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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

legs to die for

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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago
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    Creepy. And I learned something. Reminds me of another comic strip that cracked me up. The gist:

    God said to the insects “you may each pick three traits.” The millipede said, “I want legs!” The centipede agreed. God nodded. “And for your second trait?” The millipede smiled brightly and said “More legs!” The centipede request the same. God asked for their final request. “More legs!” The millipede shouted smiling even brighter The centipede gave a sinister grin and growled. “Teeth.”

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      Millipedes speced all their stat points into beauty

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        Same with pill bugs but smol

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      That’s a great joke. The millipede’s enthusiasm is oddly endearing

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      Neither centipedes nor millipedes are insects.

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      You have them backwards. Centipedes are the ones with more legs

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        Google tells me you’re the one who has them backwards. Here’s an article from Carnegie Natural History Museum explaining the difference.

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        it’s extremely obvious that you’re incorrect if you simply look at the words, “centi” means “hundred” and is smaller than “milli” which means “thousand”.

        centipedes look like they have a hundred legs, millipedes look like they have a thousand legs.

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          Ah, but millimeters are 1/1000 of a meter, which means millipedes actually have 1/1000 of a leg /s

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            #kilopede

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        “Centipede” means 100 feet.

        “Millipede” means 1000 feet.

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          Pede means feet. So does the pie in piedmont.

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            You’re right, I meant feet. Fixed!

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              Phew because essentially* I was like


              * essentially in no way whatsoever

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                It bothers me more than you that it was wrong, so I appreciate the correction!

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                  Don’t tell me how I feel 🙅😂

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          I am aware of how prefixes work

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            In this case it’s what the prefixes mean that’s relevant.

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