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(DIR) Post #AuCIuMTLqXBR9yLYPo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-05-17T21:28:46Z
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Someone on tumblr made the comment "silverfish are REAL?" on one of my posts and I didn't think much of it, but then one of my students said the same thing when I showed them a silverfish near one of the vents explaining what they are and why they were there. That's when it hit me. MINECRAFTThey think it's a made up creature from minecraft! (Totally gonna tell them that endermites and shulkers are real too next time this happens. heh heh heh heh)
(DIR) Post #AuCJ2GxQEcO2N8BUJc by waitworry@sakurajima.moe
2025-05-17T21:30:07Z
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@futurebird shocked to discover this thing in a game is a reference to an actual thing outside the game
(DIR) Post #AuCJOPKvlIPSjLjdRI by TeflonTrout@beige.party
2025-05-17T21:34:08Z
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@futurebird tell them you found sculk sensors in the basement
(DIR) Post #AuCJUGzDijKGZQNR8S by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-05-17T21:35:10Z
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@corbden Um. But Herobrine *is* real.
(DIR) Post #AuCK0RpyucKVUUOjD6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-05-17T21:40:59Z
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@mikemccaffrey So tragic.
(DIR) Post #AuCKaJlyNEaKu5cvjM by thygrrr@tiggi.es
2025-05-17T21:47:31Z
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@futurebird just sneak up on them and make a hiss noise. Wear green for added impact.
(DIR) Post #AuCOIWXGaCaX5hWDtg by rlstone4dems@mastodon.social
2025-05-17T22:29:06Z
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@futurebird I tend to only see silverfish when it rains a lot outside. They are real as real can be…
(DIR) Post #AuCPSFGhjifaO6yHyq by noondlyt@hellions.cloud
2025-05-17T22:42:05Z
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@futurebird wait until they find out about axolotls
(DIR) Post #AuCPhXh3Vz27sMaifY by zigi_now9@autistics.life
2025-05-17T22:44:50Z
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@futurebird I remember one of my Spore mutuals making a speculative insect based on the Minecraft silverfish. I'm not sure if they were aware of the real silverfish or not.
(DIR) Post #AuCRFtY4rdUvSUKu4e by wonka@chaos.social
2025-05-17T22:46:28Z
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I wonder what they think about sheep and pigs.@waitworry @futurebird
(DIR) Post #AuCRFurbyUiXXMU1A0 by TashTaylor@sauropods.win
2025-05-17T22:49:47Z
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@wonka @waitworry @futurebird You have no idea how long I thought white sheep with black heads were just abstractions for children's cartoons—I live in Australia and so basically every sheep I had ever seen was a Merino.
(DIR) Post #AuCRZcTQ3hSOICYx6m by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-05-17T23:05:52Z
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@TashTaylor @wonka @waitworry I know of an unnamed NY Time reporter who visited a farm for an article in the 00s and dutifully took photos of the various animals writing down what their names were. One photo showed a lamb. It was labeled "lamb, baby"he may or may not have been unaware that this was a sheep. (exactly WHAT did you think it was that Mary had???)
(DIR) Post #AuCRn0tgYzdfo1EeHY by wonka@chaos.social
2025-05-17T23:08:14Z
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@futurebird Well, Mary had a little lamb of course, not a fully grown one! /j@TashTaylor @waitworry
(DIR) Post #AuCRwQdwD42qGIMJoe by waitworry@sakurajima.moe
2025-05-17T23:09:58Z
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@futurebird @TashTaylor @wonka *Bones McCoy voice* damnit Jim I'm a journalist not a biologist
(DIR) Post #AuCSOYNF3owaLXxbv6 by bk1e@mastodon.social
2025-05-17T23:15:01Z
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@futurebird I like the song “Silverfish” by Belly (the band) but have always felt anxiety about the idea of silverfish lining one’s pockets.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz6UV6t_kbg
(DIR) Post #AuCSjWAQSb85aFxjQe by Yaiaou@eldritch.cafe
2025-05-17T23:18:48Z
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@futurebird @TashTaylor @wonka @waitworry someone once told me they always thought sparrows were baby pigeons. Because of seeing only small and big birds in town, they made this deduction as a child.
(DIR) Post #AuCTIRGIgpEYVQMUfA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-05-17T23:25:08Z
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@WesternInfidels @mikemccaffrey It was especially bad that they had to killed two shulkers to get enough shells for both the box AND the lid horribly unsustainable. And it was dangerous too, they shot poison darts that made people feel like they were floating as they contained a hallucinogenic toxin.
(DIR) Post #AuCTc4rbfxCApYAyH2 by eco_amandine@mastodon.cr
2025-05-17T23:28:37Z
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@futurebird I know nothing about Minecraft so I looked up for "Minecraft silverfish". They're not as cute as the real ones but I'm impressed they put cool insects in a game.
(DIR) Post #AuCTta7OizVygiuP1U by lufthans@mastodon.social
2025-05-17T23:31:43Z
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@futurebird @WesternInfidels @mikemccaffrey ah, so AI has ingested too many shulker darts
(DIR) Post #AuCUmuBZoeu4qxFAjw by troublewithwords@wandering.shop
2025-05-17T23:41:45Z
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@futurebird They’re going to lose lots of sleep when they find out skeletons are real, and they’re closer than you think.
(DIR) Post #AuCV2FEzodhqUx9pbM by KennyPark@mastodon.scot
2025-05-17T23:44:36Z
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@futurebird There's no such thing as "villagers" though, right?
(DIR) Post #AuCVj2dWYQgzrI2Nf6 by j3b@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-05-17T23:52:13Z
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@futurebird Does #minecraft have #firebrats too? Cause they absolutely sound like something made up for a game.
(DIR) Post #AuCXTgFJidk5yqWA7c by chris@floss.social
2025-05-18T00:11:56Z
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@futurebird I'm really feeling the Frequency Illusion on this post.Just yesterday, I was going through old photos, and one photo is of a Bristletail. I had Wikipedia open again trying to remember if it was Bristletail or a Silverfish.
(DIR) Post #AuCYu0wZUK5Leks1nk by beaker@freeradical.zone
2025-05-18T00:27:56Z
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@futurebird @TashTaylor @wonka @waitworry I know someone who grew up believing that sheep and goats were the same species, until I taught her the truth. She had decided as a child that the females look like sheep and the males look like goats. In her defense, goat and sheep are the same word in her native language.
(DIR) Post #AuCgdMxZB9z8eFuTWS by jakeyounglol@mstdn.social
2025-05-18T01:54:32Z
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@futurebird i also thought sliverfish were made up too lol
(DIR) Post #AuD6T6KakLsuzJRbBA by dannotdaniel@hellions.cloud
2025-05-18T06:44:00Z
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@futurebird then hit 'em with axolotls. keep em guessing 🤣
(DIR) Post #AuD7XqSpGfCNB97bVo by mcflash99@norden.social
2025-05-18T06:56:06Z
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@futurebird Could you also explain to us, what they are and why they are there?
(DIR) Post #AuDBPeIyzPd8y8rgMi by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-05-18T07:39:28Z
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@futurebird I don't think I've seen silverfish in meatspace more than 3 times. And that includes an insect zoo sighting. Further, nearly all the photos of silverfish I've seen were in some way or another related to insect nerdery; they were tooted by an entomologist, they were on inaturalist, they were part of an article about evolution or entomology, etc.
(DIR) Post #AuDDYcBESXs4tQdtq4 by BenAveling@mastodon.world
2025-05-18T08:03:28Z
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@TashTaylor @wonka @futurebird @waitworry from memory, Mary had a little lamb, and then she had some more.
(DIR) Post #AuDIZt59bT8ZNFE3Em by melunaka@eldritch.cafe
2025-05-18T08:59:43Z
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@futurebird I’m 30 and discovered silverfish were real something like 2 or 3 years ago. I mean, it’s so big in the game that you don’t think it’s something that can exist…
(DIR) Post #AuDKn0qEGWwF6zdBLc by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-05-18T09:24:27Z
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@futurebird my favorite thing I learned about silverfish only recently is before silverfish reproduce, they carry out a ritual involving three phases, which may last over half an hour! They do a little dance. I think that is so cute and cool.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish#Reproduction_and_life_cycle
(DIR) Post #AuDRIA8uKiTGf3bX8a by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-05-18T10:37:25Z
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@llewelly And yet, they are probably in your house.
(DIR) Post #AuDRj5wa3ItZSQgGmG by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-05-18T10:42:16Z
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@futurebird Possibly. At the very least, the spiders are eating something. (I mean, I see them eat carpet beetles, but maybe there aren't enough of those.)It's very dry here, though, so it's possible they just can't find a space with enough moisture. (I guess it's worth mentioning that some time ago, I needed to unbox and repackage all my books, and I didn't find any signs of arthropod damage on them. )