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fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months ago

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fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months ago
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    I mean, they’re still kinda goofy looking when alive.

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      “Wait don’t take the photo I’m not rea…”

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    Remembers me…

    • samus12345@lemm.ee
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      He looked so much younger then.

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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      Boris Johnson?

  • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
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    So I don’t need to lose weight, I just need to live somewhere with 1,470 psi of pressure.

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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      Then you need to gain bone structure

  • LOGIC💣@lemmy.world
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    The name information is incorrect.

    Psychrolutes is the genus, not the species.

    Psychrolutes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. […] There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus

    The binomial name of the blobfish is Psychrolutes marcidus. But realistically, “binomial name” is not always the same as “proper name”. There are a lot of animals whose common names include misconceptions, or even insults. Just look at the information about Psychrolutidae (that’s the Family) above. “Fatheads” sounds insulting, and “Toadfishes” aren’t toads.

    I wouldn’t have even bothered looking this up, except that the artist wrote the “proper name” so poorly that I first read it as “Psychrd Lutes”. And the second reading, I misread as “Psychiro Lutes”, due to the weird “R” that looks like none of their other Rs. I read it correctly the third time, but I have to wonder at the wisdom of not writing it clearly when you’re trying to emphasize how it is spelled.

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    Why not use both and turn it into a 2 panel meme?

    Me when I have water

    Me when I’m a human living in the modern world

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    But a photo of a normal-looking fish has extremely limited entertainment value.

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    How can it be in pain, and be a corpse?

    • Maalus@lemmy.world
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      Those were its last words

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    This was news to me, thanks for sharing this OP.

    Stardew valley lied to me!

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    Are you reading this, ConcernedApe??

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      I feel like if there’s anyone out there who would use this new information to make right by the Blobfish, it’s him.

    • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
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      Maybe those blobfish are magic. I’ll hope for them!

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      Good od Earthworm Jim…memories and RIP Shiny

  • WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world
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    Makes you wonder if you’re blobby because you’re in the wrong environment.

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      Perhaps I do belong isolated in the deep dark sea.

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    This is a “you” vs “the guy she tells you not to worry about” meme format

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    I spread this information anytime I can find it to be relevant. This and the incorrect myths about goldfish memories and short lives are so annoying to me. I love my fish friends

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    So what’s Ted Cruz’s excuse for looking like figure A?

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      He decompressed. Clearly he was meant to be at the bottom of the ocean

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        We can fix this.

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    I had no idea, now I’m just sad.

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