08:01Z
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@futurebird Meanwhile, here's an ant. On my favorite flower, the okra.
(DIR) Post #AkSkDAkAPJZC9ZaRXc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-07-30T17:09:01Z
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@irizoris Ants love nectar. Lovely photo!
(DIR) Post #AkSkJON8eKV69vmVEm by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
2024-07-30T17:10:05Z
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@futurebird @danblondell you get to be human again, as soon as you'd like it. The question is: once you're an ant, will you want to become human again? Do ants often want to become human, even as a vacation where they get to be want again? And even more importantly, even after that vacation, how do you know if you're an ant who is on human vacation or a human who just finished ant vacation?
(DIR) Post #AkSkY9T8LFyOHUci7E by ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network
2024-07-30T17:12:06Z
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@futurebird Methinks thou dost protest too much. 🤔 😁
(DIR) Post #AkSkbXgWlPSuFqVN9E by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-07-30T17:12:34Z
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@ColesStreetPothole No. No, I am protesting the correct amount.
(DIR) Post #AkSkkIwawHxV8vCN4y by ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network
2024-07-30T17:14:42Z
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@futurebird 😂
(DIR) Post #AkSu4xNfCoVDvxmZ6m by justafrog@mstdn.social
2024-07-30T18:59:32Z
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@futurebird Convergent evolution.Some concepts work, and thus anything which develops it will be much more successful than others.If humans survive for a few dozen million years, perhaps they too will finally develop the ability to maintain proper colonies, in harmony with their environment.Little hope that they'll develop a proper metapleural gland, though. That seems a lost cause.
(DIR) Post #AkTA2VnsMfkr5ltnl2 by faassen@fosstodon.org
2024-07-30T21:58:22Z
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@futurebirdI wonder whether part of that is because animals grow like plants, with branches having smaller branches. Then the branches were pruned and specialized.I don't know whether all animals grow like that, but things like sponges can do that and they're pretty ancient.